Lobster And Chips – We Love God!

An additional impetus to our unity among diversity is that of the projected makeup of the future kingdom. It is glorious in its admixture of those from “every tribe and tongue and people and nation” (Rev. 5:11). We cannot, must not, live contrary to our final convergence in Christ. In the ugly old slavery of early America, the schizophrenia about this was incredible. There were blacks and whites who would not dream of worshipping as equals (though they were sometimes in the same building), yet at the same time would hold the doctrinal verity that all colors would be in heaven together some day. This was entirely incongruous. We are called to experience in this life as much of the spirit that will characterize us in the new earth as is possible. The ideal of heaven is always to be the pursuit of earthbound believers. “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10). We cannot pray for the Kingdom to come and not relish what that coming Kingdom means. Our community of believers is to be a living demonstration of the power of the cross and also of the purified Bride who awaits the wedding. We are denying our future calling to fail in this area. We are smearing our reputation and throwing dirt on our bridal gown.

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Live lobster, about 2 to 3
		pounds
1		Box Ritz crackers, about 4
		ounces
1/4	c	Drawn butter
1	T	Finely chopped parsley
		Salt and pepper
1	lb	Steak fries
		Vegetable oil for frying
1		Paper bag
		Malt vinegar, to taste
2		Fresh lemons, split in halt

INSTRUCTIONS

EMERIL LIVE SHOW #EMIA28  Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Preheat
the vegetable oil for  frying a large skillet. Begin by splitting the
lobster, turn the  lobster on its back, with one hand hold down the
claws. Place the top  of the knife at the tip of the head of the
lobster. Push the blade  down through the lobsters body and cut it in
half lengthwise. Remove  the brains, liver, and coral. Using the back
of your knife, crack the  claws in several places. (This will allow for
easy removal of the  meat after cooking.) Place the lobster, shell side
down, on a baking  sheet. In a small mixing bowl, combine the crackers,
butter, parsley,  and lemon juice. Season the mixture with salt and
pepper. Season the  inside of the lobster with salt and pepper. Fill
the cavity of the  lobster with this filling and cover the tail meat
with the excess.  Bake for 25 minutes or until the meat is white and
the crust is  golden brown. Place the steak fries in the hot oil and
fry until  golden brown and crispy, about 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from
the oil  and drain on a paper-lined plate. Place the fries in the paper
bag  with salt, pepper and a sprinkling of vinegar. Shake the bag a
couple  of times to season the fries completely. Serve the fries with
the  baked lobster.  Yield: 2 servings  Posted to recipelu-digest by
molony <molony@scsn.net> on Mar 05, 1998

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It seems almost inconceivable to believe that there was life before television. As good as the medium is for some things, it is an instrument of death to conversation in most families. Add computers, a personal CD player, and speed-eating and we've successfully killed off the last remnants of conversation in most families. Frankly, most families have no meaningful conversation at all. Days and weeks pass, if not months and years, without the skimpiest morsel of a good conversation. When I think about this, I almost weep for the magnitude of the loss. A mudslide of media has pushed our families into a cold ravine. We exist together for as long as we can make it, but we don't know each other. Without face-to-face communication, the home has become an electronic desert.

Jim Elliff