They who avow the doctrines distinguished by the name of Calvinistic, ought, if consistent with their own principles, to be most gentle and forbearing of all men, in meekness instructing them that oppose. With us, it is a fundamental maxim, that a man can receive nothing but what is given him from heaven (John 3:27). If, therefore, it has pleased God to give us the knowledge of some truths, which are hidden from others, who have the same outward means of information; it is a just reason for thankfulness to Him, but will not justify our being angry with them; for we are no better or wiser than they in ourselves, and might have opposed the truths which we now prize, with the same eagerness and obstinacy, if His grace had not made us to differ. If the man, mentioned in John 9, who was born blind, on whom our Lord graciously bestowed the blessing of sight, had taken a cudgel and beat all the blind men he met, because they would not see, his conduct would have greatly resembled that of an angry Calvinist.

John Newton

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Japanese	Japanese, Pork, Ceideburg 2	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	lb	Lean pork-sliced thin
1	lb	Zen Mai (fern shoots) cut into 1 1/2" lengths
3	ts	Sugar
2		Tb. shoyu
1/2	ts	Gourmet powder
2		Tb. oil

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Put oil in heated skillet.  Add pork and cook for 2 minutes.
2. ea Add sugar, shoyu, gourmet powder and cook for 3 minutes.
3. ea Soak and drain Zen Mai.  Add to mixture and cook until most of
the liquid is absorbed.
4. ea Remove and serve.
From "Sukiyaki, the Art of Japanese Cooking and Hospitality", by
Fumiko. Edited and copyrighted by Scotty Guletz.  Hawaii and Pacific
Books.  No date given.
This is an interesting little book (booklet, really) that must have
come out just after WW II.  It was written by a Japanese lady living
in Hawaii and tends to emphasize how genteel and hospitable the
Japanese culture is++probably a good idea considering the historical
context of the book.
The recipes are all pretty basic but look good and call for real
Japanese ingredients that I'm sure were either scarce or unavailable
on the Mainland at the time.  Shoyu is, of course, soy sauce.  I
can't believe that "gourmet powder" could be anything but MSG.
Though it doesn't call for "fiddleheads" by name, I can't imagine
what else "fern shoots" could be.
Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; July 19 1992
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/cberg2.zip

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