Pears In Muscadine Sauce

Why is the wife in marriage required to be the one who submits (Eph. 5, Col. 3, Tit. 2, 1 Pet. 3)? Because God set it up this way, based on the order of creation (1 Timothy 2) and ultimately to show the primary purpose on marriage. Marriage is to be a visual picture of the Gospel. Sex before marriage is wrong because we do not have intimacy with Christ until covenant. Adultery is wrong because we are to be entirely devoted to Christ and not other idols. Divorce is wrong because God would never leave us nor would we ever want to leave Him. We are one flesh in marriage to show the oneness we have with Christ – Him in us, us in Him. We leave our parents and cleave to our spouse to show how we leave the world and cleave to Christ. Marriage is between one man and one woman to show the marriage between Christ and His bride. And we have God designed roles in marriage whereby the husband would show Christ by leading through example and sacrificial love and the wife would show the bride of Christ (the church) by trusting her husband’s spiritual leadership for her well-being. After a lengthy discourse on the marital roles, Paul in Ephesians 5 makes the point clear in verse 32. “This mystery is great [marriage]; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. It’s all Gospel-centered.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits		Dessert, Fruit, Grape, Sthrn/livng	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	To 3 cups muscadines
3	c	Water
4		Firm, ripe pears
3/4	c	Sugar
1	T	Plus 1 tsp cornstarch

INSTRUCTIONS

Rinse muscadines; combine muscadines and water in a medium saucepan.
Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 45 minutes.  Remove
from heat; mash muscadines with a potato masher.  Strain through a
jelly bag, reserving 1-1/4 cups juice; set aside. Peel pears, leaving
stems intact. Cut a thin slice from bottoms, so that pears can stand
upright.  Place pears in a steamer in an upright position; cover and
simmer 15 to 20 minutes or until pears are tender. Combine sugar and
cornstarch in a small saucepan; gradually add reserved muscadine
juice, stirring well. Bring mixture to a boil, and cook 1 minute,
stirring constantly.  Remove from heat. Place pears in individual
compotes; pour sauce over pears.  From Hattie Culbreth of North
Carolina in September, 1988 "Southern  Living".  Typos by Jeff Pruett
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by q591b4@ilos.net on Oct 26, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 256 Calories From Fat: 2 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 7.7mg Potassium: 214.4mg Carbohydrates: 66.8g Fiber: 5.5g Sugar: 54.9g Protein: <1g