Tabouli – We Love God!

O sinner! The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked. His wrath towards you burns like fire. He looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire. He is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight. You are ten thousand times more abominable in His eyes, than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours. O sinner! You have offended Him infinitely more than ever a stubborn rebel did his prince; and yet it is nothing but His hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment. O sinner! It is to be ascribed to nothing else, that you did not go to hell the last night; that you were allowed to awake again in this world, after you closed your eyes to sleep. And there is no other reason to be given, why you have not dropped into hell since you arose in the morning, but that God's hand has held you up. O sinner! There is no other reason to be given why you have not gone to hell, since you have sat here in the house of God, provoking His pure eyes by your sinful wicked manner of attending His solemn worship. O sinner! Yes, there is nothing else that is to be given as a reason why you do not this very moment drop down into hell. O sinner! Consider the fearful danger you are in! O sinner! It is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that you are held over, in the hand of that God whose wrath is provoked and incensed as much against you, as against many of the damned in hell. O sinner! You hang by a slender thread, with the flames of divine wrath flashing about it, and ready every moment to singe it, and burn it asunder. And you have no interest in any Mediator, and nothing to lay hold of to save yourself, nothing to keep off the flames of wrath, nothing of your own, nothing that you ever have done, nothing that you can do, to induce God to spare you one moment!

Jonathan Edwards

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Vegetables	Syrian	Grains, Side dish, Vegetables	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Raw bulgur wheat
		use coarse-medium
		not fine
1		Cucumber, peeled and diced
2		Tomatoes, diced
2		Onions, diced
20		To 25 sprigs parsley, minced
		including stems*
10		Radishes, diced
1/2	c	Fresh lemon juice
		abt. 3 to 4 lemons
1/4	c	Olive oil
1	T	Salt
1/2	t	Pepper
		A little green onion, diced
		opt'l.
		Syrian or pita bread and/or
		Escarole or lettuce leaves

INSTRUCTIONS

Use a little more if needed, until the mixture is nice and green.
Rinse bulgur.  Pour enough boiling water over it to cover by 1"  (about
3 to 4 c.)  Let stand about 30 minutes, or until bulgur is  light and
fluffy. Drain off excess water in colander, then squeeze  with your
hands to remove any more water.  Mix with vegetables, tossing often.
Add lemon juice, oil and spices.  Use bread wedges (Syrian bread if
possible, or fresh pita bread cut in  strips), escarole or lettuce
leaves; line platter. Put tablespoonful  on bread or lettuce leaf; roll
and eat. (Or can be served as a  salad.) Should be served immediately
after preparation.  Yield: 6 to 8 servings.  Yummy!  Authentic Middle
Eastern version - no mint! Good with grilled  fish.  From Sandy
Vasquez, at her 07/07/89 Lebanese cooking class at The  Cookbook
Cottage, Louisville, KY.  Sandy is Lebanese, grew up in  Honduras,
emigrated to Miami and now lives in Louisville with her  husband and
son. Tried 07/21/89.  Posted by Cathy Harned.  From Gemini's MASSIVE
MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 187 Calories From Fat: 85 Total Fat: 9.6g Cholesterol: 1.7mg Sodium: 1427.1mg Potassium: 236.8mg Carbohydrates: 22.2g Fiber: 2.3g Sugar: 6g Protein: 4.5g