Name: Baked Vermicelli
Ingredients: 4 oz Vermicelli -- cooked and; Drained; 4 tb Butter; 4 tb Flour; 1/4 c Onion -- finely diced; 16 oz Evoporated Skim Milk -- (3; sm Cans); 4 oz Colbyjack Cheese -- grated; 4 oz Parmesan Cheese -- grated; 1/4 ts Black Pepper, Freshly; Ground; 3 ds Tabasco Sauce; 1 ds White Pepper; 1 ds Cayenne Pepper; 1 ds Ground Nutmeg; 2 Eggs -- beaten; 1/3 c To 1/2 C Breadcrumbs

If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in the slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.

C.S. Lewis

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs	Italian	Cheese, Italian, Pasta	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	oz	Vermicelli — cooked and
		Drained
4	tb	Butter
4	tb	Flour
1/4	c	Onion — finely diced
16	oz	Evoporated Skim Milk — (3
	sm	Cans)
4	oz	Colbyjack Cheese — grated
4	oz	Parmesan Cheese — grated
1/4	ts	Black Pepper, Freshly
		Ground
3	ds	Tabasco Sauce
1	ds	White Pepper
1	ds	Cayenne Pepper
1	ds	Ground Nutmeg
2		Eggs — beaten
1/3	c	To 1/2 C Breadcrumbs

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cook vermicelli according to package directions. Drain and place into a
baking dish that has been buttered, oiled or sprayed with cooking spray.
Melt butter in a sauce pan, and add onions and saute until transparent. Add
flour to make a roux and cook for about 3 or 4 minutes. Add the milk and
stir until hot. Remove about a cup of the milk and set aside. Add the
cheeses to the saucepan and continue stirring untill the cheese has melted.
Add the spices. Gradually add the eggs to the cooled reserved milk and beat
until the eggs are incorporated. Stirring continuously, add the eggs to the
saucepan a little at a time. Continue stirring and cook until the sauce
begins to thicken. Pour the cheese sauce over the vermicelli and sprinkle
withe the breadcrumbs. Bake for 30 minutes or until brown on top.
For a really neat looking dish, do a crust of breadcrumbs by layering the
bottom and sides of the baking dish with beaten egg followed by a layer of
breadcrumbs. Repeat several times. Then bake and unmold onto a serving
plate.
Recipe By     : George McTyre <[email protected]>
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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