Consuming
Thoughts
by
Fay Strickler
Penn State Extension
Home Economist for
Berks Co.
lany of us were probably pie got the idea that the spud was
light up With the potato as the responsible for the extra bulges
terpiece of our daily diet, and therefore not worth a second
:n, in recent years, some peo- glance in the supermarket.
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PENNSYLVANIA was completed
in 1965 after a thirty-year effort
by Howard Higbee, a former
Penn State Professor.
The map is known as the
LOST STREAM MAP to some
anglers.
Professor Higbee succeed
ed in creating a map of the high
est detail possible...a map that
shows every stream and lake. He
painstakingly plotted by hand the
location of 45,000 miles of
streams onto a 3 by 5 foot map.
The map sold extremely
well—until it was lost several
years later. Incredibly, the printer
entrusted with the original draw
ing and printing plates declared
bankruptcy, then carelessly
hauled Higbee’s 30 years of work
to a landfill.
The few remaining dog
eared copies became a prized
fisherman’s possession.
Professor Migbee was offered
$4OO for one of his last maps.
And state agencies were forced
to keep their copies under lock
and key.
Experts told Professor
Higbee that reprints were impos
sible, because the maps were
printed in non-photographic blue.
Then, in 1991, at the age of
91, Howard Higtee's dream
came true. Computers made it
possible to reprint the map.
Howard said, “I never thought I’d
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vegetable that contributes only 80
calories to your dinner plate, a
good deal less than most of the
foods that might take its place)
and 30 percent of your vitamin C
requirement. (Another lamb chop
or second helping of roast beef
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could cost you 300 calories or
more. Even your salad dressing is
probably higher in calories than
the potato).
If potatoes are so harmless,
why the pound-provoking image?
One reason, of course, is that po
tatoes are seldom seen except in
the company of high calorie-high
fat companions butter, sour
cream, rich sauces, and gravies,
shredded cheese, or crumbled
bacon. Like a lot of their perfect
ly good foods, potatoes are the
victim of guilt by association.
So, how do you keep a potato
virtuous? Become a creative low
calorie cook and strip away the
unneeded extra calories in the
most popular potato dishes.
There are lots of good compan
ions you can provide for every
body’s favorite vegetable, sinfully
rich-tasting toppings and sauces
that only seem fattening.
Here are just a few examples of
low-calorie potato companions:
Mock sour cream non-dairy
flakes, averaging 25 calories a ta
blespoon. Choose low-fat sour
dressing, with only a few calories
a tablespoon.
Heart-smart dieter:
Most “vegetable oil”
substitutes are made
saturated coconut oil
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be avoided by the cholesterol
wary.
Plain yogurt only eight calories
a tablespoon, with a taste and
texture similar to sour cream. Try
it mixed with parsley or chives.
Low-fat cottage cheese about
15 calories a tablespoon. Tangy
style small curd cottage cheese
has a flavor similar to sour
cream. “Whipped” cottage
cheese is also available.
Homemade “sour cream” pre
pared by whipping equal parts
cottage cheese and buttermilk in
your blender has about 10 cal
ories a tablespoon.
Diet margarine has 50 calories
a tablespoon instead of 100 for
ordinary margarine or butter.
(Note that regular margarine and
butter have the same caloric
count). One teaspoon (16 cal
ories) is enough.
Diet salad dressing pick blue
cheese, cream Caesar, French, or
any flavor. Most are 10 to 24 cal
ories a tablespoon.
Imitation bacon bits smoky
flavored soy protein chips at only
7 or 8 calories a teaspoon, a frac
tion of the calories for real bacon.
Low-calorie cream sauce made
by stirring 1 cup skim milk grad
ually into 2 tablespoons flour.
Cook over low heat until thick
ened. Season it with onion flakes,
butter-flavored salt, and pinch of
cayenne. Nine calories a table
spoon.
s, take note:
sour cream
with highly
and should