No power in the universe can rob you of it; none, but yourself, can even diminish it. “Your joy no man takes from you.” What the power, or love, or presence of man can create – the power, or hatred, or absence of man can destroy. But, the joy of the believer has a different origin, and, as no man bestowed it, so no man can take it away. It has God for its author – the living Rock of Ages for its ever-flowing fountain – the Holy Spirit for the golden channel, which it conveys into the heart. Thus, coming from the fountain of joy, it is of immortal origin – and, is far above the reach of mortal enemies. All the sorrows of earth – all the temptations of hell, are vain against this joy. So far from being diminished by what would crush earthly happiness, and reduce the stoutest heart, without Divine grace, to hopeless dejection – it is only realized more fully, amid the raging fury of the hurricane, or the dreary gloom of a starless midnight.

John MacDuff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs	French	Puddings	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Raisins
1/4	c	Brandy
8		French bread slices; stale
2	tb	Butter; softened
2	c	Milk
1/3	c	Sugar
3		Eggs
4		Egg yolks
1	ts	Vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 325.  Put the raisins in a bowl, pour the brandy over them
and let soak for 1/2 hour.  Arrange the 8 slices of bread, which you have
buttered on both sides, in a buttered baking dish.    Bring the milk to a
boil, remove from the heat and stir in the sugar until completely
dissolved.  With an electric mixer, beat the eggs and egg yolks; pour in
the milk gradually and add the vanilla.  In the baking dish pour the
raisins and brandy over the bread slices and then pour the egg mixture on
top.  Put the baking dish in a pan of boiling water and bake in the oven
for about 40 minutes or until a table knife inserted into the pudding comes
out clean.    Let cool a  little before serving, but serve while still
warm.  It is also good cold the next day. Do not freeze.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #170
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 04:04:25 -0400
From: CarolAnnn@aol.com

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