Cracked Green Olives With Herbs And Preserved Lemon

One day George Mueller began praying for five of his friends. After many months, one of them came to the Lord. Ten years later, two others were converted. It took 25 years before the fourth man was saved. Mueller persevered in prayer until his death for the fifth friend, and throughout those 52 years he never gave up hoping that he would accept Christ! His faith was rewarded, for soon after Mueller’s funeral the last one was saved.

Unknown Author

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		August 1994	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Small to medium brine-cured
		green olives preferably
		cracked*
1/4	c	Chopped fresh coriander
3	T	Chopped fresh mint leaves
		Peel of 1/2 preserved lemon
		cut into julienne
		strips plus 3
		tablespoons
		preserved lemon
		juice to taste
2	T	Olive oil
2		Garlic cloves, minced
1/4	t	Ground coriander
		A pinch dried red hot pepper
		flakes

INSTRUCTIONS

available at Middle Eastern and Mediterranean markets.  If using
uncracked whole olives, crush lightly with flat side of large  knife on
a cutting board. In a large bowl cover olives with cold  water and soak
4 hours to remove excess salt. Drain olives well. In a  bowl stir
together olives and remaining ingredients and marinate,  covered and
chilled, at least 6 hours or overnight. Olives may be  prepared 1 week
ahead and kept chilled, covered.  Serve olives at room temperature.
Makes about 3 cups.  Gourmet August 1994  Converted by MC_Buster.
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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“The good Lord didn’t create anything without a purpose, but mosquitoes and sand gnats come close.”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 709 Calories From Fat: 480 Total Fat: 55.7g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 509.1mg Potassium: 1752.6mg Carbohydrates: 81g Fiber: 56.5g Sugar: 1.5g Protein: 17.1g

There is a vast difference between such an affection and that selfish and unhallowed friendship to God which terminates on our own happiness as its supreme motive and end. If a man in his supposed love to God has no ultimate regard except to his own happiness, if he delights in God not for what He is but for what He is to him, in such a sentiment there is no moral virtue. There is indeed great love of self but no true love of God. But where the enmity of the carnal mind is slain, the soul is reconciled to the divine character as it is. God Himself in the fullness of His manifested glory becomes the object of devout and delighted contemplation. In his more favored hours, the views of a good man are in a great measure diverted from himself. As his thoughts glance toward the varied excellence of the deity, he scarcely stops to inquire whether the being whose character fills his mind and in comparison of whose dignity and beauty all things are atoms and vanity will extend his mercy to him. His soul cleaves to God and in the warmth and fervor of devout affection, he can often say, “Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none on the earth that I desire beside Thee, as the hart pants after the waterbrooks, so pants my soul after Thee, O God.”

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