Name: Double Date Sauce
Ingredients: 1/2 c Light brown sugar; 1/2 c Water; 1 tb Cornstarch; 1/2 c Sliced dates; 1 1/2 ts Fresh lemon juice; 1/4 ts Vanilla

On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court, in Dred Scott vs. Stanford, ruled that no act of Congress or territorial legislature could make laws banning slavery. The fundamental argument was that slaves are not free and equal persons but the property of their masters. The ruling is analogous to Roe vs. Wade because today no state may make a law banning abortion to protect the unborn. The argument is similar: basically because the unborn are at the sovereign disposal of their mothers and do not have personal standing in their own right. There was no consensus in this country on the personhood and rights of salves. We were split down the middle. But the issue was so fundamental that the states went to war, and in the end the Lincoln administration overturned the Dred Scott decision. And today, 130 years later, we look back with amazing consensus and marvel at the blindness of our forefathers.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Sauces	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Light brown sugar
1/2	c	Water
1	tb	Cornstarch
1/2	c	Sliced dates
1 1/2	ts	Fresh lemon juice
1/4	ts	Vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

Stir sugar, water, cornstarch in saucepan. Add dates and butter. Simmer,
stirring occasionally, over medium heat for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
Stir in lemon juice and vanilla. Serve hot or warm over frozen yogurt,
fruit or pound cake. But....for the taste of heaven, poke holes in the top
of the date cake I sent a few months ago and drizzle this over the cake,
let set a few hours, then serve with assurance that none will be left. This
recipe makes about 1 cup. I never double recipe, I suppose you could. I
just make separate batches. Don't want to spoil a good thing.
Recipe by: Tootie's Special Recipe Collection
Posted to TNT Recipes Digest, Vol 01, Nr 939 by LVFG53A@prodigy.com (MRS
IRA M DENNIS) on Jan 14, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Our hopelessness and our helplessness are no barrier to (God’s) work. Indeed our utter incapacity is often the prop He delights to use for His next act… We are facing one of the principles of Yahweh’s modus operandi. When His people are without strength, without resources, without hope, without human gimmicks – then He loves to stretch forth His hand from heaven. Once we see where God often begins we will understand how we may be encouraged. #Ralph Davis”