Saturday, April 4, 2009

Yummy Chile Relleno Cassarole

Last night we duplicated at home one of the tastiest dishes I have ever had at a pot luck affair. The recipe below came from Sister Collins, wife of the Redding Stake Executive Secretary. We were first introduced to the dish at a dinner we attended in Redding a couple of weeks ago. We hope you enjoy it too.

Chile Relleno Casserole
1- 27oz. can of mild whole green chiles
1 lb. cheddar cheese (grated)
1 lb. pepper jack cheese (grated)
4 eggs (separated)
2 TBS flour
1- 12 oz. can evaporated milk
Split chiles so they lay flat and rinse to remove seeds. In a 9 x 13 pan, spread half the chiles on the bottom of the pan in a single layer. Add the grated cheddar cheese. Use the remaining chiles to make another layer on top of the cheddar cheese. Add the grated pepper jack cheese. In a separate bowl, beat the 4 egg whites till stiff peaks form. In another bowl beat together the egg yolks, the 2 TBS of flour and the can of evaporated milk. Fold egg yolk mixture into egg whites. Spread egg mixture over the cheese and bake 1 hour at 325 degrees. This casserole is excellent with corn bread. [My note: I sprinkled the "crumbs" from a bag of corn chips over my piece & it added a nice crunch.]

Friday, April 3, 2009

Conference is a comin'

Tomorrow we will again be convened in general conference. It will be the first time for many years that we will not have Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin present to speak to us, and he will be missed. Nevertheless, to prepare us for what we may recieve this weekend, and as a tribute to Elder Wirthlin, we may wish to view again his conference address from October 2005. We will, in fact take a journey to higher ground this weekend, and this is a fitting way to prepare for the journey.

Monday, March 30, 2009

John R. Moyle

Here is a post that I actually wrote last January when I saw a video of the story of John R. Moyle. I couldn't get it to embed properly, then it mysteriously disappeared. Well, today I found it again and am embedding it here. I hope you enjoy this story about a great man who did a great work.

In April General Conference, 2000, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's sermon was entitled "As Doves To Our Windows" and has been one of my favorites. You should go here and listen to it, as it is worth hearing it in his own voice. But here is an excerpt, telling a story about John R. Moyle that was repeated by Pres. Uchtdorf this last October.

"Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth. . . .
"Ye shall not go after other gods, . . . the gods of the people which are round about you. . . .
"For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: [he] hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself. . . .
"[He] did not . . . choose you, because ye were more in number than any [other] people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
"But because [he] loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers. . . .
"Know therefore that the Lord . . . is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations."


"John R. Moyle lived in Alpine, Utah, about 22 miles as the crow flies to the Salt Lake Temple, where he was the chief superintendent of masonry during its construction. To make certain he was always at work by 8 o'clock, Brother Moyle would start walking about 2 a.m. on Monday mornings. He would finish his work week at 5 p.m. on Friday and then start the walk home, arriving there shortly before midnight. Each week he would repeat that schedule for the entire time he served on the construction of the temple.
Once when he was home on the weekend, one of his cows bolted during milking and kicked Brother Moyle in the leg, shattering the bone just below the knee. With no better medical help than they had in such rural circumstances, his family and friends took a door off the hinges and strapped him onto that makeshift operating table. They then took the bucksaw they had been using to cut branches from a nearby tree and amputated his leg just a few inches below the knee. When against all medical likelihood the leg finally started to heal, Brother Moyle took a piece of wood and carved an artificial leg. First he walked in the house. Then he walked around the yard. Finally he ventured out about his property. When he felt he could stand the pain, he strapped on his leg, walked the 22 miles to the Salt Lake Temple, climbed the scaffolding, and with a chisel in his hand hammered out the declaration "Holiness to the Lord."



And finally, as we head into a year sure to contain "shafts in the whirlwind" for many, here is another talk by Elder Holland that you may find inspiring.