Name: Mother's Favorite Date Pudding
Ingredients: 1 Egg; 1 c Dates; chopped; 1 c Boiling water; 3/4 c Nuts; chopped; 1 ts Soda; 1/2 ts Baking powder; 3/4 c Sugar; 1 tb Shortening; 1 pn Salt; 1 3/4 c Flour; 1 ts Vanilla

Church attendance is infected with a malaise of conditional loyalty which has produced an army of ecclesiastical hitchhikers. The hitchhiker's thumb says, 'You buy the car, pay for repairs and upkeep and insurance, fill the car with gas – and I'll ride with you. But if you have an accident, you are on your own! And I'll probably sue.' So it is with the credo of so many of today's church attenders: 'You go to the meetings and serve on the boards and committees, you grapple with the issues and do the work of the church and pay the bills – and I'll come along for the ride. But if things do not suit me, I'll complain and probably bail out-my thumb is always out for a better ride.'

Kent Hughes

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains		Puddings &, Custards	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Egg
1	c	Dates; chopped
1	c	Boiling water
3/4	c	Nuts; chopped
1	ts	Soda
1/2	ts	Baking powder
3/4	c	Sugar
1	tb	Shortening
1	pn	Salt
1 3/4	c	Flour
1	ts	Vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

In the boiling water add egg, dates, and nuts. Mix the remaining
ingredients together and then mix with the original mixture. Bake for about
30    minutes at 325°.
NOTES : One of our Christmas puddings.
Recipe by: Sarah Elizabeth Barton-Mother
Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter  by
[email protected] (MRS IRA M DENNIS) on Sep 24, 1997

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