YOUR KITCHEN IS YOUR PERSONAL SCIENCE LAB Did you ever think of yourself as a scientist? Whenever you cook you are practicing a form of domestic chemistry. Combining ingredients by prescribed formu las such as recipes and sub jecting them to varying tempera- LAND PRIDE Quality equipment from {jjjsjjjft a quality company. GROOMING MOWER 3-Splndle, 48”, 60". 72” & 90” % REAR BLADES 48” Through 120" 48” Through 120” LANDSCAPE RAKES 48” Through 96” Large Inventory In Stock For Delivery Dairy Month is a natural time for a real “Thank you.” Wa Ship Parts [ TmnantaaupMwr | I leiamow 1 ~Ti ** fylnfl c*mr«i p* aino mi [ i.amc»«t»h »*«& p,LOl *lu«SS , " ofc / f IWW>" I wr.awflWSm—ia f{ By Doris Thomas Lancaster Extension Home Economist! tures to produce a desired result involves a series of chemical reac tions, which you control in the way researchers do in their labs'. Unless we are preparing a gour met meal, we tend to take the notion of cooking for granted. However it is really a complex process. The way food is handled 48” Through 84” OVER SEEDERS & PRIMARY SEEDERS 48” And 72” I 1,1 v y. r rr' t l3^’ TILLERS 34” Through 76” 42” Through 96” MONOAY FRIDAY 7:30-5:00 SATURDAY 7:30-12:00 and healed has dramatic effect Cooking alters the taste, texture, and color, and can determine whether a food is palatable or safe to eat since heat kills microorgan isms that cause spoilage and disease. Heating meat allows complexes to form that produce enhanced fla vor. For instance, raw chicken has almost no taste, but cooking induces a chemical reaction which gives poultry its “chickcny” fla vor. Cooking makes meat more tender. It also alters the color of meat as well as its taste and texture. Vegetables soften during cook ing because the cell-wall fibers, especially pectin, absorb water and partially dissolve. For exam ple, in potatoes, the starch swells and turns jelly-like when heated. Boiled potatoes are usually softer than roasted ones beacuse the water helps dissolve more of the pectin and starch. Stir-frying vegetables subjects them to heat for a shorter length of time and cause less breakdown, keeping them crispier. Besides cooking, another chem ical process you may practice in your kitchen is fermentation. If you make your own bread or pick les, you are using bacteria or yeast to act on food to produce acid or alcohol. So you see, your kitchen is real ly your laboratory. Even the plain est cook is something of a chemist SWATHER’S ALFALFA HAY CONDITIONER 50 MILLS REPRESENTED FOR SPECIAL ORDER p ADDFT first £/ JL QUALITY! REMNANTS! BIG SELECTION - LOW PR! I s’xB’ TO 12’xlOO’ S B PLUSHES. SCULPTURES, g 3 COMMERCIALS BERBERS AREA RUGS S | ° I FIVE EASY TIPS FOR TRAVELING WITH TOTS With summer upon us, do you dream of a relaxed family vaca tion, accompanied by laughter and song? That fantasy can come close to reality if you prepare for the trip with your preschooler’s special travel needs in mind. Prepare three bags of toys; One for travel to your destination, a second bag with different toys for the vacation spot, and a third bag for the trip home. For example, penlights can offer diversion and double as night-lights for pre schoolers age three. Engage the child’s mind during Turn Talents CREAMERY (Montgomery Co.) During the summer months, Penn State Cooperative Extension will be offering two seminars for micro-enterprise owners. “Marketing your Craft Business,” a follow-up session for our “Sewing & Crafts for Profits” workshop, will be held at Bent ley’s Restaurant in North Wales, on July 14 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and at Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, on July 15. Guest speaker will be Gregory R. Pas sewitz, leader for natural resour ces and small business with the Ohio Cooperative Extension Ser vice. Alfalfa and othar laguma crops hava a coating of wax. Whlla this coating Is a natural protection for tha growing plant, it Is an inhibitor to moisture loss in field curing and to food utilization In tha digestive system of ruminant animals. Tha presence of this coating of wax also makes tha hay stem brittle and lass palatable to livestock. CHOICE Swathar's Choice 'washes off* the outside waxy coating of alfalfa, allowing for the water inside the plant to evaporate more rapidly than In untreated hay. Swathar's * Choice is actually a soap that Is safe for livestock con sumption and won't affect payability. In studlM at Michigan Stata Unlvarslty, hay treated with the Ingredients In Swather’a Choice had higher protein and lower fiber, in a further study at Utah State Uni* versity, cows consumed 2.2 pounds more treated hay par day. Unlike conventional granular drying agents, Swathsr’s Choice Is a liquid chemical hay conditioner. 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Into Profits Due to popular demand, we will also be offering “Food for Profit” in a two-evening format at the Lebanon Extension Office (August 17 and 24, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.). Designed for business peo ple who make food products for resale (through stores, farm mark ets or restaurants),this workshop includes a discussion of sanita tion, licenses and permits, market ing, packaging, record keeping, pricing and business planning. A registration fee of $2O covers materials. For more information or to register for either of these workshops, contact the Montgom ery County Extension Office at (215)489-4315. IN DOWNTOWN BRUNNBRVILLB
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