Food is always a part of family traditions and special celebrations. Whether it a special cake that mom makes every year for our birthday or a roast turkey with bread stuffing for a Thanksgiving Day meal, some of our favorite memories include the food we share with friends and family.
I was reminded of this when I received the following note from my friend, Cindy, who has just moved to Moscow:
“As we got off the bus, someone was passing around a plate of bread with a dish of salt in the middle. The “Bread and Salt” ceremony is a Russian tradition of welcome – the bread stands for the welcome (or for hospitality) and the salt stands for everlasting friendship. The whole thing was so cool I almost cried! Here is more information – and if you look at the title you can see the word for bread (nearly impossible) and the word for salt (quite easy).”
Click on: Bread and Salt Custom in Russia
This Caraway-Rye Bread is a good bread recipe to share with friends, and it’s made in a bread machine so it won’t heat up your kitchen. Included with the recipe is a recipe for Chive-Swiss Spread that might even taste better than a little salt!
