-=> MICHAEL LOO wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 > Mackeral snappers (Roman and Anglican) were every Sunday. Lutherans -
 > once a month. Baptists (in my area) were teetotallers. Presbyterians,
 > once a month. Methodists - first Sunday of the month. All mixed 50 - 50
 > w/water. Only the Methodists used individual cups for the sacramental
 > wine mix. All the others did a single chalice. Before I gave up on belief
 > in a supreme being as defined by man I made extensive surveys and many
 > readings.

 ML> Not honest-to-goodness Catholics. No wine for
 ML> the kids, and what Dad drinks just has to have
 ML> a token amount of water in it (I am still
 ML> doubtful that this is mandatory - I was told
 ML> by a priest whom I had no reason to trust that
 ML> it was designed in part to make the pleasure
 ML> of drinking secondary, and he never did it.)

Of course no vino for the chirrun. They were not communicants. Generally,
confirmation (in faith) did not take place until puberty (or later) and
that after completing, successfully, the catechism classes and being
brainwashed into the faith. Once confirmed in the church it's similar 
to the Bar/Bat Mitzvah of the Jews - the person is considered an adult.
"Today I Am A Man"

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Bar Mitzvah Cake
 Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Dairy, Nuts
      Yield: 1 cake

      1 c  Butter; softened
      2 c  Sugar
      4 lg Eggs; separated
      3 c  All-purpose flour
      2 ts Baking powder
    1/4 ts Salt
      1 c  Milk
      1 tb Vanilla extract
           Almond Frosting
           Blue paste food colouring

  Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add egg
  yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

  Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed
  mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with
  flour mixture. Stir in vanilla.

  Beat egg whites (at room temperature) until stiff peaks
  form; fold into batter.

  Spoon batter into a greased and floured 13 1/2" x 9 1/2"
  book-shaped cake pan. Bake @ 350§F/175§C for 35 minutes
  or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out
  clean. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, and
  let cool completely.

  Spread frosting on top and sides of cake, reserving 1/2
  cup frosting. Tint reserved frosting bright blue. Spoon
  tinted frosting into a pastry bag. Pipe a Star of David
  and desired inscription on top of cake.

  YIELD: one 13 1/2" X 9 1/2" book cake

  Recipe by Oxmoor House Homestyle Recipes

  RECIPE FROM: https://www.myrecipes.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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