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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1981)
It’s berry time once again The fresh berry season has a breathless quality about it. In the space of a few weeks, many types of berries move in and out of season. Strawberries are first and then alert shoppers watch for red raspberries, loganber r ie s, b la ck ra sp b e r r ie s, boysenberries, youngbernes, and evergreen blackberries which come in rapid and overlapping succession. Selection and Storage: When selecting fresh berries, look for berries that are firm with a fresh glossy color. They should be free from dirt, mold and moisture. Seeds should be small and berries plump with no caps. Caneberries with caps attached are likely immature. Berries are very perishable. Handle with a light touch and if possible, use on the day purchased. If storing, remove any damaged berries and place others in a shallow container. Cover loosely with waxed paper and refrigerate. Wash berries quickly just before using. Juices are lost if berries are left standing in water. Following is a list of berries grown in the Oregon. All can be frozen. All can be made into jam-type products, syrups, or juices and, of course, all of them are delicious eaten fresh, or made into pies and cobblers. Blends of tart and sweet berries are particularly interesting. Most of the following berries can be purchased or picked at Sandy, Oregon or The Dalles: Berry and approximate dates o f availability Aurora Blackberry (June 15- July 10)— Flavorful, shiny, black, elongated, soft, juicy berry. Has thorny trailing canes. Loganberry (June 20-July 10)—Tart, flavorful, dark red berries which are elongated, soft and juicy. Thornless delicate trailing canes with pale green foiliage. Red Raspberry (June 25-July 20)—Flavorful. Rounded to conical red berry with hollow center. Stiff upright canes. Santiam Blackberry (June 25 - Julv . 25) — Tart and flavorful. Small, shiny, black, so ft iuicv berrv. Slender very thorny trailing canes. G o ld en /y ello w raspberry (July 1-July 20)—Like red Advance state fair tickets available Oregon 4-H activities reach $3.00 each. In addition to a their climax each year with savings of 50c, each advance exhibits of handiwork and ticket sold through 4-H showing o f livestock and provides a 50c donation to the garden products at the Oregon Oregon 4-H Foundation. State Fair in Salem. This year’s The nonprofit 4-H Founda fair is August 28 through tion provides private dollar September 7. Advance discount tickets to support to the state’s largest the 1981 State Fair are being youth program. Income from sold through the Warm Springs donations and promotions Extension office located in the such as the State Fair ticket sale Old Administration building. provide the necessary private Fair goers can save 50c per money needed to make Oregon ticket by purchasing their 4-H one of the state’s most tickets in advance from 4-H. outstanding youth programs. The regular priced $3.50 tickets Call 553-1161 ext. 238 for more are good any day and sell for information. Get ready for the Great Chili Cook-off Chili-cooking talent may the team declaring why their pay off during The Great ch ili is great; (3) A theme in decoration o f the booth, Northwest Chili Cook-off to be held on October 10 at the costume and cheers must be Portland Zoo. A $500 cash maintained during the cooking prize will be awarded to the demonstration. (4) The team winning four-member team must consist of a cook and which entertains the audience three assistants. The team can best and produces the tastiest have up to 15 people in the cheering section, five of whom chili. The chili must be o f the must present a special chili authentic Texas variety with no cooking song and/ or cheer. The winning team of the beans or spaghetti, beef being the main ingredient. This is chili cook-off, besides gaining understandable since the event in cash will, have the chance to is sponsored by the Oregon attend the World Champion Journal and the Oregon Beef sh ip C h ili C o o k - o f f at Council for the benefit of the Terlingua, Texas sponsored by the Chili Appreciation Society Portland Zoo. Showmanship is a main International on the first ingredient to creating the chili Saturday in November. Registration may be made by and judges will keep that in mind during the contest. The submitting a form which can be rules for the cook-off can be obtained through the Oregon obtained from the Oregon Journal Office located at 1320 Broadway St. in Portland, Journal. They are as follows: (1) The Oregon 97201. The last day to chili must have a name and the register in August 31. Further recipe must be included: (2) A information can be obtained by .., statement must be written by calling 221-8544., raspberry, but generally milder and more crumbly. Black raspberry (also known as “Blackcap”) (July 1-July 20)— Highly flavorful, shiny, black, rounded berry with hollow center. (Often used for vegetable dye). Stiff arching thorny purple canes. Cascade blackberry (July 5- July 25)— Flavorful. Small, red, slightly soft, juicy berry. Thorny slender trailing canes. Youngberry (July 5-August 5)/B oysen b erry (July 10- A u g u st 1 0 )— L ow a c id , fla v o r fu l. L a rg e, sh in y , blackberries are both elongated and plump. Thorny, slender, light green trailing canes. Marion blackberry (July 15- August 15)—Tart, flavorful. Shiny, black, small berries. Thorny trailing canes. E v e r g r e e n b la c k b e r r y (August 15-September 15)— Low acid, a mild flavor. Shiny, black, firm, conical berry. Thornless, heavy trailing canes (wild variety has thorns). Highly indented dark green foliage. Fall-berring red raspberry (August and September)— Like July red raspberry. Hay available Those of you in need o f hay may want to check local supplies and prices before buying off the reservation. This year a number o f new plantings of hay have been establish which w ill give livestockmen an additional source of hay. Check with J.P. Patt for alfalfa and grass straw; Maxine and Mike Clements for orchard rass and clover and Buford ohnson for barley hay. None of the growers have quoted a price as yet. So you may want to check around for going rates. From all indications hay prices will be lower than last year. J Notice to horse owners: C oggins test requ ired fo r in terstate travel R ecen t ch an ges in an interstate agreement between Oregon and Washington over testing o f horses for the presence of equine infectious anemia (ElA) may affect you. Until recently, the two states had agreed that no coggins testing was necessary for transport of animals across their common boundary. That agreement is no longer in affect. This means that if you are planning to transport a horse cross the border of Washington and O r e g o n — in e a r lie r direction—your animal must have a certificate no older than six months which states that the horse is Coggins negative. The reason for the change relates to the outbreak of the disease here on the Warm Springs Reservation, where a quarantine is in effect for reservation horses and a Coggins test is required to leave the reservation. Washington state officials determined that the agreement with Oregon would no longer be in effect and ordered testing for animals entering their state, terminating the equal status a g reem en t. T h is a c tio n a u t o m a t ic a lly tr ig g e r e d Coggins testing o f horses moving both directions. Coggins testing has been r e q u ir e d fo r in t e r s t a t e shipment of horses moving both directions involving other neighboring states for several years. Testing of animals is done by c o n t r a c t in g y o u r lo c a l veterinarian, or the Extension office who will obtain a blood sample and submit it to the O r e g o n D e p a r tm e n t o f Agriculture for testing. This change in agreements is especially important to persons moving horses to and from rodeos, sales and breeding facilities. This change will remain in effect for some time. The caffeine story Take the sugar out o f my cereal, but do not touch the caffeine in my coffee! As a new hit song would say—what is the morning without “a cup of am bition?” C affeine is a member of a family of chemical compounds called Xanthines. The most common sources are: coffee, cola drinks (at present a soft drink can not be called a cola unless it contains caffeine, tea, chocolate, cocoa and ca ffein e c o n ta iin g drugs (Anacin, Excedrin, No-Doz). In line with gas guzzling, Americans comsume !4 o f the world’s coffee; per capita consumption of cola is greater then 30 gallons per year. S tu d ies sh ow th at at moderate levels of intake, ie 1-2 cups of coffee, work efficiency increases. How does this brew pry our eyes open in the morning? Within minutes of ingestion, caffeine enters all body tissues and organs. It stimulates the central nervous system, the heart muscle, gastric acid secretion and kidney • excretion; it dialates blood vessels, relaxes smooth muscles and increases the basal metabolic rate 10-25%. At high doses, over 5 cups, less beneficial symptoms may occur, such as: nervousness, irritability, insom nia, GI d is tu r b a n c e s and h eart p alpitations. T hose m ost sensitive to caffeine’s effects are: the elderly, children and a d o lescen ts,p reg n a n t and lactating women, those with heart disease, hypertension or emotional illnesses. The effect is dependent on body weight. A 12 oz cola could have the same effect on the young child as 4 cups of coffee on the adult. In pregnancy, caffeine enters the blood stream of the fetus in the same concentration as in the mother’s blood. In animal studies, the caffeine in 5-6 cups of coffee has been associated with an increase in birth defects and reduced fertility. Caffeine also appears in breast milk. S in c e th is s tim u la n t is associated with nervousness, insomnia and anxiety, people with emotional illnesses may worsen their symptoms by ingesting coffee. Individuals have been treated for anxiety when they were actually over consuming caffeine. Caffeine can supply relief from momemtarv fatigue and a good cup o f coffee is often the “high” of the day. It is still a drug however, and its use may need to be restricted to less than 200 mg per day. This is dependent on the strength of the brew, the length of time brewing and the cup size. Since 1657 coffee has been the “...little bean which, is the source of happiness and wit.” Perhaps we need to look deeper for these qualities in ourselves. Sources of Caffeine Chocolate, small — 26 mg. Cocoa, 5 oz.— 13 mg. Coffee, 5 oz—65-124 mg. Decaffinated, 5 oz.—3 Instant. 5 oz.—66 mg. Cola, 12 oz.—45-65 mg. Tea — 45 mg. Excedrin, Anacin — 32 mg. N o -D o z»— 100-200 mg.
