Staff Correspondent
Pat Makara of Dallas enjoys
cooking, especially baking as does
her oldest daughter, Melissa. She
particularly likes to make fruit des-
serts for in the Makara backyard,
trees and strawberries when in
season, and her next door neighbor
has apple trees which she shares
from time to time with Pat.
Pat and her husband, Tom, who is
employed at Tobyhanna, moved to
Dallas 10 years ago from Wyoming
where they resided for two years
after they were married. Their
oldest daughter, Melissa, fifth grade
student at Dallas, was only several
weeks old when the Makaras moved
to their present home. The Makaras
also have two other daughters, Lisa,
second grade student, and Nikki, 3%
years of age, who is still at home.
When Pat is not busy helping her
two older daughters with home-
work, taking them to choir practice,
or taking Melissa for piano lessons,
she and Tom spend most of their
leisure time working on their home
or in their garden.
When she has time for herself,
Pat enjoys crocheting or sewing and
at this time of year likes to make
hunt and fish. Melissa and Lisa also
like to fish and sometimes go with
their father.
During the summer, the girls
swim in their family pool and
usually have many of their friends
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Sift together above ingredients,
add:
1/3 c. shortening
1/3 c. buttermilk (add 1% T. lemon
juice to 1 c. milk)
1%; c. mashed bananas (3 or 4 if
small)
(Bananas should be very ripe)
Beat vigorously for two minutes.
as their guests. Sometimes the
Makara family takes off for a
summer vacation at the seashore, a
trip they all enjoy.
Ask the girls their food preference
and receive three different answers
- Melissa’s favorite is dessert; Lisa
prefers pizza and Nikki’s choice is
chicken.
The recipies Pat shares with Post
readers this week are four of her
family’s favorite desserts. The
Mock Apple Pie is unique but deli-
cious and makes a tasty and differ-
ent type dessert to serve when
friends drop in. Jewish Apple Cake
makes an excellent after dinner
dessert or a good ‘‘coffee break’
snack. Blueberry muffins are a
favorite of the girls either for break-
fast or an after-school snack and the
Banana Nut Cake is a favorite of
both family and friends. Serve it
topped with rich vanilla ice cream
and it is ideal to serve at bridge
club. All recipes are not difficult to
prepare and not too expensive.
BANANA NUT CAKE
2% c. flour
1 and two thirds c. sugar
114 t. baking powder
1% t. baking soda
1t. salt
With classes back in session,
youngsters across the country are
trying out for their school’s athletic
teams. Good nutrition is vital for
thise aspiring Olympians, yet many
of these youngsters are misled by
widespread nutritional myths which
currently abound.
« To help correct some of these
misconceptions, dietitians at ARA
Services which serves over 450,000
students every day in 180 school
districts across the country, present
the following facts to debunmk
{MYTH '1 — EXTRA PROTEIN
BUILDS BIG MUSCLES
- While it is true that protein plays
of muscle tissue, it is not true that
the consumption of large quantities
of protein-containing foods will build
bigger or better muscles. Actually,
eating too much protein can result
in an increase of body fat, because
of protein’s high fat content. For
example, beefsteak contains bout 40
percent of its calories in the form of
protein, and about 60 percent in the
form of fat. As a rule, daily protein
consumption should not exceed 10 to
15 percent of an athlete’s daily
ealoric’ intake. This is more than
sufficient to insure maximum
muscle growth.
- MYTH 2 — BEFORE COMPETI-
TION SWEETS
A popular myth maintains that
honey, soft drinks and other sweets
will improve performance if taken
immediately before competition.
Actually eating these high-carbohy-
drate foods before competition
results in a rise in insulin which
causes a drop in blood sugar within
which can make an athlete feel
weak.
MYTH 3 — EXERCISE AND
WATER DON’T MIX
Many athletes deliberately avoid
water during competition in the
belief that it will bring about an
upset stomach or hurt their per-
formance. In fact, drinking water is
extremely important during physi-
cal exercise to avoid possible dehy-
dration and heat exhaustion. An
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athlete should drink about one-half
cup of water for every 10-15 minutes
of exercise time to help replace
bodily fluids which are lost.
MYTH 4 — MEGA-VITAMINS
IMPROVE PERFORMANCE
This myth is based on the
assumption thatmore of a good
thing is always better. However, a
well-balanced diet contains all the
vitamins and minerals needed.
Extra quantities of vitamins are
either flushed from the body in the
urine or stored in body fat which
can result in possible harmful toxic-
ity. g
BASIC GUIDELINES
These are just four of many nutri-
tional myths which may lure young
athletes away from sound nutri-
tional practices. In brief, athletes
should follow a well-balanced daily
diet which includes two servings
from the meat group, four servings
from fruit and vegetablegroup, four
servings from the milk group and
four servings from the grain group.
Approximately 10 to 15 percent of
calories should be consumed in the
form of protein, 30 percent from fat,
and the remaining 50-60 percent
from carbohydrates.
In determining how many calories
should be consumed daily, an ath-
lete must consider age, sex and
activity level.
Kitchen helpers
Dallas Post/Charlot M. Denmon
ingredients for her mother's
Mock Apple Pie while her
Add:
% c. buttermilk
21g. eggs
Beat for two minutes. Fold in:
2/3 c. chopped nuts
Grease and flour pan. Bake at 350
degrees, 30-35 min. if two layers; 45
minutes. in 9x13” pan.
JEWISH APPLE CAKE
6 sm. apples
5 T. sugar
2 t. cinnamon
1 c. margarine
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
3 c. flour
3 t. baking powder
2% t. vanilla
Juice of 1 1g. orange
Peel and slice apples, sprinkle
with 5 T. sugar and cinnamon and
let stand. Blend margarine, 2 cups
sugar and eggs; add flour, baking
powder, vanilla and orange juice.
Beat until smooth. Grease angel
food cake pan and dust with flour.
Staring with the batter alternate
with layers of apples, making last
layer batter. Bake at 300 degrees
for one hour, then turn oven to 350
degrees and leave cake in for 15
minutes. When cool sprinkle with
powdered sugar.
BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
1% c. flour
1 c. sugar
2 t. baking powder
% t. salt
Sift ingredients together, then
add:
V4 c. soft margarine
1 egg
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Mix together with a fork or pastry
blender. Stir until just blended. Fold
in one cup of blueberries. Bake at
400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes
until golden brown. Makes 12 muf-
fins.
MOCK APPLE PIE
8 c. zucchini, sliced and peeled |
Cook in 2/3 cu. bottle Realemon
until tender. Add:
1 c. sugar
% t. nutmeg
1 t. cinnamon
Simmer for one minute, add half
cup of crust to thicken then let cool.
CRUST
4 c. flour
1%, c. sugar
3 sticks margarine
Mix ingredients together. Pat half
of imixture into 9x13 pan and press
toreventout.-Bake at 375 degrees for
10 minutes. Put cooled filling over
top of crust. Add teaspoon of cinna-
mon to remaining half of crust and
sprinkle on top of filling. Bake at
375 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
Parents Anonymous of Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania Inc. is seeking
interested individuals to volunteer
their time in the provision of child
abuse preventive service to local
parents.
P.A. coordiantes ‘‘self help’
ficulties in coping with their chil-
dren. Weekly meetings provide par-
ents with a peer support system and
a means of obtaining alternate
practical suggestions on child rear-
ing from other parents.
The meetings are confidential and
on a first name basis only. Parents
share phone numbers to provide a
24-hour hotline to prevent possible
abusive incidents. No dues or fees
are required. P.A. groups meet in
Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Hazleton
and Tunkhannock.
P.A. needs volunteers to serve as
group co-sponsors, child care work-
ers, and transportation aides. Group
sponsors are volunteers who attend
the weekly chapter meetings to
provide guidance and stability to
the parents in attendance. They are
volunteers who have training in
group or family dynamics and pos-
sess a sincere interest in preserving
the family lifestyle. Qualified indi-
viduals should have a knowledge of
child development and child abuse
dynamics as well. The position
requires a time commitment of 3-5
hours per week.
Child care volunteers provide
child care to the children of P.A.
parents at weekly group meetings.
As opposed to simple babysitting,
child care implies creating a posi-
tive experience for the children ‘
involved.
Transportation aides are volun-
parents to and from Weekly chapter
meetings. :
Any interested persons should call
the P.A. office at 822-9666 or write
Parents Anonymous of Northeastern
Pennsylvania, Inc., 71 North Frank-
lin St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18701.
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Increases
Daniel Pennick, Chairman of the
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
recently announced an additional
increase of nearly $1.9 million in
profits for fiscal year 1984-85.
LCB profits for the year now total
$35,498,629 instead of $33,606,250 as
reported earlier.
Pennick stated that review of the
final year adjustment figures dis-
closed an inappropriate payroll
expense application that has now
been revised to reflect the corre-
sponding increase in profits.
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