I have always been fascinated with the lives of the twelve apostles. Who isn’t? The personality types of these men are familiar to us. They are just like us, and they are like other people we know. They are approachable. They are real and living characters we can identify with. Their faults and foibles, as well as their triumphs and endearing features, are chronicled in some of the most fascinating accounts of the Bible. These are men we want to know. That’s because they were perfectly ordinary men in every way. Not one of them was renowned for scholarship or great erudition. They had no track record as orators or theologians. In fact, they were outsiders as far as the religious establishment of Jesus’ day was concerned. They were not outstanding because of any natural talents or intellectual abilities. On the contrary, they were all too prone to mistakes, misstatements, wrong attitudes, lapses of faith, and bitter failure – no one more so than the leader of the group, Peter. Even Jesus remarked that they were slow learners and somewhat spiritually dense (Luke 24:25).

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Meats, Eggs		Pudding, Untried, Posted-mm	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Long-grain rice — cooked
1/2	c	Shredded coconut meat
1 1/2	c	Apricot nectar
2/3	c	Sugar — divided
2	tb	Water
1/2	ts	Salt
3		Eggs — separated
1	ts	Lemon peel — grated
1	ts	Vanilla extract
1/2	c	Apricot preserves

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine rice and coconut; spoon mixture into an 11x7x1 1/2" baking dish.
Set Aside. Combine apricot nectar, 1/3 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons water in
a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Stir in salt, and remove from heat; set
aside.
Beat egg yolks at high speed of an electric mixer until thick and lemon
colored.  Stir in lemon rind and Pour egg yolk mixture over rice mixture in
baking dish. Place baking dish in a baking pan. Pour boiling water into
baking pan to a depth of 1 inch.
Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 1hour and 15 minutes or until set.  Remove from
oven; let stand 10 minutes. Beat egg whites (at room temp.) at high speed
just until foamy.  Gradually add remaining 1/3 cup sugar, 1 tb at a time,
beating until stiff peaks form and sugar dissolves (2-4 min.). Spread
meringue over pudding. Bake at 350 for 10 min. or until meringue is golden
brown.  Serve pudding warm.
Recipe By:Posted Genie F&W
From the recipe files of suzy@gannett.infi.net
Posted to MealMaster Recipes List, Digest #152
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 1996 17:47:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: suzy <suzy@gannett.infi.net>

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