6A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL August 31, 2016
Cook's Corner
Peaches: Summer on a plate or in a jar
BY BETTY KAISER
For the Sentinel
to eat your fi ll of fresh Oregon peaches!
PEACH AND
CHEESE BLINTZES
W
ell, dear readers, when last we
met, I was knee-deep in zucchini.
And yes, we still have massive amounts of
zucchini in Chuck’s garden patch. Our bel-
lies are full of casseroles and the freezer is
full of zucchini bread. I even discovered a
new way to prepare it as a side dish: I slice
and pan-fry it with potatoes and onions! It
is delicious served with applesauce.
Friends and neighbors are now sharing
in the zucchini bounty, and I have moved
on to peaches. I no longer do the massive
amount of canning that I used to do. This
I quit canning apricots and that led to no
longer making jam or jelly. Well, that’s not
quite true. I still made strawberry freezer
jam. But that’s so easy it hardly counts.
So far this season I have only canned
green beans and peaches. Still to come are
tomatoes, marinara sauce and applesauce.
But I digress. Back to the peaches. My
favorite canning peach is Suncrest. They
are semi-cling, have a bright almost tangy
taste with a ruby red center that lends color
to the jars in the cupboard.
Josh, our 13-year old grandson, begs to
differ with my choice. He and his mom
were visiting when we went out to Deter-
ing’s to pick up the peaches. Our choices
included Arctic Supreme, Suncrest and
Veterans. But Josh and Betsy loved the
New Improved Elbertas. So we bought a
small box of Elbertas for eating and a big
box of Suncrests for canning.
I must say that it makes my heart happy
just to see all those jars of peaches lined
up in the canning cupboard. They are sun-
shine in a jar. This year I also tried slicing,
sugaring and freezing a few bags. We shall
see how that works out. And of course, we
have had our fair share of peach cobbler.
Today’s recipes are perfect if you have
company and are craving something a little
different to add to your recipe fi le. If you’re
having friends over for morning coffee, try
the Raspberry-Peach muffi ns. The recipe
calls for a sprinkling of Demerara sugar.
It’s basically a large grained light brown
sugar. Feel free to make substitutions.
The Peach and Cheese Blintzes would
make a great after-dinner dessert treat.
There are three parts to the recipe: crepes,
fi lling and topping. They are not diffi cult
to make so don’t freak out! If the guys at
the Junction City Scandinavian Festival do
it you can too!
So, enjoy summer’s bounty and be sure
Serves 10-12
Crepe Batter
1 Cup fl our
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon sugar
3 eggs
2 Tablespoons margarine, melted (cooled)
1 1/3 cups milk,
1 teaspoon vanilla
Peach and Cheese Filling
8 ounces cream cheese
4 ounces cottage cheese
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
Grated rind of 1/4 orange
Grated rind of 1/2 lemon
1/2 C fresh peach slices, diced
3-4 drops lemon fl avoring
10 Crepes (recipe below)
1 cup peach slices
2 teaspoons cornstarch
2 drops lemon fl avoring
1. Crepes
Mix all ingredients in a blender until bat-
ter is smooth.
Heat small (8-inch) fry pan over medium
heat.
Place 1 teaspoon oil or margarine in pan
and continue heating until hot enough to
make a drop of water sizzle
Pour 1/4 cup of batter into the hot pan.
Tip the pan so the batter spreads over the
bottom of the pan.
When the underside of the crepe is lightly
browned turn it over and lightly brown
other side. Remove crepes from pan and
place on paper plate until all are cooked.
2. Peach and Cheese Filling
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Mix cheeses, sugar, zests, lemon fl avor-
ing and diced peaches. Spread each crepe
with about 1 1/2 T. of the cream cheese
mixture. Roll up like a jelly roll. Place
blintzes on a cooking sheet and bake in a
400 degree oven for 10 minutes.
3. Peach Topping
2 cups all-purpose fl our
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup fi rmly packed light-brown sugar
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking
powder
1/2 teaspoon table salt
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted but-
ter, melted and cooled, plus more for pan
3/4 cup whole or 2% milk
1/4 cup sour cream
2 large eggs
Zest and juice from 1 lemon
Zest from 1/2 orange
6 ounces raspberries
3/4 cup fresh or frozen sliced peaches,
thawed, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
Demerara sugar, for sprinkling (optional)
Preheat your oven to 400° and set a rack
to the middle position. Line the cups of
a standard 12-cup muffi n pan with paper
liners or grease them lightly with butter.
In a large bowl, whisk together the fl our,
cornmeal, sugars, baking powder, and
salt. In a medium-size bowl, whisk to-
gether the butter, milk, sour cream, eggs,
lemon zest, lemon juice, and orange zest.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry
ingredients, and stir, just until combined.
Gently fold in the raspberries and peaches
until mixed throughout.
Divide the batter evenly among the
prepared muffi n cups and sprinkle with
demerara sugar, if using. Bake until
lightly golden, about 25 minutes. Let cool
slightly before unmolding.
Keep it simple and keep it seasonal! Bet-
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DanceAbility International is
offering mixed-abilities dance
classes in Cottage Grove. Dur-
ing the classes a Certifi ed
DanceAbility Teacher guides
participants through creative
movement games that build ca-
maraderie, physical awareness
and expressive capabilities.
Attendees who cannot see or
hear are welcome, as are people
in power wheelchairs, people
with mental disabilities, experi-
enced dancers without disabili-
ties, etc., as classes are always
designed for FULL inclusion.
In Cottage Grove, the class fee
is $80 per eight-week session
(full and partial scholarships
available). For information or to
register visit www.danceability.
com or call 541-357-4982. The
fall session runs Sept. 29–Nov.
17 from 5-6 p.m. at the Opal
Center, 513 Main St., in Cottage
Grove.
Head start seeks
families
Head Start of Lane County is
looking to provide families with
preschoolers ages 3-5 with free
preschool this year.
Those interested can learn
more about what is available by
calling Mycena at Head Start
of Lane County, 221 B Street,
Springfi eld, OR 97477 | (541)
747-2425.
Tomato Tasting
with CG Garden
Club
Having a tasty tomato season?
Want to show off your harvested
goodies? Interested in sampling
veggie varieties for next year’s
garden?
September’s Garden Club
meeting takes place Tuesday,
Sept. 6 at 7 p.m., and guests are
encouraged to bring their veggie
and fruit samples and/or taste
buds.
Keaton exhibit
held over
“Keaton and The General in
The Grove,” an exhibit celebrat-
ing the 90th anniversary of the
fi lming of Buster Keaton’s silent
fi lm masterpiece “The General”
in Cottage Grove, will remain
on exhibit at the Cottage Grove
Museum, 147 N. H St., Cottage
Grove, through the end of 2016.
The exhibit focuses on high-
lights from the museum’s col-
lection of original photographs
taken on the set of the fi lming of
The General in and around Cot-
tage Grove in 1926.
“We want to make sure those
who weren’t able to see the ex-
hibit during the 90th anniver-
sary celebration in August have
ample opportunity to visit the
museum and learn about what it
was like during the summer of
1926, when Cottage Grove truly
became the Hollywood of Ore-
gon,” said museum board presi-
dent Becky Venice. “These are
one-of-a-kind photographs that
are easily recognizable as being
taken in Cottage Grove, and we
are thrilled to be able to fi nally
share them with our visitors,”
Venice said.
Hours for the exhibit are Sat-
urday–Sunday from 1-4 p.m.
Admission is free.
For information, contact:
Cottage Grove Museum Board
President Becky Venice at 541-
942-4269 or b_bvenice@msn.
org., or Cottage Grove Museum
Coordinator Tara Sue Hughart
at 541-968-2254 or tarasuehu-
ghart99@gmail.com.
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RASPBERRY PEACH
MUFFINS
DanceAbility
classes
Topping can be prepared in advance
Patton’s Country Gardens
or while crepes are cooking. In a small
saucepan, combine remaining peach
slices, cornstarch and lemon fl avoring.
Cook over low heat until mixture thick-
ens. Spoon over the blintzes. Makes
10-12 crepes. Store leftovers in an airtight
container in the refrigerator.
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$110 per year
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DRAIN:
Gateway Family Fellowship
Church of the Nazarene
337 “C” St. Drain, OR
Sunday School 9:30am
Worship 10:45am
Living Hope Free Lunch
Wed. at 12:30pm
541-836-7051 www.drainnaz.org
HOPE U.M.C.
131 W “A” St. Drain, OR
541-315-1617
Pastor: Lura Kidner-Miesen
Bible Study: 10:45am
Potluck Lunch: Noon
Worship: 12:45pm
COTTAGE GROVE:
6th & Gibbs Church of Christ
195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822
Pastor: Aaron Earlywine
Youth & Families Pastor: Seth Bailey
Services: 9am and 10:30am
Christian Education
Nursery for pre-k - 3rd Grade
www.6thandgibbs.com
Calvary Baptist Church
77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290
Pastor: Riley Hendricks
Sunday School: 9:45am
Worship: 11:00am
The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm
Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm
Calvary Chapel Cottage Grove
1447 Hwy 99 (Village Plaza)
541-942-6842
Pastor: Jeff Smith
Two Services on Sun: 9am & 10:45am
Youth Group Bible Study
Child Care 10:45am Service Only
www.cgcalvary.org
Church of Christ
420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565
Sunday Service: 10:30am
Cottage Grove Bible Church
1200 East Quincy Avenue
541-942-4771
Pastor:Bob Singer
Worship 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
AWANA age 3-8th Grade,
Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm
www.cgbible.org
Cottage Grove Faith Center
33761 Row River Rd. • 541-942-4851
Lead Pastor: Isaac Hovet
www.cg4.tv
Summer Schedule: Sunday Service 10am
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Covered Bridge Nazarene Church
152 S. M St.
541-942-4422
Pastor: Cindy Slaymaker
Sunday School: 9:30am
Worship 10:30am
Delight Valley
Church of Christ
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
541-942-7711
Pastor: Bob Friend
Two Services:
9am - Classic in the Chapel
10:30am - Contemporary in the
Auditorium
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St • 541-942-4479
Pastor: Karen Hill
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
www.cgpresbynews.com
Grove Community Church
77820 Mosby Creek Rd.
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
541-942-0123
Pastor: Bryan Parsons
Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Nursery: Infant - Pre-K
Kidʼs Church: K to 5th grade
Hope Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
100 S. Gateway Blvd. • 541-942-2061
Pastor: Dave Bragg
Worship: 11:00am Sunday
Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday
www.hopefellowshipupc.com
“FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE”
Living Faith Assembly
467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612
Pastor Rulon Combs
Sunday School All Ages 9am
Worship & Childrenʼs
Church 10:00 am
Sat Evening Service 6:00pm
Youth 180 Mondays 5:30-8pm
Non-Denominational
Church of Christ
1041 Pennoyer Ave * 541-767-0447
Preachers: Tony Martin & Robert Evans
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm
www.pennoyeravecoc.com
Old Time Gospel Fellowship
103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999
Pastor: Jim Edwards
Sunday Service: 10:00am
Join us in Traditional
Christian Worship
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
and St. Philip Benizi
Catholic Churches
1025 N. 19th St.
541-942-3420 / 541-942-4712
Pastor: Roy L. Antunez, S.J.
Euch. Liturgies; Sat. 5:30pm
Sun. 10:30am
St. Philip Benizi, Creswell:
552 Holbrock Lane • 541-895-8686
Sunday: 8:30am
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050
Rev. Lawrence Crumb
“Church with the fl ags.”
Worship: Sunday 10:30am
All Welcome
Seventh-day Adventist Church
820 South 10th Street
541-942-5213
Pastor: Kevin Miller
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40 am
Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church
6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
Pastor: James L. Markus
Sunday School & Adult Education 9:15am
Sundway Worship 10:30 am
Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur
5:00pm TLC Groups
tlccg.com
United Methodist Church
334 Washington • 541-942-3033
Pastor:Lura Kidner-Miesen
Worship: 10:30am
Comm. Dinner (Adults $5, Kids Free)
2nd & 3rd Monday 5-6:00pm
cottagegroveumc.org
“VICTORY” Country Church
913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913
Pastor: Barbara Dockery
Worship Service: 10:00am
Message:
11:00am
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