All is shadow here below! The world is a shadow; and it passes away! The creature is a shadow; and the loveliest and the fondest may be the first to die! Health is a shadow; fading, and in a moment gone! Wealth is a shadow; today upon the summit of affluence, tomorrow at its base, plunged into poverty and dependence! Human friendships and creature affections are but shadows; sweet and pleasant while they last, but, with a worm feeding at the root of all created good, the sheltering gourd soon withers, exposing us to the sun's burning heat by day, and to the frost's cold chill by night! Oh, yes! “Passing Away” is indelibly inscribed upon everything here below! Yet how slow are we to realize the solemn lesson: “What shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue!” Unconverted reader, what is your life but a vapor that passes away?and what are its pursuits but shadows; unreal, unsatisfying, evanescent? Your rank, your wealth, your honors, your pleasures, are but phantoms which appear but for a little while, and then are lost in the deeper shadow of the grave, and the still deeper and longer shadow of eternity! Oh, turn from these dreams and hallucinations, and, as a rational, accountable, immortal being, on your way to judgment, fix your mind upon your solemn, endless future! You are going to die! And, oh, when that dread hour comes, so real and appalling, how will your past life appear?

Octavius Winslow

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Meats	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6		Pork chops
		Pork chop fat or oil
2	ts	Butter salt and pepper to taste
3		Apples-unpeeled with cores
1	ts	Sugar
		Cinnamon

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook the chops using melted fat trimmed from the meat and 1 tsp butter.
(Note from Anne MacLellan; those concerned about their fat intake may chose
to use corn oil or some other vegetable oil rather than the pork fat).
Season to taste and set on hot platter. Keep warm.
Slice the apples 1/2" thick and add to the pan with 1 tsp butter, the
sugar and a few pinches of cinnamon or cloves. Cook over medium heat for
about 10 minutes, turning once or twice until some of apples are browned.
Arrange them around the chops and serve. Serves: 4-6
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