—Uncitfr Farming. Saturday. November 23,1974
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Brown Rice
Is Nice
For Stuffing
On Thanksgiving,
Americans pause to consider
their nstional traditions. One
of these-so Important to
America's success-has been
a willingness to try the new
without rejecting the old.
This Thanksgiving, you can
add a new touch to the old.
traditional turkey dinner
and surprise your famlly-by
serving stuffing made from
brown rice.
With its nut-like flavor and
slightly chewy texture,
brown rice is sure to make
your stuffing memorable.
What’s more, brown rice
contains more nutrients than
the regular milled white rice
that most consumers buy.
The unique flavor, texture,
and nutritional value of
brown rice comes from the
bran layer which gives the
rice its distinctive tan color.
The bran layer-along with
part of the germ of the rice
kernel-is removed from
white rice during milling.
Because of this, white rice
even when enriched-does
not have as much protein,
York
Program
Slated
“Holiday decorating
ideas,” ‘‘historical
coverlets,” these are the
items you will hear about at
York Extensions Annual
Holiday Meeting. It will be
held December 4,1974, 10.-00
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the 4-H
Center.
Presenting holiday
decorating ideas will be Mrs.
Rhoda Oberholtzer, from
Stauffers of Kissel Hill. She
will feature ten
arrangements based on the
Christmas Story. She will
also display dried flower
pictures, sea scapes, sand
casting and other crafts.
“A Long Winters Nap” is
the topic being presented by
Mr. John Heisey staff
assistant at the Abby Aldrich
Rockefeller Folk Art
Collection, Williamsburg,
Virginia. It is a presentation
on historical hand woven
coverlets. He is presently
doing research to write a
book on coverlets.
Extension Homemaker
Groups cooperate presenting
this program. Anyone is
invited but advance
registration must be made
by calling the Extension
Office in the Court House.
You may also come to the
office and pick up your ticket
there. A bag lunch will be
needed, beverage and
dessert will be provided.
Storing Onions
The “at home” life for
mature onions may be
several months, according to
Extension consumer
specialists at The Penn
sylvania State University.
Make sure you store them at
slightly cooler than room
temperature. You may keep
onions in their loosely woven
or open-mesh containers for
several months. At high
temperatures or in high
humidity, they sprout and
decay.
calcium, phosphorous,
potassium, niacin, and
Vitamin E as brown rice has.
The higher fiber and oil
content of the bran layer,
however, means thst brown
rice takes a little longer to
cook than white rice. The
longer cooking time means
that more water will have to
be used. During the cooking
process, brown rice will
absorb water and expand.
When the outside bran
coating “explodes,” the bran
adheres to the rice grain.
To cook brown rice
properly, be sure to use the
exact amount of water the
package directions call for.
Remember that any liquid
drained off after cooking will
contain valuable vitamins
and minerals.
When selecting brown rice
to use as stuffing, it’s best to
buy short or medium grain
rice. Both short grain and
medium grain rice cook
moist and tender, and the
kernels cling together. Such
properties are ideally suited
for a stuffing. Long grain
rice, on the other hand, cooks
firm and dry; its kernels do
not stick together.
The packages of brown
rice found on supermarket
shelves seldom have a U. S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) grade indicated.
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But changes are very good
that when the rice was
delivered to the mill, or after
milling waa completed,
USDA-licensed inspectors
were asked to examine (he
rice. USDA Inspection is
voluntary, and users pay a
fee for the service.
The inspectors look (or
certain quality factors when
they grade rice. They check
to see if the color is bright
and uniform-the mark of
high quality. They look for
whole kernels. (Top quality
rice has a higher percentage
of whole kernels; rice with a
lot of broken kernels will not
cook as evenly, although it
will have the same flavor
and nutrients as top quality
rice.) And they also check
for the number of defective
kernels.
Consumers can—and
should-inspect the rice they
buy for these same factors.
To do so, it is important to
choose rice in a package with
a “see through" cellophane
window or in a clear plastic
bag.
Sitting down to enjoy a top
quality turkey with top
quality brown rice stuffing, a
family surely will have much
to give thanks for on
November 28!
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