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.