Iladies HAVE YOU HEARD? :•;! By Doris Thomas, Extension Home Economist Need Heat- Roll Your Own Logs Many families are turning to fireplaces to aid in heating their homes and reducing their heating costs. By using a fireplace, valuable fuels are conserved and a large volume of heat is quickly produced. However, in many areas wood is hard to obtain easily so the next alternative choice might be man-made logs. These are logs rolled from hewpapers. The key to making good newspaper logs is compaction, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The tighter the newspapers are rolled and packed in forming the log, the greater the in tensity of heat generated and the less fly ash formed when the log bums. The materials for making the logs are relatively simple: a discarded broomstick (old curtain rod or round piece of garden stake will also suffice); a stack of old newspapers; and water for soaking the logs. The procedure for making the logs is to take two full double sheets of newspaper, lay them on the floor un folded in front of you. Overlap the two sheets so the MAXIMUM SECURITY MAXIMUM EARNINGS ACCOUNTS INSURED TO *20,000 FIRST FEDERAL Savings and loan ASSOCIATION Of L.ANCASTER Mam Office 25 North Duke St Phone 393-0601 Park City Branch Sears Mall PH 299-3745 - vV lif vertical edge of one meets the vertical fold of the other to form a panel of three newspaper pages wide (a single sheet on the left, two overlapped sheets in the middle, and a single sheet on the right). Fold the un covered half of the sheet next to the floor over the other sheet to the center fold. Now you have two newspaper pages laid out flat before you, three layers on one side and a single sheet on the other. Take another full sheet (two pages folded in the middle) and place its ver tical edge to the vertical fold on the stack before you. Close the free page on the opposite side over this to again form a flat surface of two newspaper sheets, one on a stack of five thicknesses, the other a single sheet. Continue this process for 10 full, two-page sheets, fold the 10th open page closed, to complete a flat surface the size of a single newspaper page, 20 sheets thick. This in terleafing makes the paper more compact and easier to roll. The next step is to make a second interleafing stack New Holland Branch 100 E Mam St Ph 354 4427 Lititz Branch 69 E Mam St Ph 626-0251 Stretch Your Food Dollar by Using Vegetables Wisely With almost everything either in short supply or higher priced, Americans are finding ways to get more from the resources they use. This type of thinking can easily be applied to the task of feeding one’s family a well-balanced diet. Food budgets can often be stretched either by sub stituting one kind of food for another or by using food products more efficiently. “In the wake of rising food v. , exactly as you did the first. With the bottom of the first stack touching your knees, place the second stack on top of the first with the bottom of the second stack about six inches from your knees. The sides of the two stacks should be aligned so they are parallel. Next, make a third stack just as you did the previous two, placing it over the second so that the near edge is six inches from the new edge of the second stack. Repeat this process through five stacks which when laid out form a continuous ribbon in front of you ap* proximately four feet long. From the near edge of the bottom stack, curl the ex posed edge over the rolling rod. Keep rolling onto the successive stacks until the entire ribbon is wrapped around the rod forming the fireplace log. Tie a fine wire or piece of tape around the log about two inches in from each end to keep it from unwinding. The rod may now be removed and the log soaked in water. The soaking should be done overnight in a vat large enough so that the logs are submerged in the water. A tablespoon of detergent added to the water will aid in soaking com paction and minimize fly ash when the log is burned. While removing your logs from the water knead them with your fingers along the full length. This will tend to dislodge the newsprint fibers so that greater compaction may be obtained. Lay. the logs out to dry which may take from one to several weeks to accomplish depending upon the heat and humidity. Once dry, the log is ready for burning. A supply should be built up so that dried logs can be burned while others are drying. For all »our concrete Serving the building industry in Lancaster County with a complete line of quality concrete products. R Cl NEW HOLLAND, PENNSYLVANIA / 717 354-4511 prices, many consumers are taking a close look at vegetable products to sup plement the vitamins, minerals, and particularly, protein from meat and meat products,” says Miss Ruff, Extension home economist. And with careful menu planning, they can indeed utilize vegetable nutrients as an alternative or supplement to meat." When we refer to protein in Versatile Apples Boil, bake, fry and broil. Name any known method of food preparation and you can do it with apples. Apples are among the most versatile of fruits. In addition to eating them right from the tree, you can buy them as applesauce, juice or cider, dried or a dozen other ways. The Red Delicious variety has only about 90 calories per apple. This makes it a fine snack food. When you select apples, check for bruising. Bruises can lead to decay and ex cessive bruising usually means that the apples were pooly handled. Apples should appear bright and fresh-looking. The green background color, when seen on varieties that are not a solid red, should be a yellow-green. If the background color is a faded yellow-green, the apples may be overmature and will be soft and mealy with loss of flavor and juice. When you store apples remember to keep them cool. Whenever possible, refrigerate them. Low To Moderate Temperatures Cook meat and poultry products at low to moderate temperatures This will not only provide maxi mum tenderness and juiciness and result in less shrinkage, but also makes sure the center of the product is fully cooked without the outside being over done Storing Canned Products Store canned products in a cool, dry place - not in a cabinet above the range. Any unused- product may be left in the can, covered and refrigerated. Buying Nuts? If you are buying nuts in the shell for munching, avoid nuts with oil-stained and moldy shells These are signs that the kernels may be rancid or decayed needs HOLLAND STONE Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 2,1974 the human diet, Miss Ruff continues, we are talking about amino acids, which are required to build, maintain and repair healthy tissues and to meet other body needs. These amino acids are contained in protein. Many of the proteins in meat and animal products contain all the amino acids the human body requires, so menu planning with these products is relatively sim ple. “However,” she notes, “other proteins contain only some ot tne essential ammo acids. Vegetables usually contain these ‘incomplete’ forms of protein. “It is indeed possible to combine several vegetable products in one meal which bring together all the necessary amino acids that meat normally contains,” she points out, “by applying adequate knowledge and some discretion. Combining vegetables with at least one animal product such as fish, eggs, cheese, or milk makes the task easier. Extension offices throughout the country can offer guidance in selecting vegetables.” Besides actually replacing meat products with ' vegetables, consumers can stretch their food dollar by using vegetables more wisely. One easy step to increase efficiency in the kitchen is simply to handle and prepare vegetables properly. This prevents loss of vitamins and nutrients which often occurs before the food reaches the table. ♦ CUSTOM 1 BUTCHERING { ▼ Corn fed beef. + T Also Frankfurters and 4 ? Bolognas made. 4 ♦AMOS BA WELL* I Leola RDI, Pa. 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