There are several presupposed and pre-ordained principles necessary for a quality dessert. And, of course, they follow the expected TULIP scenario. These are:
T – Totally awsome
U – Unconditionally served
L – Limitless in supply
I – Irresistible icing
P – Preserves our current weight
Note that these points deal both with the imminent and with the eternal. Cake must always be good tasting. But that is assumed. If it is not good tasting then it was affected by the fall and can be rejected on account of depravity. A good-tasting cake reflects imago libum, a reflection of the ultimate created cake.
(Ok, to date I’ve posted on ribs and on cakes. Shall I create a Calvinist Cookbook?)
March 5th, 2010 | 4:00 pm | #1
“Shall I create a Calvinist Cookbook?”
Sure, why not?
March 5th, 2010 | 4:04 pm | #2
If God wills it, you will make it.
March 5th, 2010 | 4:16 pm | #3
Can a Calvinist have his cake and eat it too?
;-)
March 5th, 2010 | 4:25 pm | #4
Darn you, I’m at work. I’m clutching my sides and trying not to disturb my fellow cubicle mates, here, and -almost- ruined a perfectly good keyboard.
March 5th, 2010 | 4:26 pm | #5
I forbid the “P” in that recipe. There is no cake any good which can possibly meet that criterion.
March 5th, 2010 | 4:52 pm | #6
I realize that many Christians object to the “P”, finding it difficult to swallow. (Except for non-Calvinist Baptists, who want to have the “P” without any of the other points. Presumably this is related to average girth.)
However, the apparent gastronomical contradiction (which I prefer to call a “tension”) could be resolved if we simply add an ingredient that causes us to burn more calories during digestion than are present in the cake.
I’m not sure mankind knows such an ingredient, but our recipes are not God’s recipes, and our kitchens are not God’s kitchen.
March 5th, 2010 | 5:19 pm | #7
Sounds good. :)
I’ll tell you what, if you all create this TULIP cake, and it is free of any adverse side effects, that’s one Calvinist contribution that this Lutheran would buy. ;)
March 5th, 2010 | 6:00 pm | #8
It’s a shame that not everyone eats it.
March 5th, 2010 | 6:13 pm | #9
It’s God’s Sovereign Will that I freely eat of this TULIP cake.
March 5th, 2010 | 10:37 pm | #10
Odd, but I checked the recipe book and do not find any of the five points mentioned there. The problem seems to be that Calvinists have decided what a cake should be, quite apart from the book, and have lifted and misapplied ingredients from other recipes in order to make it so. The solution is simply to follow the recipe as the book itself presents it, and invite everyone to come and eat.
March 6th, 2010 | 2:24 pm | #11
The cake must be a free gift from the Baker of heaven and earth.
Any attempt to “make” the cake obviously reflects a Works mindset.
March 15th, 2010 | 10:14 pm | #12
The Christmas Calvinist (no L in his TULIP) believes that the cake will run out.
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