.C26— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 19,1981
Ladies
Have You
Heard?
By Doris Thomas
Lancaster Extension
Home Economist
BARTLETT PEARS PLENTIFUL
Looking for new dessert ideas?
Try fresh Bartlett pears. They lend
themselves to easy, quick, and
elegant desserts and, as snacks,
they also make good out-of-hand
eating.
Marketing specialists with
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing
Service say that they will be in
plentiful supply throughout Sep
tember and so now is a good time
to try them in different ways.
To be sure you are getting the
pick of the pack, shop carefully
and know what to look for when
buying fresh pears. Pears are one
of the few fruits that are not tree
ripened. Bartletts are picked green
but the ripening process continues
as the skin takes on the familiar
golden glow. Give them the
squeeze test for ripeness. If they
are bard to the touch, store them at
room temperature, preferably 3 to
a paper sack. Within 1 to 3 days
they will ripen and be ready for
eating. They should yield to gentle
thumb pressure and skins will be a
golden yelloW color. Refrigerate to
inhibit further ripening. Use them
often in colorful combinations for
good summer and autumn eating.
Pear Ambrosia is one of the
easiest, most elegant desserts.,
possible. Just combine fresh
Bartlett pear chunks with a touch
of grated'orange and orange juice
plus a touch of sugar. Add snowy
flaked coconut and there’s your
ambrosia.
You can serve steak with great
flair by adding golden slices of
fresh Bartlett pears and flank
steak. Marinate them together in a.
herb marinade, place over glowing
coals and create a steak of un
forgettable taste and tenderness.
A pear salad California style
not only tastes good, but is
colorful as well. Fill fresh pear
halves with creamy avocado balls
and tart grapefruit sections. Place
on a bed of iceberg lettuce and
deep-green, fresh spinach leaves.
Serve with a lightly seasoned oil
and lemon juice dressing.
Another quick way with pears is
to,serve them with cheese and
crackers...for dessert, for snacks,
or for picnics. '
They’re subtle enough to blend
well with other foods, but distinc
tive enough to retain their own
flavor, you’ll find your own ways
with pears...it’s time to ex
periment.
FALL CLEANING OF WINDOWS
Fall housecleaning today does
not create the upheaval in most
homes that it used to create when
room-by-room was taken apart,
cleaned and put back together.
Today wise homemakers spread
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out the cleaning chores throughout
all seasons of the year.
After-summer grime does need
removing, however, and I want to
share a few tips on making window
cleaning easier.
Cleaning windows is easy with a
solution of either white vinegar or
household ammonia and water.
For hard water or salt deposits,
use a white vinegar solution, while
ammonia and water is best for
heavy, greasy dirt. However, don’t
try to accomplish the cleaning
operations by combining vinegar
and ammonia they’ll neutralize
each other.
Vacuum both sides of draperies
about once each month or two.
Draperies may need annual
drycleaning to keep them clean
looking. Curtains need more
frequent laundering, especially if
they are used near open windows.
Don’t neglect the rods, carriers
and drapery pulls when curtains
and draperies are down for
cleaning.
Washable window shades can be
unrolled and wiped with a mild
detergent solution, then rinsed and
wiped dry. Hang, but do not roll up
until the shade is thoroughly dry.
Vacuuming non-washable
shades will take off most of the
dust but to remove spots and
stains, use a commercial dough
type wallpaper cleaner or an art
gum eraser.
Clean and wax Venetian blinds
using either commercial waxes or
furniture polish. First wash shade
with a mild detergent solution.
Bamboo blinds, stick blinds or
roll-ups cannot be washed, unless
.they are made of plastic. Dusting
regularly with a soft cloth or
vacuum attachment will freshen
their appearance.
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Know your fuse box
LANCASTER - .Become
familiar with your fuse box or
circuit' breaker, suggests Ex
tension family management
specialists at The Pennsylvania
State University. "While you may
never want to rewire your home or
qualify for the electrician’s union,
you will be saved from that
helpless feeling when the lights
mysteriously go off.
The wiring that runs throughout
your house is divided into circuits,
each one of which is connectedlo a
number of wall outlets and swit
ches. Each circuit is protected by a
fuse or circuit breaker. These
devices are designed to blow or
trip when a circuit is overloaded.
Too many appliances on a single
circuit is the most common cause
of blown fuses or tripped circuits.
When the power goes off, take
time to troubleshoot the cause of
the blowout. Then correct it.
Otherwise, the problem may just
repeat itself.
The electrical control center for
a home is the fuse box or circuit
breaker panel, most often located
in a basement, closet or garage.
Basically, a fuse box has a plug or
cartridge, for each circuit and
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should be labeled as to which
circuit and area of the house it
serves.
Replace blown fuses with IS or 20
ampere fuses depending on Wire
size used. If you aren’t sure about
the size, play it safe and have an
electrician check it for you. After
getting him to identify the size
fuses you need and the circuits,
label them for future references.
Proper sized fuses are essential to
protect the electrical cable from
overheating—a possible cause of
fire. 1
Circuit breakers are easier to
correct when tripped since you just
push the toggle switch to “reset"
or “on.”
The use of pennies to replace
burned out fuses is actually a
safety hazard because it bypasses
the protection a fuse affords. Be
safe and correct the problem and
use only the correct fuses.
You can also remove a fuse or
trip a circuit to turn off power
intentionally when you want to do
small electrical jobs such as in
stalling a light dimmer or
replacing an old light fixture with a
new one.
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