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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1982)
Beer doesn't show the vast range of varying characteristics that its cousin wine does — still there are great differences in color. 1'hhIv. and flavor from one beer to the next These differences are due to the types and amounts of grain and flavorings used, to the qualitx and constituents of the water employed, and simply to brewing methods. Beer can lx* made into a very light, almost flavorless beverage (like many of the American “lite" beers), or it can be made into something dark and rich and extremeh bitter (like Guinness Stout, for instance). There are even Ix'ers in Belgium — some of which are sealed with corks, like wine Ironies — that are flavored with macerated bitter cherries' What are the best beers in America today? That is. of course, a matter of personal opinion 1 don't much like most of the regular mass market American beers, simply because the\ don't have much of what I have come to think of as beer flavor 1 do favor Anchor Steam Beer and Albion Ale, as well as the medium dark Bohemia Ale from Mexico (which, since I live in Southern (aliforma. is virtually a regional beer for me, 1 Tor the fun of it. 1 held a wine tasting type judging of beers with some friends of mine not long ago. and Heineken’s came out Number One almost unanimously, for its rich blend of flavors and its good, full Ixxfy Other beers we rated highh included Carlsberg (Denmark 1, Beck s and Wur/burger (Germany), Harp 1-tger (Ireland!, and Ysahi (la pan) I also eniov Kronenberg. a pleasant, medium IhkK Ikvi with a vagueh sweet aftertaste, from the \l sat kin region of Trance The aforementioned HI Mencken, apparenth a dedicated brew sampler, covered the field best when he noted. There is no bad beer, some kinds are better than others." Popcorn: The Most Popular flunchic BYJOH.X KKOUT Everyone goes for popcorn U s the most economical of people-plea,sers But it has to he made right None of that ancient, soggy, chewy, lumpy, starchy junk that's sold tn most movie theaters No, no, popcorn must he hot, crunchy and unburnt . and that isn't as easy as most people think The kernels must heat evenly on all sides, so choose a pot or skillet with a thick bottom that spreads heat uniformly A thin bottom will inevit ably develop hot spits where ker nels char, and black popcorn carbon is a miserable cleanup headache as well as a waste of good kernels. Cooking oil should surround each kernel and provide even heat Too little oil promotes burnt corn; too \ » I much produces a soggy mess. One major popcorn marketer says that a volume ration of 3 pans oil to 1 pan popcorn is per feet o for his product, your mileage will prohahh He lower, depending on the brand of com A good lest drop one or two kernels in the bottom and add a layer of oil just deep enough to cover them, and no more. Those first two kernels can save some eftbn Turn on the heat before adding the full load When the\ pop. the oil is hot enough for the main event Any burner setting from medium to high should work, if a Hiking with gas. the flume should definitely touch the pot Pour in the corn and slap on the lid A lid with a steam hole helps the popcorn star crisp, because the steam of several hundred pipped kernels is substantial, and most of the ciHiking oil is vaporized tin' Naturally, when the popcorn starts living, some unpopped kernels lift off as well SiHinei or later a laver of popped material prevents the un popped from falling hack for another hot oil hath, so the pot needs to bo shaken to help the unpopped make it back to the IxHtom \ gixxl rattle or two even thirty seconds will do. though some lunatics insist on con stunt agitation W hen the sound has slowed down ti' about one pop pet second, shut off the heat and get the pit off the burner I'spvi the last few kernels to pip as the pH cools 1’oui the finished product out for the grateful masses and start the next batch immediately if the first bowl fill is a hit. a pop orn frenzy yy til probably strike "Some Call It Preppy" H\ HYROS LAl’RSEN asked fyaBB U.IX f I ^ Mil llaivuid ™ Square' to gambling H^k Wreck' Geor gia Tech). We even w ” gave ihe Beavers (of Oregon suite) a shot. Menfolk. Womenfolk. Sophomores, Texans and normal people, too Amper sand s Yen First Annual Survey of Campus style covered ten diverse campuses all across the country, water-witching tor signs of trends to come, probing for the favorites of the day, divining the Great American Collegiate Closet. .Mad whal'd we get? Too many alligators, that's what!! We couldn't see the trends for all the pesky Izod Lacoste alligators crawl ing over the questionnaire forms like cockroaches on a BLT abandoned yesterday in a New York apartment. Some of you loved 'em! (The al ligators, we mean, not the cock roaches. ) Some of you couldn't stand the sight of 'em. It confused us hor ribly. One editor began to make de plorable noises into his Selectric, then left to enroll in a truck driving correspondence schrxrl. But the more thoughtful of us began to notice things: like, perhaps the preppy/classic/all must-look same movement reflects a tough economy Money for clothes has to he aimed at sure bets these Re.tgamsmie day s Furthermore, even if sameness reigns, the focus on fashion ts strong Fashion, as much for collegians as anyone else, remains a primary \\a\ of telling the world what you want it to think about you. In the eloquent weirds of a male Purdue sophomore. "People seem us lx* more aware of the phssioal appearance. then Kuulle the mental aspects later Almost anything eix's these da\s," says another Purduvian man 1 hear tlx- mini skin is hack' Where is it It is not on the hips of the 11 year-old Purdue woman who listed tlie resurgent mini under Things 1 would lifter wear " Other a thousand times no items in eluded sparkles or headed looks isavs an Oregon State senior woman), hot pants and/or tramps clothes (.women from Tulane) and plaid pants, velour shirts, tank tops or tat ties for a 10-year old Georgia Tech man in his junior season "Prep stuff and "AL 11GATOKS made the never wear lists, too. But more frequently they were on list- of choice for date wear, party ckxhes and going to-class togs The l.wh.m reptile- also appeared often in the Going Out of Style' quo tionnutre >kx So go figure Likewi.se, miniskirts were perceived both as aiming into and going out of favor so were designer jeans Luckily, since lasting fashion value turned up us a major concern, we asked what each respondent thought had steed in ste le over the last three eeurs Here are some of the more in teresting answers: Women cited rustic ste les, Levi's, designer jeans, designer "anything." bulkv sweaters, oxford shirts, re naissance steles, narrow leg pants, classic seseater and blouse combos and, of course, the preppy kx>k A University of Texas woman, about to gun tor an advertising career, ended her discussion of lasting styles evith a strong practical note; "I'm more con scious of my clothes," she said, “be cause I'll be interviewing soon. 1 have to spend more $ on quality items.” Men listed tweeds as per petually stylish, along with but tondowns, cords, penny loaf ers, topsid ers, wool jackets, thin silk ties, "neat looking stuff as opposed to sloppy," jeans, and the ever popular navy' blazer. “I used to be very fash ion oriented — what is in' today," says a junior man from Georgia Tech. “Now I am more into the classical look (some call it preppy).” But the same stu dent listed preppy clothes as the worst thing a woman could wear. So did yet another Georgia Tech man, who stated a pref erence for women in “semi-tight" jeans and shirts “(not crotch-grab bers).” Interestingly, no women added gratuitous comments on w'hat men should not wear. The fashionable folks on ■ these pages are UCLA ■ students, most of 'em, ■ whose pictures say more I about style than any words I could. The pictures are by ' Linda Epstein, and they were taken in M &J Country Shoe Store in Westwood, CA, under the astute direction of coordinator Elizabeth Freeman.
