Name: English Pea-Bacon Salad
Ingredients: 2 pk (10-oz) frozen green peas; thawed; 1 c Sour cream; 2 Green onions; chopped; 6 sl Bacon; crisply cooked and crumbled; 1 cn (8-oz) water chestnuts; drained; Salt to taste; Pepper to taste

No matter how dark things may appear to be, we must reckon with the invisible hand of God that works all things – yes, “all things” for our good (Rom. 8:28). As God’s children, we may not always appreciate what it is that God may be doing in our lives; but we are to trust that in every aspect of it God is fulfilling the best of plans that ultimately will be for our good. The alternative is too terrible to contemplate: things may contrive to negate the hand of God and ensure our doom. No! That can never be!

Derek Thomas

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Grains	English	Salad	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	pk	(10-oz) frozen green peas; thawed
1	c	Sour cream
2		Green onions; chopped
6	sl	Bacon; crisply cooked and crumbled
1	cn	(8-oz) water chestnuts; drained
		Salt to taste
		Pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine peas, sour cream, onions, bacon and water chestnuts. Season to
taste. Yield: 12 servings.
VIRGINIA DOWNIE
From <Traditions: A Taste of the Good Life>, by the Little Rock (AR) Junior
League.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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