I’ve never heard of God Bread. So interesting! In French Canada, where I grew up we had a meat pie called tourtiere (traditionally made with passenger pigeon!) and served on Christmas Eve to break the Advent meat fast after Midnight Mass.
Food traditions are so interesting. I wonder if your tourtiere is similar to my God Bread. I’ve spoken with other Italians in my area and the extended family and they have similar recipe traditions but doesn’t seem like anyone else calls it God Bread. I kinda like that my family gave it a name that has stuck through several generations.
I make it the day before and warm it up in the oven. Later it gets warmed up in the microwave. I do the same thing with eggplant parmesian. "It has to marinate."
My mother-in-law was from Naples and taught me how to make pizza cane (translated as full pie). Her mother-in-law was from a small town outside Benevento. Looking at your story, pizza cane and God's bread are similar, and yes, I make it at Easter but my 1/2 Italian son likes his with spaghetti sauce on top and the sauce has to be Nona's recipe.
Sorry, I accidentally clicked the wrong button. God bread is my favorite memory of the “old days”. It tells of the wonderful, wonderful family we once had with all the Aunts, Uncles, cousins, and family friends, before Gram and Gramps passed away. They were the cornerstones to our lives. It was just never the same without them. But, the tradition continues with the grandchildren, the great grandchildren, and the wonderful cousins. We ( the Corbo’s ) are a very special family, and I doubt there are many like us. I truly hope that our Grandchildren will continue with this tradition. Even though we have different last names, we are all Corbo’s at heart. Love you dear. Keep up your great writing.
This was a wonderful story about God Bread. Amazing information, especially the fact it goes back to the 17th century. I sure would like to hear that part. by
I’ve never heard of God Bread. So interesting! In French Canada, where I grew up we had a meat pie called tourtiere (traditionally made with passenger pigeon!) and served on Christmas Eve to break the Advent meat fast after Midnight Mass.
Food traditions are so interesting. I wonder if your tourtiere is similar to my God Bread. I’ve spoken with other Italians in my area and the extended family and they have similar recipe traditions but doesn’t seem like anyone else calls it God Bread. I kinda like that my family gave it a name that has stuck through several generations.
I make it the day before and warm it up in the oven. Later it gets warmed up in the microwave. I do the same thing with eggplant parmesian. "It has to marinate."
My mother-in-law was from Naples and taught me how to make pizza cane (translated as full pie). Her mother-in-law was from a small town outside Benevento. Looking at your story, pizza cane and God's bread are similar, and yes, I make it at Easter but my 1/2 Italian son likes his with spaghetti sauce on top and the sauce has to be Nona's recipe.
Interesting! Does he eat the bread warm? We’ve always had it room temp or cooler.
I remember eating this and I love it! It would be the perfect addition to a charcuterie board.
Oh yeah. Good idea. I'm looking forward to having some when I get back to Minnesota in April!
🤦♀️ Where have I been? This is incredible... we're off baking.
A great tradition that I love & look forward too every year !
Me too!
Sorry, I accidentally clicked the wrong button. God bread is my favorite memory of the “old days”. It tells of the wonderful, wonderful family we once had with all the Aunts, Uncles, cousins, and family friends, before Gram and Gramps passed away. They were the cornerstones to our lives. It was just never the same without them. But, the tradition continues with the grandchildren, the great grandchildren, and the wonderful cousins. We ( the Corbo’s ) are a very special family, and I doubt there are many like us. I truly hope that our Grandchildren will continue with this tradition. Even though we have different last names, we are all Corbo’s at heart. Love you dear. Keep up your great writing.
Thank you, Mom. :) I love making it and eating it and it’s a tradition I plan to uphold as long as I can. But Jeni’s is the best to eats!
This was a wonderful story about God Bread. Amazing information, especially the fact it goes back to the 17th century. I sure would like to hear that part. by