[Elmer G. White]

May you have a magnificent Birthday in expectation of Jesus, dear Sister. We all pray that you'll be able to see many sinners succumb to the Christ-Corona-plague today! With any luck, we'll be seeing frogs or les grenouilles next!



Exodus 8:4
And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

Gotta go, see ya in Heaven next year!?


Yours in Christ,

Elmer

[handmaiden]

See you in Heaven soon. There we will look down upon the sinners literally as well as figuratively.


This image is supposedly that of a "religious birthday cake", though I am suspicious of all the riotous color flung about.



I do hope that your husband has one of the more clever servants bake a delicious cake for you.


In Christ's love,


Sister Handmaiden

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

I asked Mrs Bathfire to choose a card as she is usually good at these things. However, she came back with this:

I must explain that when it says "infinite", it does not mean "infinite", more, "quite a lot of". If the moments were infinite, they would be just one "moment" that would last for eternity, and that is reserved for when you're dead. Into every life, a little rain must fall, otherwise how would we know when we were really happy?

The other thing is that "countless love moments" ... I feel that, even though you are a married woman, this could be misinterpreted.



Nevertheless, Happy Birthday.

[handmaiden]

Originally Posted by Ezekiel Bathfire

I asked Mrs Bathfire to choose a card as she is usually good at these things. However, she came back with this:

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I must explain that when it says "infinite", it does not mean "infinite", more, "quite a lot of". If the moments were infinite, they would be just one "moment" that would last for eternity, and that is reserved for when you're dead. Into every life, a little rain must fall, otherwise how would we know when we were really happy?

The other thing is that "countless love moments" ... I feel that, even though you are a married woman, this could be misinterpreted.

Nevertheless, Happy Birthday.

Those little balloons floating about suggestively could also be misinterpreted. What sorts of proclivities does Mrs. Bathfire have, anyway?

[James Hutchins]

Enjoy your pudding and meat!


You are not getting older, just wiser.

[Isabella White]

Oh, my word and honor! Another joyous occasion for you, dear Sister Joanna! I wish you the very best of blessings from our blessed and , on this, your festive day of birthday delights. And may you enjoy many more. Now, I've made a little cake for your special day, which I thought might make for a nice change from spotted dick. All the best to you, Dear!

[Mary Etheldreda]

A very Blessed Birthday to you, dear Sister in Christ!

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

Thank you all so much for your good wishes.

Pastor Bathfire, I am sure that your wife meant well and many thanks for your explanation that infinite means finite in the context of the card. It's a bit like inflammable and flammable, then?

Originally Posted by handmaiden

I do hope that your husband has one of the more clever servants bake a delicious cake for you.

In previous years little Hannah would oblige, though with variable results. But we have all been too busy today preparing to feed his dinner guests. You will forgive me if I rush off. I hear the braying sound of Englishmen whose wine glasses need replenishing.


YiC
Joanna

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

Dear Mrs. Lytton-Vasey,


Finest wishes on this precious day.


Dr. A.J. Toole

[MitzaLizalor]

Acts 10: 9d, 10-15 Peter went up upon the housetop to pray … and he became very hungry and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

Normally I'd prepare the calves' feet a day or two in advance, boiling up quickly, draining off the surface scum then simmering overnight in clean water.


. .INGREDIENTS

4 female lobsters, 1 pound (500 g) each
20 black peppercorns
1 sprig dried fennel
1 lemon
4 teaspoons olive oil (2 cl)
3 1/3 tablespoons lobster stock (5 cl)
1 tablespoon leek, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon carrot, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon celery, thinly sliced
3 egg whites
3 ice cubes, crushed
1 lemon
1/2 star anise pod

. .Lemon-Roe Condiment

1 ounce lemon flesh (30 g)
4 teaspoons olive oil (2 cl)
1 basil leaf
coarsely ground pepper

. .Lobster Aspic

1 1/4 quarts calf’s foot jelly (1.25 l)
1 ounce onions (30 g)
1 ounce fennel (30 g)
3/4 ounce celery (20 g)
1 ounce carrots (30 g)
1 3/4 ounces shallots (50 g)
1 bouquet garni (thyme, tarragon, parsley stems, leek)
1 pound lobster shells (500 g)
1 3/4 ounces tomato paste (50 g)
5 1/2 tablespoons olive oil (8 cl)
coarsely ground black pepper

. .Cream of Chanterelle Mushroom Soup

10 1/2 ounces chanterelles (300 g)
1 1/2 pints chicken consommé (80 cl)
3 1/3 tablespoons cream (5 cl)
1 white onion

. .Mushrooms and Almonds

3 1/2 ounces small chanterelles (100 g)
3 1/2 ounces fresh almonds, peeled (100 g)
fleur de sel
1 lemon
extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons truffle juice (1 cl)


. .METHOD

. . . . .1
• Cook the lobsters in water seasoned with salt, dried fennel, and black pepper. Allow 6 minutes’ cooking time for the tails and 5 for the claws, then shell the latter, making sure to remove all cartilage.

• Cut the lobster tails in medallions, and devein.

• Toss the tails and claws in the reduced lobster stock, seasoned with a dash of lemon juice and some olive oil.

• Reserve the roe and creamy parts of the lobster for the condiment.

. . . . .2
• Combine remaining ingredients for condiment, aspic, soup and garnish in the usual way and serve as shown.