COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2019 | 5A
Cook’s Corner
Pet Tips
‘n’ Tales
Memorial Day is more than BBQ and picnics
By Betty Kaiser
W
hen I was a kid,
Memorial
Day
was always celebrated on
May 30. It could be any
day of the week, but tra-
dition said it had to be on
the 30th. Like most kids,
I thought of it as a no-
school day with a family
picnic at a park.
Now that I’m older and
wiser, I know it is a day to
commemorate all of the
military men and women
who died fighting for our
country’s freedom.
Originally called Dec-
oration Day, it officially
became Memorial Day by
an act of Congress in 1971
and the date was changed
to the last Monday in May.
The reason was to en-
sure that every year the
now more than 1.1 million
military deaths in a dozen
major wars would be hon-
ored by our nation.
Here in Cottage Grove,
one way we can show our
respect is by attending
the ceremony on May 26.
It begins at 11 a.m. in the
Cottage Grove Armory.
Afterwards, there is a pro-
cession that leads to Me-
morial Park at River Road
and Main Street.
Attendees walking to
the park are led by a bag-
piper, police and members
of a motorcycle club. A va-
riety of speakers address
the group and the event
concludes with a 21-gun
salute. It’s always very
touching.
Also, a few years ago, the
National Moment of Re-
membrance Act was put
into place. Please pause at
3 p.m. on Monday, May
26, for a nationwide min-
ute of silence to remem-
ber and honor those who
died.
Then, after the ceremo-
nies — because everyone
knows that most holidays
involve food — we will
all either head home for a
barbecue or to the park for
a picnic.
Today’s recipe is for a
delicious cake that has
been around since the late
1800s and was named af-
ter Confederate General
Robert E. Lee. I chose it
because it combines my
favorite lemon and orange
fillings and frostings —
yummy!
If the cake steps seem
too daunting, you could
probably use a lemon cake
mix but prepare the filling
and frosting from scratch.
It must be made the day
before eating.
Enjoy, and God bless
America!
Robert E. Lee Cake
• 2 cups flour (all-pur-
pose), sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of
tartar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking
powder
• 8 eggs, separated and
room temperature
• 2 cups sugar (granu-
lated)
• 1 tablespoon lemon
zest, grated
• 1/4 cup lemon juice,
fresh-squeezed
Lemon Filling
(See Instructions below)
• 3 tablespoons lemon
zest, grated
• 1/2 cup lemon juice,
freshly-squeezed
• 1 1/2 cups sugar (gran-
ulated)
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
Lemon-Orange Frosting
(See instructions below)
• 1/4 cup butter, room
temperature
• 1 tablespoon lemon
zest, grated
• 3 to 4 tablespoons or-
ange zest, grated
• 2 tablespoons lemon
juice, freshly-squeezed
• 6 cups powdered sug-
ar (confectioners’ sugar),
sifted
• 1/4 cup orange juice,
freshly-squeezed
ers.
7. Spread Lemon Fill-
ing between layers of
the cooled cake. To keep
cake from sliding to one
side, insert a long wood-
en skewer into the middle
and all the way to the bot-
tom. Spread Lemon-Or-
ange Frosting on sides and
top of the cake.
8. Store cake in the re-
frigerator until serving
time.
Preparation Instructions:
9. Makes 8 to 10 serv-
Preheat oven to 350 de- ings.
grees F. Grease and flour
two 9-inch cake pans.
Lemon Filling instructions:
1. In a medium bowl,
In a medium saucepan
sift together flour, cream over medium-high heat,
of tartar, and baking pow- combine lemon zest, lem-
der; set aside.
on juice, and sugar. Bring
2. In a large bowl, beat just to a boil; reduce heat
egg yolks until very thick to medium-low and sim-
and creamy. Gradually mer 5 minutes. Add butter
add sugar, a few table- and stir until it has melted.
spoons at a time, and con- Remove from heat and let
tinue beating until mix- mixture cool to room tem-
ture is smooth and pale perature.
yellow. Stir in lemon zest
When cool, beat eggs
and lemon juice; gently into the lemon-sugar mix-
fold in the flour mixture ture until well blended.
until well incorporated.
Return to heat and cook,
3. In a large bowl of stirring constantly, 10 to
your electric mixer, beat 15 minutes or until mix-
egg whites until stiff peaks ture thickens and coats a
form. Fold 1/3 of the beat- spoon.
en egg whites into the egg
Remove from heat. Cool
yolk batter, then fold in re- in refrigerator until ready
maining egg whites until to use.
no streaks remain.
4. Spoon batter into pre-
Lemon-Orange Frosting
pared cake pans. Bake ap-
instructions:
proximately 20 to 25 min-
In a medium bowl, beat
utes or until cake begins to butter until it has the ap-
pull away from sides of the pearance of thick cream.
pan. Remove from oven Beat in the lemon zest, or-
and let cool 10 minutes in ange zest, and lemon juice.
the pan.
Stir in the powdered sugar
Loosen edges with a and orange juice, a little
knife and turn out onto at a time; continue beat-
wire cooling racks to fin- ing until mixture is very
ish cooling.
smooth (stir in enough
5. Prepare the Lemon orange juice to make a
Filling and Lemon-Or- spreadable frosting).
ange Frosting.
6. When cake is com-
Betty Kaiser’s Cook’s Cor-
pletely cool, with a long- ner, call 942-1317 or email her
blade serrated knife, cut
at bchatty@bettykaiser.com
each layer horizontally in
half to make four (4) lay-
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By Mary Ellen
“Angel Scribe”
‘Paw-pet-ual’ Shedding
Angel Scribe’s cat, Myster E., displays the fur he and
his sister, Whyspurr, shed this spring! The pile has
since grown to 16” in height and contains enough fur
to create four short-haired cats!
O
ver the years, our Persians and I visited an out-of-
town friend, Syd, whose home had brown rugs. The
cat’s four-inch-long fur is white (Persians purr-pet-ually
shed like Douglas Fir trees do needles. Is this why they
are called fur trees?!)
After a few hours, Syd’s dark rugs looked like a cat-a-
gory five snow storm had blown through!
Syd declared, “You’d think they’d be bald by now!”
He was right. How can pets produce so much fur? Se-
riously — Persian fur gets up your nose, on your clothes,
between your toes and hangs on lamp shades. If you look
up, you can also see it twirling on ceiling fan blades.
This is the reason long-haired pets end up in shelters.
Their owners are not paw-pared for the hours of house-
cleaning and grooming that natural shedding creates.
As cats’ barbed tongues “wash” their coats, they swal-
low the dead fur. For this reason, there are products to
help them flush the impacting fur out of their bodies,
to paw-vent life threatening internal blockages. Our cats
like the petro-chemical-free hairball products.
“Tips ‘n’ Tales is an inspiration,” said Penny in Good-
year, Ariz. “I’ve learned so much from reading it. We
rescued a beautiful long-haired Tuxedo cat, Fuzzy, from
a shelter and he constantly sheds. His fur-bunnies hide
all over our house.” Penny explained how she had his
fur purr-fessionally clipped into a poodle cut. “It solved
the shedding and dander problems,” she continued. “He
looks adorable, loves his ‘new do’ and we do too! Fuzzy
is no longer Fuzzy, but we are all happy.”
“In the spirit of optimism, we renamed our dog and
cats’ massive shedding to ‘magical fibers of joy and love,’”
said Terri.
TIPS:
• “We use the Furminator grooming tool to thin our
cat’s and dog’s coats,” said Peter in Eugene. “We also
freeze a can of pumpkin in an ice cube tray and add a
thawed square of it to their meal to help them eliminate
consumed fur.”
• “My mother raised dogs,” said Rae. “She told me
that, ‘flax seed oil is anti-inflammatory and helps them
internally.’ She’d read that it was helpful on some kinds of
cancer when mixed with cottage cheese. Her dogs didn’t
shed as much when she started them on it and their
coats became beautiful!”
• “Our dog’s hobby is shedding,” declared Donna. “We
removed the carpeting for easier maintenance. In sum-
mer, his hair is trimmed for his comfort, but he still loves
cooling down in his little-round blue pool.”
• “Slide a comb or your fingers under a matted hairball
and cut on top of the comb/fingers,” suggested Mary in
Seattle. “Groom kittens with a toothbrush.”
• “Rubber kitchen gloves remove fur from FUR-ni-
ture,” said Erin in Texas.
• “I use a comb with rotating teeth,” said Dawn. “Dry
winter air gives our Persian static, so I spray him with a
pet oatmeal conditioning spray.”
• “A rubber broom picks up my dogs’ fur-dust-bun-
nies, or they’ll grow into rabbits!” said Adrienne in Con-
necticut. “The broom’s static electricity works like a fur
magnet. I then use a Shark vacuum and have to empty it
after every room.”
• “Our cats purr-fur being combed with the black
comb I carry in my back pocket,” said Mr. Angel Scribe.
“It does not hurt their skin. This is the only grooming
tool they love and don’t wrestle me over. We also use a
fur-minator. It catches 80 percent of the fur before it hits
the floor and breeds! In November we trim their arm pit
and tummy fur to three-quarter inches, preventing mats
from forming from the heat of their bodies.”
• “I brush my cats every single day,” said Lisa. “It keeps
the shedding down.”
• “I saw tossed-out fur at the dog park,” said Doug.
“Birds were flying away with it to fluff their nests.”
• “Our robotic vacuum collects Burley’s prolific shed-
ding,” said Barb.
• “On hot days, we wipe our cats’ fur with a wet cloth
to help cool them,” said Nicki.
• “Thanks for all the wonderful pet tips,” said Elda in
New Jersey. “Our cat loves being brushed with a lint-roll-
er. The sticky tape picks up her loose fur. She purrs,
stretches and turns over, so I can do her underside, and
she gets upset with me if I forget.”
• Margaret’s time-saving advice: “I always color coor-
dinate my decor and clothes with the dominant cat fur in
the house. This saves on lint rollers.”
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