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In From The Cold
Making and Serving meals for First United Church
300 pairs of socks
Anita and the crew
Board members
Bruce saying prayer
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| An outreach program at Canadian Memorial is to
participate in the In From The Cold meals program at First United Mission
and Church, located in Vancouver's downtown eastside.
During the cold months, we prepare and serve a meal at
First United one Friday night a month. Some make stew (recipe
below) and bring it to Canadian Memorial's kitchen by noon on the
Friday, others bake a cake or contribute funds for other supplies.
Then a group of volunteers meet at First and put the meal together,
serve it and do clean-up.
Usually there are 100-125 people in the First United's
neighbourhood that join us for dinner. They appreciate not only
the hot meal, but also the fellowship.
Anita Kilberg is the coordinator for Canadian Memorial's participation
in In From The Cold, Volunteers and donors are
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More information about First United Mission can be found at
www.firstunited.ca
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Stew Recipe
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Baked Beef and Vegetable
Stew
(12 servings)
4 pounds (2 kg) stewing beef trimmed and cut into 1
inch pieces
8 large carrots, cut into 1 inch pieces
4 stalks celery, cut into 1 inch pieces
4 medium onions, cut into eights
4 garlic gloves, chopped finely
2 (796 ml) cans tomatoes
2 cups (125 ml) beef stock
2 bay leafs
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. dried marjoram
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
2 cup frozen peas
Place all ingredients except peas in three quart (3 L) casserole,
stirring to break up tomatoes.
Cover and bake at 325 F. for three hours or until beef is tender,
stirring occasionally.
Add peas and bake, uncovered, an additional 15 minutes.
Remove and discard bay leafs.
A little more liquid may be needed during the cooking time.
Ice cream buckets are available to put the finished stew in for
transporting to the church.
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