Name: Baked Green Tomatoes
Ingredients: 15 lg Green tomatoes; Salt and pepper; 2 c Brown sugar; 3 c Coarse butter-cracker crumbs; 2 Sticks butter

Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to bestow it in the presence of human merit…. Furthermore, grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to withdraw it in the presence of human demerit. Indeed, grace is seen to be infinitely glorious only when it operates, as Packer says, “in defiance of” human demerit. Therefore, grace is not treating a person less than, as, or greater than he deserves. It is treating a person without the slightest reference to desert whatsoever, but solely according to the infinite goodness and sovereign purpose of God.

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Casseroles, Harned 1994	24	Servings

INGREDIENTS

15	lg	Green tomatoes
		Salt and pepper
2	c	Brown sugar
3	c	Coarse butter-cracker crumbs
2		Sticks butter

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut tomatoes in half and arrange in an oiled shallow casserole. Season with
salt and pepper and spread each with a tablespoon of sugar. Cover with
crumbs and dot with butter.  Bake at 350 F until tender but still firm -
the time will depend on the size and greenness of the tomatoes - but will
probably range from 30 to 40 minutes.
Note: 1/2" slices may be baked in this same manner.  Bake 25 minutes.
From "The Farmington Cookbook."  Louisville, KY: Farmington, 1968. Pg. 167.
Posted by Cathy Harned.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 18 Sep 96
Date:    Thu, 19 Sep 1996 09:40:38 -0500
From:    LD Goss <ldgoss@METRONET.COM>

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