Bread

I know what they say about bread, "buy whole wheat." It's supposed to be better for you, and I even like the whole wheat bread that I buy. It has about 24 grams of whole grain and contains little crunchy black seeds throughout (I know what they are but their name escapes me right now).

I have to buy two kinds of bread - whole wheat for me and Abbie & potato bread for Paul. He found out that wheat and oats are #2's on his food allergy list. Luckily, Abbie and I like the potato bread too; it tastes like regular bread.

My church serves lunch to the poor and homeless at the local soup kitchen once a month. It's called The Melting Pot. They serve chili, crackers, sandwiches, bananas, dessert, and drinks on the third Tuesday of every month. Similar to IHN, my church takes turns with several other churches. Winter is the busiest time of year at The Melting Pot. More people come, and there are many children to be fed too.

For December, I signed up to bring sandwiches and dessert. Early Monday morning, Abbie woke up sick so I could not go to the grocery store to get the items I needed to make sandwiches. I called Paul at work and gave him a list (just a general list; not specific to brands or ingredients).

Hooray for Paul! He did not buy cheap bread or bologna or cheese. He bought all beef bologna, american cheese, and good bread. I am so proud of him. And he was proud of himself and wanted to serve quality food to the people we were volunteering to help. While I was finishing up the brownies, he started assembling sandwiches. For these sandwiches, he bought regular white bread which we have not bought in a while. By the time I got the brownies in the oven, six sandwiches were waiting for me to put in sandwich bags. As I was putting them in the bags, I noticed how soft and luscious the bread felt. I was suddenly craving a baloney sandwich right then and there (I've always been a baloney sandwich fan). Paul said he had bought bread that he remembered eating when he was younger (although it is not Rainbo anymore; it is now called Colonial but the bread bag looks the same). We used both loaves of bread that he bought. Dang! I still wanted a sandwich.

When Abbie got better, I did go to the grocery store and bought another loaf of Colonial white sandwich bread. And I bought another pack of bologna.

Today, I had my second bologna sandwich this week. The bread is soft and yummy!