Chinese Stir-fried Asparagus

As a philosophical idea, God’s decreeing of a thing has dominance over His seeing a thing beforehand. Even though…the word foreknowledge is more than pre-sight, we nonetheless cannot disregard the verity that God sees all things beforehand. Thus God’s seeing all things has forever been a reality to Him, and God’s determining all things has also been forever. These two have had eternal origins. As long as He has decreed, He has known; and as long as He has known, He has decreed. So, in one sense, we cannot put one philosophical idea ahead of the other in terms of time. Yet we can put one above the other in terms of dominance. If God has seen and determined at the same time, we cannot make His decreeing subservient to His knowing. The reason one is preceding the other in terms of force (not time) is that determination is a willful act of God, whereas seeing is a passive act. God cannot help but see all, but He wills to decree. Therefore what He determines, He sees; and what He sees, is determined. The force of decreeing a thing dominates the seeing.

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Meats, Grains	Chinese	Asparagus, Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Fresh asparagus
1/4	c	Chicken stock or bouillon
		1/4 to 1/2
2	T	Peanut oil
1		Green onion, cut in 1/2-inch
		pieces
1	T	Soy sauce, can be low
		sodium type or chopped
		black bean sauce
		available
		in Oriental markets
1/2	t	Sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Discard tough fibrous ends of asparagus. Cut stalks diagonally in 1  to
1 1/2-inch sections. If desired, blanch stalks only (cook briefly  in
boiling water or in microwave). Combine stock, soy sauce and  sugar.
Heat oil in a wok. Add asparagus. Stir-fry to coat with oil;  heat
through. Add stock mixture; heat quickly. Add green onion.  Simmer,
covered, over medium heat until asparagus is done, about 3  minutes.
Serves 3 to 4. Posted to recipelu-digest by "Diane Geary."
<diane@keyway.net> on Feb 4, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 169 Calories From Fat: 62 Total Fat: 7g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 466.1mg Potassium: 224.9mg Carbohydrates: 25.6g Fiber: 1.4g Sugar: 13.5g Protein: 2.4g