Portland Observer, June 30, 1982 Section II Page 5
4th of July:
Fireworks,
Food, &
Fun!!
Shopping habits
show change
The d ifference between food
shopping habits today and those o f
yesterday lies more in kind o f food
purchased than in the amount pur
chased. The average American buys
about 1400 pounds o f food each
year, about the same amount the av
erage A m erican bought 20 years
ago.
‘ But people have changed in
what they b u y ,” says Tod H a m il-
ton, Multnom ah County Extension
agent. “ For example. 20 years ago
average consumption o f cheese was
eight pounds per person per year.
Now the cheese consumption level is
up to alm ost 18 pounds per year.
Pork and chicken consumption are
also up. Fresh potatoes, coffee, and
whole m ilk consum ption on the
other hand, have decreased.
W h a t’s the first thing you think
o f for your Independence Day cele
bration? Barbecued chicken, right?
Right! And corn-on-the-cob, right?
Right! W ell, this will offer the easi
est, tastiest way to get it together,
starting with your chicken. M ix up a
sauce, starting with Open Pit barbe
cue sauce, and prepare your chicken
fo r baking (no hassle when the
crowd gathers), b roiling or for on
the g rill. Add the corn, other fix
ings, (potato salad, watermelon, tall
d rin ks), and the celeb ratio n ’ s on.
Enjoy!
Z E S T Y B A R B E C U E D C H IC K E N
1 cup Open Pit barbecue sauce, any
flavor
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 small garlic cloves crushed
(optional)
2 '/i pounds frying chicken piece*
2 tablespoons melted butter or
margarine
Combine barbecue sauce, sugar,
lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce
and garlic in bowl or measuring cup.
riacc cnicxen, J Kin side up in shal
low baking pan and brush with
butter. Bake at 3 7 5 * fo r about 45
minutes or until tender, basting fre
quently w ith sauce. F o r browner
glaze, place in prehaeted broiler for
about 5 minutes. C om bine any re
maining sauce w ith pan drippings;
heat and serve with chicken. Makes
4 servings. M ultiply recipe as need
ed.
COR N O N - T H E -C O B
A llo w 1-2 ears for each serving.
In a large saucepan, place corn ears.
cover with cold, salted water. Add
a little m ilk to sweeten the corn.
When the water boils, the corn is
done.
1/8 teaspoon paprika
C ook potatoes in boiling salted
water u n til tender. D ra in ; peel.
While still hot, cut into slices. Put in
H O T OR C O L D P O T A TO S A L A D bowl; keep warm. Meanshile, cook
bacon in skillet for 4 minutes. Add
6 medium potatoes, scrubbed
onion, celery and pickle, saute until
4 slices bacon, diced
golden. Stir in rem aining ingredi
'/« cup chopped onion
ents, bring to boil. Pour over pota
'/« cup chopped celery
toes; toss lightly.
I dill pickle, chopped
Serve immediately for hot salad,
'/«cup water
or let the salad blend overnight in
'/j teaspoon dry mustard
refrigerator (or several hours) and
*/t teaspoon sugar
serve it cold. I t ’ s delicious either
cup vinegar
way. This recipe serves 6.
4 IH
SAFEWAY
Manor House Grade "A
Arkansas Grown Fryers
Safeway Will
OPEN July
‘ ‘While the amount o f sugar pur
chased by today’s shoppers has de
creased, the amount o f corn sweet
eners purchased has increased d ra
matically.”
M arg a ret B akke, O regon State
University Extension nutrition spe
cialist, says that price seems to be
the major reason for the changes in
food buying habits. But lifestyle
changes such as the num ber o f
w orking women and tw o income
households, as well as the availabil
ity o f different food products, have
also had an effect.
Although food prices have con
tinued to rise, Bakke notes that food
costs have not put a burden on
household budgets. In I960, about
20 cents o f each dollar o f disposable
income were spent fo r fo o d . In
1980, the dollar share for food ex
penditures was slightly more than 16
cents.
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niin.
When using a microwave oven to
prepare p o rk, be sure the internal
temperature reaches 170 degrees F.
Pork must reach this temperature to
destroy any m icro-organism s that
might be present.
M icrow ave ovens cook by excit
ing the water molecules in the food,
explains Tod Ham ilton, Multnomah
County Extension agent. The varia
tions in the distribution o f water in
the pork, the uneven energy distri
bution in microwave ovens and (he
potential energy blockage by bone
may result in uneven cooking.
I f the entire piece o f meat doesn’t
reach a temperature o f at least 170
degrees F ., p o ten tially dangerous
trichinae m icroorganism s in the
meat may not be killed, Ms. H am il
ton says.
T o assure a safe pork p ro d u ct,
M asrg arel B akke, O regon State
University Extention nutrition spe
cialist suggests that m icrow ave
cooks fo llo w o w n er’ s m anual in
structions for the microwave care
fu lly . These include ro ta tin g the
meat during cooking, and letting the
p ork sit fo r several m inutes a fter
cooking to assure a more uniform
temperature distribution.
"Th e cook can increase the effec
tiveness o f the ‘equalization* time by
w rapping the pork in fo il a fte r
c o o k in g ,” Bakke adds. A fte r the
pork sets for a few minutes, check
various places in the roast w ith a
meat therm om eter. I f any part o f
the chop or roast has not reached at
least 170 degrees F ., cook the meat
more thoroughly.
Safeway Regular
Or Bëéf Franks
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Watermelon
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B a k e d
beans
Sweet, Thumpin
Red Ripe
Whole Melons
Microwave
Tips for Pork
C o o k in g pork in a m icrowave
oven can be a unique problem be
cause uneven heat radiation can oc
cur.
Premium Franks
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brick oven
baked
beans
Baked Beans PotatoCnips
B&M Brick Oven Baked
Party Pride Regular Or Dippers
Sweet Cantaloupe
Honeydew Melons
Lucerne Sour Cream
Party Pride Twin Pops
8-Pak Pepsi Cola
Steinfeld Pickles j ä
Valencia Olives
50-Lb. Friskies Dog Foo<
12-Pak Budweiser Beer
Mayonnaise
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Fresh Bread 2-Lb. Cheese
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