Penn And Teller Dessert

There has been a long tradition which sees the mission of the Church primarily as obedience to a command. It has been customary to speak of 'the missionary mandate.' This way of putting the matter is certainly not without justification, and yet it seems to me that it misses the point. It tends to make mission a burden rather than a joy, to make it part of the law rather than part of the gospel. If one looks at the New Testament evidence one gets another impression. Mission begins with a kind of explosion of joy. The news that the rejected and crucified Jesus is alive is something that cannot possibly be suppressed. It must be told. Who could be silent about such a fact? The mission of the Church in the pages of the New Testament is more like the fallout from a vast explosion, a radioactive fallout which is not lethal but life-giving.

Leslie Newbigin

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Desserts, Halloween	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Red jello mix
		Cool whip
		Karo syrup
		Dk red wine or grape juice

INSTRUCTIONS

Here is the outline for something I saw this morning on Geraldo (by
accident) that was done by Penn & Teller.  It's more of a macabre
show-off desert, but I laughed my ass off when I saw it.  Okay, start
off by making some Jell-O, preferably strawberry or  cherry or some
other flavor that's naturally red.  But, use two to  three times as
much Jell-O mix as you normally would, to thicken up  the consistency.
After this is mixed, stir in some cool whip, and  pour it into your
favorite standard party mold (the dome kind would  be good).  Get a
CLEAN plastic bag (inside and out) and place in it some Karo  syrup.
Now add something like a very dark red wine, or grape juice.  What you
want is a semi-thick VERY dark red (opaque) liquid which  looks not
unlike blood. Starting to get the picture yet?  Okay, now place this
bag in the mold, so that the bag is still  floating on top.  Keep in
mind that you want the Jell-O plus the bag  to completely fill the
mold, but have a level surface, as this thing  is going to flip over
later on.  Put it in the fridge, and allow it  to chill and set.  When
you take it out of the refrigerator, you should decorate it a  little.
Try drizeling some chocolate glaze on top and poping a couple  of
strawberries or cherries on top of this.  Allow to set if  necessary,
and then bring it out to your dinner guests.  At this point, your
dinner guests will probably be oo'ing and ah'ing  over this rather nice
dessert you've brought out to them.  Make sure  you've got that big
pointy butcher knife in one hand as you set this  beauty down on the
table.  Now you get to play Norman Bates:  cut into the side of this,
making  sure you go deep enough to cut into the bag real wide.  As you
continue to cut out a piece of the geltin mold, the bag will leak  into
this, and your bewildered guests will think your dessert is  BLEEDING.
Not to disappoint them, cut out one of these bloody pieces  of geletin
and plop it down on a plate.  If you're lucky, it will  look like a
recently-extracted body organ.  Yes, this is gross.  Yes, I wouldn't
bring this to the typical dinner  party.  Yes, I probably have a very
warped sense of humor.  But, I  laughed quite loudly when I saw this
being done by Penn & Teller.  At  the very least, it might be fun for a
Halloween party... :-)  Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes Gregory L. Pratt
aragon@acm.rpi.edu  Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #261  Date: Tue, 24
Sep 1996 03:26:03 +0000  From: Linda Place <placel@worldnet.att.net>

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