The contented person experiences the sufficiency of God’s provision for his needs and the sufficiency of God’s grace for his circumstances. He believes God will indeed meet all his material needs and that He will work in all his circumstances for his good. That is why Paul could say, “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” The godly person has found what the greedy or envious or discontented person always searches for but never finds. He has found satisfaction and rest in his soul.

Jerry Bridges

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains		Vegetables, Side dishes	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	lb	Collard greens or kale
1		Smoked ham hock (abt 1 lb.)
4	md	Onions, chopped
2	md	Green or red bell peppers
2/3	c	Cider vinegar, pref unrefind
1	tb	Honey
3		Garlic cloves, minced
1	tb	Coarse-ground black pepper
2	ts	Tabasco or other hot sauce
2	ts	Celery seeds
8	c	Water

INSTRUCTIONS

Remove tough stems from greens and roughly chop. Chop the bell peppers.
Combine all the ingredients in a large pot and bring to a boil. Simmer,
covered, for about 2 hours. With a slotted spoon, remove the ham hock. When
hock is cool enough to handle, pick the meat from it in small chunks or
shreds and return it to the pot. Reheat the greens briefly, if necessary.
Serve warm with some of the liquid, the pot likker. Leftovers keep for
several days. Serves 8.
Source: Smoke & Spice; by Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison, (c) 1994.
Formatted for Meal Master by: Nancy Filbert, Prodigy ID# LRCE87A; May,
1996.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #529 by Nancy Berry <nlberry@prodigy.net> on
Mar 21, 1997

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