Through Sister’s telling that brief story, this little kid sitting near the back of classroom 1-A learned that belief in Jesus’ true presence in the Eucharist goes back to the earliest days of Christianity - and has always been worth defending - and that for God, heroism, holiness and love for the Eucharist has never been exclusively reserved to adults only. He died as he was being carried away, with viaticum - food for his journey home - still clutched to his chest. At some point, the group of boys evolved into an angry mob that overcame Tarcisius, who went down under their blows. Knowing that he was a Christian and curious about what Tarcisius carried, the gang of boys tried to pry it from the fold of the garment in which he’d been holding it. On his way there, he was recognized by a group of friends who invited Tarcisius to play in their games. A boy named Tarcisius (as a child hearing this, I imagined him to be my age, perhaps a little older), volunteered to take the holy Eucharist to Christians in prison. It was a moment in time, but I have never forgotten that story because I was very impressed.ĭuring the 3rd century, Christians had to meet secretly to avoid persecution. – While walking on the street, the cornbread’s smell from the bakery invaded my senses.It took my teacher Sister Lydia probably 90 seconds to tell us the story of St. I prefer rice.Ĭornbread: bread made primarily of cornmeal. – These Colombian coffee grains smell and taste delicious.Ĭongee: a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast. – The farmer planted zucchini seeds, to his surprise crookneck grew instead. – Few people know that cos lettuce is the oldest cultivated lettuce.Ĭrookneck: yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin. My kids loved it.Ĭos lettuce: lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head. – Today’s lunch includes collard and bacon. It includes cauliflower and broccoli.Ĭollard: variety of kale having smooth leaves. Nowadays you can buy organic cocozelle in the farmer’s market. The fisherman caught a huge cusk, although he freed it minutes later. I’m not sure I want to try it.Ĭusk: the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters. – Many fish can make sounds, but croakers can make drumming sounds. You have to try it.Ĭroaker: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S. – Crabmeat salad is the special dish in this place. Her family loved it.Ĭrabmeat: the edible flesh of any of various crabs. – When I discovered, chine includes backbone I rather ordered fish filet.Ĭonfit: a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its fat. She likes to eat in on a loaf of bread.Ĭhine: cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone. – Lucy loves her grandma’s clementine marmalade. – I read that citron had been around for a long time ago.Ĭlementine: a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds. – My mother soaked the cherimoya seeds before planting them.Ĭitron: a large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind usually preserved. – The fields looked very pretty with all those Capulin trees.Ĭherimoya: large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp related to custard apples. Desserts prepared with canistel are delicious. – Mayans valued canistel flavor long time ago. Let’s learn some interesting names for interesting foods.Ĭanistel: ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies. Different kinds of foods exist in the whole world some of them occurs in our country, some of them may not.
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