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The Serviette encourages people to share their tables in a way that bridges cultural and religious gaps, shows creativity, and servesothers.
ARCHIVE — THE SERVIETTE Archive. A comprehensive list of all the articles featured on The Serviette, listed by topic. Africa. Feb 7, 2019. Interview #10: Passing on a Culture of Hospitality to your Children. Mar 21, 2020. Recipe: Simple Spice Cake. Biblical Theme. Mar 22, 2016. ABOUT — THE SERVIETTE A serviette, for those who don't know, is a table napkin. I chose this name for at least four reasons: The word "serviette" starts a cross-cultural conversation, because in much of the world the word serviette is used, but in the USA the same thing is called a "napkin". (In some parts of the world, a "napkin" is the last thing you'd be talking about at the dinner table!) RECIPE: BUTTER CHICKEN FOR A CROWD Bring to a low boil and simmer, stirring often. Taste add salt and pepper as needed. Now, dice the chicken breasts and marinate them overnight or as long as possible in the sauce. Saute the chicken on medium-high heat, and then add the remaining sauce. Put the mixture of chicken and sauce into the oven and cooking for about one hour. UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN HOSPITALITY The main difference is that for hot (sometimes rural/tribal) cultures the ruling value is relationships, while for cold (sometimes urban) cultures, the ruling value is efficiency. These cultural differences may have developed because of the weather and economies of various parts of the world. In areas where the weather was warm, people lived 5 REASONS INTERNATIONALS AND IMMIGRANTS FEEL LONELY Years ago my husband, who was born and raised in the USA, volunteered on a team welcoming international students to America. He knew that they must feel lonely, and inviting a Chinese student home for Thanksgiving or offering his truck to help a PRAYING WITH GUESTS IN YOUR HOME As you may know, we recently ran an article called “ Sharing the Bible with Guests in Your Home ”. Reading the Bible with guests is a simple way that Christians can share their faith with their guests from other backgrounds or cultures. Another thing that’s easy to do is to pray with guests in your HOW TO COOK FOR A GROUP WITHOUT MAKING A MESS Cooking for a group without making a mess of my kitchen is something I have been wanting to write about for months—and wanting to learn how to do for years! I have often had a small kitchen and minimal counter space. By the end of preparing a meal, I always seem to have a 6 EASY SOUPS AND STEWS FOR INTERNATIONAL GUESTS Recipe Adaptions. For a conservative Muslim guest: Use Halal meat (from your local Halal grocer — ask your Muslim friend where he or she buys meat) or make a vegetarian soup.If using meat-based bullion, that also needs to be Halal. For a conservative Hindu or Jain guest: Use vegetarian ingredients. Some Hindus and Jains also do not eat eggs, garlic, onion, or various other things, but MAKING CONVERSATION WITH CROSS-CULTURAL FRIENDS Ideas for making cross-cultural conversation. Ask good questions and find something you have in common: Harold finds a topic he can discuss with someone and uses it to build conversational bridges. Some of the topics he often talks about are: soccer, basketball, cars, politics, weather, physical fitness, family, travel, or languages.THE SERVIETTE
The Serviette encourages people to share their tables in a way that bridges cultural and religious gaps, shows creativity, and servesothers.
ARCHIVE — THE SERVIETTE Archive. A comprehensive list of all the articles featured on The Serviette, listed by topic. Africa. Feb 7, 2019. Interview #10: Passing on a Culture of Hospitality to your Children. Mar 21, 2020. Recipe: Simple Spice Cake. Biblical Theme. Mar 22, 2016. ABOUT — THE SERVIETTE A serviette, for those who don't know, is a table napkin. I chose this name for at least four reasons: The word "serviette" starts a cross-cultural conversation, because in much of the world the word serviette is used, but in the USA the same thing is called a "napkin". (In some parts of the world, a "napkin" is the last thing you'd be talking about at the dinner table!) RECIPE: BUTTER CHICKEN FOR A CROWD Bring to a low boil and simmer, stirring often. Taste add salt and pepper as needed. Now, dice the chicken breasts and marinate them overnight or as long as possible in the sauce. Saute the chicken on medium-high heat, and then add the remaining sauce. Put the mixture of chicken and sauce into the oven and cooking for about one hour. UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN HOSPITALITY The main difference is that for hot (sometimes rural/tribal) cultures the ruling value is relationships, while for cold (sometimes urban) cultures, the ruling value is efficiency. These cultural differences may have developed because of the weather and economies of various parts of the world. In areas where the weather was warm, people lived 5 REASONS INTERNATIONALS AND IMMIGRANTS FEEL LONELY Years ago my husband, who was born and raised in the USA, volunteered on a team welcoming international students to America. He knew that they must feel lonely, and inviting a Chinese student home for Thanksgiving or offering his truck to help a PRAYING WITH GUESTS IN YOUR HOME As you may know, we recently ran an article called “ Sharing the Bible with Guests in Your Home ”. Reading the Bible with guests is a simple way that Christians can share their faith with their guests from other backgrounds or cultures. Another thing that’s easy to do is to pray with guests in your HOW TO COOK FOR A GROUP WITHOUT MAKING A MESS Cooking for a group without making a mess of my kitchen is something I have been wanting to write about for months—and wanting to learn how to do for years! I have often had a small kitchen and minimal counter space. By the end of preparing a meal, I always seem to have a 6 EASY SOUPS AND STEWS FOR INTERNATIONAL GUESTS Recipe Adaptions. For a conservative Muslim guest: Use Halal meat (from your local Halal grocer — ask your Muslim friend where he or she buys meat) or make a vegetarian soup.If using meat-based bullion, that also needs to be Halal. For a conservative Hindu or Jain guest: Use vegetarian ingredients. Some Hindus and Jains also do not eat eggs, garlic, onion, or various other things, but MAKING CONVERSATION WITH CROSS-CULTURAL FRIENDS Ideas for making cross-cultural conversation. Ask good questions and find something you have in common: Harold finds a topic he can discuss with someone and uses it to build conversational bridges. Some of the topics he often talks about are: soccer, basketball, cars, politics, weather, physical fitness, family, travel, or languages. ABOUT — THE SERVIETTE A serviette, for those who don't know, is a table napkin. I chose this name for at least four reasons: The word "serviette" starts a cross-cultural conversation, because in much of the world the word serviette is used, but in the USA the same thing is called a "napkin". (In some parts of the world, a "napkin" is the last thing you'd be talking about at the dinner table!) BLOG — THE SERVIETTE For vanilla, use powdered vanilla if you don’t have liquid vanilla. Method. In a bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Add buttermilk, butter, shortening and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on low to medium speed till combined. Beat two minutes on high speed. RESOURCES — THE SERVIETTE The following list of resources is a work in progress, seeking to provide newcomers to cross-cultural hospitality with ideas and tools for sharing their homes and hearts with people of HOW TO COOK FOR A GROUP WITHOUT MAKING A MESS Cooking for a group without making a mess of my kitchen is something I have been wanting to write about for months—and wanting to learn how to do for years! I have often had a small kitchen and minimal counter space. By the end of preparing a meal, I always seem to have a 6 EASY SOUPS AND STEWS FOR INTERNATIONAL GUESTS Recipe Adaptions. For a conservative Muslim guest: Use Halal meat (from your local Halal grocer — ask your Muslim friend where he or she buys meat) or make a vegetarian soup.If using meat-based bullion, that also needs to be Halal. For a conservative Hindu or Jain guest: Use vegetarian ingredients. Some Hindus and Jains also do not eat eggs, garlic, onion, or various other things, but FOUR WAYS TO MAKE SERVING MEALS EASIER Last year I wrote a post about Showing Hospitality Without Cooking because serving meals is not the only form of hospitality. However, we do talk a lot on The Serviette about sharing meals because it is one of the most effective ways to get to know SHARING THE BIBLE WITH GUESTS IN YOUR HOME Let your way of sharing the Bible’s message flow from your own personality or guest’s style, but do share it! And don’t be too surprised if reading the Bible with guests means: You get invited to read your guest’s holy book with him or her, too. You don’t need to be afraid of reading a passage of the Koran or Book of Mormon withyour
PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR RUNNING A HOSPITABLE HOME At Rosaria’s house the standard foods are rice, beans or daal, vegetables and sometimes chicken. By 6:45am she usually already has the rice steaming, beans simmering and chicken slow-cooking, so that she knows there will be simple but nutritious food ready when anyone drops in or at supper time. For ordinary hospitality I rarely plan a HOW IMPORTANT IS THE WORK OF "SERVING We know that serving tables is a humble task. Rather than asking whether serving tables was important work, Elliot points out that the spiritual character of the men chosen to serve those tables in Acts 6 was most important. The early church's kitchen team wasn’t chosen based on who had the biggest van for making deliveries. IDEAS: INTRO TO FEEDING FOREIGN FRIENDS TexMex can also be interesting to people of other cultures, because it is a twist on some ingredients they may have eaten before (like cilantro, beans, tomatoes, corn, yogurt/sour cream) mixed with other not-too-scary ingredients (cheese, avocado, tortilla chips). E-NEWSLETTER: Sign up to receive occasional emails with insider content from The Serviette!No results found.
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