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Ladies
Have You
Heard?
By Doris Thomas
Lancaster Extension
Home Economist
Take Full Advantage of Your
Freezer At Holiday Time
If you have a home food freezer,
put it to good use during the ap
proaching holidays. The freezer
can hold a number of regular
meals, special party foods and
festive dishes. The freezer can also
preserve leftovers after the
holiday meal.
In the coming weeks before the
holidays, make extra quantities of
casseroles and one-dish main
meals as you prepare your regular
meals.
Cook the food in the usual way
until almost done it will cook
more when it’s thawed and
reheated. Use a light touch with
seasoning because some spices
become stronger during freezing.
After baking, cook the food
quickly, cover and freeze at zero
degrees Fahrenheit or below.
Remove from container and wrap
it in moisture-vapor-proof
material, label and return it to the
freezer. With this method you’ll be
able to use the casserole in which
you froze the food while the plan
ahead meal is in your freezer.
When you’re ready to serve that
frozen meal, just pop it back into
the dish your originally froze it in.
When preparing special occasion
foods for the freezer, remember
that certain ingredients do not
freeze well. Avoid freezing cooked
egg white (meringues and fluffy
frostings), raw vegetables and
mayonnaise.
Cakes may be frozen when
frosted - just remember to unwrap
before thawing, or freeze cake
unfrosted. You can also freeze
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Label foods clearly. The label
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Seal Up Heat Leaks For Winter
The cost of energy continues its
upward spiral and there has never
been a better time to seal off those
“heat leaks” found in every room
in the house.
You don’t have to be an expert
craftsman with special tools or
spend yourself poor to achieve
significant energy savings, either.
Here are five simple, heat-leak
reducing, energy saving hints that
the average homeowner can use to
save money and remain com
fortable this heating season.
1. Plug Up Drafts;
Check such structural openings
as mail chutes, fireplace dampers
and doorsways. If you detect a
draft seeping through, seal the
opening with masking or adhesive
tape.
2. “Use” Windows:
Windows can be both a serious
energy drain and a source of
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warmth. More than one-third of all
the heat lost m a home is through
windows. That’s because the glass
is a conductor of heat it allows
costly fuel-heated air to pass
through to the cold outdoors. The
more air that is lost this way, the
more energy must be used to
replace it.
A standard light color, opaque,
vinyl covered cloth shade can
prevent an average of 35 percent of
the heat that normally leaks
through from escaping. Venetian
blinds and draperies cut heat loss
by 22 percent, about one-third less
effective than the less costly
window shade.
Window shades should be fitted
close to the frame as close as V*”
—and about an inch from the glass
to form a window seal. Draw
shades during the cold mornings,
evening, and nighttime, and during
the day on the north side of the
house.
But, let the suns hine in the
uncovered windows facing south.
This will help warm those rooms at
no cost, a bonus to balance off the
loss at other times.
3. Close Off Unused Rooms:
If you have a room that is seldom
or never used, turn off its radiator
or heaters and keep the door
tightly closed. Check the door
frame for cold drafts. Seal heat
leaks with tape, as with any out
side door.
4. Check Your Furnace:
Examine the air filter in your
furnace at least once a month
during the heating season. If it’s
clogged with dirt, clean or replace
it.
And check the hog air ducts for
leaks. Repair them with masking
or adhesive tape, or use inex
pensive “duct sealing’’ tape
available at most hardware stores.
&: Set Thermostat Lower:
A two to three percent savings in
your fuel bill may be realized for
each degree you lower your
thermostat setting.
There are many other simple
and inexpensive things you can
look into, like caulking and
weatherstripping windows and
putting a blanket of insulation
around exposed hot water pipes.
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Berks Co, Board Meeting
The Berks County Board
meeting was held recently to
discuss county events and up
coming plans.
The profit of the pie sales at the
Reading Fair was $6OO.
Berks Heim Bingo is November
12 at the Annex Building.
Lancaster Co. Society 27
Lancaster Farm Women 27 met have lived,
at the home of Fran Sauder for the The Society plans a December
November meeting. trip to Longwood Gardens.
During the evening members New officers were also installed,
built graham cracker Chnatmp* They are: Erma Hollmger, vice
houses. president; Amelia Erb, treasurer;
Members answered roll call by Mary McClenagham,
telling in how many houses they corresponding secretary.
York Co. Society 12
York Farm Women 12 met
recently at the home of Ruth
Runkle. Seventeen members and
guests attended.
Members voted to donate money
to the American Lung Association
of South Central Pennsylvania.
Lancaster Co. Society 11
Lancaster Society 11 enjoyed a
bus trip to Lehigh Valley Shopping
Mall near Allentown in September.
The October meeting of the
Society was held at the Hershey
Farms Restaurant with 15 mem
bers present.
The following officers were
elected: president, Betty Brabson;
Lancaster Co. Society 28
Lancaster Society 28 met each reads first,
recently at the home of Mrs. The next meeting will be held on
Raymond Landis for a harvest sale November 19 at the the home of
auction.
Members answered roll call by present a microwave demon
telling what part of a newspaper stratum.
The state convention is
scheduled for January 11 and 12.
Tickets are |9. Members should
send a self-addressed stamped
envelope to Mane Baughman, 377
Musser Ed., Shippensburg, PA,
17257.
The speaker for the evening,
Mrs. Kenneth Eshelman,
presented “Trick or Treat” with a
religious message.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Ida Lanuis, November
24at1:30p.m.
vice president, Helen Shaub;
secretary, MarySwarr; treasurer,
Mary Trimble.
Following the meeting, the
members visited the Rockford
Plantation.
The November meeting will be
held on November 19 at the home of
Violet Eshleman of Quarryville.
Mrs. Jake Bare. Glnora Frank will