Name: Festive Cheese Ball
Ingredients: 2 c Shredded cheddar cheese; 1 pk (3 oz) cream cheese; 3 tb Mayonnaise; 1/2 ts Worcestershire sauce; 1 ts Sherry extract; 1 ds Onion salt; 1 ds Garlic salt; 1 ds Celery salt; 1/4 c Chopped ripe olives; 3 tb Minced dried beef; 3 tb Minced fresh parsley

Since we believe in the resurrection of the body, we do not see a corpse as garbage. From the time of our earliest ancestors in the faith, we have buried our dead, committing them to the earth from which they came with the conviction that they will one day be summoned from it once more. The image of sleep is useful—not because the dead are unconscious but because they will one day be awakened. God deems as faith Joseph committing his bones to his brothers for future transport into the land of promise. In the same way the act of burial is a testimony of the entire community to the resurrection of the body. Cremation is a horrifying testimony of the burning up of the flesh and bones, a testimony that is decidedly pagan in both origin and in practice. Of course, God can resurrect a cremated Christian (or a Christian torn to pieces by lions, etc.), but how we deal with the body of a Christian teaches us - and the watching world - what we really believe about the gospel. Cremation ought then to be shunned by those who hope in Christ.

Russell Moore

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Meats		Appetizers	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Shredded cheddar cheese
1	pk	(3 oz) cream cheese
3	tb	Mayonnaise
1/2	ts	Worcestershire sauce
1	ts	Sherry extract
1	ds	Onion salt
1	ds	Garlic salt
1	ds	Celery salt
1/4	c	Chopped ripe olives
3	tb	Minced dried beef
3	tb	Minced fresh parsley

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine cheeses, mayonnaise, Worcester-shire sauce, sherry extract and
onion, garlic and celery salts. Blend until smooth. Add olives. Cover and
chill until firm.
Shape cheese mixture into a ball. Combine dried beef and parsley; roll ball
in beef and parsley. Cover and chill.
VARIATIONS: For a different taste, substitute finely chopped pecans or
chopped ripe olives for dried beef.
Notes: This cookbook was acquired at a junk sale. It captured my interest
because of the annotated comments beside the recipes. The original owner
had made comments or just check marks beside certain recipes. I will
include these as I scan.
Recipe by: The Pillsbury Family Cookbook (1963)
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #931 by "Eugene Johnston"
<ejohnston@mailexcite.com> on Nov 29, 1997

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