Recipe - Apple Harvest Rice

1 cup Thinly cut or sliced up carrots
2 tablespoon Reduced fat margarine
1 One fourth cup Water
Three fourths cup Apple juice
2 tablespoon Lemon juice
2 tablespoon Brown sugar
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Uncooked rice
One half teaspoon Ground cinnamon
One half cup Raisins
One half cup Sliced green onions
2 cup Cored, cut or sliced up , unpeeled
apples
1 tablespoon Toasted sesame seeds

Cook carrots in margarine til tendercrisp, about 5 minutes. Add water,
apple juice, lemon juice, brown sugar, salt, rice, cinnamon and raisins.
Bring to a boil.

REDUCE heat, cover and simmer til rice is tender and liquid is absorbed,
about 15 minutes. Gently stir in green onions and apples, heat thoroughly.

Turn into a serving dish and top with sesame seeds.
Recipe By : Low Fat, No Fat Cooking Fall 1996 p. 59

Posted to JEWISHFOOD digest V96 #038

Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 17:16:07 0400

From: Linda Shapiro Naples Florida lss@coconet.com From: Debra Fran
Baker dfbaker@panix.com To: andreah@utj.org Cc: jewishfood@eskimo.com
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I just got some really interesting information from a friend who is
very versed in Judaism :) Oh, and you are supposed to have meat too,
but I don't know why. She

I can think of two reasons for the meat. One is simple there is a old
saying in Judaism (from the days when neither was more than weekly fare any
way) "There is no simcha [joy] without meat and wine." Every meal in the
sukkah should be a celebration (that's why I suggested bread with each
meal.)

Another (and this is pure speculation) may harken all the way back to
Temple days, when there would be massive, and everincreasing, extra daily
sacrifices during the week of Sukkot. This is a pilgrimage festival as
well, so Jerusalem would be filled with people. It just makes sense that
the extra meat (once the priests and Levites get their shares) would be
distributed to the crowds. I could easily be wrong anyone know what
happened to all the Sukkot sacrifices?

~ One sharp pepper is better than a basketful of melons. Jewish Proverb