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Cottage Grove Sentinel Community B1 THURSDAY | AUGUST 13, 2020 Betty Kaiser: Cook’s Corner Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales FLASHBACK: Peach canning in full swing Betty Kaiser (This column originally ran Aug. 7, 2018) L ast week I was out at Deter- ing Orchards in Harrisburg to pick up some peaches for can- ning. Just one box of peaches and a few ears of corn for dinner. The lady being checked out ahead of me was a different story. She had big boxes and bags of berries, green beans, peaches, plums and everything else that wasn’t nailed down. It took two shopping carts to get her inventory to the car. Obviously, she was a serious canner. I am a selectively lazy canner. Canning is hard work and I do as little as possible. Pioneer wom- en were amazing. There were no grocery stores to run to for a can of pears if you didn’t put them up the previous summer They were smart, thrifty and tired after working together to process hundreds of cans of meat, fruit and vegetables. We are so blessed. I learned to can (in jars) back in the late 1970s thanks to my neighbor Sallie in Ven- tura, Calif. She and Jim were married at the turn of 20th century and lived for awhile in a sod hut in Texas. Talk about pioneers! Later, they moved to different cities because of Jim’s job as an engineer with Kaiser Gypsum plants. But everywhere they moved, Sallie canned. And when they got to Calif. she taught me how to “put up” toma- toes, apricots, apples, peaches, green beans and more. Fortunately, my hus- band Chuck has always been willing to help. At the end of a long day at our restaurant, we were pooped so we began canning together. Ventura was sur- rounded with fields and orchards so produce was readily available. Some- how, Chuck always found time to grow to- matoes and I purchased fruit and veggies from local stands. My first canning project was a disas- ter. Deep in a nearby canyon was a U-pick apricot orchard. One hot summer day after work, we picked several bags of dead-ripe apri- cots. By the time, we got home they smelled wonderful. Inside the bags, they were hot, squished together and unusable. Note to self: Do not pick dead-ripe fruit! So far this summer I have put up frozen strawberry jam, blue- berries, peaches and green beans. There’s only two of us eating at home most of the time, so my inventory is small. I seldom put up more than 36 jars of anything. Still, it’s work. This year I decided to not wait for the free- stone peaches but to go with the semi-cling suncrest peaches. Note to self: next year go with the free- stone. Now, if you’re not a canner. Do not despair. I freeze my blueber- ries and sometimes a few peaches. They keep well. The following rec- ipes are for pies that I picked up from Deter- ing’s years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Deter- ing are gone now, but the family carries on the business and her recipes are timeless. I especially like her suggestions on how to combine peach- es with other fruits. Be sure and check out the easy turnover recipe. Enjoy! Maries’ Everyday Fresh Peach Pie • 5 cups sliced fresh peaches (about 8 medi- um size) • ¾ cup sugar • 2 tablespoons tap- ioca • 1 tablespoon lemon juice • 1/8 teaspoon cin- namon • Dash of salt • 1 tablespoon butter, cut into bits • Pastry for two=crust 9-inch pie • 1 teaspoon sugar (to top pie crust) Preheat oven to 400° F. Mix first 7 ingredi- ents. Line 9-inch pie pan with pastry. Pour in peach mixture. Cov- er with top crust. Seal, flute, prick with fork. Brush lightly with cold water. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake on lowest rack in oven for 40-50 minutes. • Peach Dark Berry Pie: Use 3 cups sliced fresh peaches and 2 cups blueberries or black berries. • Peach Apple Pie: Use 3 cups sliced fresh peaches and 2 cups ap- ples. • Peach Pear Pie: Use 3 cups sliced fresh peaches ad 2 cups sliced pears. for The Sentinel • Sadly Lorane has lost another long-time res- ident. Marilyn Cooper passed away last Satur- day evening (Aug. 8). Our love and sympa- thies go out to her family. • CAL School District met on Thursday, Aug. 6, and made some deci- sions about the upcom- ing school year. Applegate Elementa- (Recipe as written) Preheat oven to 425° F. Filling: • 3 cups sliced peaches with the juice drained off • 1/3 cup sugar • 1 tablespoon flour • 1/4 teaspoon cin- namon • Mix sugar, flour and cinnamon together. Pour over peaches, gen- tly mix all together and set aside. Crust: Sift together: • 2 cups flour, 2 tea- spoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt • Mix well and stir into flour mixture: • 3/4 cup shortening, 1 egg yolk and 1/2 cup hot water Cut crust into 5-inch squares ¼ inch thick. Put on pan and add as much filling as needed. Fold crust to a triangle; press edges together. Bake 40 minutes. After cooked you may pour icing over them. Makes 7-9 turnovers. Peach Pie Variations • Peach Strawberry Pie: Use 3 cups sliced fresh peaches and 2 cups fresh strawberries, halved. Use ¼ teaspoon almond extract instead of cinnamon. Keep it simple and keep it seasonal with Betty Kaiser’s Cook’s Corner. Contact Betty Kaiser’s Chatterbox at 942-1317 or email bchatty@bettykaiser.com ry will begin full time in-person classes Sept. 14 for kindergarten and grades 1-3. Grades 4-12 will begin distance learning at the same time. This delay in starting allows school staff to meet with every K-12 student in a par- ent-teacher type meet- ing. Vi s i t C r ow - Ap p l e - gate-Lorane School District at https:// www.cal.k12.or.us/arti- cle/28i3066?org=cal to get all the information. Be sure to read it all. If you read this, please share with other parents and teachers. Remember, we are a small district and the administration and staff can make this work. • Lorane Grange meets next on Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. At this time there will be no dinner and bingo in September. • All attending Lorane Christian Church on Sundays are still enjoy- ing the beautiful drive in services. • Wishing good luck to the Wilson Family; Karl, Lanita, Donald and Mar- key as they travel to Lou- isiana. They have always lived in Lorane, so this will be a big change for them. Yard of the Week brought to you by: Cottage Grove Sentinel 116 N. 6th • (541) 942-3325 Week of August13th Winner is: 1419 Clark Avenue. Yards will be selected each week by nominations. To nominate a yard you can call City Hall (942-5501) or Chamber of Commerce (942-2411) Ben’s Toy Box Diane’s Fresh Peach Turnovers LORANE COUNTRY NEWS Contributed by Lil Thompson By Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe” Sonja no longer trips over her dog Ben’s toys with his multi-purr-pose solution. (This column was first published Aug. 28, 2019) T ired of tripping over your pet’s toys? Sonja solved the problem by paw-chasing a child’s bench toy box and tossed in her dog Ben’s toys into its 31” by 15 ½” by 16” container. She was tired of diving under fur-niture in search of color- ful chewies, so the legless box also eliminated a new hoarding spot for his plastic and rubber treasures. His treasure chest also doubles as a window seat for such emergencies as overseeing the mailman’s arriv- al, important squirrel watching or naps. Sonja is a senior, so when the Crew toy chest ar- rived in one piece, with no assembly required, it was an added benefit! Could it get any better? The child- sized hand-hold notch paw-fectly fits a dog’s nose. Ben can open his toy box with a gentle nudge and he’s trained to retrieve and put his toys away. (For a small fee, he’ll teach your children.) The chest’s safety hinge prevents its lid from coming down on his head. “He also closes the box,” said Sonja. “He jumps over its open lid, and slams it closed with his ‘tail end’ for a clear view of who is knocking on our door. He loves his toy chest and so do I. It matches my de- cor and I sit on it while putting on my shoes.” The chest is both fun and useful. Sonja instructs her dog to “stay” in another room or outside, then hides a treat for a game of “search” to keep his sens- es keen. When she reopens the door she says, “Find your treat!” and he systematically investigates their home and eventually finds a treat inside his toy chest. When her grown son Rocky visits, he and Ben play hide-and-seek; Rocky puts Ben outside and then hides. Sonja lets an eager Ben in with the cue, “Find Rocky!” On Rocky’s last visit, he hid in the closet beside her front door and across the threshold from Ben’s toy chest. “I let Ben in and told him, ‘Find Rocky,’” said Son- ja. “Ben searched three bedrooms, the office, both bathrooms, the kitchen, et cetera.” Twice Rocky whistled for Ben, who would come running back to recheck the living room, but no Rocky. “I could see his doggy wheels turning. Ben could smell his play partner was close by. He excited- ly ran to his toy chest and opened it up,” said Sonja. “He was sure Rocky was in there. But no! So, Ben continued searching. Three times he went back to the toy chest, nosed it open, peered in fully expect- ing to see Rocky. The stunned look on his face was hilarious.” Finally, Rocky revealed his whereabouts to Ben when he burst out laughing. “It is a great family memory and we still chuckle about it to this day,” Sonja said. Although Ben was unable to find Rocky, he at- tunes himself to our environment and has become a hunting dog in other areas. “I routinely set my phone timer on a “Quack-Quack” ring to alert me to the running water sprinklers, laundry, mail arrival, bak- ing cookies, et cetera. Ben quickly picked up on what the ring meant. So, when the phone starts quacking, he comes to me which is doubly handy. If I can’t find my phone, he helps me track it down. He is so smart that sometimes I forget he is, well, a dog.” TIPS: • Tracie, a Pet Tips ‘n’ Tales fan said, “I place mint plants around the house. They make great insect re- pellents. We plant catnip in the cats’ sleeping garden areas to ward off fleas.” • “To help keep bugs out, we place drops of pep- permint in the vents and a few drops under doorway entrances,” said Carli. “We make sure our pets can’t lick or walk through the drops.” Share your fur-avorite pet memory or adventure at angelscribe@msn.com. 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