Name: Tomato Batter
Ingredients: 1/2 c Flour; 1/2 c Milk; 1/2 c Chopped tomatoes, well drained; 1/2 Onion, chopped; 2 Parsley sprigs, minced; 1/4 ts Salt; 1/8 ts Black pepper

Any sensationalism inevitably is frustrated by the law of diminishing returns. People are never satisfied. They always want one more sign, one more miracle, one more show. To have maintained His influence over the people by the use of miracles, Jesus would have had to produce greater and greater sensations. Because the natural, carnal heart can never be satisfied, this year’s miracle would have become next year’s bore. His followers would only have been lovers of sensation, not lovers of God.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy	Italian	Italian, Batters	1	Chicken

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Flour
1/2	c	Milk
1/2	c	Chopped tomatoes, well drained
1/2		Onion, chopped
2		Parsley sprigs, minced
1/4	ts	Salt
1/8	ts	Black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

In bowl, beat flour and milk into smooth batter. Mix in tomatoes,
onion, parsley, salt and pepper. Makes enough to coat one chicken.
From Tuscon area newspapers, 1994, 3rd quarter, courtest Mike Orchekowski.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/tn-94q3.zip

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