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A steady diet of performances by soloists or even choirs can have the unintended effect of undermining the corporate, participative nature of our musical worship. People can gradually come to think of worship in terms of passive observation, which we do not see modeled in the Bible. Such a diet may also begin to blur the line between worship and entertainment, especially in a television-sopped culture like ours, where one of our most insidious expectations is to be always entertained. Of course, this blurring is hardly ever intended. But over time, separating the “performers” from “the rest of the congregation” can subtly shift the focus of our attention from God to the musicians and their talent – a shift that is frequently revealed by applause at the end of some performance pieces. Who is the beneficiary of such applause? (Mark Dever and Paul Alexander).

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Grechevnye Bliny (buckwheat Bliny)

January 28, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs	Russian	Bread, Ethnic, Russian, Ukrainian	28	Each

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Buckwheat flour
3 3/4	c	Milk
5		Eggs seperated
1	t	Salt
1 1/2		Yeast dry active
4	T	Butter unsalted & melted
1 1/2	T	Sugar
2	c	All purpose flour

INSTRUCTIONS

Place the buckwheat flour in a large bowl and stir in 1 cup of cold
milk. Warm 2 cups of milk 10 180-F degrees, gradually add to the  flour
mixture. Cool to 105-F degrees and mix in the yeast mixed with  1/2
teaspoon of sugar. Cover and allow to sit in a warm place for 20
minutes.Blend the egg yolks with the rest of the sugar. Mix the  melted
butter, egg yolks, salt, all-purpose flour together until  smooth. and
beat for 6 minutes. If it gets too stiff or thick add  some of the
reserved milk & beat for 1 minute more. Whip the egg  whites util stiff
peaks form then fold into the batter a small but at  a time. Cover the
batter, set in a warm place, and wait for 45  minututes. Cook  by
dropping 2 tablespoons of thebatter into the  skillet. Cook for 75
seconds and then turn it over and cook for 30  seconds. Serve with the
usual garnishes. ORIGIN: Chef Mikhail F.  Rubinov, Minsk-Belorussia,
circa 1998 From: Dr. Donald Houston  Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by
"Donald Houston"  <docdonald@worldnet.att.net> on Sep 27, 1998

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