In February of 1974, Bryan and I went to the Administration
Centre of St. Ignatius Church in Winnipeg to see Father McGillvray.
Underneath a sequined mouse on the door of the office was a
cartoon of a wedding. The caption read, “I
now pronounce you man and equal.”
Along one wall in the
office stood a table covered with photographs – most of them being of
weddings. On another wall, a felt Snoopy
announced that “Happiness is Sunday at 9:00.”
(That was the time for McGillvray’s very popular folk mass.)
Father McGillvray came in wearing an orange T-shirt decorated with
a small black jaguar.
Bryan got Father McG going on a discussion about the Flying
Fathers. Likely I was glazing over because it ended
with Father McG remarking that I was probably thinking, “Why don’t they get
down to the wedding? That’s what we came
for.”
One of the good father’s favourite words was “beautiful” which
he stretched out into ‘buuuuuuuuuuuuuutiful.’
Which really
summed up our day!
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If you’re planning a beautiful day, you might want to start
with a beautiful breakfast!
SLOVAKIAN
STYE EGGS (to serve
4, but you easily can double the recipe)
Thanks to Time-Life’s THE
GOOD COOK: EGGS & CHEESE
4 eggs
4 slices
white bread
¾ cup
milk
Salt &
pepper
·
Start oven preheating to 350.
·
Butter a large baking sheet.
·
Toast the bread and set it on a wire rack to cool.
·
Separate the eggs.
(I put each yolk on a separate small dish.)
·
Whip the whites until stiff.
·
Stir ¼ tsp salt into the whites.
·
Pour milk into a 9x13 pan. Soak the toast in the milk for one minute,
then put the slices on the large, buttered baking sheet.
·
Spread the egg whites over the toast slices.
·
Make a depression in the center of each
toast. Slice an egg yolk into the
depression. Sprinkle the egg yolks with
salt & pepper.
·
Bake for 13 to 15 minutes until the egg yolks are
set and the whites are nicely browned.
·
Serve immediately with tomatoes or a bean salad on
the side.
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