Name: Toxic Tomatoes
Ingredients: 6 md Tomatoes; 1/2 Avocado peeled, pitted and chopped; 4 oz Swiss cheese; grated; 6 Fresh basil leaves; chopped or 1 tablespoon dried basi; 1/4 ts Dried oregano

The great hymns of the church are on the way out. They are not gone entirely, but they are going and in their place have come trite jingles that have more in common with contemporary advertising ditties than the psalms. The problem here is not so much the style of the music, though trite words fit best with trite tunes and harmonies. Rather it is with the content of the songs. The old hymns expressed the theology of the Bible in profound and perceptive ways and with winsome memorable language. Today’s songs are focused on ourselves. They reflect our shallow or nonexistent theology and do almost nothing to elevate our thoughts about God. Worst of all are songs that merely repeat a trite idea, word, or phrase over and over again. Songs like this are not worship, though they may give the church-goer a religious feeling. They are mantras, which belong more in a gathering of New Agers than among the worshiping people of God.

James Montgomery Boice

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	Swiss	Kids, Misc	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6	md	Tomatoes
1/2		Avocado peeled, pitted and chopped
4	oz	Swiss cheese; grated
6		Fresh basil leaves; chopped or 1 tablespoon dried basi
1/4	ts	Dried oregano

INSTRUCTIONS

Recipe by: Creepy Cuisine, Lucy Munroe
Wash the tomatoes and cut them in half crosswise. Place the halves -
open side up - on a cookie sheet. In a small bowl, mash together the
avocado (sludge), grated Swiss cheese (pus), and basil (poisonous plant
matter).  Spoon the mixture on top of the tomatoes and sprinkle with
oregano (fly wings). Broil the tomatoes for 5 minutes, or until pus begins
to ooze.  Carefully remove the tomatoes from the broiler and serve hot, or
allow to cool slightly and eat them with your hands (wearing plastic
gloves, of course - to keep from being contaminated)!
Penny Halsey (ATBN65B).
Posted to EAT-L Digest 04 Sep 96
Date:    Thu, 5 Sep 1996 10:22:36 -0500
From:    LD Goss <ldgoss@METRONET.COM>

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