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A holy man used to say when he returned home from a night of table-talk that he would never accept such an invitation again, so remorseful did such nights always leave him; so impossible did he find it for him to hold his peace, and to speak only at the right moment, and only in the right way. And, without his holiness, I have often had his remorse, and so, I am quite sure, have many of you. There is no table we sit at very long that we do not more or less ruin either to ourselves or to someone else. We either talk too much, and thus weary and disgust people; or they weary and disgust us. We start ill-considered, unwise, untimeous topics. We blurt out our rude minds in rude words. We push aside our neighbour's opinion, as if both he and his opinion were worthless, and we thrust forward our own as if wisdom would die with us. We do not put ourselves into our neighbour's place. We have no imagination in conversation, and no humility, and no love. We lay down the law, and we instruct people who could buy us in one end of the market and sell us in the other if they thought us worth the trouble. It is easy to say grace; it is easy to eat and drink in moderation and with decorum and refinement; but it is our tongue that so ensnares us. For some men to command their tongue; to bridle, and guide, and moderate, and make just the right use of their tongue, is a conquest in religion, and in morals, and in good manners, that not one in a thousand of us has yet made over ourselves. [But Christ was such a one.] And much as I would have liked to see how He acted in everything, especially would I have watched Him how he guided, and steered, and changed, and moderated, and sweetened the talk of the table.

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Chinese Pork-lettuce Rolls

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains, Eggs	Chinese	Breads, Chinese, Muffins & r, Pork & ham	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2		Heads Boston lettuce
		Dried Chinese mushrooms
6		8 mushrooms
8	oz	Waterchestnuts, canned
1/2	c	Bamboo shoots
1	lb	Ground pork
1		Egg
1 1/2	T	Soy sauce
4	t	Cornstarch
2	T	Dry sherry
3/4	c	Chicken broth
1/2	t	Salt, to taste
1/4	c	Corn oil
1	c	Celery, minced

INSTRUCTIONS

Black mushrooms are optional. If using, soak in boiling water for 30
minutes, drain, cut off stems, and chop. 2. Wash lettuce, dry, and
arrange 16-20 of the largest leaves on a serving plate, then
refrigerate. Use head lettuce if Boston lettuce is not available. 3.
Mince the waterchestnuts and bamboo shoots; add to drained mushrooms.
Set aside. 4. Mix together the pork, slightly beaten egg, soy sauce
and 3 teaspoons (1 tablespoon) of the cornstarch. Set aside. 5.
Combine sherry, 1/2 cup broth and salt. Add remaining 1 teaspoon
cornstarch to the remaining 1/3 cup broth, blend well. 6. Heat a wok
or heavy skillet; add oil to the hot skillet. Add pork mixture and
cook, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes. 8. Add mushroom mixture;
cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. 9. Stir in wine mixture and the
cornstarch mixture. 10. Add celery and stir until celery is heated
through. If celery is minced fine enough, it won't need any further
cooking time. Place meat on a serving dish. To serve, let each guest
fill a lettuce leaf with pork and roll the leaf. This is to be eaten
with the fingers.  Recipe By     : Jo Anne Merrill  File
ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 668 Calories From Fat: 510 Total Fat: 56.7g Cholesterol: 120.2mg Sodium: 1496.5mg Potassium: 879.9mg Carbohydrates: 17.9g Fiber: 3.8g Sugar: 4.8g Protein: 21g