Name: Eggplant Con Pasta
Ingredients: 1 lg Eggplant; uncooked; 1/4 c Olive oil; 1 lb Pasta; 1 lb Lean ground beef; 1 c Chopped onions; 1/2 c Chopped bell peppers; 2 Cloves garlic; 1 cn (large) tomatoes; 1 ts Oregano; 1 ts Celery seed; 1/2 c Parmesan cheese; Salt & pepper to taste

The pre-sight view of election makes God seem absurd in His language if not somewhat dishonest. You see, God has gone to great lengths to say that some are elected, chosen, foreordained, predestined as part of His eternal purpose. For God to say that He saw those that would choose Him and then He calls them elect (select from a number) is linguistic trickery. It is like the Queen decreeing that the sun will rise in the morning, as others have said. God’s words about His action toward man would mean nothing but could only be construed as a way of presenting an authoritative front that God is in charge, whereas the decisions of eternal life and death are really within man alone. Apply this to prophecy. Much of prophecy is presented to us as that which God determines to do in the future. Is this the truth of it? Did God prophesy that John the Baptist would be the forerunner of the Messiah (Isa. 40:3-5; Luke 3:3-6) on the basis of pre-sight, and then declare that it would happen? Doesn’t language lose all meaning to say that? Does it not make sense of the language to say that the action predicted was based on God’s determined plan and not just what He saw happening?

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Eggs, Meats, Grains, Dairy		Vegetable	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lg	Eggplant; uncooked
1/4	c	Olive oil
1	lb	Pasta
1	lb	Lean ground beef
1	c	Chopped onions
1/2	c	Chopped bell peppers
2		Cloves garlic
1	cn	(large) tomatoes
1	ts	Oregano
1	ts	Celery seed
1/2	c	Parmesan cheese
		Salt & pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Brown beef; add onion, bell pepper and garlic. Cook until tender. Add salt
and pepper to taste, tomatoes, oregano, celery seed and bay leaf. Cook over
low heat for 30 to 40 minutes. While sauce is cooking wash eggplant.
Starting at the blossom end, cut slices stopping short of stem. Fan the
pieces out by placing in a large frying pan in which oil has been heated.
Press with a smaller pan lid to flatten out the eggplant into a wider fan.
Cook 10 to 15 minutes until done. Prepare pasta according to package
directions. Place on serving platter, top with tomato sauce, eggplant and
cheese. Serves 4 to 6. A nice change for company.
From <A Taste of Louisiana>.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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