t MICROWAVE
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MINUTES
BY JOYCE BATTCHER
Convenience, a return to tradi
tional values, and the increasing
popularity of the microwave oven
have lead to the development of
many new microwave foods. And,
many more are coming.
Fast-food restaurants have been
able to meet some peoples’ needs
for quick inexpensive meals, but
what about people who don’t have
a drive-thru nearby? Or how about
the families who have returned to
more traditional values of eating at
home? (The research firm of
Yankelovich Clancy Shulman
found that the home is re
establishing itself as the focal point
for family activities, including eat
ing. Other researchers have coined
the phase “cocooning” to describe
the trend.)
Ypur business is producing milk,
meat, eggs or other farm
commodities.
Our business is to help you get
eNcry ounce of value out of the
forages and other ingredients you
feed to produce that milk, meat, etc.
The challenge for both of us is to maximize production and at the same time
generate as much income o>er feed costs as possible.
THATS THE BOTTOM LINE!!
Stop by our tent during your visit to Pennsylvania Ag Progress Days -
August 16, 17 & 18, 1988.
Talk to us about your business -- We’ll listen! We also will have an offer
vou can’t refuse.
how Special....
For the first 100 people who stop at our tent to talk business and
bring this ad along with them, they will receive a special
gift compliments of Youngs’.
SERVICES AND PRODUCTS FOR TODAY'S DAIRY AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCER
penn State
~By JOYCE BATTCHER
For those people, and for people
who don’t even have the time to go
to a restaurant, many companies
have developed high quality foods
that microwave in minutes.
In fact, one company, Micro M
agic™, offers a whole traditional
fast-food menu hamburger or
cheeseburger, French fries or talor
sticks and milkshake. Each item is
sold separately in individual (or
twin) packets. For a singles meal,
microwave the fries in their own
box and let them stand to crisp
while microwaving a burger. After
eating, microwave the milkshake
in its disposable cup for4S seconds
and stir to soften it to a thick con
sistency. It’s fast-food meal that
goes straight from freezer to
microwave and is ready for eating
in less than five minutes. Cost is
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Livestock Nutritional
about $3,
This past year Geo. A. Hormcl
introduced three different New
Traditions™ hamburger sandwi
ches. Their success led to two new
ly introduced New Traditions
Microwave Dinner Sandwiches on
sesame seed yeast rolls. Each
single sandwich microwaves on
High for 45 to 60 seconds. (Or, if
frozen, it microwaves on Defrost
30% power - for 4 to 514
minutes.) A microwave chicken
dinner sandwich and microwave
fillet of fish (topped with cheese)
dinner sandwich join the 100%_
beef burger, cheeseburger and
cheese baconburger. Each comes,
individually wrapped, in a single
serving package.
Make a BLT the Easy Way
With the introduction of Hor
mel’s new Microwave Bacon™,
making a BLT at home has never
been so easy! You’ll have no
greasy fingers from struggling to
separate slices of bacon, no need
for paper towels or a bacon rack
and no messy clean-up. All you do
is take a package of four strips of
bacon from the box, microwave it
to desired crispness, remove the
bacon and throw away the
package.
Microwave Bacon uses Hor
mel’s quality Black Label Brand
Bacon, and a special package
Services
developed by 3M. The package top
(which looks like plastic wrap)
inflates during microwaving and
the bottom tray actually broils the
bacon and absorbs grease. The
result is crisp - not flat or limp -
bacon.
Microwave Bacon comes four
strips to a package, four packages
per 12-ounce box. Cooking time is
about 214 to 414 minutes. Cost is
about 75 cents to one dollar more
than regular bacon. Hormcl Micro
wave Bacon is also available in a
lower-salt version with 35 percent
less salt than regular. Right now
the “new” bacon is in supermark
ets in four U.S. cities, but Hormcl
expects it to be soon available
nationwide.
Serve Salad with a Microwave
Sandwich
Fresh vegetable salad adds
crispness, nutrition and a homey
touch to a fast foods meal. Like a
microwave sandwich, today’s
salad recipes arc microwave quick
and convenient 100.
Either salad may be made and
eaten right away or refrigerated for
up to one week and served cold.
Both use fresh vegetables and
store-bought salad dressing. Just a
few minutes of microwaving pro
duce lender-crisp carrots that can
be served right away, cooled and
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 13, 1988-B5
eaten at room, temperature or
refrigerated for later. Salad dress
ing provides the moisture to cook
the carrots. Onion and green pep
per is added after cooking for
crispness.
In Creamy Mixed Vegetable
Salad vegetables are microwaved
just to slightly blanch them - not
to cook or tenderize at all. This
warming allows them to quickly
absorb more flavor from the dress
ing so the. salad can be served
immediately and yet be flavorful.
Easy Carrot Salad
1 pound carrots, thinly sliced
(3-4 cups)
1 cup Western-style salad
dressing
1 small onion, thinly sliced or
cubed
1 medium green pepper, thinly
sliced or cubed
1 tablespoon vinegar
Salt and peppr to taste
Stir together carrots and salad
dressing in microwave-safe
2-quart casserole. Cover with lid
or plastic wrap. Microwave (High)
4 to 5 minutes, stirring after 2
minutes, or until carrots are still
tender-crisp. Cool. Stir in onion,
green pepper and vinegar. Chill.
Keeps about 1 week in refrigera
tor. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
To Serve Immediately: Stir in
onion, green pepper and vinegar;
re-cover and let stand at least 5
minutes (or up to 30 minutes) to
slightly soften added vegetables
and to allow mixture to flavor
through. Refrigerate remaining
salad.
Each serving—Vi of recipe: 139
calories, Ig protein, lOg fat, 13g
carbohydrate, 225 mg sodium, 0
cholesterol.
Joyce Battcher is an indepen
dent home economist microwave
specialist. She is author of
“Microwave Family Favorites”
and editor of “A Batch of Ideas ”
newsletter.
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