Any sensationalism inevitably is frustrated by the law of diminishing returns. People are never satisfied. They always want one more sign, one more miracle, one more show. To have maintained His influence over the people by the use of miracles, Jesus would have had to produce greater and greater sensations. Because the natural, carnal heart can never be satisfied, this year’s miracle would have become next year’s bore. His followers would only have been lovers of sensation, not lovers of God.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits	California	Fruits, Candies, Holiday	1	Recipe

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

FIG SUGAR PLUMS
With your hands, pull California dried figs gently into their original
shape, smoothing out wrinkles and perking up stems.  With a sharp, small
knife, slit the smoothest side of the figs.  Stuff them plump and full
with any of the following goodies:
* half of mint or wintergreen cream patties
* half of chocolate covered mint patties
* salted nuts
* toasted walnut meats
* marshmallow, slit, with piece of chocolate tucked into it
* wedge of candied ginger
* ground nuts mixed with honey
* fondant
* ground or chopped salted peanuts mixed with peanut butter
* blanched almonds, dried slowly in oven
* candied cherry
* chunk of candied pineapple
Arrange these good-to-eat and good-to-look-at figs on pretty tray.  Place
candle into a stem-clipped fig, which will serve happily as candle stick.
Conversation piece -- and pi.ce de resistance!
Source: 48 Family Favorites with California Figs
Reprinted with the permission of The California Fig Advisory Board
Electronic format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/califfig.zip

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