Even when you include the amendments, the Constitution says only three things about religion. Here’s exactly what the Constitution says about the subject: Article VI: “No religious test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.” Amendment 1: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” In other words: 1. The government is not allowed to make people take a religious test in order to qualify for holding federal office; 2. Congress is not allowed to set up an official national church; and 3. Congress is not allowed to stop people from practicing their religions. These three rules are meant to protect your liberty to follow God, not to abolish it. That famous slogan about a “wall of separation” just isn’t there.

J. Budziszewski

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Dutch		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Cooked brown beans; with cooking water
2		Cut onions
2		Big cut tomatoes
1		Freshly cut twig of sellery leaves
1		Whole fresh hot pepper
1		Cube of bouillon
		Nutmeg
		Black pepper
		Cooked brown rice

INSTRUCTIONS

Yesterday I cooked "B.B. with R." and I thought I should share this recipe
with you. This recipe is world famous, at least in Suriname and in the
Netherlands. As the Dutch people don't know how to cook it, at least they
know the song with the title: B.B. with R. B.B. is "brown beans" (baked
beans?) and the R. is for rice.
As children, brought up in Holland by a Dutch mother and a Suramese father,
we were allowed to choose the food for the christmas dinner. Every year the
three of us choose B.B. with R.! My mother cooked it without complaining.
This is one of the things I admire her for. She learned this recipe from
her mother-in-law, who spent before World War II a year in Holland. My son
also always choose this recipe when he was allowed tot choose the meal. And
he grow up in a time that french frites were already very popular in
Holland.
The recipe originates from the African-Surinamese kitchen, but is now eaten
by all the members of the Surinamese society. At big party's b.b. with r.
is often served (but then with salted b**f and ch***n). At a party there is
always food for everyone - even when everyone means 200 or more.) We have
in this country a lot of reasons to give a party...
1. Simmer onions a few minutes.
2. Add tomatoes and cube of bouillon. Simmer till thickened a bit (about
five minutes)
3. Make the broth tasty with black pepper
4. Add the brown beans, the selley leaves and the whole hot pepper. Add
enough cooking water.
5. Simmer till the liquid is thickened (about another ten minutes).
6. Make tot taste with the nutmeg (and more pepper).
7. Serve the rice covered with the beans, the finely cut hot pepper (with
fork and knife!) and a cucumber salad and sing the song b.b. with r.!
Posted to fatfree digest by "Boxel" <boxel@sr.net> on May 31, 1998

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