Sunday, April 10, 2011  Sentimental Journey with Butter-Dipped
Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls  When I was a kid growing up in Nova
Scotia, there not too many opportunities to dine out at a
restaurant. My town was both small and quite poor so even the
fanciest places were not much more than classy diners. At the
time, of course, my siblings and I absolutely loved going out to
dinner. One of my fondest early memories is at a local
restaurant eating, of all things, fish and chips. Believe me,
fish and chips are very big in Nova Scotia. The best part, and
what made the dinner special, were the rolls. Dinner rolls, I
was told, somehow made the whole thing more civilized and
'upscale'. We had bread at home, of course. And challah for
Shabbat, but dinner rolls moved us into the realm of the
extraordinary.  Many years later, I still remember those dinner
rolls very fondly because they are a central element in a very
fond childhood memory. These rolls are easy to make, and very
delicious. They have a slightly chewy crust and