What are you to yourself? Worthless? Vile? Empty? What is Jesus to you? Precious? Lovely? All your salvation? All your desire? What is sin to you? The most hateful thing in the world? What is holiness to you? Most lovely? Most longed for? What is the throne of grace to you? The most attractive spot? What is the cross to you? The sweetest resting place in the universe? What is God to you? Your God? Your Father? The spring of all your joys? The fountainhead of all your bliss? The center where your affections meet? Is it so? Then you are a child of God! Those low views of yourself...that brokenness, that inward mourning, that secret confession, that longing for...more spirituality, more grace, more devotedness, more love, does but prove the existence, reality, and growth of God's work within you. Cheer up, precious soul! That soul never perished, that felt itself to be vile, and Jesus to be precious!

Octavius Winslow

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Grains		Appetizers, Southwester	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8	sm	Avocado; ripe, haas*
4		Lemons; juiced
1	tb	Dijon mustard
	ds	Worcestershire sauce
		Salt and white pepper
1/2	c	Heavy cream
8		Plum tomatoes; peel, seed, dice
3	tb	Heavy cream
1	tb	Lemon juice; fresh
2	tb	Basil; fresh, chopped
		Salt and pepper
1	c	Dry white wine
1	c	Water
		Salt and pepper
2	lb	Shrimp; fresh, cleaned

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR MOUSSE
SAUCE
SHRIMP
*Should have 7 to 8 cups of pulp.
Line a 9x5 inch loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving tags hanging over
edge.  Peel 6 avocados and mash well with mustard, Worcestershire, lemon
juice, salt and pepper.  Whip cream to soft peaks.  Fold whipped cream into
avocado.  Pour half mixture in loaf pan and bang on table to level and
drive out air bubbles. Peel two remaining avocados and halve them. Place
cut side down up mold. Tap mold again. Top with rest of mousse. Tap, smooth
top, and put a piece of parchment right on surface of mousse.  Chill.
For sauce, stew tomatoes, cream, lemon juice for about 5 minutes, stirring
frequently.   Cool and add basil and s&p if needed.
Bring wine and water to boil.  Add salt and shrimp.  Simmer gently 'til
done, remove, drain and cool.
Unmold mousse.  Spread sauce on long edges of mold letting it drip down the
sides.  Garnish center of mold with shrimp, and green things like chives or
cilantro.  Take your bows!
Posted to EAT-L Digest 02 Sep 96
Date:    Tue, 3 Sep 1996 18:01:46 -0500
From:    Johnette Hassell <hassell@EECS.TULANE.EDU>

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