Consuming Thoughts by Fay Strickler enn State Extension Home Economist For Berks Co. It’s back to school time and we’re back to making lunches. Sandwiches are quick and easy, however, we must be wary of the nutritional content of the fill ings. Food safety is another issue we must remember when packing lunch. Peanut butter and jelly sand wiches are the most common sandwiches among school-age children. Although peanut but ter is an excellent source of pro tein, it contains a lot of fat. Low fat peanut spreads are available but these are made with less peanuts and more sugar. This lower the fat content but also decreases the amount of protein. Use regular peanut but ter but use it in moderation to minimize fat. This, will make your jar last longer and will be easier for your child to swallow. Other popular sandwiches such as tuna, chicken, egg or turkey salad are made with mayonnaise. Not only is mayon naise high in fat and cholesterol, it can become a potential food hazard, when combined with, protein foods, if it is not proper ly refrigerated. Before preparing these sandwiches, determine if there will be a refrigerator avail able to keep the sandwich cold. for those of us who worknear, delis and sub shops and fre quent these conveniences, we must become wiser in making lunch choices. 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Many times these sandwiches are made with mayonnaise, cheese or extra fill ings which further increase the calories, fat, sodium and choles terol as well as the cost. Lean cuts of meat such as turkey and roast beef are better than the fattier deli meats such as salami, bologna, ham, bacon, pastrami, etc. Other fixings such as lettuce, tomato and onions may be used liberally as they do not contribute any fat, choles terol or sodium. The major cul prit of increasing the fat, choles terol and sodium content of a lunch are the munchies that are often put on the side of a sand-' wich. Pickles, chips, and other snack chips are packed with sodium and fat. So, what can we do to make a quick, low fat lunch for kids? The key is creativity. Use whole wheat*bread, flour tortillas, or try pita bread. Avoid fatty deli meats and stick to the leaner cuts. Make your own Lunchables using low fat triscuits or crack ers with low fat cheese slices. Offer plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables rather than the high fat cookies, chips and other junk food. Bag air popped popcorn sprinkled with Pamesan cheese ‘or some other seasoning. For those who are on the go and are faced with going to sub shops, watch carefully who they make your sandwich. They may Groff's Meats, Inc. Harrisburg Country Club Hatfield Quality Meats Inc. Hawthorne Electric Inc. Norma Hildebrand Hose’s Steak & Sea House J & R Logging, Inc. Jagtrux Jay Kdpp Keystone Farm Credit Lancaster Ford Tractor Inc. Lancaster Level-Flo Inc. Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank UL Inc. Ken Long Longenecker's Hatchery Lesher Mack Manheim Auto Auction Melmar Acres (Continued from Page BIO) going on in school, we’ll give her an extra half hour. Skip or I will do the morning chores. I think Skip loves Lucky as much as anybody” said Shelly. “I’m out there all the time, even when I don’t do chores in the morning,” said Mary Catherine who is absolutely grateful for having the chance to experience of raising and show ing a calf. She also gives a lot of credit and thanks to those who have given her this opportunity and to those who have helped her along the way, beginning with the Robinson family of Wellsburg, N.Y., who donated the calf to be raffled. “I also want to thank the Normans. I had no idea of how she was supposed to act at the fair. I didn’t know anything until that one day when they had me come over and showed me how to lead them and how to prepare them for the show,” said Mary Catherine. “That was so helpful to me. I had the best time and I learned so much!” Shelly agree?, “We couldn’t believe the day and night differ ence. For two weeks before she was coming in crying, saying she didn’t think she’d be able to con smother your sandwich with extra mayonnaise or oil increas ing the fat and cholesterol. Instead of mayonnaise, try mustard or perhaps they offer low fat, low cholesterol mayon naise that you can choose from. Ask them to hold the salt since they sometimes add it automati cally. If they overstuff your sand wich, order extra bread and make two (or more) sandwiches. You can share the extra sand wich with a friend or save it for lunch tomorrow. Grand Champion Meat Rabbit Dwight Algoe Reserve Champion Meat Rabbit Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank Metzler Systems Inc. Messick Farm Equipment Inc. Kenneth D. Myer Lethea Myers - C/B Home Sales Services New Holland Sales Stables Inc. Sally K. Nolt Pickel’s Pressure Washing R. P. Electric Seibert Sandblasting Shearer's Welding, Inc. Star Rock Farms Henry Stoltzfus R. K. Vogt Grain Wenger's Feed Mill Inc. Gene Wenger Meats White Oak Mill Wolgemuth's Fairview Farms Kevin Zurin Building Contractor ‘Lucky’ Finds A Happy Home trol her and that she didn’t think she’d be ready for the fair and she wasn’t behaving and she really didn’t know if she could handle her. And when she cam home from that showing and fitting day, I looked out and it was a dif ferent kid. She had her calf’s head up, the calf was walking, Mary was just a different kid. She knew she could do this.” Skip noted that the biggest change he saw in his daughter was her confidence level. “What was happening was that the ani mal was picking up that Mary wasn’t confident, and she was taking advantage of that. Mary then demonstrated her confi dence and that made the differ ence,” declared Skip. From that point on, Mary Catherine walked Lucky every day and learned ways to keep control over the growing year ling as she prepared for the 1999 show season. “I didn’t realize that the spots I had taken her were spots that I was vulnerable to be taken power of. Like, she was uphill , and I was downhill, or we were on a steep grassy area or we did n’t have the chain halter. I real ized my mistakes and I really improved, and so did she.” When she’s not working with her animals, Mary Catherine can be found curled up with a book. When she first got the calf, books became not only a source of entertainment, but an imme diate source of information. “I read for fun. It’s one of my hobbies. When I get a new ani mal, I get lots of books. I have books and books and books about how to raise chickens and about your cow. I also love the James Herriot Books,” said Mary Catherine. The family has also garnered information from willing farm ers and extension personnel. “We’d be at Agway over in Middlebury, and all you have to do is say something, and you have a circle around you,” said V * , With the Hydro Cow Flotation System you can float a down cow back onto its legs harmlessly without using clamps, belts or chains. The Hydro Cow is a natural way to get a cow back on its legs using Hydro Cow Flotation Service is available in Lancaster, York and Chester Counties, and northeastern Maryland From: Solanco Veterinary Service I 496 Solanco Rd., Quarryvllle, PA | 717-786-1303, 1-800-262-7331 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 11, 1989-817 Skip. “We’ve received lots and lots of good advice,” agrees Shelly. Winning the calf has opened many doors of opportunity for the Wellsboro Middle School stu dent. As a member of the Liberty Community 4-H Club, she won first place in the junior show and second place in the open show at the Tioga County Fair, and placed fourth in the youth division at the Northeast District Jersey Show. Her 1999 show season came to a stop at the Northeast District 4-H Show and when she stood one place shy of a blue ribbon. But, if everything goes as planned, she’ll be back in the show ring next year as a junior 2-year-old. “We’re trying to decide how to keep her here and milk her and what to do with the calf, said Skip. Laughs Mary Catherine, “We’ve had people tell us, oh, you can make butter and cheese! And we’ve had people offer us their nitrogen tanks for the semen so we can get her bred.” “They’ve also tried to think of ways to give others the opportu nity that they have so enjoyed. “Do we keep the calf, do we give the calf back to the Robinson family? We also thought that if Patrick was interested, we would give him the opportunity to raise and show. At this point we haven’t decided,” said Shelly. “At this point we have a 50-50 chance that it will be a bull,” adds Skip. Any way you look at it, Lucky is one of the luckiest Jersey heifers in Pennsylvania and her caretaker, one of the happiest Jersey owners around. “Now I don’t know what I’d do without her. She is big baby basically,” laughed Mary Catherine. “I’ve learned so much, like life experiences, like not being afraid to ask advice and things like that.” Lancaster Farming Check Out Our Web Site www.lAncasterfarming.com
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