It is true, repentance includes sincere emotion, an affection for God and a disaffection for sin. Torrents of sorrow may flood the repenter's heart, and properly so (Jas. 4:8-10). But there is such a thing as a temporary emotion in the mere semblance of repentance; this emotion has very weak legs and cannot carry the behavior in the long walk of obedience. Your sorrow may even be prolonged. Yet if it does not arrive at repentance, it is of the world and is a living death – and maybe more (2 Cor. 7: 10). It is an old deceiver. Judas had such remorse but “went and hanged himself.” (Mt. 27:3-5)

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Sugar
1	tb	Hot water
2	c	Milk; (can use diluted or undiluted evaporated milk)
3		Beaten egg yolks
1/2	ts	Vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS

This custard is NOT the more common caramel flan. Here, the caramel flavor
is in the custard itself. I usually double this recipe.
Caramelize sugar in a small iron skillet over a "quick fire." Add the hot
water and stir til the sugar dissolves again. (I think I prefer the method
where you add water at the beginning. You'd still need to add the hot water
after the sugar is caramelized, though.) Scald the milk (I'd let this cool
a bit--not too much, though). Add the melted sugar. Pour slowly over the
egg yolks, whisking constantly as you do so. (This is how it was done in
JoC; I now probably would add a little of the hot mixture to the egg yolks,
and then add this back into the hot mixture--that seems to be how this is
done most of the time.) Add the vanilla and beat til well blended. Pour
into a small casserole and place in a larger pan with (hot) water coming
halfway up sides. Bake at 325F til firm. Test by inserting knife in center;
the custard should not adhere to the spoon. Recipe originally from The Joy
of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1936 ed.).
Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by JB <jbxyz@ma.ultranet.com> on Mar 29, 1998

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