Jewish Neighbors Renew The Debate About Whether To Wait For The Bread To Rise
The Covid 19 crisis has exposed many wounds in American culture. Now a conflict as old as the Bible has crept back into conversations of observant Jews in a Baltimore neighborhood.
“See our elders knew another day would come like this and we had to stop using yeast and waiting,” explained local restaurateur David Broder. As grocery shelves are emptied of many prized possessions like toilet paper and dishwasher fluid, baker's yeast has also disappeared quickly.
“And I’ll tell you that if our forebears did wait for the bread to rise then you were dead because you waited and didn't act,” Broder continued.
“So why didn’t they just make their own natural yeast? Like sourdough bread uses fermented yeast, right?” questioned local attorney Jill Abramson.
“No, they had the yeast. They just had to flee or else they were gonna get killed. Ok, ok. So you are missing the point neighbor. The story is about the importance of acting and not waiting,” confirmed Broder.
“I thought the lack of yeast was a metaphor about the risks of ingenuity and creativity,” mused Brooke Gladstone. “Like when you cant stick with convention then, well, do you improvise and take risks and maybe lose big? Or do you do an unrisky and simple thing and just mix flour and water and salt because that's all you got and make the best of it.”
“No, no,” John King, another neighbor said while standing 6 feet away. “It was about preserving the bread in the desert and unleavened bread lasted longer. When you are on the move then you gotta keep it,” explained King. “And bread holds roasted lamb the best.”
“It's the modern world. Just buy the bread and move on with life,” stated Ben Gaines dismissively. Gaines is the 30 year old neighbor who isn’t Jewish. “I ordered it on Amazon. It’ll be here in a few weeks. No biggie,” stated Gaines on his way to the local hike and bike trail.
“What, you couldn’t just keep the dough rising as you fled and then baked it later?” questioned Miriam Weiner, getting the group back on track after the distractions from Gaines. “It wasn’t going to rot if you had to flee so quickly. And you cooked your other food, right? And can’t you bake the bread later,” insisted Weiner.
This debate among close friends continued as they enjoyed a delectable barbecue plate from a beloved local food truck that fuses Mexican and Southern BBQ while keeping the proper social distance in their backyards. The group didn’t include the white bread in the order and loaded up on the beef ribs and brisket. Kosher, of course.
“See our elders knew another day would come like this and we had to stop using yeast and waiting,” explained local restaurateur David Broder. As grocery shelves are emptied of many prized possessions like toilet paper and dishwasher fluid, baker's yeast has also disappeared quickly.
“And I’ll tell you that if our forebears did wait for the bread to rise then you were dead because you waited and didn't act,” Broder continued.
“So why didn’t they just make their own natural yeast? Like sourdough bread uses fermented yeast, right?” questioned local attorney Jill Abramson.
“No, they had the yeast. They just had to flee or else they were gonna get killed. Ok, ok. So you are missing the point neighbor. The story is about the importance of acting and not waiting,” confirmed Broder.
“I thought the lack of yeast was a metaphor about the risks of ingenuity and creativity,” mused Brooke Gladstone. “Like when you cant stick with convention then, well, do you improvise and take risks and maybe lose big? Or do you do an unrisky and simple thing and just mix flour and water and salt because that's all you got and make the best of it.”
“No, no,” John King, another neighbor said while standing 6 feet away. “It was about preserving the bread in the desert and unleavened bread lasted longer. When you are on the move then you gotta keep it,” explained King. “And bread holds roasted lamb the best.”
“It's the modern world. Just buy the bread and move on with life,” stated Ben Gaines dismissively. Gaines is the 30 year old neighbor who isn’t Jewish. “I ordered it on Amazon. It’ll be here in a few weeks. No biggie,” stated Gaines on his way to the local hike and bike trail.
“What, you couldn’t just keep the dough rising as you fled and then baked it later?” questioned Miriam Weiner, getting the group back on track after the distractions from Gaines. “It wasn’t going to rot if you had to flee so quickly. And you cooked your other food, right? And can’t you bake the bread later,” insisted Weiner.
This debate among close friends continued as they enjoyed a delectable barbecue plate from a beloved local food truck that fuses Mexican and Southern BBQ while keeping the proper social distance in their backyards. The group didn’t include the white bread in the order and loaded up on the beef ribs and brisket. Kosher, of course.
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