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
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"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
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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
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Sat. 9:30 a.m.
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5049 N E. Sandy Blvd.
Mon.
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Tues.
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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.
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4737 N. Lombard Street
Tues.
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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."
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