{"id":5,"date":"2007-12-28T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T10:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bettina-network.com\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2018-09-30T12:29:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T12:29:51","slug":"bread-pudding-in-honor-of-pauli-murray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettinanetwork.com\/blog\/archives\/5","title":{"rendered":"Bread Pudding in honor of Pauli Murray*"},"content":{"rendered":"
copyright 9\/19\/1999 by Marceline Donaldson<\/div>\n
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1\/2 teaspoon baking powder<\/div>\n
1\/4 teaspoon salt<\/div>\n
1 cup sugar (or to taste)<\/div>\n
1 can crushed pinneapple<\/div>\n
1 cup heavy cream<\/div>\n
2 cups shredded coconut (or to taste)<\/div>\n
1\/2 stick butter (or 4 ounces)<\/div>\n
assorted stale breads – rolls, brioche, french, etc.<\/div>\n
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All ingredients should be organic, especially the eggs and cream.<\/div>\n
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Cut or tear the bread into squares – all kind of bread, as long as it is made of organic ingredients. \u00a0Cut enough bread to fill the GLASS dish in which you will bake and serve this dish. \u00a0If you have an oven-proof glass dish which fits into a silver holder, that is a very attractive way to bring this dish to the table.<\/div>\n
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Add baking power and salt to the bread and mix thoroughly.<\/div>\n
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Beat the eggs in a heavy mixer like a Kitchen Aid until they are light and fluffy. \u00a0This will take about 7-8 minutes.<\/div>\n
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Add the sugar and continue to beat until the sugar is incorporated into the eggs and the entire mixture becomes even lighter and fluffier.<\/div>\n
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Add the crushed pineapple and juice to the egg mixture along with the coconut. \u00a0Stir until all ingredients are mixed together and pour over the bread. \u00a0Mix bread and milk mixture until you like the way the dish looks. \u00a0Slice the stick of butter and push the slices into the dish. \u00a0Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes.<\/div>\n
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You have to think when using our recipes. \u00a0They assume a human is preparing them not an automated computer. \u00a0Any of the ingredients can be increased or decreased according to your taste. \u00a0The length of time you bake depends on how you like the final dish – dry, still a little custardy or inbetween! \u00a0The amount of sugar depends on your sweet tooth or lack thereof! \u00a0The amount of butter depends on whether you are from the north or south. \u00a0I personally would use at least a stick of butter – organic so it would be minus growth hormones and other bad things and I could enjoy the dish without worrying about all of the medical horror stories.<\/div>\n
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*This dish was created in 1982 when Pauli Murray came to our home on the seminary campus for lunch. \u00a0She was at Episcopal Divinity School to meet and talk with students. \u00a0My husband and I had several people to lunch to have some private time with Pauli. \u00a0The star attraction at the luncheon turned out to be this bread pudding. \u00a0This was the first recipe she’d had created in her honor and she said it was very special.<\/div>\n
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I met Pauli Murray – Attorney, Law Professor at Brandeis University, Episcopal Priest – for the first time, of which I am conscious, at a weekend conference for 100 Black Women Leaders in December, 1971 in Chicago, Ill. \u00a0It was an amazing time – good learning, stressful, nurturing and meeting people I had read about or whose works I had read. \u00a0On the plane home, I read Pauli’s book on her family history and couldn’t put it down until I finished, so having her to lunch on our second meeting was special.<\/div>\n
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I was astounded by how she looked! \u00a0When I saw her in Chicago she looked very grandmotherly – not fat, but not thin either. \u00a0She was dressed in a suit (with skirt), comfortable pumps, looking the way I was accustomed to seeing professional Black Women look. \u00a0Her hair was grey and black and curly – almost, but not quite shoulder length.<\/div>\n
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When she came to Cambridge she had on a pant suit which was larger than she was and which fit her rather poorly as she had lost lots of weight. \u00a0She had on flat shoes and very short, closely cropped hair. \u00a0I thought it was her lifestyle change which caused her new look. \u00a0During those intervening years she had gone from Attorney to Episcopal Priest and had publicly talked about her sexual orientation.<\/div>\n
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I didn’t realize until several years later that her new look was due to cancer. \u00a0I remarked about how she had changed since I last saw her, – but she said nothing as to why she had adopted this new look or that she didn’t have a choice in this new look.<\/div>\n
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Before she came to EDS and joined us for lunch, I learned that my grandfather’s Church tried to hire The Rev. Pauli Murray as their new priest and that she wanted the job. \u00a0It would have been a great fit, but the Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese – which included St. Luke’s – was adamant that he would not allow a woman priest in his Diocese.<\/div>\n
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In spite of the Congregations’ wishes, Pauli was not called to be the priest at St. Luke’s in New Orleans, LA. \u00a0It was sad, because St. Luke’s was the loser.<\/div>\n
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What did the Bishop gain by taking such a position against The Rev. Pauli Murray? \u00a0Did his ministry increase or diminish with this decision? \u00a0And what were his hidden sins that he was so threatened by such a woman? \u00a0Was this stance taken out of the Bishop’s professed Christianity or out of his need to feel superior to Women? \u00a0Was the Bishop violating his office by committing such a sin? \u00a0Did this need to maintain his and his groups’ superiority cost him eternity?<\/div>\n
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This was the same Bishop who tried to keep the two million dollars my grandfather worked hard to get to endow St. Luke’s, an African-American Church. \u00a0My grandfather wanted to know that St. Luke’s was endowed before he died. \u00a0This was the Church his father built under very stressful conditions. \u00a0His father was an Episcopal priest, who received his Doctorate in 1906 and was ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1911. \u00a0The money was sent to the Diocese for St. Luke’s. \u00a0The Bishop tried to keep it for other uses – none for the African-American community, but finally had to release the money to St. Luke’s after my grandfather and some of St. Luke’s parisioners worked hard to force that to happen. \u00a0With it the congregation was able to move to a new location and engage a social worker to work with the young people of the Church, among other things.<\/div>\n
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All of the above is contained in this recipe for “Bread Pudding In Honor of Pauli Murray.”<\/div>\n
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The luncheon brought up all of that old history. \u00a0Food is so much a part of who we are and recipe’s contain many of our memories, our culture and our history.<\/div>\n
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Everytime I make this pudding, I think of this history and usually also share the history with whoever is eating the pudding! \u00a0Some people are grateful for hearing this history and enjoy the pudding, some people enjoy the pudding and are quiet, some people are just quiet.<\/div>\n
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I also always pray for The Rev. Pauli Murray as I cut up the bread and mix the ingredients. \u00a0Her life took her on so many journeys. \u00a0 As I put those Prayers into this bread pudding what happens to them? \u00a0Are they spread around the world and multiply and affect our lives? \u00a0Do they affect the lives of those who eat the pudding? \u00a0Or is it just bread pudding, whose origin will be lost when I die?<\/div>\n
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This recipe is the one most often requested by bed and breakfast guests.<\/div>\n
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