Braised Tung-po Pork #2

Here is the great evangelical disaster – the failure of the evangelical world to stand for truth as truth. There is only one word for this – namely accommodation. The evangelical church has accommodated to the world spirit of the age. First, there has been accommodation on Scripture, so that many who call themselves evangelicals hold a weakened view of the Bible and no longer affirm the truth of all the Bible teaches – truth not only in religious matters but in the areas of science and history and morality… This accommodation has been costly, first in destroying the power of the Scriptures to confront the spirit of our age; second, in allowing the further slide of our culture. Thus we must say with tears that it is the evangelical accommodation to the world spirit around us, to the wisdom of this age, which removes the evangelical church from standing against the breakdown of our culture.

Francis Schaeffer

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Chinese	Meat	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Pork
2		up to
3	T	Oil
1 1/2	c	Water
3		Fresh ginger root
3/4	c	Soy sauce
1	T	Sugar
4	T	Sherry
1		up to
2	lb	Spinach

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut pork in 1-1/2 inch cubes. Heat oil in a heavy pan and brown pork
quickly. Bring water to a boil in another pan. Slice and crush ginger
root. Add to pork along with soy sauce. Simmer, covered, 1 hour. Skim
off and reserve a ladleful of fat. Add sugar and sherry to pan and
simmer, covered, 30 minutes more. Wash spinach and remove tough  stems.
Heat reserved fat. Add spinach and stir-fry until softened but  still
fresh and green. Line a serving dish with spinach, top with  pork
cubes, pour gravy over, and serve.  VARIATIONS: For the spinach,
substitute Chinese lettuce or Chinese  cabbage, cut in 2-inch sections.
Leave the pork whole. Brown and pour off excess fat. Add to pan 1 cup
water, 1-1/2 tablespoons brown sugar and 4 tablespoons soy sauce.
Heat, then simmer, covered, until pork is tender (about 1-1/2 hours).
Slice and serve over stir-fried spinach.  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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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 779 Calories From Fat: 600 Total Fat: 66.7g Cholesterol: 96mg Sodium: 3604.8mg Potassium: 969.7mg Carbohydrates: 14.8g Fiber: 5.8g Sugar: 3.4g Protein: 29.4g

We are far too easily appeased and far too frequently deceived. As humans, we often pursue our inner desire for happiness in the superficial, sugar-coated sin morsels, temporary trinkets of the world. In this pursuit, we are not satisfied and God is not glorified. This is a radical call for faith. Contrary to the world’s pursuits and our internal cravings, we need to believe that doing it God’s way (according to His words in the Bible) will not only bring Him the greatest glory, but also bring us the greatest joy. We need to believe that our highest joy and God’s greatest glory do not compete, but are rather tethered to each other as one unified pursuit.

Randy Smith