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Five Favorites Friday: Supper Menus

These are not in any particular order.

*Styrian Pumpkin Cream Soup

Esterházy Roast Beef

Käsespätzle

Sachertorte

I think this is a lovely menu for Sunday supper. It could also, I think, be a great menu for a post-private wedding ceremony reception or a post-elopement reception, especially if you get married in the autumn.

*Fish 'n Chips

*Csirkepaprikás

Cucumber Salad

1-2 tbsp. butter or bacon fat

1 lb. yellow onion

1 c. chicken broth

1 lb. chicken

3 tbsp. paprika

1 Hungarian pepper, seeds removed (leave the seeds in if your sinuses are giving you trouble)

Melt the fat.

Sauté the onions until translucent. About 5 to 8 minutes.

Remove the pan from the heat. Add the paprika and stir.

Return the pan to the heat.

Add the chicken and stir.

Add the chicken broth and the Hungarian pepper.

Cover the pan and let the food cook for an hour. I give a few shakes of salt a couple of times at different times in the cooking process.

You can find a great recipe for cucumber salad at budapestcookingclass.com.

*Czech Garlic Soup

*Oven-Fried Chicken

Green Bean and Potato Salad

I posted my favorite fried chicken recipe several days ago. My favorite recipe for green bean and potato salad can be gotten from Marcia Adams' Cooking from Quilt Country: Hearty Recipes from Amish and Mennonite Kitchens. My Best German Recipes (a website) also has a nice variation of the salad.

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To reject motherhood is to reject the transcendence of our femaleness.

Nancy Campbell

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The more women detach from a domestically-centered environment, the more unhealthy society becomes. Although we may understand why a woman would want more from life than domestic responsibilities, we must realize that caring for a home, husband, and children are extremely important functions society cannot do without.

Jimmy Evans

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Communism is particularly characterized by the rejection of any link that binds woman to the family and the home, and her emancipation is proclaimed as a basic principle.

Pope Pius XI

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Woman was not made for this, O man, to be prostituted as common. O ye subverters of all decency, who use men, as if they were women, and lead out women to war, as if they were men! This is the work of the devil, to subvert and confound all things, to overleap the boundaries that have been appointed from the beginning, and remove those which God has set to nature. For God assigned to woman the care of the house only, to man the conduct of public affairs. But you reduce the head to the feet, and raise the feet to the head. You suffer women to bear arms, and are not ashamed.

St. John Chrysostom, Homily on Titus 2:14

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We do not say that woman's nature is the same as man's, as she is woman. For undoubtedly it stands to reason that some difference should exist between each of them, in virtue of which one is male and the other female. Pregnancy and parturition, accordingly, we say belong to woman, as she is woman, and not as she is a human being. But if there were no difference between man and woman, both would do and suffer the same things. As then there is sameness, as far as respects the soul, she will attain to the same virtue; but as there is difference as respects the peculiar construction of the body, she is destined for child-bearing and housekeeping.

Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, Book 4, Chapter 8

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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal. Marriage entails sensuality - an appreciation of the body and the senses as distinguished from the intellect - but a woman must also have a certain maternal feeling toward her husband. Not that she babies him. Deep resentment is expressed sometimes by women who feel their husbands want to be babied. But a wife must want to take care of her husband and minister to him as gladly as a mother ministers to her child.

Elisabeth Elliot

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This decree also commends modesty in general, and in it God anticipates the danger, lest women should harden themselves into forgetfulness of modesty, or men should degenerate into effeminacy unworthy of their nature. Garments are not in themselves of so much importance; but as it is disgraceful for men to become effeminate, and also for women to affect manliness in their dress and gestures, propriety and modesty are prescribed, not only for decency's sake, but lest one kind of liberty should at length lead to something worse. The words of the heathen poet (Juvenal) are very true: "What shame can she, who wears a helmet, show, Her sex deserting?"

John Calvin, exposition of the Seventh Commandment; John Calvin, Commentaries on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony, tr. Charles Bingham, 22 vols., (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, repr. 1996), 3:110)

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Two years ago, John Knox in a private conversation, asked my opinion respecting female government. I frankly answered that because it was a deviation from the primitive and established order of nature, it ought to be held as a judgment on man for his dereliction of his rights just like slavery - that nevertheless certain women had sometimes been so gifted that the singular blessing of God was conspicuous in them, and made it manifest that they had been raised up by the providence of God, either because He willed by such examples to condemn the supineness of men, or thus show more distinctly His own glory. I here instanced Huldah and Deborah.

John Calvin, "Letter DXXXVIII to William Cecil" in Selected Works of John Calvin: Tracts and Letters, ed. Henry Beveridge and Jules Bonnet, vol. 7, (Philadelphia, 1860), p. 46.

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Every Man's Battle: Every Man's Guide to. . . Winning the War on Sexual Tempation One Victory at a Time By Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker (Review)

I found this book quite informative. It's more psychology-based than Scripture-based, but that's okay with me.

Steve and Fred make many excellent points, including:

°"for men, visual impurity is sexual foreplay."

°"no wife should have to share her marriage bed with some shameless porn model."

°"you should bounce your eyes immediately away from attractive women."

°you're sexually pure when fulfillment comes from only your wife.

They included a section for women to help us understand men's struggle, and how we can help them with it.

Even though they were meant as ways for the authors to relate to their male readers and to illustrate their points, I didn't like that some parts read like pornography.

Would I recommend it? Yes. It's a book desperately needing to be read by more people in our fallen world.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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"The Mark of a Man: Following Christ's Example of Masculinity" By Elisabeth Elliot (Review)

Rooted in Scripture and life experience, The Mark of a Man: Following Christ's Example of Masculinity presents the Biblical view of masculinity and femininity: the man as the initiator, pursuer, provider, protector and priest, and the woman as the submissive, adaptable, nurturing responder.

This book is a compilation of letters Elisabeth wrote to her nephew. It was originally published in the early 1980s. She wrote it because, "The world cries for men who are strong: strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer."

This message is not new; in practical terms, Elisabeth is strongly encouraging a man to embrace his biological nature and God-ordained role. The chapters are short, like morning devotions.

She discusses how a man can honor God with his masculinity.

Elisabeth makes it clear that only when men decide to embrace their biological nature and God-ordained role will women be liberated from the bondage of feminism/egalitarianism.

People deeply indoctrinated with feminism/egalitarianism will not enjoy this book, but that doesn't mean they should refrain from reading it. Christians will find this book to be a priceless addition to their library.

For the female reader, this book will give her the tools to evaluate whether or not the men she dates are conforming to Christ. Is he obedient to God's commands? Does he come to her, or does he make her go to him? Does he show that he can provide (pay for dates, trips, etc. - EVERY time)? Is he decisive? Is he a leader? Is he responsible, sacrificial, and chaste (in mind, in speech, and in body)? Is he governed by principle, courageous, loyal, courteous, committed, forgiving, tender, loving, and self-disciplined?

I recommend this book to women who are looking for a Godly husband.

I recommend this book to men who are seeking their place and God's direction in this world where masculinity is attacked daily.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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The degrading fashion in which motherhood and being a housewife are generally depicted today is shameful. A woman who is a good homemaker and mother is doing a great service to God, her husband, her children, her community and society at large. As long as society looks down on domestically-centered women, society is perpetuating a curse upon itself.

Jimmy Evans

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What Every Man Wants In A Woman/What Every Woman Wants In A Man By John and Diana Hagee (Review)

What Every Man Wants In A Woman/What Every Woman Wants In A Man was written by John and Diana Hagee for married couples, but I think it can be used for marriage preparation.

The book is based on surveys conducted at the Hagee church in Texas.

John wrote What Every Man Wants In A Woman. In the introduction, he lists the ten most important things a man wants in a wife:

1. He wants sexual fulfillment.

2. He wants a recreational playmate.

3. He wants a beautiful wife.

4. He wants a committed homemaker.

5. He wants her admiration.

6. He wants a woman of moral virtue.

7. He wants someone with a sense of humor.

8. He wants intelligence.

9. He wants someone he can totally trust.

10. He wants someone who is absolutely honest.

He discusses eighteen secrets on how a man should love his wife in chapters three and four.

In a few chapters, he goes over issues a couple might face and how to survive them.

In the chapter Love's Portrait, John takes us through 1 Corinthians 13.

Diana wrote What Every Woman Wants In A Man. She goes through one of the ten most important qualities a woman desires in her husband in several chapters. She tells women, with the help of Dr. Anne Reed, how to be the kind of wife who inspires those traits and behaviors in her husband.

A woman's ten most desired traits in a man:

1. A godly man.

2. Romance.

3. A sense of humor.

4. Communication.

5. Honesty.

6. A provider.

7. A family man.

8. Respect.

9. Leadership.

10. Faithfulness/Loyalty.

What Every Man Wants In A Woman/What Every Woman Wants In A Man is not for feminists/egalitarians, even if they do identify as Christians. Should they read it? Absolutely.

There were a few parts with which I disagreed (of course the only way to agree with every word in a book is to write your own book), but I liked it and I learned a lot. I recommend everyone read it.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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A survey about who is having the best, most fulfilling sex found three commonalities:

1. Married

2. Monogamous

3. Highly religious

Conservative, Protestant women reported the most sexual fulfillment.

Building Relationships with Gary Chapman

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"Fascinating Womanhood" By Helen Andelin (Review)

Fascinating Womanhood was written by Helen Andelin and originally published in 1963.

Helen includes a diagram of the Ideal Woman from a man's perspective. To expound on the traits on the two sides of this woman, the angelic and the human, she uses examples from literature and history.

Helen gives us a list of eight rules to follow in a relationship, though a few could apply to men besides one's boyfriend, fiancé, or husband:

1. Accept him at face value.

2. Appreciate his better side.

3. Admire his manliness.

4. Make him number one.

5. Let him be the guide, protector, and provider.

6. Let him manage the money.

7. Don't wound his masculine pride.

8. Be sympathetic, understanding.

Helen teaches women how to make a man feel like a man. When a woman makes her man feel like a man, she will be cherished by him beyond measure.

Helen explains what happens when roles get combined, confused, or eliminated. She also explains how living distinct masculine and feminine roles create balance and perfect harmony in the entire family, and how living distinct roles benefits society.

Helen teaches us how to embrace our God-given nature. She reminds women that their most important role is to be a wife and mother. She said feminists ruined the economy and upended our values, which is true.

Helen said that if a single woman must work, it's more important for her to be feminine than for her to be proficient. She doesn't want to offend a male co-worker's masculinity.

The only place where I somewhat disagree with Helen is on women wearing pants. I sometimes wear pants, but avoid such articles of clothing often as a result of reading what Church Fathers had to say on the topic of modesty. (I even think cosmetics are best saved for when a woman is alone with her husband.) Colleen Hammond's Dressing with Dignity and Jeff Pollard's Christian Modesty and the Public Undressing of America are excellent books on the topic of modesty.

Helen never advocates suffering abuse or being a doormat. She simply teaches women how to approach men with empathy and emotional intelligence.

The lessons within Fascinating Womanhood work and are truly timeless. The only differences between men of 1950 and men of today is that men of today grew up with feminist mothers and indoctrination centers disguised as places of education. Women, in our biological and psychological nature, are still the same as our grandmothers and great-grandmothers.

People who think what Helen teaches in Fascinating Womanhood is toxic, outdated, infantilizing, or whatever should re-think their opinions.

This delightful book is not for weak women. It is for strong women.

A woman's power is her God-given femininity.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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