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P aq « fl Portland ObMrver, September 7.1983 LIKING SECTION Beer, barbecue taste good year 'round Barbecue and beer have always been a natural combination for summer fun and outdoor picnics. But the flavor o f both can be en joyed throughout the year. Everyone knows how good a hearty beer can taste with many foods, but you can have your beer and eat it too! M any people feel that beer tastes as good in food as it does with it. Beer can add a special flavor and tang to many American dishes. Frankfurters steamed in beer and fish fried in beer batters ir e well- known examples o f beer cookery; but beer can add that special rest to a variety o f foods. A beer-honey marinade for becued chicken and vegetables and a beer cornbread are three such exam ples. Beer breaks down the fibers of lough meat to make an instant m ari nade; and the bittersweet, tangy style o f hops balances the sweetness o f the honey for a resty sauce. A cornbread recipe calling for beer and green chiles adds lightness, moisture and spice to the meal. W hile everyone can't barbecue outside all-year-round, today many people have indoor electric hibachis and year-round outdoor grills. And there's always the traditional oven where a good barbecue recipe can make indoors taste like outdoors. So, whether you're having a picnic, a fam ily homecoming, a tail gate party before or after the big game, or just dinner with a few friends, remember the beer and the barbecue. The effervescence o f the beer and the right choice of seasonal vegetables and fruits can bring your meal to its peak any time o f the year. M A K IN A D E D C H IC K E N W IT H V E G E T A B L E KABO BS I cup apricot preserve 1 tablespoons cornstarch I tablespoon prepared mustard I bottle (12 ounces) beer I teaspoon onion powder I teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon thyme Vt teaspoon garlic powder '/« teaspoon hot/pepper sauce 2 2 '/J chickens, quartered 2 pounds seasonal vegetables (yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, red "I used to hide behind big coats. N o w I have nothing to hide’.’ — Joann« M. Smith, Claims Associate Supervisor and Weight Watchers Leader, lost 79 lbs., has kept It o ff for 8 years. P A C IF IC N E W S S E R V IC E /S a n Francuco — The recession has passed for most Americans, but for many others it remains disturbingly evident at dinner time. Economic troubles hit millions so hard — in the stomach — that medical re searchers are already noticing what may be debilitating health effects o f hunger, American-style. This hunger is less visible than the starvation which produces emaciat ed adults and toddlers with distended bellies in Third W orld countries. Rather, it results from an inability to get enough food on the table day after day. and is more likely to pro duce what the W orld Health O rga nization calls "silent m alnutrition." According to D r. J. Larry Brown o f the Harvard School of Public Health, there is concern that such hunger is behind an apparent in crease among American infants in the condition pediatricians call "fa ilu re to th rive." In cases where pregnant mothers have deficient nutrition, researchers suggest that it may contribute to the widening gap in U .S. infant m ortality rates be tween whites and minorities. W arning signals of an impending, hunger-related decline in America's general good health are now sound ing in several parts o f the country; • • A t Chicago's Cook County Hospital, an increase in failure-to- thrive cases has led nutritionists and volunteer staff members to monitor children under two years o f age treated in the hospital’s emergency room , according to nutritionist /S' » A' »0. "I was always con cerned about my weight, but mostly how to camou flage it. I hid behind big -A clothes, big glasses, and a lot of fat friends. Anything but give up food, my secu rity blanket. Then Weight Watchers taught me not only to change the foods I was e a t ing, but also my attitude towards them. These days, I'd rather think about all the nice clothes I con weac I wont to show people that not only am I successful, I look the part!" Lose weight once and for all. M arinated chicken end vegetable kaboba are the main couree for a fell picnic. or green peppers, etc.) Combine apricot preserve, corn starch. prepared mustard, beer, onion powder, salt, thyme, garlic powder and hot pepper sauce. Stir until smooth and well blended. Place chicken pieces in large shallow pan Pour marinade over and refrig erate for at least J hours, turning pieces occasionally. When ready to barbecue; Vemove chicken from marinade and grill for 30-45 minutes, turning and basting often. W hile chicken is cooking, cut up as sorted vegetables Place vegetable pieces on skewers and brush with marinade. G rill for approximately 6 minutes, turning and basting often Yields 2'/i cups marinade. 6-8 serv ings. S P IC Y BEEK C O R N B R E A D I cup yellow cornmeal 1 cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder '/t teaspoon chili powder •A teaspoon salt I cup beer 1 egg '/« cup butter, softened ‘A cup chopped green chiles '/« cup chopped pimiento Combine cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, chili powder and salt. Add beer, egg and butler. Beat until smooth. Stir in green chilis and pimientos. Pour batter into a greased 8x8-inch pan. Bake in a 425 °F oven for 20-25 minutes. Yields 12 servings. A P P L E C O B B LE R 5 cups sliced peeled apples */i cup sugar ’/ « cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour I tablespoon lemon juice •A teaspoon cinnamon Vt teaspoon nutmeg Vt teaspoon salt MIEB Vt cup water 2 tablespoons butter Batter Yolanda H all, who directs the study. Director o f Protective Serv ices D r. Cathryn Better reports that more babies seen at Cook are also suffering from "w ater intoxica tio n ": As money for food runs out, some mothers try to "stretch” milk and formula with water. • • I n Massachusetts, where more than 364,000 people were cut from nutrition programs, including school breakfasts and lunches, fo l lowing federal cutbacks and policy changes, a Boston City Hospital re search team monitored patients at the pediatric walk-in clinic. Initial findings showed that nearly three times the normal rate o f children aged five and under were in the lowest fifth percentile o f growth. Ten percent o f the children were at the obesity end o f the continuum, reflecting what D r. Brown said was "im proper nutrition often associat ed with poverty — high carbohy drate, low-protein diets which fill the stomach without properly nour ishing the body.” Brown says that while the hospi tal's study does not premit generali zation to the larger population, " it is troubling data. G rowth failure or malnutrition was found among low- income children at two or three times the expected rates. And it wasn’t hard to find it ." • • A t the Jackson-Hinds (County) Clinic in Mississippi, Medical Direc tor Dr. James Anderson says it ap pears local families will continue to have trouble getting food on the table; Three large local m anufactur ing plants which closed in the last two years show no signs o f reopen ing, and (he clinic now receives pa tients who formerly were covered by health insurance at their place of employment. According to Anderson, the fed eral W IC (W om en, Infants and Children supplemental food) pro gram is a boon to those who can get it, improving birth weights and gen erally keeping poor infants and new mothers healthier. " Y e t it doesn't reach as many as it should," says Anderson. "O u t here many don't have a car or the money for gas to go and pick up the food, and now the program has cut out the slots for the outreach people to help them .” ••A fte r the Michigan Department o f Public Health released a report this year showing the largest year- to-year increase in infant deaths since W orld W ar I I , the private Food Research and Action Center (F R A C ) in Washington, D .C ., began to contact cities and states across the country to determine whether the trend was widespread. Initial findings in a telephone survey showed apparent rising infant mor tality rates statewide in Alabama. Alaska, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, Rhode Island and West Virginia. Although infant mortality dropped nationally to a rate o f 11.7 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 1981, in sections o f Detroit it is as high as in Honduras — 33 per 1,000. M ore over, according to an administra tion petition presented to Health and Human Services (H H S ) Direc tor Margaret Heckler this summer by a coalition o f public interest, health and civil rights groups, the gap between infant deaths o f white •bf Join Any Class Anytime I cup all-purpose flour !A cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder Vt teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butler, softened J egg 1A cup beer I tablespoon brown sugar NORTHEAST PORTLAND M aranatha Church 1222 N.E. Skidmore Sat. 9:30 a.m. Northeast Portland Center 5049 N E. Sandy Blvd. Mon. 7:00 p.m. Tues. 7:00p.m. Wed. 9:30 a.m. Et 7:00 p.m. Thurs. 7:00 p.m. Fri. 9 :X a .m . Combine apples, sugar, brown sugar, flour, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and water; mix well. Place mixture in an 8x8x2- inch pan. Dot apple mixture with butter; set aside. For batter, com bine flour, sugar, baking-powder, salt, butter, egg and beer. Beat until smooth. Drop in 9 portions over the apple filling. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake in a 375"F. oven for 35- 40 minutes or until done. Yields 9 servings. Emanuel Hospital 2801 N. Gantenbein Emanuel East Room 2001 (Nurses H a ll) Thurs. '’7 :0 0 p.m. Fellowship Baptist Church 4737 N. Lombard Street Tues. 7:00 N ew Class Beginning: Thurs., Sept. (I For Inform ation Cell Collect 1503)297-1021 - 8:30-5:00 C Wesghi Welcher» miemehonei inc ’983 Owner of ffte We^ht Watcher» » edem a* •A il; W aw •r, an ■di art >z, The hidden costs of American-style hunger by M ary Jo M cConabay ob k »5 jrt? lit * •> xfi eV •O'; and minority babies is growing. Clinical evidence that "silent m alnutrition" is a factor in the in crease o f such health problems is hard to come by. Yet D r. Carol Korenbrot o f the University o f C ali fornia at San Francisco's Institute for Health Policy Studies says the food factor is widely believed to be a pivotal one by health professionals. " It 's so commonsensical,” she says, "and nobody believes it isn't true because it can't be absolutely proven." She also points to possible future learning and development problems among children who go hungry as infants; " A ll the people in the field know repercussions are going to happen to thousands o f babies." Brown o f Harvard agrees: "O u r knowledge o f the actual impact of hunger on health is presently less clear than the fact o f its existence," he testified before the Senate A g ri culture Subcommittee on Nutrition this spring. Short term measures — or better food after a lengthy period o f hun ger — will not solve the problem, he adds. A child's brain, says Brown, is something like a construction site: The materials and the work crew have to be there at the same time. " I f the bricks are delivered after the crew is gone," he says, "they won't become part of the building." LOOK FOR THE BIG "T" "A Sure Sign of Good Taste" W hat do you look for in choosing a food store? Wide selection? Com petitive prices? Confidence in the quality of the items you buy? 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