Food Tip of the Day is on Vacation!

Food tip of the day is on vacation people, so instead I am going to share something very different with you today in this part of, "What should I have for dinner tonight?" I am going to tell you about The Five Dollar Vacation and The Five Dollar Feast (the latter represented by the picture to the left.)

The Five Dollar Vacation is a worldwide charity project, quite literally sending five dollar bills on a trip to visit a great many interesting places, have their photograph taken and actually raise money in a variety of original ways. The Five Dollar Feast is my contribution to the project in my capacity as Food and Drink Channel Steward on Helium.com.

As The Five Dollars have been made to represent in turn Faith, Hope, Charity, Freedom and Love, I decided to prepare a humble meal with ingredients made to represent same. The ingredients I used are all in the picture to the above left.

Dollar One is Faith

I used the broken bread in representation of the Communion celebration, where the bread represents Faith that the broken body of Christ on the cross means salvation for mankind.

Dollar Two is Hope

I used the wine in representation of Christ's blood spilled at his crucifixion to offer the Hope of Eternal Life to all of mankind.

Dollar Three is Charity

Maize is one of the crops which Charity organisers teach people who are starving in the Third World to grow.

Dollar Four is Freedom

The chicken is from a free range bird, which knew Freedom in life and was not cruelly confined.

Dollar Five is Love

Chocolate is the foodstuff often associated with an expression of Love.

The meal which I crafted is a long way from being the most appetising I have ever made but on this occasion that was not the prime concern. I still managed to make a corn and chicken salad with croutons and the chocolate and wine served as dessert.

I hope you enjoyed our little deviation from normal today and food tip of the day will be back with us very soon.