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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1982)
Spilyay T y moo June 4, 1982 Page 7 Letters to the editor I scream, you scream, We all scream for ice cream We're being mistreated To the Editor, We still cannot make a living here on our home grounds. The non-Indians are. Our trucks are parked while theirs are w o rk in g — on o u r hom e grounds. Is this any way to treat anybody? Or just us. This is our home. This is where our families are. This is where our children were born and where we want them to be raised. This is where we are going to stay. If anyone tries to help us, theirjobis threatenend. There’s only so much anybody can take. Some people may take this the wrong way, but asinine ignorance isn’t an excuse. As long as one knows where their bread-n-butter is, they could care less about where anyone else’s is. W e n e e d h e lp . A nd understanding. From who? The general public—the rest of you duly enrolled members of our tribal community. Ask questions to which you need answers. And don’t stop asking u n til y o u ’re c o m p le te ly answered. We’ve been asking the same questions for eight years, now. My husband has been in business for sixteen years. W e sfeemed to h a v e by Marsha Shewczyk Old time ice cream was made committed political suicide up of simply cream, sugar and when we stepped on the wrong flavorings. Now there are over person’s toes by standing up for 1200 fla v o rin g s , c o lo rs , what we believed in and still do. stabalizers and emulsifiers That we are requesting—even a v a ila b le to com m ercial demanding—our tenure via producers of ice cream. There is our birthright. But because of no such thing as plain old ice our own stratified society—and cream unless, of course, you b e c a u se o f th e c u r r e n t decide to make your own at subnormal economic situation home. of our particular industries’ Ice cream or what was business—we have to stay on known originally as water ices our home grounds to work. We cannot neglect our loan were known as far back in time obligations to our Credit as thè Roman empire; Marco department indefinitely. We Polo was supposed to have have signed our names to brought the recipe for milk ices contracts for loans on our from the far east. equipment. To be slow or late Centuries later chefs in paying, we are in default of our contract. Our situation should European courts experimented never have materialized. But it with ice cream recipes and tried to keep the secret just for the did. We would appreciate any nobility. Somehow the secret and all forms of support: got out. morally, physically, politically, The commercial production ethically, philosophically. of ice cream became successful We mean no harm to anyone. We request our unfair at the discovery that salt mixed treatment to be justified. We with ice produced a lower cannot do it alone. All of us temperature than ice alone. here are already unified by our Mechanical refrigeration in the birth-right. Can we not also be late 19th century assisted in the unified to advocate honorable growth of the ice cream purpose to the power structure industry. of our community? Cream and milk products Sincerely. make up 80% of ice cream. Wilma Picard Commercial ice creams include s t a b a liz e r s a lo n g w ith sweeteners. Letters to Sr. Citizens To the Senior Citizens, Dear Folks, Today the fifth grade classes enjoyed a field trip to Webster Flat to dig roots—as a learning process for those new to it, and hopefully to help them see, first-hand, how their ancestors collected food. Moreover to discover an area of their heritage they will soon be responsible for in keeping old knowledge and traditions alive. They wished to share their finds with you. Sincerely, Michael McGinnis, Denver Sensibaugh, Earl Lawson Fifth grade teachers Dear Old Folks, Hi! We are giving you some roots to eat. We want you to be All states and some cities set happy and eat them, O.K.? Don’t you remember us? We’re the minimum legal require the fifth graders from the ments for ice cream. In all ice W arm S p rin g s , O re g o n cream there is butterfat or cream which is the dominant Elementary School. We hope you eat these roots ingredient. The better tasting because we do not want you to ice creams generally have more die and leave this world butterfat. forever. We care for you a lot. As a sweetener sugar is used. More than a lot, too. However, some ice creams use So, please, people, eat corn syrup as a substitute them. We care and love you because it is cheaper. We don’t want you to die and leave the world. T h e th i r d im p o r t a n t Sincerely, ingredient in commercial ice AH fifth grade classroom cream are stabalizers and emulsifiers. Because of the necessity to store and ship Dear Old Folks, packaged ice creams these are We want you to have all of a d d e d . S ta b a liz e r s a re vegetable gums and alginates. these roots. These minimize the growth of Love, crystals so the ice creams feels Pearl Wyman sm o o th in th e m o u th . Fifth grader Stablizers also keep it from melting rapidly. Emulsifiers contribute to the smoothness of ice cream and aid in whipping air into the ice cream. Emulsifiers can give the impression of high butterfat Toe Ness Tom asked Bill: “Do you think anyone can predict the future with cards?” Bill said, “My mother can. She took one look at my report card and told me exactly what would happen wnen my iauici gui home.” YIKES!!! SS SS SS A car representative to owner: “For $100, We’ll make it like new again. For $300, we’ll make it run.” YIKES!!! content so for economic considerations they are often used by ice cream producers. Som e ice cream s are naturally flavored. Some are completely artificial and some are a little of both. The package labeling will indicate how the ice cream is flavored. The more expensive naturally flavored vanilla ice cream will be labeled “vanilla” while other means of flavoring will be indicated by la b e ls re a d in g “ v a n illa fla v o re d ” or “ a rtific ia lly flavored vanilla.” One-half cup of vanilla ice cream contains 140 calories. Other nutrients include 2.3 grams of protein, 8.8 mg calcium, 67 mg phosphorus, 0.17 mg riboflavin, vitamin A, vitamin C, 7.9 g fat, 15.9 g carbohydrates and 42 mg sodium. Recipe for homemade vanilla ice cream 2 eggs and 2 additional yokes 6 tablespoons sugar 1 3% cups milk 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup heavy cream Beat the eggs and extra yolks with the sugar until smooth and thick. Heat the milk to scalding point, then pour it into the eggs, beating all the time. Strain into the top of a double boiler and stir over a gentle heat until thickened. Chill. Add the vanilla extract and fold in the lightly whipped cream. Turn into an ice cream paddler or ice trays. In the latter case, beat three times at 30 minute intervals during freezing. The ice cream will set in 2 hours. SUBSCRIPTION TO SPILYAY TYMOO j If the shoe fits, it’s the wrong color, and it’s not the one on sale, : either. YIKES!!! SS SS SS MESSY BUT GOOD—/ce cream is a treat on hot summer days. It makes those hot days seem a little cooler. But even on cool days it tastes good. Spilyay Tymoo photo b y Shewzczyk SEND SUBCRIPTION TO SPILYAY TYMOO P.O. Box 735 WARM SPRINGS, OR 97761 | NAME_____________________________ _______________- ____ : ADDRESS_________________________ ____ — -------------------------- \ C IT Y _ ____________________ STATE_______ SS SS SS A real friend is someone who takes a winter vacation on a sun drenched beach and doesn’t send a card. YIKÉSÜ! SS SS SS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ONE YEAR $6.00 Inflation: That’s when something you bought a few years ago for : $5 now costs $10 to repair it. 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