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Dallas, PA Wednesday, June 14,1995 5
Thanks
Editor:
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
Jackson Township VolunteerFire
Company thanks the many per-
sons who gave up their personal
time to participate:
< Rev. ‘Ronald Cease, the Very
Rev. Herbert G. Nahas, Coordina-
tor of Battery-B 109th SFC Ste-
ven. Stempien, members of Bat-
tery B-109th Field Artillery of
Nanticoke National Guard, O.I.C.
Captain Kevin Miller, M.S.G.T.
Neno Sartini, U.S.A 'F. Ret., Dal-
-As Iwas
Two synonyms for the word
“inscrutable” are unfathomable
and incomprehensible, and they
“always applied - still do - to the
‘Chinese, both as a race and as
‘individuals.
For instance one of their em-
perors of long ago never could
‘make up his mind which of a
number of soup stocks should be
designated as “royal” soup, and
so we have handed down to our
present day “The Soup of 10 In-
_gredients,” containing chicken,
veal, beef, pork, shrimp and
heaven-only-knows what else.
_(See what I mean about “inscru-
table?”)
But in spite of that, I love ‘em,
especially their cooking. Their
famous philosopher (fifth century)
Confucius once said, “Better than
tobe a king is to have a wife in the
kitchen who sings.” I wholeheart-
edly agree with old Con, and I
have one.
Chinese cookery is the most
sophisticated in the world. It is
wider in range than the French,
and more Imaginative in creative
ingredients’ and technique than
the Italian, German gets too heavy.
All Chinesé chefs have three
Poi first, the food must
appeal visually. A great dish will
be artistic. Second, it must im-
part a fragrant aroma. Good
Chinese cooking doesn't give off
offensive odors. Third, taste is the
Volunteers were the key on Memorial Day
las Boy Scout Troop #232, and
Jackson Twp. Brownie Troop #640
Den Mother Holly Ratowski.
The new POW/MIA flag was
donated by Andrew Kasko and
Charles Kasko.
Chairpersons Irene Kasko,
Preslipski, Desiree Evans, SFC
Steven Stempien, Charles Kasko
and Karen Richards are grateful
for the beautiful decorative yard
at the Honor Site, cared for by all
the members of the Vol. Fire and
Ambulance Associations.
Special thanks to Rollie Evans,
who was presented with an Award
of Appreciation for his outstand-
ing services as Fire Chief from
1978-1994 and to Sam Wilkes for
his loyal assistance with the
Memorial Services each year.
Thanks for a job well done from
the Ladies Auxiliary:
President Grace Fielding
Vice President Marge Zbick
Secretary Anna Manzoni
Treasurer Desiree Evans
Exploring the fascinating
world of Chinese food
final test of a good dish. Every
meal should be a “feast.”
Forget M.S.G. - good cooks don't
need it. If it is used indiscrimi-
nately all dishes will begin to taste
|. the same, so don't ever be afraid
to insist that you don't want any.
My romance with Chinese food
began in the early 40's in New
York's Chinatown. I had been
invited to sample some by my
dentist, Dr. John S. Kulp, who is
worth a whole column one day all
by himself.
(Two reasons of many: He once
filled his mouth-rinsing water
syringe with Scotch to surprise
me - it did - and he seldom cleaned
the tropical fish aquarium in his
waiting room. I swear its murky
depths contained piranha or
something even worse.)
Anyway, the doctor ordered
“some of everything” and I sampled
it all with awe and delight. But
we'd have been blind not to notice
how excited our normally calm
waiters were. We didn’t get much
sense out of them so we went
outside and heard on his car radio
about the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor!
Wyoming Valley has about two
dozen Chinese eateries, ranging
from a classy Peking Chef in our
Dallas Shopping Center toa “Mom
and Pop” style operation on Route
11. Their quality fluctuates from
one time to another but it is all
generally” quite good; here and
“there 1t'1§ sensational.
Menus are similar in looks.
"They 'all’have the widest variety in
single categories imaginable: 23
chicken dishes (including Gen-
eral Tso's Chicken, the soldier
who spent more time in the kitchen
than on the battlefield) 16 pork
dishes (you may have it with snow
pea pods, bean curds, cashew
nuts, broccoli, mushrooms, scal-
lions, garlic sauce, or “twice
cooked”) Beef dishes number a
mere 18; vegetable dishes only
11.
To become initiated into the
joys of Chinese cooking, it helps
to have a knowledgeable person
with you.
appetizer with “Won-Ton"
soup...morsels of chicken or pork
wrapped in a fabulous noodle
square, floating in a broth which
will raise the hair on the back of
your neck. Ambrosia! Then, tobe
conventional, you could try any
main dish with “chow mein” inthe
full name.
There is also a dish that most :
An antique hobby horse is one of the items that will be audiiohed off at this year's Back
Mountain Library auction, July 6-9.
all Oriental restaurants feature
called a “Pu-Pu Platter” - it's for
two and will let you both try egg
rolls, fried shrimp, ribs and beef.
Supposedly an appetizer, this
platter, with soup, will satisfy most
beginners.
Don't let fear of chopsticks scare
you away...we foreign devils are
July 6-7-8-9
Library Auction Corner
If not, start off as an
For 49 summers, the people of the Back Mountain have
come together to donate their goods, services and time to the
auction block of the Back Mountain Memorial Library.
The life of the library is a year-to-year proposition, and the
auction is crucial to its operation. Twenty-five percent of the
annual budget comes from the auction.
This year's 49th annual auction will be held July 6-9 at the
library grounds on Huntsville Road in Dallas.
Any and all donations of cash or saleable items can help assure the
continued fine service of the library to our communities. For more
information, call the library at 675-1182.
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their old proverbs reads: “We sit
at the table to eat, not to cut up
carcasses.”
One correction - Confucius
was a sort of Emily Post, believing
in correct conduct, solid family
relationships and good manners,
and he said, “What you do not like
when done to yourself, do not do |
to others.”
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