How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose and was now glad to reject! You drove them from me, You who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place, You who are sweeter than all pleasure, though not to flesh and blood, You who outshine all light yet are hidden deeper than any secret in our hearts, You who surpass all honor though not in the eyes of men who see all honor in themselves. At last my mind was free from the gnawing anxieties of ambition and gain, from wallowing in filth and scratching the itching sore of lust. I began to talk to you freely, O Lord my God, my Light, my Wealth, and my Salvation.

Augustine

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Dessert	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	c	Milk
5	c	Day-old bread cubes
1	c	Sugar
8		Eggs; beaten
1/2	c	Butter or margarine; melted
1/4	c	Chopped dates
1/4	c	Raisins
1	ts	Vanilla extract
1/2	ts	Ground cinnamon
1	ds	Salt
1	ds	Ground nutmeg
		Additional sugar; cinnamon and nutmeg; optional
		Whipped cream; optional

INSTRUCTIONS

In a large bowl, pour milk over bread. Add sugar, eggs, butter, dates,
raisins, vanilla, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg; stir to mix well. Pour into a
greased 13x9x2-inch baking dish. If desired, sprinkle top with additional
sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until
golden brown and a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Serve
warm with whipped cream, if desired. Yields 10-12 servings.
COUNTRY WOMAN, SEP-OCT 1993
From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained
lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc.  Downloaded from Glen's MM
Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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