EagleWB Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 For any Food Committee people out there. I lost my recipe for ordeal bread. Do any of you make ordeal bread for your Ordeals and can you give me the recipe or point me in the right direction to find it? Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout2004 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 I have never heard of this, but it sounds interesting. Could you post your results if you are successful? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleWB Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 Eaglescout2004, it was made with flour, whole wheat flour, powdered milk, bran cereal, raisins, sugar and yeast(from memory). It was rolled out into logs about an inch in diameter then cut into lenghts of about 1-2 inches long then baked. I'm not sure whether this came from Ordeals way back when of our lodge or National. I do know our Arrowmen look forward to it at our Ordeals. I will let you know what I come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR540Beaver Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I found this thru google. Google is a wonderful thing. Hope it helps. Ordeal Bread Ingredients: 1 cake yeast 4 Cups of milk powder, divided 1 cup 7 grains cereal 2 teaspoons salt cup cooking oil cup + one teaspoon sugar 4 eggs, beaten 1 cup oat meal raisins, nuts, or bananas as desired 2 to 4 cups whole wheat flour water white flour for dusting working surfaces cooking oil for greasing pans, etc. Method: Dissolve 1 cake yeast in cup warm water plus one teaspoon of sugar in a large container. Itfoams when it gets going. Mix 2 cups of water with two cups of dry milk powder. Scald the mixture. (Scald means to heat carefullyuntil tiny bubbles start to form around the edges. Do not overheat or the milk will burn.) Add to the scalded milk: 1 cup 7 grains cereal 2 teaspoons salt cup cooking oil cup sugar Let this mixture cool and pour into a large pan. Stir in the yeast mixture. Then add: 4 eggs beaten 2 cups dry skim milk powder 1 cup oatmeal raisins, nuts, or bananas as desired 3 to 4 cups whole wheat flour Let this mixture sit for 10 minutes in a warm place. Dust a work surface with flour and oil your hands. Kneed the mixture for about 10 minutes. Preheat an oven to 375 for 10 minutes. Roll a portion of the dough into a one inch diameter cylinder working the dough as little as possible. Cut the roll into two inch long pieces. Place pieces on a greased cookie sheet about two inches apart. When the sheet is full, cover with a damp towel and allow the dough to rise for at least 15 minutes. Bake at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes. Check one by sticking with a tooth pick after ten minutes. When the tooth pick comes out clean, the bead is done. Cooking time depends on texture and is highlyvariable. Allow bread to cool. The result is a heave, substantial Ordeal Bread that may be frozen. Allow plenty of time for baking the bread. Three members need most of a day to prepare enough for a large Ordeal. The recipe may be multiplied, but try a single batch first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleWB Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 SR540Beaver, Thank You for this recipe. It sounds like the one I had. I searched the internet but didn't use Google. I guess that I should change to Google to get results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaver1onit Posted February 1, 2006 Share Posted February 1, 2006 I use the same the same recipe for our ordeal weekend. If you can not find 7 grains cereal I use raisin bran cereal and it works real well. I think it came from a OA book managing elangomat ordeals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LodgeChief Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 What do you use the Ordeal bread for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emb021 Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 "What do you use the Ordeal bread for?" Its used to feed the ordeal candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyChief Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 I relize it is to feed ordeal canadites but what is the main meal, purpose or history behind "Ordeal Bread" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Here's my question: How many Candidates undertake the Ordeal in your Lodges processing in an Induction weekend??? We have something over 200/weekend, and we have 3 induction weekends each year. By our State law, youth under 18 cannot be COOKING in a commercial kitchen. Making that much dough means industrial sized mixers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaver1onit Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 We usually have three or four adults some times more working in the kitchen along with youth on ordeal weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 We have a full cooking crew, since we have something on the order of 800 Scouts/Scouters on property during these three induction weekends. It's amazing to make a full steam kettle of sausage gravy for Brotherhood candidate/Arrowman service breakfasts. Again, how many Ordeals do other Lodges have who make Ordeal bread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moxieman Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Until I first saw this thread over a year ago, I had never heard of "Ordeal Bread" (and I'm on the cook crew for our ordeals--2 in the spring and 1 in the fall). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaver1onit Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 We don't have that many. Spring ordeal about 250,fall ordeal about 200 Scouts and Scouters. Talk about sausage gravy I love it. A few years ago a few adults ask me to make SOS for breakfast.(for those who were never in the service Creamed Beef on Toast) Some of the boys asked what we were eating and if they could try it. As it turn out its on the menu every ordeal weekend and they look for it. Figure that out,that would be the last thing in the world I would think they would eat. You never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilchpin Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I just stumbled onto this thread and thought you might be interested to know a little history. Ordeal Bread was developed by Joyce Petit way back when. Joyce is the widow of the late Ray Petit, a truly wonderful Arrowman who was responsible for introducing the Spirit Books and was instrumental further in the development of our pre-Ordeal ceremony and the elangomat system. These were all products of the "Ceremonial Advisory Group" of which Ray was a key participant/leader. I feel privileged to have shared many years of friendship and discussion with Ray and Joyce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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