The word [patience] never means the spirit which sits with folded hands and simply bears things. It is victorious endurance (and) constancy under trial. It is Christian steadfastness, the brave and courageous acceptance of everything life can do to us, and the transmuting of even the worst into another step on the upward way. It is the courageous and triumphant ability to bear things, which enables a man to pass breaking point and not to break, and always to greet the unseen with a cheer.

William Barclay

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Polish	Polish, Pasta	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Sauerkraut
1	lg	Onion (thinly sliced)
		Sugar to taste
		Salt and pepper to taste
1/2	lb	Diced bacon (optional) or
1/2	lb	Diced salt pork (optional)
1/2	lb	Butter (optional)
		Fresh shredded cabbage (optional)
		Diced mushrooms (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

SAUERKRAUT
Rinse sauerkraut and drain well.  Saute sauerkraut along with the onions
in butter, bacon or salt pork for approximately 20 minutes on low heat, in
a covered pan, stirring from time to time. Add salt, pepper, sugar
(mushrooms if desired).  Cool. * It doesn't say what to do with the
shredded cabbage.

A Message from our Provider:

“A cheerful spirit is one of the most valuable gifts ever bestowed upon humanity by a kind Creator. It is the sweetest and most fragrant flower of the Spirit, that constantly sends out its beauty and fragrance, and blesses everything within its reach. It will sustain the soul in the darkest and most dreary places of this world. It will hold in check the demons of despair, and stifle the power of discouragement and hopelessness. It is the brightest star that ever cast its radiance over the darkened soul, and one that seldom sets in the gloom of morbid fancies and forboding imaginations.”