Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
December 23. 1992 PAGE 7
Be a responsible host when
If alcohol is included in your holi
day party, be a responsible party
giver, urges Norma Simpson, Or
egon State University Extension
agent in Warm Springs.
"Persons serving drinks to guests
in their homes have almost the same
legal liability as commercial estab
lishments serving alcohol," accord
Questions answered about holiday turkey safety
By Norma Simpson
Before Thanksgiving I was
swamped with questions about turkey
preparation and safety from Warm
Springs residents.
Q. I' ve had a turkey in the freezer
since last Christmas. Is it still safe to
cat?
A. ! called the Duttcrball Turkey
Talk I lotlinc ( 1 -800-323848) to get
the home economists response. If
the freezer is working well, and the
turkey has not been thawed and re
frozen, the turkey is safe to cook and
cat for one year.
Q. How early should I take the
turkey from the freezer to thaw?
A. A 24 pound turkey should b e
taken out of the freezer 3 days before
it is to be cooked, and placed in a
refrigerator. When I told the Butter
ball home economist that was not
practical for most people to put the
turkey in the refrigerator she said it
would be okay to put the bird in an
ice chest indoors it the lid was shut.
Another option is to put it in two
paper bags in a cool part of the house
out of reach of pets. Be sure to put a
metal tray or baking pan under the
bird because it will perspire and
perhaps leak blood and juice if the
plastic is torn. If it is not thawed
enough to get the neck and giblets
out of the cavity, run cool water over
the bird in the bag until you can get
the legs apart
Q. Why is it important to wash
your hands after handling the frozen
turkey?
Poultry, like turkey and chicken,
can be a breeding ground for Salmo
nella, one of the bacteria that causes
severe stomach upscL It's normally
on the surface of the skin, and can
easily get onto your hands. Then you
can spread the bacteria to other
uncooked foods, like fruits and fresh
Brighten Grandma's spirits this.
Christmas season with new clothes
By Norma Simpson
In a community like Warm
Springs, everyone has contact with
an older person. Some are no longer
able to get out of the house because
of the cold weather.
Brighten their spirits with some
cheerful clothing. It will enhance their
mental and physical well-being. Es
pecially if that person recently retired
from a busy life. This time of retire
ment may give them the feeling that
they don't have to "spruce up" any
more. But the retirement time may
lead to depression for both men and
women. If their lives suddenly seem
bleak, they may go into deeper and
deeper depression.
Family members, who don't buy
new clothes for an older relative be
cause he or she might not wear them
very long, are doing no favor for that
older relative. It doesn't matter how
long the clothes will be worn. New
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By Bob Pawelek
OSU Extension Agent
Livestock and Range
The Hard Way
Have you ever seen that TV com
mercial for bathroom tissue in which
the determined little girl uses the
tissues for football pads? Around
about the third time that my feet flew
out from under me on the ice, I de
cided it was time to take some action.
I'm now fully prepared for an inevi
table fourth crash landing, with a roll
or two stashed in some strategic lo
cations. Lots of new experiences for me.
For instance, I learned how the stringy
bark of big sagebrush was used for
weaving moccasins. And, what a
wonderful, spicy flavor it gives to
smoked meats. Good thing it was
chicken that I had on the pit the first
time., though. That's when I mistook
bitterbrush for iL
Now I know to park a little farther
away from the side of the house. This
lesson was courtesy of the avalanche
ing to Alice Mills Morrow, OSU
Extension Family Economics Spe
cialist. There arc criminal penalties for
serving alcohol to minors and intoxi
cated persons. Party hosts may be
held liable if a drunken guest should
cause injury or death to others after
leaving the party.
As you plan your party, think
vegetables.
Salmonella is a stubborn bacteria,
but it is destroyed by heat. However,
because it is stubborn, it's spores
will grow again once the turkey starts
to cool. As soon as the meal is over,
put the leftovers in the refrigerator or
a cold protected part of the garage
away from animals. If you use the ice
chest, be sure it is washed with hot
soap water.
Q. The dressing always runs out
before the rest of the turkey is eaten.
How come your turkey had so much
dressing?
A. My family likes plenty of
dressing. But we know it must be
eaten within two days. So we make
about 8 cups of toasted bread crumbs,
3 onions, 6-8 stalks of sliced celery,
poultry seasoning and 1-2 cups of
turkey broth made by boiling the
giblets. Salt the cavity of the bird
before you lightly stuff it. Put the rest
of the dressing in another pan or
wrap in foil to cook outside the tur
key. Eat the dressing from inside the
turkey first. Freeze the other dressing
to cat later.
Q. I hate to get up early to put the
turkey in the oven so I stuff the bird
A voiceless little angel bakes the first
It was late on December 24th, and
all Heaven was bustling with last
minute preparations. Billowing
clouds were getting into formation,
the stars were polished to their
twinkling brightest, and the angels'
choir was completing its final re
hearsal. Everyone was too busy to
pay attention to a tiny angel sitting
dejectedly on an equally tiny rain
cloud.
Misty had a cold. Her voice was
hoarse too hoarse, the choir di
rector said to join in the singing so
carefully planned for this most glo
rious of all nights. "You'd better stay
clothing boosts the self-confidence
of the elder and keeps them in touch
with the youngsters in the family.
Buying new clothes that make them
look good and feel good is as impor
tant as buying new glasses when the
person needs them.
Perhaps if they spend a lot of time
in a wheel chair, they could have a
bright Pendleton blanket, cut in half
to cover their legs so it is warm but
not too heavy. Strips of velcro could
hold the sides together around the
legs to keep from dragging the blan
ket on the floor or getting caught in
the wheels.
Make a cape of the other half, to
cover their shoulders when they go
outside. Strips of velcro could make
the cape stay in place around their
arms yet easy to slip on the person as
they go out the door.
Please share other gift ideas to
brighten the life of our elders.
of snow from my roof that buried my truck last week.
1993 Programming
OSU Extension Livestock program planning for 1993 is currently under
way. We want your input. Choose 10 programs from the list below that you
would like to see presented in the area of livestock production. Bring to the
OSU Warm Springs Extension office at 1 1 1 0 Wasco St., or mail it to PO Box
430, Warm Springs.
Select 10 livestock topics that interest you.
Visual selection of beef cattle
Celling started in the business
Q Breeds if cattle
Body condition scoring
Biological cycle of the cow
Calving seasons
Branding and processing
Breeding season
Management of young calves
Weaning
Replacement heifers
Wintering
Livestock psychology
USDA grading standards
Selecting and judging horses
Breeds of horses
Horse health
Feeding horses
Horse management practices
Feedingfinishing horses
Other topics:
Your Name
Address
Phone
Please complete by January 15. Thanks for helping us plan your 1993
livestock program.
serving alcohol at your party
carefully about il and how you will
serve alcohol.
"If your party includes minors,
the easiest solution is not to serve
alcohol," Morrows says. "If you do
serve alcohol, make sure the minors
don't drink."
"Responsible" hosts will plan a
social evening and not a "drinking
the night before. Is that a good prac
tice?
A. Don't stuff the bird the night
before. The bird's cavity insulates
the stuffing from cold temperatures
needed to keep the bird and stuffing
safe to cat. The warm temperature of
the dressing is ideal for bacteria to
grow in the bird even though it is in
the refrigerator.
Instead, boil the giblets the day
before. Cool them enough to slice
and then boil the mixture for 10
minutes more to kill any bacteria that
you added from your hands. Put the
broth in the refrigerator, also have
the toasted bread crumbs, onions,
celery and perhaps mushrooms sliced
and stored in packets ready to mix
together just before you stuff the
turkey. That way you can sleep in
one more hour.
Q. I like to cook my turkey all
night. Is there anything wrong with
putting the turkey on 2S0 degrees
when the bird is stuffed?
A. Cooking the bird below 325
degrees Fahrenheit permits the bird
and stuffing to stay between 40 and
140 degrees long enough to allow
bacteria to multiply.
home in Heaven and rest," the direc
tor told her. "That way you'll surely
be ready to sing for the visit of Magi."
Misty watched the clouds, each
one puffed full of importance, swoop
up to the main gate and race through.
She blinked when the stars turned
their switches to high beam. She lis
tened with sorrow to the roar of wings
as the angel choir headed for
Bethlehem.
Her halo askew, her wings droop
ing, her heart hearting, Misty sat and
tied and untied the tassels of her
golden belt. When an angel was too
sick to sing a welcome to the Christ
Child, what could she do? Weave
him a blanket of warm sunbeams,
decorate his pillow with star dust,
bake him an angel cake? No, He
should have a very first, and a very
best of something.
With a hoarse little "Ha!" of de
light, Misty righted her halo,
scrambled off her little rain cloud
and headed for the kitchen. Tying a
patch of blue sky around her waist as
an apron, she literally flew about
gathering ingredients - cloud soft
flour, golden eggs, a dipperful of
Milky Way. There was the whir of
beaters, the plunk of a rolling pin, the
dot, dot, dot, sound of the cooking
cutter. Out into the sun to bake went
the largest cookie ever made.
While her present for the Christ
Child baked, Misty polished her halo
and brushed the last traces of flour
from her wings. Humming happily
to herself, she picked up her present
and set her compass for Earth. Down,
down through the winter blackness
she flew, past the sun, through the
stars and under the stretched out
clouds. Guided by theexultant voices
of the angel choir, Misty never lost
her way at all. She flew straight to the
Inn at Bethlehem.
Misty glided to a stop at the en
Familyfarm finances
Finance principles
Budgets and budgeting
Bull soundness and management
Artificial insemination
Shortening the calving season
Pregnancy checking
Shortening the breeding season
Range plant identification
Range improvement
Grazing systems
Vaccines and their use
Animal health program
Genetics
EPD's and sire summaries
Beef cow nutrition requirements
Ration balancing
Hay management
Marketing cattle
Market trends
'my, Morrow noics. I nis means
laving some Tun activities planned
and serving snacks to slow down the
consumption.
Plan the kind of drinks you will
serve. For instance, a punch with a
smaller amount of liquor may be
better than spirits on the rocks. Above
all, have drinks without alcohol
available, such as coffee, cider, fruit
and vegetable juices or soft drinks.
"Never insist that someone drink
alcohol and most important, help the
pregnant women not drink. Keep the
circle strong," said Simpson.
If a guest has had too much to
drink.subsututca nonalcoholic drink.
Decide in advance when the party
will end and then stop serving alco
hol about an hour before the end.
Serve food and coffee, but remember
it won't sober up a person who is
drunk. Sobering up cannot be done
quickly.
"Guests have a responsibility for
their own behavior, too," says Mor
row. "When you and your family
members arc guests at someone's
house, act responsibly monitor
your alcohol intake and have a sober
designated driver to get you home
safely."
Make harvest wreath from yard, roadside or garden
In the late autumn, backyards, lo
cal fields and country roadsides arc
full of colorful materials to make a
festive harvest wreath, says Ray
McNcilan, Oregon State University
(OSU) Extension home gardening
agent.
A cheerful wreath can be easily
put together at home with materials
Christmas cookie
trance to the stable, suddenly afraid
to go in. She saw an infant in the
manger, a woman kneeling nearby.
Overcome with awe, but still deter
mined to welcome the Christ Child,
Misty hung her star cookie on a
horseshoe nai led over the stable door.
As she did, the Child stirred in his
sleep and smiled. The angels stopped
singing, a sacred hush went over the
world and the manger was filled with
a brilliant light which spilled through
the doorway, making the sugar crys
tals of Misty's cookie twinkle radi
antly. Her head bowed, Misty's heart
sang the words her voice could not.
Through the centuries, as the story
of Christmas has been told and re
told, there are those who talk of the
brilliant star in the East which guided
the Wise Men to Bethlehem. There
are others who say the star was really
a cookie - the only present a voiceless
little angel could bring to the Christ
Child.
Misty's Cookies
34 cup butter
12 cup sugar
legg
,2 14 cup flour
12 tsp. vanilla
12 tsp. almond flavor
1 cup fine grated coconut
Light cream
additional sugar
Cream butter, add sugar, beat un
til light and fluffy. Add egg and beat
well. Add flour, small amount at a
time mixing thoroughly. Blend in
vanilla, almond flavor and coconut.
Divide dough in half, and wrap in
wax paper. Chill 30 minutes. Roll
dough 12 inch thick. Cut with star or
other cookie cutters. Place on
ungreased cookie sheet. Brush top
with light cream and sprinkle gen
erously with sugar. Bake about 6
minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Merry Christmas
Prepare now for
Warm Springs OSU Extension
office will present a calving school
for Warm Springs producers on Sat
urday, February 13, 1993 at the
Norstar Cattle Company near
Willowdalc.
Dr. Don Hansen, Extension Vet
erinarian and Dr Bill Zollinger, Ex
tension Beef Specialist for OSU, will
be here to present the program.
This school will be a hands on
learning experience designed to teach
the novice and expert. The class will
be limited to ten students so all par
ticipants can be involved. Registra
tions will be taken on a first received,
frist enrolled basis.Therc will be a
registration fee of S20 to cover ex
penses. Topics include: Emphasis: Hands
on experience.
Morning discussions include:
Third-trimester management and
nutrition; Sire selection based on data
from records (EPD); Health programs
pre-brecding to third trimester; The
Birthing function - identifying mem
branes and fluids; calving equipment
and it's proper use; Handling abnor
mal presentations (Dystocia, pulling
and proper assistance).
Noon: bring a sack lunch.
Afternoon discussions will be:
Post-calving management; Special
handling of first calving heifers;
Happy Holidays to you and yours!
Special thoughts for special people and 4-H'ers...
To: 4-H'ers, parents and the 4-11 leaders
From: CarolStevens, Crystal WinLshut,ArleneBoileau,Varm Springs
411 staff.
You are becoming the most positive and enthusiastic persons around
Warm Springs....
You are all focusing on making things belter, not bigger.
You leave everything a little better than you found it.
You are taking charge of your attitude, and not letting anyone else choose
it for you.
You learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
You are becoming all this and more. Have a very joyous Christmas and
an outstanding 1993.
At this time we have the following 4-H Clubs, and their leaders:
4-HBeadwork,MyraShawaway;4-HBa.skctballCirls.FostcrKalama;4-II
Basketball Boys. Melvin Tcwcc; 4-H Search & Rescue, Keith Baker; 4-H
Beginning Cooking, Liz Blann; 4-H Expressive Art, Art McConnvillc.
Please check with your leader to sec if you arc meeting through the
holidays.
Watch this page for the dates of the 1993 Wilderness Enrichment Camp.
you gather yourself. For each 12-
inch wreath, collect about a laundry
basket full of plant materials. Snip
off branches full of rose hips, sage
brush, juniper, large evergreen leaves
such as rhododendron or camellia,
colored leaves, perennial herbs and
evergreen boughs. Collect golden
seed pods, nuts, cones and dried
grasses. Tiny gourds, baby corn or
pumpkins can be store-bought to add
eye catching accents.
Wreath bases can be purchased or
made. Craft or hobby stores sell
wreath bases of plastic foam, com
pressed hay, grape vine or wood
twigs. Many beginning wreath
makers prefer the plastic foam wreath
Funny things I learned
With all the parties and holiday cel
ebrations, you may have had more
heartburn than usual. The rich foods,
large meals and alcoholic beverages
may be the cause. But in the USA some
10 of the people suffer from heart
bum each day . If you arc one of them,
perhaps these tips wil I help you through
the last few day s of 1 992. The December
issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter
focasscd on die intestines, but the article
on "Avoiding Holiday Heartburn" drew
my attention.
We all recognize the "stuffed"
feeling, when our eyes seem larger
than our bellies. We stretched the
stomach more than we normally do.
When we do that, then we put pressure
on the opening from the esophagus in to
the stomach. The esophageal sphincter
(the opening) helps keep food in your
stomach.
The situation is even worse if you
drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, eat
fatty foods, chocolate or spearmint and
pcppcrmintcandics.Whcnlhcopening
is relaxed, the foods in the stomach can
go uphill. Unfortunately that food is
mixed with strong acid from the
stomach which bites at the walls of the
esophagus. OUCH!
February 13 calving school
Health programs-third trimesterfol
lowing calving; Calving barn facili
ties, chutes, etc.; Getting them bred
back on schedule.
NOTE: We will stop classroom
r
OSU
Calving School
February 13, 1993
Norstar Cattle Co, Willowdale
Name
Address
Phone:
(Home)
Registration $20 per person.
Total Amount Enclosed
Rockln'4-H Club
Warm Springs Extension Service
PO Box 430
Warm Springs, OR 97761
Return registration form and check no later than February 3.
Information provided by:
Warm Springs OSU
Extension Office
1110 Wasco Street
553-3238
bases, because wire hairpins can be
inserted into the foam to attach the
flatter plant materials like sprigs and
leaves. If you start with a grapevine
or twig wreath base, attach materials
with a quick dry ing plastic glue from
a heated glue gun.
Start by covering your wreath base
with flatter materials like leaves,
boughs and herb branches of rose
hips, juniper berries and dried flower
heads by gluing or pinning. Then
accent the wreath with larger mate
rials like nuts and gourds. Allow glue
to dry before hanging your work of
art. The wreath will last several
months, but will be at its brightest for
the first few days after you make il
today: Holiday Heartburn
Then if you lay down for a snooze,
or sprawled on the sofa watching the
football games, the mixture from the
stomach doesn't even have to run up
hill. And you have real heartburn.
Be smart Beat the Heartburn with
these health tips.
1. Eat smaller meals, savor every
bite as you chew the food well.
2. Wear loose clothes so that the
tight belt, girdle or waistband can not
cause heartburn.
3. Wait two or three hours after
eating before lying down....be brave
and do the dishes for the cooks who
have slaved all day to prepare the food.
4. Use an over-the-counter antacid
after meals and before bedtime. Not
only can the antacid relieve the symp
toms of heartburn, it can help prevent
the symptoms.
5. Elevate the head of your bed by 4
6 inches. This helps keep stomach acid
in your stomach where it belongs.
I tried to soften the bio w about what
you have to do to escape the Holiday
Heartburn. Hopeldidn'tspoil the Warm
Springs festivities as well. Happy
Holidays to everyone.
By Norma Simpson
presentations whenever a heifer starts
to calve. Discussions will be held on
emergency situations as they arise.
Come prepared for any kind of
weather.
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