There is nothing - no circumstance, no trouble, no testing - that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with a great purpose, which I may not understand at the moment. But as I refuse to become panicky, as I lift up my eyes to Him and accept it as coming from the throne of God for some great purpose of blessing to my own heart, no sorrow will ever disturb me, no trial will ever disarm me, no circumstance will cause my to fret - for I shall rest in the joy of what my Lord is! That is the rest of victory!

Alan Redpath

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables	Chinese	Vegetable	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8		-(up to)
10		Dried shrimp
4		Dried black mushrooms
1	lb	Chinese lettuce
6	c	Water
2	tb	Oil
1/2	ts	Salt
1	c	Mushroom-soaking liquid
2	tb	Soy sauce
1	ts	Sugar
	2	minutes, then drain.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Separately soak dried shrimp and dried mushrooms. Reserve
mushroom-soaking liquid.
2. Cut lettuce in 2-inch cubes. Bring water to a boil. Blanch lettuce 1 to
3. Heat oil. Add shrimp and stir-frv 2 minutes. Add lettuce; stir-fry to
coat with oil. Then sprlnkle with salt.
4. Add mushroom liquid. Bring to boil; then simmer, covered, 10 minutes.
5. Add soaked mushrooms, soy sauce and sugar. Simmer, covered, 10 minutes
more. VARIATIONS:
1. In step 3, after stir-frying the lettuce, add 1/8 cup bamboo shoots,
sliced; stir-fry 1 minute more. Then sprinkle with salt.
2. In step 5, also add 1 sweet red pepper, sliced or diced.
3. After step 5, thicken sauce with a cornstarch paste made of 1/2
tablespoon cornstarch and 2 tablespoons cold water.
From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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