Farmers Market Installs Licensed Kitchen To Provide Value-Added Produce MARIETTA, Ohio On April 7, the River City Farmers Mar ket began its third consecutive season, and offerings will soon expand when a new commercial kitchen opens for use. ‘Our motto is ’Handmade, homemade or homegrown!’ and people started bringing hand made crafts and other items to sell besides the regular farm mar ket products,” said Eric Barrett, agriculture agent for Ohio State University Extension in Wash Onions For Your Health (Continued from Page B 6) Melt butter in large skillet, saute onions over medium heat until clear. Reserve 3 tablespoons crackers for topping, place re maining crumbs in bottom of lightly greased 2-quart casserole. Remove onions from skillet. Add soup and onions alternating layers in casserole. Mix milk and eggs, pour over onions. Top with cheese and remaining crumbs. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until browned and bub bly. Serves 6. Debbie Reynolds Wrightsvllle HEAVENLY ONIONS 4-5 regular onions, slice, separate into rings 2-4 tablespoons butter Vi pound Swiss cheese, grated 'A teaspoon pepper Vi cup milk 1 teaspoon soy sauce 1 can cream of chicken soup, undiluted 8 slices bread, cut into squares or croutons Simmer onions in butter in heavy pan over low heat until tender, stir constantly. Put into 1 quart casserole, top with cheese and peppir.'Heat soup, milk, soy sauce until blended. Pour soup mixture over onion mixture. Stir with knife, gently, and mix well. Overlap slices of broken bread or croutons and place on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Absolutely delicious. When I serve this recipe all my friends want a copy of the recipe. It is so good and / like to serve it with roast beef. Frances A. Smith White Hall, Md. 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Main St. Leola Pa 17540 717-656-3486 1-800-633-2676 censed kitchen,” Barrett said. “Some people did get a home li cense for baked goods, but there is no such thing for canned goods. To sell ‘home-canned’ products, you have to use a com mercial kitchen.” Such a kitchen is available in neighboring Athens County, but interest grew quickly in starting one in Washington County. The Washington County Fair Board wanted to improve the facilities in the Junior Fair Building any way, and a $25,000 grant from the Sisters of St. Joseph Charit able Fund got the project under way, Barrett said. Though a few details remain to be completed before full li censing from the Ohio Depart ment of Agriculture and the city health department, an open house of the non-profit Marietta Kitchen Creations was scheduled on Thursday, April 26. Jellies and jams, fresh bagged salad greens, salsa and canned vegetables are just some of the items that will be produced in the shared-use kitchen facility, Barrett said. “Farmers who sell their items at the farm market can use this kitchen to produce value-added Leam About Good, Bad Fungi COLUMBUS, Ohio Ever wonder why bananas turn brown after they’ve been sitting on the kitchen counter for a few days? The common occurrence is caused by a pathogen known as anthracnose fungus, says Steve Nameth, an Ohio State Universi ty plant pathologist. “The patho gen is already present on the peel and becomes active under warm conditions,” he said. The fungus is not harmful to humans, but the sight of brown spots on bananas makes them unappetizing nonetheless. The anthracnose fungus will be just one of several common plant dis eases highlighted during BioHio 2001. Visitors to the “Plant Dis eases and You” display will have the opportunity to taste, touch and smell a variety of common fungi. 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Members will be charged a nominal fee for use of the facili ty: $6 an hour for uses that don’t require any heat, such as bagged salad greens or jars of cookie mixes, and for use of digital la belers for nutrition information labels; $8 an hour for using the commercial ovens, such as what’s needed for baked goods; and $lO an hour for “full use” of College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 10-12. The three-day event will feature hands-on demonstra tions, exhibits and tours cover ing agriculture, the environ ment, gardening, managing wildlife, fish farming, native plants, plant diseases and more. Nameth said many plant dis eases have a history, some of which have changed our culture or led to medical break throughs. 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In addition to the Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Fund, other supporters include the Ohio De partment of Agriculture, OSU Extension, the Marietta Business Development Center, Commu nity 20/20, Marietta Community Foundation, and the Community Development Corporation. The kitchen is located in the Junior Fair Building on the Washington County Fair grounds, 922 Front St. For more information about the kitchen, contact Eric Barrett at (740) 376-7431 or barrett.9o@osu.edu. Onion Trivia What compound in onions brings tears to your eyes? Sulfuric compounds. To cut down on the crying, chill the onion, and cut into the root end of the onion last. How many pounds of fresh and storage type onions does the average American eat per year? 18.3 pounds. How many truck loads of on ions are consumed each day? Nearly 350 seriti-truck loads. What country boasts the high est per capita consumption of on ions? Libya, with 66,8 pounds of onions consumed per person each year. 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