December 25
Cerebration of Jesus Christ's
Birthday
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No one knows the date and year of the birth
of Jesus. According to Pope Benedict XVI in his book Jesus of Nazareth:
The Infancy Narratives, a monk in 550 made a
miscalculation and the error was followed by subsequent historians
which essentially makes all of our BC and AD dates suspect.
The story of Jesus' birth is based on the gospels of St. Luke and St Matthew
as the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, of the Savior's birth. We
first learn of the name of Jesus in Matthew 1:21 when an angel
instructs Joseph: "you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his
people from their sins."
However, as
many kids know, when one says the name of Jesus backwards, it sounds like
"sausage". So some enterprising French sausage makers created what is known
as the Jesus sausage (Rosette de Lyon et Jesus de Lyon)
a version of the Rosette De Lyon, a delicate,
spindle-shaped,
dried, pork sausage
recognizable by its small square lardo ns
(strips
of pork fat)
and its dark red coarser stuffing. Its name
comes from its tail end of the sausage which is pink. The composition of the
Jesus sausage is similar to that of the rosette but it is brown on the
outside,
the meats and fats are more coarsely chopped, and it is stuffed into a much
shorter but wider pear-shaped casing.
Rosette de Lyon can be
ordered from amazon.com. Rosette de Lyon et Jesus de Lyon can be
purchased from The Market Quarter, 36 Elizabeth Street, Belgravia. London,
SW1W 9NZ Phone 020 7824 8470. Or, if an angel has told you to
make your own Rosette de Lyon
et Jesus de Lyon, here is the
recipe.
Enjoy these baby sausages while viewing The Nativity Story (2006) which had its world premiere in the Vatican in 1996 The film was directed by Catherine Hardwick who also directed the first Twilight film.
Rosette de Lyon et Jesus de Lyon
(Jesus Sausage)
Ingredients
5 lbs cured pork
1/2 lb lardons
10 cloves pressed garlic
1&1/2 TB
of white pepper
4 TB kosher salt
1 cup white wine
Instructions