816-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 12, 1992
TAKING
TIME
by Rebecca Escott
Extension Home Economist
It seems like this last month, I
have had to put to use a lot of the
lessons I constantly am sharing
with other families.
This past weekend my waffle
iron died. I spent $6O on it less than
six months ago and maybe used it a
half dozen times. I was angry, and I
had to think. “Do what you tell
others to do.”
So I cleaned the appliance.
Found the recipe booklet and
receipt from the store. (It’s a good
thing I’m in the habit of keeping
receipts... But I found out later I
should have saved the box, too.) I
took it back to the store and confi
dently asked to speak with a
manager.
In the back of my mind, I kept
repeating the age-old techniques of
Berks County Extension Home
Economist Faye Strickler
Answers Questions
I bought self-rising dour by
mistake. What other ingredients
have been added to all purpose
flour to make it self-rising?
Exactly 1 14 teaspoons baking
powder and 14 teaspoon salt have
been pre-blended into each cup of
enriched self-rising flour or com
meal to save mixing and measur
ing steps and prevent mistakes.
Why doesn’t my new refriger
ator have a molded egg com
partment on the door?
Home economists have found
that, since egg shells are porous,
eggs deteriorate much faster when
they’re left uncovered in the door.
To prevent moisture loss, it’s
recommended that eggs be kept in
their carton.
Consumers also told manufac
turers that they wanted to be able
to use the door space for other
items, since some people don’t use
eggs. So they made the inner door
panels more flexible and spacious
to accommodate 2-liter bottles and
gallon milk and juice containers.
I recently bought my daught
er a microwave which is rated at
800 watts, but it doesn’t cook
any faster than my older 650
watt oven. What’s going on?
In 1990 the Department of
Energy set standards for measur
ing microwave power by adopting
Battenburg
Lace Class
WEST CHESTER (Chester
Co.) Battenburg lace is a
Renaissance lace made with tape
and thread. Try your hand at this
art on Wednesday, September 30,
1992,9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at the
Chester County Cooperative
Extension office, 235 W. Market
Street, West Chester. Registration
is due by September 21; the $lO
fee includes beginning kit, hand
outs, and instructions by Kerry L.
Reynold. Make a delicate heart
that can be used as an ornament or
appliqued to a garment or pillow.
For further information contact
the Extension office at (215)
696-3500.
effective complaints:
• Speak calmly and slowly.
• State the exact problem. Give
as much pertinent information as
possible (about when, where you
purchased the item; when, how
you noticed the problem, etc.)
• Do your homework. (Have the
receipt or other verifying paper
work with you. I strolled around
the store, found the exact same
model selling for the same price,
and read a two-year limited war
ranty notice on the box flap.)
• Suggest an appropriate action
for the other party to take. I asked if
it was possible to exchange this
damaged appliance for a new one.
Fortunately, the store was willing
to do this, and I didn’t have to go
through the process of contacting
an internationally recognized test
ing procedure call “lEC-705”
which changes the wattage rating.
For instance, a microwave made
before the new standards might be
rated at 650 watts like yours,
while the same microwave made
after 1990 would read 800 watts
like your daughter's. But there is
no actual change in power or
cooking performance. The new
rating method results in designa
tions of approximately 50-150
watts higher than the old
standards.
Just be aware that for some
time, microwaves made before
and after the new standards will be
on store shelves at the same lime.
You’ll need to read the serial plate
to know when it was manufac
tured, and that will help you tell
what rating system was used.
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the manufacturer.
But it was good to get back to
practicing a few of the principles I
teach on a regular basis. I started
wondering how many people
would simply have junked the
appliance instead of speaking up
and getting some satisfaction from
the business or company involved.
The second area I began to
experience the reality of my own
principles was family budgeting.
For two weeks, I’ve been teaching
workshops at an area company
about “Balancing the Two-Week
Pay Check.” I talked about how to
look ahead, discuss expenses, and
to regularly save to cover occa
sional bills.
Well, just to keep me honest, my
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family experienced several unusu
al challenges to our budget. First,
because of some of my own mis
figuring, we nearly overdrew our
account and needed to transfer
some funds quickly. I’m glad I
check the accounts regularly so the
checks didn’t bounce. Then we
had the “opportunity” to Join some
friends for a concert and dinner
to the tune of almost $75. My hus
band I really wrestled with that
choice. Did we really want to go?
Would we rather use the money in
another way? Did we have that
kind of money to spend at this late
point in the month? We went, and
we were glad. Yes, and we paid for
the tickets in cash.
The last glitch same on the day
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we had intended to order carpet for
our bedroom. My husband calmly
mentioned to me that rumors were
circulating at work about lay-offs
(just one week after I wrote the lasi
column about losing jobs)! By the
end of the day, he had survived a
10% across-the-board cut. We
deposited his pay check and
ordered carpet on sale.
This past month was a good
reminder to me of how important n
is to practice the principles I
preach. This time things worked
well. It may not always be the case
but I am glad that I get to live and
walk the lessons that I share with
others. It keeps me honest. I really
can appreciate other families’
challenges, too.
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