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One dormie lived with a box oi them in his room songs
abound about them and the newspapers are full of them —
peanuts.
"Pea nuts, pea-nuts, oh-oh-oh-oh an old song, dating 1
back to the '60 s. Too bad the lyrics didn t go on to clarify the
worth of the lowly legume Peanuts are high in protein, phos- I
phorous. potassium and niacin A point any school person |
knows The peanut has supplemented many a vegetarian s
diet, and is basically enjoyed by everyone How many times
have you heard a bemoaned tale spoken by a true peanut
person, relating the woes of bloat followed by a peanut eating
orgy? Who can eat just one"5
Peanuts are not for adults only Although they appear in
many a bar and tavern, either in the shell or nude, children
grow up with the stuff Mixed with jam, bananas, coconut,
mayonnaise or raisins, a peanut butter sandwich can become
more than a sandwich It Is a meal in a minute, and a welcome
member in any family
Homemade peanut butter avoids the age old decision
between creamy and chunky — and even super chunk You
can blend it to your own personal preference Just take a
couple of cups full of shelled nuts, without skins, place in a
blender. and gradually dnzzle in oil until the mixture is creamy.
Now that you have real, honest-to-goodness homemade
peanut butter, you'll want to use it in a tew recipes The first
offering comes from the East Indians The reape is a snap,
and takes the boredom out of the usual beef dinner It has a
definite Eastern flavor, for those with a hankering for curries
Indonesian Beef Cubes
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7 lb beet (round steak)
Vi c peanut butter
Vi c soy sauce
V« c lemon /uice
Va c brown sugar
Vi t. hot pepper sauce
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Cube beet into VA-inch pieces
2 Combine peanut butter, soy sauce, lemon juice,
brown sugar, hot sauce and garlic. Marinate beet cubes tor
one hour
3 Broil beet to desired doneness, turning once and
basting
This dish goes well with brown rice
For dessert, here's a quick pick-me-up confection, full of
good ingredients and energy Peanut Butter Dandies also help
the frazzled mother or father, trying to find a wholesome treat
for their offspring.
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Peanut Butter Dandles
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Vi c peanut butter
Vi c honey
2 t nutritional yeast
Va c. wheat germ
Va c powdered milk
1 Mix ingredients in a bowl.
2 Roll into little balls
3 Refrigerate tor a tew hours
4 Roll them in either coconut, sesame seeds or ground
nuts of your choice
Yum!!
Auditions held
Auditions will be held tonight
and Friday night for the musical
production, Camelot, the first of
two back-to-back summer musi
cals to be produced this summer
in Eugene by a newly formed thea
ter company.
The Camelot auditions will be
held at 7:30 p.m. both nights at the
Sheldon High School theatre.
Persons interested in auditioning
should have a three-minute musi
cal number prepared for singing.
An accompanist will be provided
Camelot, the lemer and Loewe
musical, will be produced at Shel
don Theatre on June 29-July 9 by
W&W Theatre Enterprises, a new
production group formed this year
by David Weinkaut and Henny
Willis, both of Eugene.
Director Kathy Witthar says she
will use a cast of about 35 people,
ranging in age from 18 to 60. Prior
theater experience is desirable,
but not necessary.
Barbara Rodeway exhibits
paintings at Gallery West
By PETER DURYEA
Of the Emerald
The paintings of Portland artist Barbara Rode
way are currently on display at Gallery West, 1597
Oak street
Her works fall into two distinct styles. First there
is a series of oollages made from an assortment of
subdued colors and finely textured papers pasted
onto a beige backdrop
In one of this series entitled "Beach Birds' the
simple shapes represent a tug boulder and bird while
the surrounded beige has a few flakes in it providing
a visual similarity to sand.
Each of these is put together in a manner rem
iniscent of the Chinese characters, in that each is a
symbol that tells a story. One such collage actually
has a strip of Chinese newspnnt pasted into it.
Rodeway s other works are acrylic landscapes
with just enough detaiI to be recognized for what they
are: a "Pond Reflection" or a "Summer Breeze."
1 Yet her emphasis transcends the necessary particu
i lars to capture an exaggeration of color, forsaking
form by allowing it to blur as in a hallucination.
"Pond Reflection" is a visual explosion. The un
adulterated orange and dirt brown are definitely Fall
colors These colors are diluted in the reflection on
top of the pond, whereas the form is matched on the
water in an appropnately diminished size.
All this is not extraordinary as they are natural
occurrences. What is peculiar to the painting is its
mixture between the fine foreground detail of cat-tails
and thistles and its colorfully exaggerated back
ground. where trees more or less "melt" into color.
The depth is fantastic
The pond s reflection absorbs the point between
the forest and the trees The distinction is rooted
clearly enough in landscape so as not to be abstract
as this panting is a visual delight.
' Summer Breeze" has the same effect yet is
executed in accordance to the wind. Catching the
wind isn't easy without a sail, yet she does an alluring
job of it.
Again the essential clues are supplied as the
blades of grass are bent to reveal what is an other
wise invisible force. The grass is brought into fine
focus in the bottom and middle of the picture, giving a
distorted depth of field. Everything in-between is yel
low and greens, melowly giving way to their many
hues in a patternless blur.
The concave curvature of the grass is accented
in the painting. This forces the viewer into maintain
ing a specific angle of vision to see.' But it is hung in
the left comer of the gallery and this accents the
convex nature of the bent grass contrary to the com
position.
It is a small point but one that either lets the piece
of art be easily appreciated or hinders its success.
One last digression about a piece that asks for it
by its very nature. It's entitled "Spnng Thaw” and is
an interesting set of two identical rectangular frames,
each containing half of the whole.
The kinectic aspect is implied by the two frames
and brings to mind the Zen adage, "You can’t put
your hand in the same river twice.”
Well "Spring Thaw" is a point of delineation
between the frozen and the free-flowing Is it before
or after? Or is it dunng the process?
Mu. The question can not be asked It (simply)
is.
Barbara Rodeway s works will continue to hang
at Gallery West until May 1.
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