{"id":10937,"date":"2010-01-12T11:55:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T16:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=10937"},"modified":"2010-01-20T22:32:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T03:32:42","slug":"dinner-old-testament-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2010\/01\/dinner-old-testament-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner, Old Testament Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Middle Eastern foods are my favorite. So at the risk of totally overstepping the bounds as a T&S guest blogger, I offer the following to enhance one\u2019s study of the Old Testament and further an appreciation of ancient culture. May you have your meal with gladness and health!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Esau\u2019s Potage<\/span><\/p>\n

Serves 6-8 <\/span><\/p>\n

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6 cups chicken stock<\/span><\/p>\n

1 cup dried small red lentils, picked over and washed<\/span><\/p>\n

1\/4 cup long grain white rice <\/span><\/p>\n

2 medium onions, thinly sliced and separated into rings<\/span><\/p>\n

2 Tablespoons finely minced fresh parsley plus more for garnish<\/span><\/p>\n

salt to taste<\/span><\/p>\n

1\/8 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper<\/span><\/p>\n

1\/4 teaspoon ground sweet paprika<\/span><\/p>\n

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In a 5-quart dutch oven or heavy stock pot, heat 4 cups of the chicken stock to boiling. Add lentils and rice and bring to a boil again, then lower the heat, cover and simmer 10 minutes. Add the onions, stir, cover and cook 10 minutes more. Add the remaining chicken stock, parsley, salt, cayenne and paprika. Continue to cook for 5 more minutes. Serve with a garnish of fresh minced parsley and a sprinkle of paprika. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Adapted from <\/span>The Versatile Grain and the Elegant Bean<\/span> by Sheryl and Mel London. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Middle Eastern Dinner Rolls <\/span><\/p>\n

Serves 8<\/span><\/p>\n

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2 1\/4 cups water (room temperature or slightly warmer)<\/span><\/p>\n

2 Tablespoons active dry yeast<\/span><\/p>\n

3 Tablespoons sugar<\/span><\/p>\n

1 teaspoon salt<\/span><\/p>\n

5 cups all purpose flour (all white or white\/whole wheat combination)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mix really well for about 5 minutes either by hand or in a stand mixer with a dough hook.\u00a0 Turn dough out onto well-floured board and divide into 12-16 balls. Let rest for 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 500\u00ba F. With floured hands, flatten balls to about 1\/4 inch thick, place on parchment-lined baking sheets (or line with foil sprinkle with corn meal). Let rest 15 minutes. Bake for 10-15 minutes till light brown. Serve hot. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Middle Eastern foods are my favorite. So at the risk of totally overstepping the bounds as a T&S guest blogger, I offer the following to enhance one\u2019s study of the Old Testament and further an appreciation of ancient culture. May you have your meal with gladness and health!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1058],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn","category-guest-bloggers"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11152,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10937\/revisions\/11152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}