It finally arrived in the mail, a precious box of Teff flour with which to make Ingera, a gluten-free pancake that will be featured at our Agape meal next Tuesday. What's great about Ethiopian Injera is the "extreme family style" nature of a customary meal. A family gathers at a table around a large pancake with a stew on top. Each member is given their own pancake, which they use to eat the stew in leiu of utensils. Noone has his/her own plate, they all share from one.
For those of you who want to try making this, here are the instructions:
1 cup Teff (Tef, T'ef) Flour
1-1/2 cups Warm Water
1/2 tsp. Sea Salt
Mix flour and water together in a large bowl. Cover with paper towel for 24 to 48 hours at 75° to 80°. Pour off liquid that will rise to top. Add 1/2 tsp. Bob’s Red Mill sea salt and stir. Pour 1/2 cup batter onto a medium hot skillet and cook for approximately 2-3 minutes. Cook until holes appear on the surface of the bread. Once the surface is dry, remove the bread from the pan and let it cool. Makes 4 Injeras.
Our theme at this year's Agape meal at MCC is "Healing in the Christian Family". Pete and I imagined that we would be celebrating the week of Christian Unity (a bit after the fact). That's what we could call the macro component. But there is also a nuclear family component to this. What does my family of four need to do to be more connected with each other? How might we be able to spend less time arguing, and more time healing? What better way is their to heal than by sharing a meal together? Let's eat.
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