Natural Resources Volunteer Honored WEST CHESTER (Chester Co.) Francine Joyce-Martin of Chester County was recently se lected as a 4-H natural resources Volunteer of Distinction. According to Extension Agent Laurie Szoke, “Francine is an outstanding initiator in commu nity based 4-H environmental science education. She reaches a diverse youth audience through her garden and nature club, schools, and the local library.” Francine’s work as a leader is characterized by a dedication to serve and educate youth about the natural world around them. She gets kids involved in wildlife Recipe Topics If you have recipes for topics listed below, please share them with us. We welcome your recipes, but ask that you include ac curate measurements, a complete list of ingredients, and clear instructions with each recipe you submit. Be sure to include your name and address. Recipes should reach our office one week before the publishing date listed below. 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These utensils are excel lent for browning, frying, stew ing, and baking foods. Cast iron utensils have been with us for thousands of years. The Chinese used cast iron bowls nearly 3,000 years ago. An iron foundry, where utensils and other cast iron products were manufactured, was one of the first industries organized in North America. Today’s cast iron utensils Right now, your John Deere dealer is offering two great financing deals on used equipment. Any make, any eligible model. There’s never been a better time to purchase a John Deere. Offer ends October 27, 2000, so stop by your local dealer today! have been improved greatly over those of even the recent past. They are made of iron alloys that give additional strength to the utensil. Some cast iron utensils now have colorful porcelain enamel exterior and interior fin ishes. Natural cast iron utensils ben efit from slightly different han dling in the home than the tech niques recommended for other materials. Many of today’s cast iron items are “pre-seasoned” when purchased. They should not be washed with strong deter gents or scoured and they do not need seasoned before use. They should be washed with hot soapy water, rinsed and wiped dry im mediately. The inside of the washed and dried utensil should frequently be coated with unsalt ed cooking oil or shortening. Just John Deere Solid. Stable Still John Deere Mill Hall Dunkle & Gneb, Inc New Alexandria Lone Maple Sales & Service, Inc Oakland Mills Lost Creek Implement, Inc Oley Pikeville Equipment Inc Oxford Deer Creek Equipment, Inc Red Lion Waltemyer's Sales & Service, Inc Somerset Scheffel Equipment Company Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 2, 2000-815 Stoneboro Elder Sales & Service, Inc Towanda SPE, Inc Tunkhannock Bartron Supply, Inc Watsontown Deerfield Ag & Turf Center, Inc before using again, they should be wiped with a dry cloth or paper towel. Natural cast iron utensils can be re-seasoned if necessary according to the Metal Cookware Manufacturers Association. This is done by scouring the utensil thoroughly, washing it in soapy water, rinsing and drying it, and coating the inside surface lightly with unsalted cooking oil or shortening. Then the utensil should be heated in a 250°-300° oven for about two hours. When the utensil is removed from the oven, excess grease should be wiped away. Cast iron utensils with porce lain enamel interiors do not need seasoning. Hot soapy water and thorough rinsing and drying will keep them clean and shining. Never wash a cast iron utensil in a dishwasher because the harsh dishwasher detergents re move the oil seasoning and can cause rusting. Store cast iron utensils in a dry place. Never store a natural cast iron utensil with the cover on. This might cause “sweating” and consequent rust damage. Depending on what you cook in cast-iron pots, these pots can add significant amounts of this important mineral to your food. Acidic foods like tomato sauce and applesauce that cook for a long time absorb the most iron. Spaghetti sauce, cook ed for about 25 min utes in an iron pot, will have about six milligrams of iron per 3.5 ounce serving, compared with 0.7 milligrams if cooked in another kind of pot. Applesauce cooked in iron will contain up to seven milligrams, com pared with .03 if not cooked in iron. (Women over 50 and all adult men need 10 milligrams of iron daily; women under 50 need 15 milligrams). And studies have shown that pots con tinue to add iron to food even after years of use. Grange Agrees With EPA HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The Pennsylvania State Grange agrees with the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to remove farm, forestry and aquaculture operations from the permitting process for regulations concerning Total Daily Maximum Loads (TMDLs). TMDLs are the amount of a pollutant a water body can ab sorb before it becomes impaired. The objec tive of TMDLs is to bring polluted water ways back to an unim paired condition. The Grange, which was part of a broad co alition of organiza tions, testified against the proposal and was successful in keeping EPA from achieving its o.iginal plan thanks to two hearings attended by nearly 800 people. Moreover, EPA received over 34,000 formal com plaints opposed to the rule.
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