Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
It is wonderful to be able to keep
busy doing things that you enjoy. 1
think that is why some people
farm. Most of them certainly don’t
do it to get rich. But if you like
being your own boss, to a certain
degree, and love the outdoors, it
can be a good life.
Now that our children have all
left home, I certainly do not have
the load of household chores that I
had ten or twenty years ago. And,
so I look for new challenges. Each
winter I take advantage of various
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find them at work on
farms, in parks, nurseries, estate homes and even on construction sites.
The reason is simple. Our L-Series tractors come with features
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classes that our township offers,
The Parks and Recreation
Department in my area offers
many different courses. They
range from swimming and gym
nastics for toddlers to crocheting
and scuba diving for adults.
The variety of classes always
amazes me. Over the years, I’ve
taken “Furniture Refinishing,”
Psychology of Life,” “Stocks and
Bonds,” and “Seasonal Color
Analysis.” There are many others
available such as computer train-
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More than 20 kinds of fruits and
vegetables, including cantaloupes,
eggplants, oranges, peaches, per
simmons, squash, sweet potatoes.
ing, interim- design, watercolor,
aerobic dance and racquetball.
I’ve also taken sewing machine
quilting at the Extension office and
a class on rug braiding at a local
museum. It gives me a good feel
ing to be able to re-finish a chair or
bureau and also to know how to
braid a beautiful ring.
Keeping a house and a garden is
enjoyable but since we have no
near neighbors, it is refreshing to
be able to get out of the house in
the evening and meet other resi
dents of our township.
There are lots of opportunities to
team new things and keep busy if
we only avail ourselves of them.
Somehow we become “senior citi
zens” before we are ready to
assume the designation.
sweet peppers, cucumbers and
tomatoes, are often waxed before
they reach supermarket shelves.
This is done to reduce moisture
loss and prevent premature
shriveling. The waxes replace
natural wax lost when the produce
is washed. Waxing also improves
consumer acceptance. Oranges,
for example, have a natural dull
matte finish, but shoppers tend to
choose those that are shiny.
Some consumers are concerned
about the safety of eating waxed
fruit.
“All waxes used on foods have
been approved by the federal Food
and Drug Administration (FDA),”
says University of Delaware inter
im Extension home economist Bea
Phillips.
According to Phillips, these
waxes are derived from either veg-
elable, petroleum or insect sour
ces. For example, camauba, a
common vegetable-based wax, is
made from a type of palm leaf.
Petroleum-based waxes contain
the same ingredients as chewing
gum bases. And the “shellac” used
on some items is derived from the
secretions of the lac bug.
The FDA requires that all waxed
produce at the supermarket be
accompanied with a card above the
bin or with a label on the bin or
container itself listing the specific
ingredients in the wax used on that
particular commodity. Even so,
one rarely sees such information
displayed. One reason for this lack
of labeling, Phillips says, is diffi
culty in enforcement. Also packers
often change the type of wax used
due to changes in a variety of con
ditions such as temperature and
humidity.
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KELLER BROS.
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717-626-2121
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