Consuming
Thoughts
Fay Strickler
Penn State Extension
Home Economist
For Berks Co.
Food retailers will be counting
on clear skies and warm weather
to greet the Memorial Day holi
day, the first long weekend of
summer. Fryer chicken, fryer
parts, turkey, and selected beef
and pork cuts will be the big
promotional items at most stores.
Ham will be another featured
value.
You’ll also notice that water
melons, cantaloupes, and straw
berries will be in greater supply
but not necessarily lower prices.
Shoppers will see that value
selections are better at the veget
able counters. Items in greatest
supply are the old stand-bys like
potatoes and dry onions. Lettuce
prices should be a little more invit
ing, as new production areas are
now being harvested. Other fea
tured values include shipping or
locally grown products such as
asparagus, cucumbers, carrots,
sweet corn, green onions and
radishes.
Beef cuts selected for promo
tion this week and next can serve
double duty, as cookout meats or
as special dishes on the holiday
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Boneless rolled rump, sirloin
tip, and top round of beef lend
themselves to a tempting roast on
the grill. They also make a hand
some oven roast if a cookout does
not fit into your scheme of things
or the weather doesn’t cooperate.
Two chuck cuts that are just as
tender, probably juicer, and a little
less expensive than round cuts are
the chuck tender and inside chuck.
Generally, you won’t find these
cuts in the meat case. You’ll have
to ask the butcher to cut them
special.
The chuck tender is a thin,
angular muscle over the blade
bone. The inside chuck is a larger,
boneless cut It’s an extension of
the rib-eye muscle with surround
ing muscles included. The inside
chuck will feed a dozen people or
more.
If you are cooking chuck or
round roast outside, figure a
ready-to-cook weight of at least
one-half to three-quarters of
pound per person. People just
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very luitible to hold the meat.
The cover on the grill will hold
the heat in, so there’s no need to
cover the meat Figure on at least
three to four hours cooking time.
Use a meat thermometer to be sure
the meat is done and ready to
serve.
The name “steak” has an appe
aling sound because it brings to
mind a sizzling, juicy; tender
piece of meat But beware-many
retailers are cutting all kinds of
meat into thin pieces and calling
them steak.
Some steaks are considerably
more tender than others. Rib and
loin cuts are always more tender
than cuts from more active mus
cles of the shoulder and leg.
The most tender cuts of steak
are porterhouse. T-bone, club, sir
loin and rib. Moderately tender
steaks are those from the sirloin
tip, top round, and blade chuck.
Least tender come form the bot
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and flank.
Less tender steaks may be
grilled but it may be better to mar
inate them for extra tenderness,
especially if you plan to cook
them medium-well or well-done.
All marinades have an acid, such
as lemon, vinegar, or tomato,
which breaks down the connective
tissue that is more prevalent in less
tender cuts.
To make sure the marinade'
works and the meat is tender, soak
the meat in the marinade over
night in the refrigerator. For safety
sake, keep some of the unused
marinade in a separate container
to baste the steaks the next day.
DO NOT baste steaks with mari
nade that contains raw meat
juices. Have A Safe and Happy
Memorial Day.
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Kutztown Folk Festival
Focuses On Pa. Dutch
KUTZTOWN (Berks Co.)
What is a union church? What is a
harvest home? These questions Oil
the air during the Kutztown Folk
Festival, scheduled for Saturday,
July 2nd, through Sunday. July
10th from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
Most people think of the “Penn
sylvania Dutch” as either Old-Or
der Mennonite or Amish, but 80%
of the Pennsylvania Dutch are
worldly; what makes one Pennsyl
vania Dutch is one’s ancestors’
place or origin. Both groups,
“Plain and Fancy,” came from the
Palatinate region of the Rhine
River; however, the worldly group
belonged either to the Lutheran
Church or the Reformed Church,
which is now the United Church
of Christ They had no religious
restrictions in the manner of dress
or mode of transportation. When
both groups arrived in America,
they found the foothills of what is
now Berks, Montgomery, and
Lancaster counties reminded them
of their German homeland and
contained rich and productive
farmland. The Amish and Menno
nite and the Lutherans and Re
formed, the two “halves” of Penn
sylvania Dutch Culture, develop
ed in America, side by side, as the
“Plain and Fancy Pennsylvania
Dutch.”
In their new land, the Lutheran
and Reformed immigrants found a
land which gave them a good
home, plenty of good food, and
freedom to worship as they want
ed. Unfortunately, they had little
cash and were not “house meet
ing” groups. They wanted a
church to worship their God, so
Unctltf Fymlnfl. Saturday, May 21, IM4-B7
the Lutherans and Reformed
banded together, pooled their re
sources, and built churches where
they could share expenses, as well
as space. One week, the Lutherans
would have an early service; next
week, the Reformed members
would come early. Sunday School
classes were often interdenomina
tional, where Bible study, rather
than church dogma was taught.
These combined houses of wor
ship became known as “union
churches.” and a few still exist to
day. The "Old Oley Union
Church” is a representation of
those early churches and will be
on display during the festival.
In the Pennsylvania Dutch
Country, tithing is important; it is
a promise to give 10% of your in
come to your church. Since cash
was always in short supply, but
food was not, the Pennsylvania
Dutch farmers met their tithe with
products from their labor. Each
fall, the church members would
bring com meal, flour, canned and
fresh vegetables, and smoked
meats to the Harvest Home. These
offerings were displayed for
everyone to see and were used to
“pay” at least part of the minister’s
salary. Some of the produce was
taken to market and sold to the
city dwellers, so that the congre
gation had money to buy those
things for which they could not
barter. The display in the union
church is a representation of those
hard-working people's dedication
to their beliefs.
For more information on the
festival at 461 Vine Lane, Kutz
town, call (610) 683-8707.
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