{"id":2125,"date":"2014-01-06T09:47:01","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T14:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oshetablogs.wordpress.com\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2014-01-06T09:47:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T14:47:01","slug":"taste-and-see-that-slow-is-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shalominthecity\/2014\/01\/taste-and-see-that-slow-is-cheap\/","title":{"rendered":"Taste and See that Slow is Cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Today\u2019s I tried out a recipe from Shauna Niequist\u2019s<\/a> book, \u201cBread and Wine\u201d <\/a>a staple here on the blog this year as I\u2019m using the word, \u201ctaste\u201d as my compass this year. Shauna\u2019s words are like nourishment to my soul, just when wanted to lean in to my antisocial tendencies, her words beckoned me to the table of Jesus, where I found a renewed sense of worth and identity.\u00a0 Her book reminded me of the power of Christian community and the intimacy of cooking and eating together.\u00a0 As the audiobook came to a close, I understood why Jesus\u2019 scandalous love was best put on display lounging around a table, breaking bread and pouring wine with undesirables.\u00a0 I want to embody that type of love this year as I explore \u201ctaste\u201d, but for now, I\u2019m slowing down, taking time to just listen to Jesus\u2019 teachings, and let them satisfy my hungry soul.<\/p>\n

Which is why this recipe for Goat Cheese Eggs stood out to me.\u00a0 A couple of housekeeping points before diving into my reflection:\u00a0 I was so ravenous this morning, that I sat down with my plate of eggs and bible and dove right in, halfway through I realized I didn\u2019t take a picture\u2026so sorry about that. They were really pretty.\u00a0 Maybe tomorrow I\u2019ll snap a photo as I\u2019m going to re-make them with actual goat cheese this time.\u00a0 Which leads me to the next piece of housekeeping, my grocery delivery service sent cream cheese instead of goat cheese, so I have to walk up to the store near my house and buy a bit.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my favorite line from today\u2019s recipe:<\/p>\n

What I\u2019ve learned along the way is that it\u2019s all about a cold pan and low heat. When a friend of ours was teaching his wife to drive their boat, he said this is all you need to know: Slow is cheap. And the same is true with scrambled eggs. The only way you can mess them up, really, is by trying
\nto go too fast, and by cooking them at too high a temp.<\/p>\n

Pour the beaten eggs into a cold nonstick pan over low heat, and cook so low that you think, really, nothing is happening.
\nOver time, drag your spatula through the middle, and you\u2019ll see some fluffy curds beginning to form.
\nSteady and slow, now. Slow is cheap.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The book is still on sale on Amazon for $2.99,<\/a> so go grab it, I won\u2019t post her recipe here, but tomorrow I\u2019ll post my \u201ctweaked\u201d version of her recipe. For the real deal you\u2019ve got to buy the book (hint, hint).<\/p>\n

I played around with her proportions, instead of 12 eggs, I used 2, when she called for goat cheese, I obviously used cream, but one thing I tried very hard to do was take my time. I cooked with a cold non-stick pan, I turned my heat down real low, I hovered and prayed this slow and stead to approach would actually produce lovely, luscious eggs.<\/p>\n

After a while, I began to see change.\u00a0 Even though I felt like nothing was happening.\u00a0 It was.\u00a0 The eggs were taking shape and\u00a0 my patience was beginning to pay off.<\/p>\n

I see a pattern forming as I set off this month to make 31 breakfasts and meditate on Jesus while doing so.\u00a0 Do you see it too?\u00a0 \u201cSlow down.\u201d\u00a0 my recipes are telling me. \u201cTake your time\u201d, Shauna\u2019s words instructed me. \u201cSomething is happening, even if we don\u2019t see it yet.\u201d I sensed as the eggs slowly formed.<\/p>\n

One week into our resolutions, we may not see the immediate results of our efforts. But, don\u2019t allow yourself to become discouraged. \u201cSlow down.\u201d \u201cTake the heat off ourselves\u201d, \u201csteady and slow, now.\u00a0 Slow is cheap.\u201d<\/p>\n

I need to resist the pressure to quickly achieve this new goal and just enjoy the process of being made new.\u00a0 It may seem like nothing is happening, that I\u2019m still the same woman who doesn\u2019t eat breakfast regularly and needs a blog series to stay in the Word, but right now, that\u2019s ok.\u00a0 Like the eggs I will take shape into my best self, but it takes time to go from beaten egg to luscious fluffy curds of yumminess. It takes time, grace, and a willingness to go with the flow.<\/p>\n

Instead of writing a reflection on the sermon, \u201cPrince of Peace\u201d by Brian Zahnd, (which was awesome by the way, more to come later this week, I hope), I want to leave you with these reflection questions:\u00a0 In what areas are you wanting to God to form you into a new woman, and yet it seems like nothing it happening?\u00a0 What have you prayed for constantly and it seems like God is not listening?\u00a0 What areas do you want to jump in and turn up the heat of action, but you sense that slow and steady is the holy response?\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n

Go with that because it is.\u00a0 The holy way is always the slow and steady way<\/b>. Slow down my friend; taste and see that the Lord is good.<\/p>\n

Shalom and scrambled eggs,<\/p>\n

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