Have you noticed that even people who feel lousy about themselves are judgmental toward others? When you feel inferior to others, you don’t respect them or treat them with mercy. Instead, you envy, hate, grumble, and criticize. Even self-belittling tendencies – “low self-esteem,” self-pity, self-hatred, timidity, fears of failure and rejection – fundamentally express pride failing, pride intimidated, and pride despairing. Such pride, even when much battered, still finds someone else to look down on.

David Powlison

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains		Casseroles, Vegetables	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	sl	Bacon
1	sm	Onion; chopped
1		Garlic clove; minced
4	c	Fresh green beans or canned and drained
1	ts	Seasoned salt; or to taste
1/2	ts	Black pepper
3/4	c	Prepared barbecue sauce

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook bacon until crisp in a heavy skillet.  Drain on paper towels, crumble
and set aside.  Saute onion and garlic in drippings.
Combine beans, bacon, onions, garlic, seasonings and barbecue sauce in a
lightly greased crockpot.  Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 3
1/2 to 4 1/2 hours.
Yield: 6 to 8 servings for $2.60.
From Carolyn Hall of Louisville, KY in Phyllis Fitzgerald's "Best Buy"
column in "The (Louisville, KY) Courier-Journal," 07/18/90. Pp. C1 and C4.
Typed for you by Cathy Harned.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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