Red-simmered Pork With Mushrooms

The heir of heaven serves his Lord simply out of gratitude; he has no salvation to gain, no heaven to lose; … now, out of love to the God who chose him, and who gave so great a price for his redemption, he desires to lay out himself entirely to his Master’s service. O you who are seeking salvation by the works of the law, what a miserable life your must be!… you have that if you diligently persevere in obedience, you may perhaps obtain eternal life, though, alas! None of you dare to pretend that you have attained it. You toil and toil and toil, but you never get that which you toil after, and you never will, for, “by the works of the law there shall no flesh living be justified”… The child of God works not for life; he does not work to be saved, he works because he is saved.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Chinese	Meat	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Pork
1	c	Water
1	T	Soy sauce
1	T	Sherry
1/2	t	Sugar
1/2	t	Salt
1/2	lb	Fresh mushrooms

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut pork in 2-inch cubes and place with water in a heavy pan. Bring  to
a boil, then simmer, covered, 30 minutes. Drain, reserving liquid.  Add
soy sauce to pork in pan. Cook over low heat, turning meat  frequently
until soy sauce is absorbed. Stir in sherry, sugar aod  salt. Return
reserved liquid and reheat; then simmer, covered, 20  minutes, turning
meat once or twice. Stem fresh mushrooms; arrange  caps under pork
cubes and simmer, covered, 20 minutes more.  VARIATIONS: For the fresh
mushrooms, substitute 6 to 8 dried black  mushrooms (soaked); or 1/2
pound round cabbage, cut in wedges.  From <The Thousand Recipe Chinese
Cookbook>, ISBN 0-517-65870-4.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe
Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

A Message from our Provider:

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 522 Calories From Fat: 445 Total Fat: 49.3g Cholesterol: 74.2mg Sodium: 1337.9mg Potassium: 418.4mg Carbohydrates: 3.7g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 1.7g Protein: 14.6g

Our Lord says to be on your guard against “every form of greed” in Luke 12:15. The way I see it, greed is the interlocking component that cements so many other sins together. If the heart is self-focused, looking for status in worldly stuff, it will be materialistic. More is always equivalent with success – admiration from others, joy in possessions, fulfillment in things. Thus a materialistic heart will be produced. The heart will always want more. Greed is then the result. The comparison game will begin. The result will be more sins like boasting (because we have more) or coveting, jealousy and envy (because we have less) – leading to a general attitude sins like discontentment and ingratitude and selfishness. All this concludes (and comes full circle) with the worship of a false god, the chief sin of idolatry (notice the connection in Eph. 5:5 and Col. 3:5).

Randy Smith