Fried Cornmeal Mush With Tomato Gravy

Every true prayer has its background and its foreground. The foreground of prayer is the intense, immediate desire for a certain blessing which seems to be absolutely necessary for the soul to have; the background of prayer is the quiet, earnest desire that the will of God, whatever it may be, should be done. What a picture is the perfect prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane! In front burns the strong desire to escape death and to live; but behind there stands, calm and strong, the craving of the whole life for the doing of the will of God... Leave out the foreground, let there be no expression of the will of him who prays, and there is left a pure submission which is almost fatalism. Leave out the background, let there be no acceptance of the will of God, and the prayer is only an expression of self-will, a petulant claiming of the uncorrected choice of him who prays. Only when the two are there together, the special desire resting on the universal submission, the universal submission opening into the special desire is the picture perfect and the prayer complete.

Phillips Brooks

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables	Mennonite	Breads	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/4	c	Stone ground yellow cornmeal
1	c	Cold water
3	c	Hot water
1	t	Salt
		Vegetable oil for frying
1/4	c	All-purpose flour

INSTRUCTIONS

Flour for dredging  In a small bowl, combine the cornmeal, salt, and
flour. Gradually  whisk the cold water into the mixture. Bring the hot
water to a boil  in a large saucepan over high heat and gradually whisk
in the  cornmeal mixture. Stir and whisk until it boils. Cover, lower
heat,  and simmer for 5 minutes. The mixture will be very thick.  Pour
into  an oiled 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan and refrigerate overnight.  The
next day, cut the loaf into 1/2 inch slices.  In a skillet, heat 2
teaspoons of oil or bacon fat.  Dredge 3 or 4 slices in the flour and
fry them over low heat until golden brown on both sides. Continue to
cook remaining mush, adding oil to the skillet as needed. Serve with
either maple syrup or Tomato Gravy and plan on 3 to 4 slices per
person.  From: Cooking from Quilt Country (Amish and Mennonite,
Indiana)  Shared By: Pat Stockett  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster
collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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