Cornish Hens with Dates, Walnuts and Mandarin Oranges

Ingredients:
2 sticks of Butter (I do NOT recommend margarine!)
4 Cornish Hens
2 15 oz cans Mandarine Oranges
8-10 oz Walnuts
8-10 oz Pitted, Chopped Dates
4-8 Cloves Garlic (to taste)
Salt (to taste)
Pepper (to taste)
Paprika

Preparation:
Wash your birds inside and out and let them dry a bit.

Melt the Butter in Pyrex measuring cup in microwave.

Break Walnuts into pieces (or buy them this way) and put on cookie sheet, put under broiler for a few moments to brown then turn the oven to 350 degrees on bake.

Mix Dates, Walnuts and Mandarin Oranges (drained) together. Crush Garlic and mix in.

Take 1/4 of the Melted Butter and mix that in. Salt and pepper the mix a bit.

Mix it all again and simply stuff that mix in the Cornish Hens.

Pour the rest of the Melted Butter over the birds and Salt and Pepper them to taste. Sprinkle Paprika over them.

Bake till done, basting occasionally, about 1-1 1/2 hrs. Serve one per person.