Ukrainian Borscht-martha Stewart Living

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, Meats, Dairy	Ukrainian	Main dish, Soup/stews	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Dried lima beans
		Salt
1	T	Unsalted butter
2		Cloves garlic, peeled and
		chopped
2		Onions, peeled and chopped
4	c	Shredded green cabbage
1		28-oz crushed tomatoes
6		Carrots, peeled and cut
		into 1/4-inch-thick
		rounds
1		Bulb celeriac, peeled and
		grated
12	c	Beef Stock, separate
		recipe
		Freshly ground pepper
3	lb	Beets, peeled and grated
3		Yellow potatoes, peeled
		and cubed
5	T	Sugar, or to taste
3	T	Red-wine vinegar
3	T	Fresh lemon juice
2	T	Chopped fresh dill, plus
		more for garnish
2	c	Shredded beef, from stock
		Sour cream, as garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

Place lima beans in a medium saucepan with cold water to cover. Bring
to a boil and let boil for 1 minutc. Drain, return beans to pot and
cover again with cold water. Bring to a boil, turn heat to low, and
let simmer for 30 to 60 minutes, or until beans are firm but not
mushy. Add salt to taste in the last 10 minutes. Let cool in liquid
until needed. In a 6-quart stockpot, melt the butter. Add garlic and
onions and cook over low heat, covered, for 5 minutes, or until onion
is transparent. Add cabbage, tearing long shreds into smaller pieces.
Add tomatoes; cook for 5 minutes. Add carrots, celeriac, stock, and
salt and pepper to taste; cook, covered, until vegetables arc soft,
about 1 hour. Add half the beets, the potatoes, beans, sugar,  vinegar,
lemon juice, dill, and shredded beef, and cook 20 minutes  more. Add
remaining beets and cook 10 to 15 minutes longer, until  tender. Adjust
seasonings. Ladle into bowls, top with a dollop of  sour cream, and
sprinkle with more fresh dill.  Martha Stewart Living/Feb. & March/94
Scanned & fixed by Di and Gary  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #514 by
kathy <jbird21@mindspring.com>  on Mar 13, 1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 400 Calories From Fat: 149 Total Fat: 16.9g Cholesterol: 41mg Sodium: 1205.5mg Potassium: 1166.9mg Carbohydrates: 48.8g Fiber: 9.7g Sugar: 28.4g Protein: 16.9g