■4-Lancastar Farming, Saturday, Saptember 20,1986
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Produce Counters
Herald Fall Season
We are not officially into the fall
season now but I’m sure you’ve
already noticed changes in the
produce section of your favorite
supermarket or roadside market.
Pumpkins and squash have
arrived. The prices of cauliflower,
celery, carrots, sweet potatoes,
onions and potatoes are going
down and we are seeing more
apples, grapes and pears.
Fruits and vegetables that are in
season are always less expensive,
so try to include the seasonal
varieties in your menu planning.
For example, squash can be
purchased in a variety of shapes
and it can be prepared'lots of
different ways.
Pears have been around for a
while, but now the varieties that
will be with us through the winter
are beginning to show up on the
shelves. Pears are plucked from
the tree when they are a little less
than ripe for ease in shipping. To
fully ripen them, place them in a
paper bag. They give off a gas that
causes natural ripening and when
they become slightly soft they are
ready to eat. They can also be
refrigerated for a few days at this
point.
Potatoes are usually a good buy
but now is an especially good time
to buy them in quantity if you have
a place to store them. Potatoes
need a cool, dark, well-ventilated
area. The refrigerator is not a
great choice because it’s too cool.
If potatoes are stored in a bright
area, they will turn green and taste
bitter. That green color may even
be poisonous to some people, so
always cut it away before cooking.
Appliances For The 1990’5:
Microwave Yes, Stand Mixer No
Are your cherished appliances of
yesteryear gathering dust? How
about the deep fat fryer or coun
tertop mixer you got as wedding
Heard?
By Doris Thomas
Lancaster Extension
Home Economist
presepts? Where are they now?
Chances are those appliances have
been replaced by more convenient
ones or tucked away for another
day.
A survey of Extension home
economists showed a growing
trend toward efficiency, con
servation, and above all, con
venience.
With more and more women
working, those who are making the
meals husbands, wives,
babysitters, and even the children
want equipment that’s fast and
easy.
Home economists surveyed were
given a list of eleven common
appliances and asked to choose
those that consumers who are
starting their own households are
most likely to use now and in the
future. Sixty-six percent chose the
microwave oven as the most
frequently used appliance now,
and 95 percent predicted it will be
in common use in the 1990’5.
The second appliance most often
cited as used now and in the future
is the food processor. Forty-nine
percent selected it as important
now and 76 percent predicted it will
be in common use in the 1990’5.
On the other hand, 75 percent of
the home economists believe that
deep fat fryers will be nearly
obsolete in 20 years and 60 percent
believed the same fate awaits the
traditional countertop mixer.
Hand mixers and toaster ovens
were selected by about half as
useful now.
If you have a closet full of ob
solete or nearly obsolete ap
pliances you don’t use, you might
as well recycle them at a neigh
borhood garage sale. Someone who
has less may get some use out of
them. It’s unlikely your children
will be thrilled to receive them as
gifts many years from now when
they set up housekeeping on their
own.
YORK - The Penn State
Cooperative Extension Service is
offering a variety of classes for
fall. All classes are held at the
Extension Meeting Room at 112
Pleasant Acres Rd., York. Ad
vanced registration is required.
For information about the classes
call 757-9657.
Food Nutrition and Health
• Cooking With Microwaves-
Nov. 3,10,17, Dec. 1,8,15,10 a.m.
to noon or 7-9 p.m.
• Everything You Ever Wanted
to Know About Microwaves- Nov.
19,7-9 p.m.
• Gifts from the Microwave-
Dec, a, 7-9 p.m.
• Culinary Hearts Kitchen- Oct.
10,17, 24, 31, Nov. 7,14,10 a.m. to
noon.
Clothing Construction
• Boiled Wool Jacket- Oct. 15,29,
12:30-3:30 p.m.
• Philly Fabric Tour- Oct. 1.
• Using the Overlook- Sept. 30,
9:30 a.m. to noon.
• Making A Wool Skirt- Nov. 3,
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York Extension Offers Fall Gasses
10,12:30-3:30 p.m.
Needlework and Leisure Crafts
• Creative Stenciling- Oct. 16,23,
10 a.m. to noon.
• Let’s Make a Seamless
Sweater- Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 6, 7-9
p.m.
• Knifty Ideas for Knitters II-
Oct. 15,22,29,9:30-11:30 a.m.
• Crochet for the Novice- Oct. 20,
27, Nov. 3,10,7-9 p.m.
• Calligraphy- Oct. 23,30, Nov. 6,
13,20, Dec. 4,7-9 p.m.
• Beginning Basket Making-
Nov. 18,25,9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Apple Harvest Festival Slated
BIGLERVILLE - The 22nd
National Apple Harvest Festival
will be held the first two weekends
in October (Oct. 4-5 and 11-12) from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. dailyat the South
Mountain Fairgrounds, Arendt-
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County
• Bronzing- Nov. 18,1-3 p.m.
• Scherenschnitte Christmas
Cards- Oct. 16,1-3 p.m.
• Scherenschnitte Christmas
Ornaments- Oct. 23,1-3 p.m.
• Quilling Snowflake- Oct. 1,
, 9:30-11:30a.m.
• Christmas Magnets- Oct, 6,
9:30-11:30 a.m.
• Quick Piecing Workshop for
Quilters- Oct. 30, 9:30 a.m.-2:30
p.m.
• Quilting For Beginners- Nov. 5,
12, 19, Nov. 3, 10, 10:00 a.m.-12:00
p.m.
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For more information call The
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