1. Fasting increases our sense of humility and dependence on the Lord (for our hunger and physical weakness continually remind us how we are not really strong in ourselves but need the Lord). 2. Fasting allows us to give more attention to prayer (for we are not spending time on eating). 3. [Fasting] is a continual reminder that, just as we sacrifice some personal comfort to the Lord by not eating, so we must continually sacrifice all of ourselves to Him. 4. Fasting is a good exercise in self-discipline, for as we refrain from eating food, which we would ordinarily desire, it also strengthens our ability to refrain from sin, to which we might otherwise be tempted to yield. 5. Fasting also heightens spiritual and mental alertness and a sense of God’s presence as we focus less on the material things of this world (such as food) and as the energies of our body are freed from digesting and processing food. 6. Fasting expresses earnestness and urgency in our prayers: if we continued to fast, eventually we would die. Therefore, in a symbolic way, fasting says to God that we are prepared to lay down our lives that the situation be changed rather than that it continue.
Champanhe; liquier,any juice, wine etc…, (up to 4)
1/3
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Unsweetened cocoa
INSTRUCTIONS
Source: Willians Sonoma ( Good Cooking)
Gently warn the cream in a saucepan over medium heat until small bubbles
begin to appear along the pan's edges. Remove from the heat and stir in the
chocolate until the mixture is smooth and the chocolate has melted
completely. Alternatively, place the chocolate in a food processor fitted
with the metal blade or in a blender. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate
and allow to sit for 15 seconds. Add the liquer to taste and mix brifly.
Pour the misture into aa shallow pan , cover with plastic wrap and chill
until firm, about 3 hours Place the cocoa in a shalloow bowl. To form each
trufflee: Using a teaspoon, scoop up a 1 inch piece of the mixture. With
cool fingers, form the mixture into a irregularly shaped ball, then drop
the ball into athe cocoa and turn to coat it completely. transfer to a
plate. If your fingers are not cool, drop the mixture directly into the
cocoa aand quickly form it into a ball as you coat it. Store for up to 2
weeks in a covered container in the refrigerator; remove 30 min. before
serving. Or freeze for up to 4 mounts in a tightly sealed container;
defrost in the container. Serve and make 30 pieces.
Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest by BNLImp@aol.com on Feb 20, 1998
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