Portland Observer Thursday, June 22, 1978 Page 5
Food provides body energy
Hum an bodies, like machines, need
energy to function.
Energy is needed to keep body cells
and in te rn a l organs fu n c tio n in g .
Energy is also needed when new tissues
are fo rm e d d u rin g g ro w th and
pregnancy or after an injury. The body
uses energy for muscular work as well.
Energy requirements d iffer from in
dividual to individual. They arc deter
mined by age, sex, size and level o f
physical activity.
Food supplies the energy for the
body. Food energy is measured in
calories. Currently about 42 percent o f
the calories in our diets come from fat,
46 percent from carbohydrates and 12
percent from protein.
Protein and carbohydrates contain
the same number o f calories — both
supply
a b ou t
50 calo rie s
per
tablespoon, which is four calories per
gram o f weight in metric units.
Fat, a more concentrated source o f
food energy, contains more than twice
as many calories as protein and car
bohydrate. One tablespoon o f fat con
tains nine calories per gram, which is
equal to 127 calories per tablespoon.
Alcohol also contains food energy.
In metric units, one gram o f alcohol
contains seven calories.
Most foods contain a m ixture o f
p ro tein , fat and carbohydrate. T o
determine caloric value, a food is burn
ed in a calorimeter to measure the
energy released as heat.
T o maintain a desirable weight, the
energy consumed in food must be
balanced against the energy expended
something different.
during the exercise. When food intake
W ith tbe amazing variety o f fruits and vegetables marketed today, H’s almost
is in excess o f energy needs, the extra
an injustice to taste buds to serve tbe same salads week after week. Set a new
energy is stored in the form o f body
salad course with this recipe from the K raft Kitchen.
fat.
Food preservation hot line open
L A D Y E N G IN E E R — Jan Hashim oio, engineering instructor at Portland
C o m m u n ity C o lle g e , is p ro b a b ly the only w om an in s tru c to r in college
engineering in tbe state.
The Oregon State University Exten
sion Service is offering a " fo o d preser
vation h otline" to answer questions
about canning, freezing, pickling and
drying,
Residents o f the tri-county
local calling areas may call 238-9768
between 8:30 a.m . and 12:30 p.m . and
1:00 p .m . to 5 :0 0 p .m . M o n d a y
through Friday u ntil O ctober 13th.
Rising food prices and an increasing
interest in g ardening, has created
enewed interest in food preservation.
The " o ld ” techniques o f food drying
are again popular as well as fam iliar
processes o f canning, freezing and
pickling. The beginner as well as the
experienced homemaker can find an
swers to questions concerning food
safety, preservation equipment and
methods.
Get answers to your food preser
vation questions by calling the O SU
Extension Service Food Preservation
Hom e Economist.
T a x c o S a la d
1 Vt lbs. ground beef
1 16-oz. can kidney beans
1 8-oz. bottle Catalina French Dressing
I tablespoon chili powder
teaspoon salt
3 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 cup chopped green pepper
2
avocados, peeled, mashed
*/i cup M iracle W h ip Salad Dressing
!4 cup chopped onion
4 crisply cooked bacon slices, crumbled
Vi teaspoon salt
Dash o f Tabasco Sauce
T o rtilla chips
3 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
Brown meat ever low heat; drain. Stir
in beans, Vi cup dressing and
seasonings. C o v e r and sim m er 10
minutes, stirring occasionally. C om
bine tomatoes, green pepper and 'A
cup dressing; toss lightly.
Combine avocados, salad dressing,
onion, bacon, salt and Tabasco sauce;
mix well. For each salad, top bed o f
to rtilla chips with shredded lettuce,
to m ato m ixture, chili and avocado
mixture. Garnish with chili peppers, if
desired. 4 to 6 servings.
Woman teaches PCC engineering
I f students can’t tell that tiny, youth
ful Jan Hashimoto is an instructor by
her appearance, her t-shirt will give her
status away.
The blue t-shirt she sometimes wears
to class is emblazoned with white let
ters that read "In s tru c to r." It was a
gift from some o f Hashim oto’s women
en gin eerin g students at P o rtla n d
Com m unity College whose verse, o f
fered with the t-shirt, told their sen
timents:
As a teacher you are able
But we think you need a label
T o show all the others
That not all engineers are brothers.
H ashim oto is q uite probably the
only female engineering instructor in
the state. She has just completed her
first year teaching vocational-technical
(lasses to en gin eerin g students at
P C C ’ s Cascade Center and will return
oext year to teach at the Sylvania Cen
ter. She appears to be much younger
than her actual thirty years o f age and
she ended up in teaching more by ac
cident than by design.
" I ’d never considered applying for a
teaching j o b , " recalls H a s h im o to .
"B ut
one
day
D ic k
W ysong
(engineering departm ent chairm an)
called me up and said they needed a
teacher right away, so I decided to do
it .”
Hashimoto was working for Hyster
C o rp o ra tio n at the tim e and D ick
Wysong knew her because she is a 1974
g ra d u a te fro m P C C ’ s m echanical
engineering program.
She has served on the advisory
committee to the engineering depart
ment since then. N ow , she says, she
likes teaching enough to stay for at
least another year, but so far is un
committed beyond that.
Being a woman instructor in the
male-dominated field o f engineering is
not without its problems, Hashimoto
relates.
" O f course I had some
problems being accepted when I start
ed,” she says. "W o m e n have the edge
now in getting jobs because o f equal
o p p o rtu n ity laws and I th in k they
should take advantage o f it ."
H a s h im o to , a P o rtla n d “" n a tiv e ,
graduated from Wilson High School in
Portland and now lives in Northwest
Portland.
American State Bank
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Bountiful breads really
come alive with MIRACLE WHIP
Salad Dressing from KRAFT —
“The Bread Spread" Its creamy,
smooth, secret blend of herbs
and spices adds a fresh, one-of-a-
kind flavor.
Rescue plain rolls, bread
sticks and sliced breads. Use
MIRACLE WHIP Salad Dressing
and you 11 add special occasion
flavor to everyday breads.
Miracle Whip —
“The Bread Spread?
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