In the early Lutheran Church, faith was not reduced to an inward conviction or to mere intellectual, theological assent. For the Lutherans of the Sixteenth Century, faith was a lived and incarnate reality, expressed through the entire liturgical life of the Church. The Altar held a central place in the Church, not as a mere decorative object, but as the place of the real and saving encounter of the sinner with Christ

Dcn. Muehlenbruch left a comment on the post "Ceremonies Revisited" that is so astute, that I think it bears a closer look and perhaps further discussion.

The recipe came from her mother and her grandmother in Italy. For that is how family recipes used to continue their existence: one link in the chain at a time, from mother to daughter.