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Research and ens;on
Wabaunse County Extension Agent
4-H Youth Development
food lover.
It seems ev-
a hanker-
fruits and
markets
town early
Weekend, and
more honor-
to preserve
as possible.
get started
preservation
great green
and pickles
ribbon at the
ng to talk
Ling.
to take be-
in
vegeta-
content
in vegeta-
used to
they are
not only
but inac-
• Which also
(taste, color
.~r you
This will al-
to stay
almost
commer-
of ways
There's
and the boll
also the ml-
but when I
the nutrition
Said that it
good way to
as far as
If you blanch
in the mi-
raay not heat
cause some
;main active,
loss and
ff you use
traditional
you
even heating
life. The
is pre-
Use because
to find sat-
for a good
do choose
how-
microwave
Same as the
traditional
to blanch,
nutrient
when
to a boll
time is
and the
quickly
cold water
veggies
a gallon
pound of
for leafy
two gal-
'.n water is
boil, sub-
or blanching
bag of vegeta-
and boil
the required
is best to be-
Soon as the
a boil after
submersed.
the pro-
can use your
two or three
have to
it at the
level, and
When it be-
boiling the
them from
the pot as soon as possible
and drop them in a pan of ice
water for the same amount of
time you boiled it. Make sure
to keep the water Ice-cold. Af-
ter they're done chilling, drain
them thoroughly.
Extra water will form too
many ice crystals and may
cause freezer burn. Then pack
the vegetables using the tray-
or dry-pack methods. (FYI:
tray-packing is similar to the
process used to buy frozen
bags of vegetables at the gro-
cery store. This method is
where the vegetables are
placed on a tray or shallow
pan in the freezer, frozen and
placed in bags later. Dry-
packing is what is done when
the vegetables are packed
tightly in freezer bags or con-
tainers. Veggies should be
packed tightly into the con-
tainer to cut down the amount
of air inside them. If you use
freezer bags, be sure to squeeze
out the extra air from the
bags).
I've got blanch times for
different vegetables sitting
right in front of me, so I'll
share some of those with you,
too. Asparagus - Spears or
pieces, medium stalks 3 rain.,
large stalks 4 min.; Beans-
green and wax, small pieces 2
rain., medium pieces 3 mln.;
Beets - until tender (small 25-
30 min., medium 45-50 rain.);
Broccoli- 3 rain.; Carrots -
whole 5 min., pieces 2 min.;
Cauliflower - 3 min. (with 4
tsp. of salt/gallon of water):
Peas green/English 1-I/2
rain., sugar snap/Chinese,
small pods 1-I/2 min., large
pods 2 rain.; Peppers - halves
3 min., strips/rings 2 rain.;
Sweet corn (blanch using
whole ears) - whole kernel 3
min., cream-style 4 min.,
corn-on-the-cob, small ears
(less than 1-1/4 inches in di-
ameter) 7 rain., medium ears
(1-1/4 -1-1/2 inches) 9 rain.;
large ears (larger than I- I/2
inches) 11 min.
Extension has some great
publications about blanching
vegetables. In fact, I've been
using an Extension publica-
tion as a source for this col-
umn. If you'd like a copy of
this publication, or publica-
tions about fruit preservation
or just about any other food
question, please call me at the
Extension office, (785) 765-
3821, or e-mail me at tfos-
ter@oznet.ksu.edu. We'd be
glad to help you out.
EDITORIAL
TAKEN OFF
THE INTERNET
After hearing that the state
of Florida changed its opinion
and let a Muslim woman have
her picture .on her drivers li-
cense with her face covered, I
believe this is even more ap-
propriate. Read on, pleasel
This is an Editorial written
by an American citizen, pub-
lished in a Tampa Newspaper.
He did quite a job.
IMMIGRANTS,
NOT AMERICANS,
MUST ADAPT
I am tired of this nation
worrying about whether we are
offending some individual or
their culture. Since the terror-
ist attacks on September 11,
we have experienced a surge in
patriotism by the majority of
Page 17
The Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise, Thursday, July 11, 2002
By: Patty McQueen
WHERE DID
THE COUCH GO?
I was thinking about mov-
ing the furniture around in
the living room.
IX, e never been one to move
the furniture around a great
deal. This leaves the problem
of indentions in the carpet. I
read somewhere that you
could remove them by rubbing
them with Ice. I don't think
that method was meant for
someone who hasn't moved
the coffee table in five years.
My sister's home would
NEVER require her to be on
her hands and knees scrub-
bing the carpet with ice cubes.
She moves more furniture
around than United Van
Lines.
Sis was an early 1960's
teenager. In the summer she
was stuck out in the country
with nothing to do, no means
to go and all her friends were
a long distance phone call.
Her idea of a great adventure
was to move the furniture
around. This suggestion was
always met with great enthu-
siasm
by her much younger
sibling, who looked to her for
entertainment.
When the parental units
wearily returned from work at
the end of the day, my sister
would mysteriously announce
that she had "a surprise".
Dancing from foot to foot, her
younger sibling would not be
able to contain her excitement
and blurt out the news.
Our Mom would squelch the
urge to kick off her shoes and
sink into the first available
chair she could find inside the
house. From the depths of her
fatigue, she would summon a
look of glee and eagerly follow
us to exclaim over the fresh
new lookl Our Dad would loi-
ter a few minutes, muttering
to himself and finally follow.
Americans.
However, the dust from the
attacks had barely settled
when the "politically correct"
crowd began complaining
about the possibility that our
patriotism was offending oth-
ers. I am not against immigra-
tion, nor do I hold a grudge
against anyone who is seeking
a better life by coming to
America. Our population is
almost entirely composed of
descendants of immigrants.
However, there are, a few
things that those who have re-
cently come to our country,
and apparently- some born
here, need to understand. This
idea of America being a muRi-
cultural community has
served only to dilute our
sovereignty and our national
identity.
As Americans, we have our
own culture, our own society,
our own language, and our
own lifestyle. This culture has
been developed over centuries
of struggles, trials, and victo-
ries by millions of men and
women who have sought free-
dom. We speak ENGLISH, not
Spanish, Arabic, Chinese,
Japanese, Russian, or any
other language. Therefore, if
you wish to become part of our
society, learn the languagel
"In God We Trust" is our
national motto. This is not
some Christian, right-wing,
political slogan.
We adopted this motto be-
cause Christian men and
women, on Christian princi-
ples, founded this nation, and
this is clearly documented. It
is certainly appropriate to
He would lean against the
doorway, mentally memoriz-
ing the path of least hazard to
his unsuspecting toes, and
muster up a half spirited
"yeah, that's nice". "
My brother-in-law never
had a chance. By the tlme he
found out she was a chronic
furniture mover, there were
too many witnesses to the
marital union. It probably
wouldn't have mattered any-
way. He adored her. He would
move heaven and earth if she
asked. He never dreamed she
would take him so literally.
Years ago, I read some-
where that perpetual furniture
moving is a sign of insecurity.
At least that's what we used to
tell my sister. Personally I
think it's the sign of a young,
strong back.
Today, we have experts who
are paid good money to en-
courage furniture moving. The
scheme is called "Feng Shul".
The arrangement of your fur-
niture balances your flow of
energy, your ying and yang
and your interaction among
the five elements (earth, air,
fire, water and spirit).
Well, with two active
grandklds flowing in and out
of her house, I would worry
more about balancing that
lamp that is spinning off the
end-table. She'd probably slap
you if you asked her how her
ylng and yang were. As for in-
teraction among the five ele-
ments? After giving those kids
a drink of water and letting
them catch their air, she'll be
sending them back outside to
play on the earth with a spir-
ited promise not to bring the
whole neighborhood next time
or she'll light a fire to their
bottoms!
My flow of energy has
ebbed away today. Maybe I'll
move the furniture around in
the living room tomorrow.
display it on the walls of our
schools. If God offends you,
then I suggest you consider
another part of the world as
your new home, because God is
part of our culture. If Stars
and Stripes offend you, or you
don't like Uncle Sam. then
you should seriously consider
a move to another part of this
planet. We are happy with our
culture and have no desire to
change, and we really don't
care how you did things where
you came from. This is OUR
COUNTRY, our land, and our
lifestyle. Our First Amend-
ment gives every citizen the
right to express his opinion
and we will allow you every
opportunity to do so. But, once
you are done complaining,
whining, and griping about
our flag. our pledge, our na-
tional motto, or our way of
life, I highly encourage you to
take advantage of one other
great American freedom, THE
RIGHT TO LEAVE.
~qs~nls*~s
Independence Day and the
long, hot weekend came and
went in a cloud of gun powder
and ash. Boxes of spent ar-
tiller/ shells, tubes and fire-
works debris' are stacked at
the curbside waiting for
pickup by the refuse depart-
ment and refrigerators are
stuffed with the leftovers from
fish fries, barbecues, water-
melon feeds and various other
forms of traditional 4th of
July celebrations. Some of us
are gingerly tending sunburns
and sore muscles or feeding
upset stomachs with seltzers
and Pepcid AC, promising not
to overindulge on the next big
holiday. However, in the short
span of two months, we will
have forgotten these promises
as we usher out the summer
with the Labor Day Weekend
traditions and celebrations.
In the meantime, we go
back to work and soon fall
into our comfortable, daily
routines that bring a sense of
security to our lives. We take
the same path to and from
work, to the store, and many
other destinations. However,
occasionally our routine is
disrupted and surprisingly,
has a pleasant outcome.
Our usual morning and af-
ternoon routine to and from
work includes a twenty mile
stretch of state highway con-
struction on 1-70. A couple of
evenings last week found the
West bound traffic jammed
bumper to bumper, back to the
Valencia Road interchange.
The logical thing to do would
have been to get in line and
wait "our turn", but my dear
spouse, being independently
minded and without much pa-
tience for traffic, elected to
exit at the Valencia inter-
change and go south, hope-
fully to find a road homeward
bound.
I understand that several
years ago, Valencia Road was
graveled, connecting to High-
way K-4 via 13th street and
Gllck Road. We were pleas-
antly surprised to find the
road blacktopped, though
patched and repaired from
years of wear. Obviously, it
had been a long time since we
traveled that span of highway.
Newer, modern homes
stood next to well-kept, an-
cient barns and concrete silos,
interspersed with older farm
houses. Shade trees were nu-
merous, along the sharp,
winding road and provided a
respite from the heat. Huge
fields of tall corn spanned
from the horizon, right up to
the highway. The corn was
tasseled, maturing under the
hot summer sun, but the
leaves have begun to curl
slightly with signs of stress
from the heat and humidity
and from the lack of rain.
Even the hay fields, which
have long since been cut and
baled into big round bundles,
are beginning to brown in the
arid weather.
As we meandered along our
way, we found that the slower,
"cooler", less traveled path
took about the same amount
of time to travel as the more
frequented route to and from
work. In fact, being forced to
"slow down" was surprisingly
a lot more relaxing than the
neck-breaking speed of the
routine.
Here's hoping that you find
a road "less traveled" and that
you enjoy the view, as I do,
even if it is from the back
seat. Until next time, Vicky.