Parmesan And Potato Gnocchi

His birth was common. Men wouldn’t have had a common birth for such a King. But it was celebrated with hallelujahs by the heavenly host in the heavens above. His lodging was poor and men wouldn’t have put Him in a stable but it was attended to by celestial visitants. It was marked by a conflux of stellar bodies. He had not the magnificent equipage of other kings but He was attended by multitudes of patients seeking and obtaining healing of soul and body. He made the dumb that attended Him sing His praises and the lame leap for joy and the deaf to hear His wonders and the blind to see His glory. He had no guard of soldiers, no magnificent retinue of military men, but centurions took orders from Him...and so have millions across the earth. He didn’t control a vast empire of those who did all of His bidding, but the waves and the winds and the storms which no early power can control obeyed Him. And death and the grave durst not refuse to deliver up their prey when He demanded it. He didn’t walk on velvet tapestry but when He walked on the sea the water held Him up. All parts of the creation except sinful men honored Him as their creator. He had no vast incomprehensible treasure of wealth but when He needed His money to pay His taxes, a fish yielded it up out of its mouth. He had no barns and He had no corn fields, but when He wanted to fill the hearts and the stomachs of a multitude, He created the food right out of His own hands. And no monarch in history ever entertained that way. He didn’t have the fantastic group of people sorrowing like other people have on occasions that demanded sorrow on His behalf, but the frame of nature itself solemnized the death of its author, heaven and earth were mourners, the sun was clad in black and if the inhabitants of the earth were unmoved, the earth itself trembled under the awful load. And there were few to pay the Jewish custom of rending their garments at His death, so the rocks took their place and rent their own bowels. He didn't have a grave of His own, but other men’s graves open to Him. He came not as the subject of death, but as the conqueror and invader of its territory and He rose victorious.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy			6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Idaho baking potatoes
3/4	t	Salt, divided
1	T	Chopped fresh sage
1 1/4	c	All-purpose flour
1/2	c	Grated Reggiano Parmesan
		cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

1998    
This recipe doesn't use the egg yolk that some recipes use; this
produces a lighter gnocchi that's not gummy. Author Jean-Pierre
Brehier also suggests using Idaho potatoes.  Preheat oven to 400
degrees. Bake the potatoes for 1 hour or until  tender. Let cool 5
minutes. Using a potholder to hold the hot  potatoes, peel them with a
paring knife. Using a ricer fitted with  the smallest disk, rice the
peeled potatoes. Add 1/2 teaspoon of the  salt and sage. Allow
approximately 10 minutes for the steam to  subside. Sprinkle the flour
and cheese into the riced potatoes very  slowly and gently. Using your
hand, incorporate all the flour until  the dough is very smooth. Cut
the dough into 4 or 5 balls. Roll each  one into a long sausage-shaped
roll. Cut the roll into pieces about  3/4 to 1 inch in length. Using
the back of a floured fork, press  ridges into one side of the gnocchi.
Make an indentation on the other  side. This will allow the gnocchi to
cook evenly and will also create  ridges to hold the sauce. In a large
soup kettle, heat at least 5  quarts of water. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt
and bring to a boil. Reduce to  medium heat and poach the gnocchi, two
dozen at a time, until they  float. It should not take more than 2
minutes for each batch. (Resist  the urge to cook all the gnocchi at
one time. The water will take too  long to reboil, and the gnocchi risk
turning into one mass.) Retrieve  the gnocchi from the water with a
slotted spoon and transfer to a  warm plate. Repeat until all the
gnocchi are cooked. Serve with a  spicy tomato sauce.  From Incredible
Cuisine, by Jean-Pierre Brehier (Time-Life Books).  Posted to
recipelu-digest by Sandy <sandysno@pctech.net> on Mar 06,

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 217 Calories From Fat: 73 Total Fat: 8.4g Cholesterol: 24.9mg Sodium: 724.7mg Potassium: 63.4mg Carbohydrates: 21g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 13.6g

You have heard of the “Golden Rule.” Rules like this have been floating around long before the time of Christ. There were some that advocated, “Balanced Reciprocity.” That is, do good to others so they might do good to you. Good for good. Treat others well because it will come back to benefit you. Karma. Give to get back. Then there was “Negative Reciprocity.” That is, do not treat others in a way you would not what them to treat you. We may tell our kids, “Would you like it if someone took your lunch money?” Or, “How would you feel if a person said those things about you?” Or, “Wouldn’t you be sad if you were the bus driver and kids acted that way.” Our Lord’s teaching in verse 31 goes beyond both of these. It’s a new imperative that was unheard of at the time, even in the teachings of Judaism. This command would have been bizarre to Luke’s Gentile readers. Unlike the other two rules I mentioned, the “Golden Rule” is positive. This one expects no reward in return from other humans it serves. People are not business deals! Treat others in a way you want them to treat you. So it’s not, “Just don’t pick on that kid, but rather sit with him when he’s alone at the lunch table because that is what you would want if you were in his shoes.”

Randy Smith