Check the facts

Eve's Pudding
Job 9:1-15, 32-35
Psalms 16, 17
Acts 10:34-48
John 7:37-52


John 7:37-52

In the days before we had a television we used to play Monopoly. My mother did not like playing with us. She thought we ganged up on her so that she always lost all her money and one of us had a pile so big that we could hardly count it. We lived on a house, sort of middle aged by the standards of the village which had Viking remains and this year's model homes. The deeds on our house were dated 1824. This is relevant because it explains partly why the house had nooks and crannies and no central heating.
On the specific evening we ate dinner in the kitchen and retired to the sitting room for the Monopoly entertainment and coffee. The remains of dessert, Eve's Pudding were left on the table.
As the name suggests Eve's Pudding was a dish that Eve might have concocted for the unsuspecting Adam when he tried the delights of the fobidden tree. He would not have know what was under the topping until it was too late and he had fallen in love with the delicious sweet fruit. Sliced apples are covered with a sponge mixture and baked. Pour on hot custard in winter or cream in summer.
It was winter, we ate custard and huddled in the sitting room over our game. When I came back to the kitchen to contemplate doing the dishes the topping was missing from the pud. My immediate reaction was "What's Mother been up to now?" I had hoped that we would be able to have this dessert another day. Everyone claimed innocence.
There were a two people in the house who did not speak, Bong and Jenny. Weeks later when I discovered that the 12 inch tall dog could get onto the table by jumping onto the chairs I knew who have taken the cake. Meanwhile I blamed my mother.
The Pharisees made assumptions and thus could not make a valid judgement.

Eve's Pudding
ovenproof dish
3 or 4 apples
1 egg
2 ounces (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
2 ounces sugar
4 ounces flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons milk

Grease the dish
Core and slice the apples sufficient for a layer about 1 inch deep in the dish. If the apples are sour sprinkle with a little sugar but eating apples do not usually need any added sugar.
Mix the butter (or margarine) with the sugar until it is light and fluffy- best done with an electric mixer.
Fold in the flour and baking powder -or use the mixer on slow.
Add the milk to make a soft mixture.
Put on top of the apples
Bake 375 deg F until golden ( about 35-40 minutes).
Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well.