Kent and Barbara Hughes suggest the following to built family affection: 1. “The best possible foundation for building affection: love for God…We are able to love God and others through the reception of God’s love. Loving God is what makes other loves endure. This discipline, the day-to-day empowerment to live out this love for people who aren’t always “lovable,” is what fosters the ongoing growth of affection.” 2. “It is essential, then, if a family is to develop the bonds of affection, that the children have the assurance of their parents’ love for one another.” 3. “An obvious place to enhance family affection is at the dinner table. That is the single best daily opportunity families have for all gathering together…We encourage you never to surrender that choice time, for it is an unsurpassed opportunity to build family life.” 4. “Family vacations were at the heart of building the Hughes clan’s affections…we made disciplined investment in family vacations…Sometimes brief, spontaneous mini-vacations can (also) have important results in developing family unity and affection.” 5. “Mutual interests builds affection…Wise parents know this and look for a common interest or adopt their children’s interests as their own.” 6. “Families that learn to appreciate their points of uniqueness and to chuckle at their idiosyncrasies pull together in affection rather than apart in irritation.” 7. “The home is the place to be sentimental, corny, even weird for the sake of affection.” 8. “Wise parents who wish to enhance familial bonds will do their best to keep up the communication with grandparents and spent time with them if possible. Few things can be more elevating to family than loving affection extended across generations.” (Kent and Barbara Hughes).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy			1	servings

INGREDIENTS

2/3	c	Firmly packed light brown sugar
1/4	c	Light corn syrup
1		Egg white
1/8	ts	Cream of tartar
1/8	ts	Salt
2	tb	Water
1	ts	Vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

enough to fill and frost a 9" (2 layer) cake (16 serv)
Combine all ingredients except vanilla in the top of a double boiler, set
over boiling water, and beat with a rotary beater or portable electric
mixer until mixture stands in peaks. Off heat, add vanilla and continue
beating until mixture will hold deep swirls. Use at once.
50    cal. per serving.
This is an old-fashioned frosting - I remember my mother making it often,
but I haven't done it for years. She also made the White Mountain frosting
and at Christmas would add crushed peppermint canes and red coloring to
make a pink peppermint frosting. I suppose she also used oil of peppermint
in it - but I'm sorry I can't remember. I would follow the variation for
7-minute frosting to be on the safe side. Nancy - hope you enjoy taking
cakes to family gatherings this summer and hope these recipes are of some
help.
Posted to fatfree digest by "Richard M. Swanson" <sharpy@sedona.net> on May
23, 1999, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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