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B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2021
Guilt after friend’s death calls for self-forgiveness
would be appropriate.
Well, while I was considering
it, he passed away, and I haven’t
been able to get over the guilt. I
feel like I should’ve done more. I
have a strong urge to tell his par-
ents I knew how he was doing
and was contemplating telling
them and how sorry I am that I
didn’t. Would it be selfi sh, like
rubbing salt in their wounds, just
so I can fi nd some kind of peace?
I have been going back and forth
with this since his death. I have
such regret that I didn’t do some-
thing more. I don’t know if their
forgiveness would help me, or
if I’d just be hurting them more.
Your opinion on this would be
helpful. — Full of Regrets
Dear Abby: My dearest
friend passed away fi ve years
ago. He was a severe alcoholic,
and his death resulted from it.
I was aware of how bad things
had gotten and I was trying to
talk him into getting help. I live
across the country but visited
and spoke with him often. I was
considering telling his parents
how bad things were since they
were mainly supporting him,
but I was torn because he was
an adult, and I didn’t know if it
get fancy, it’s tuna salad
between slices of Gouda
on Crust & Crumb bread
grilled with lightly salted
butter (all things grilled in
my book).
I guess the one thing
that is the same is calling
it a tuna salad sandwich.
TUNA
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long-fermented sourdough
or pain au levain — think
Tartine-recipe, high-hy-
dration bread with a car-
amelized crust and tons
of fl avor.
I grew up eating a lot of
tuna salad. My dad would
always make it, and his
version is still my favorite.
I don’t know his exact
recipe, but there was hard-
boiled egg in it, plus car-
rots and a lot of chopped
pickle. Curiously, he hates
mayo. (Like, he is legit-
imately repulsed by it.
Loves tuna salad, though.
He’s a strange guy.)
Hence, mayo is the key-
stone of the whole oper-
ation. You’ve got to use
enough so it won’t be dry,
but a smidge too much and
the whole thing is sunk.
His rationale is a mess,
but I fi nd I agree with the
results, and I employ the
same strategy whenever I
make tuna salad. (I apolo-
gize for a tuna salad recipe
that is measured predom-
inantly in grams. It seems
so extra.)
The tuna salad sand-
wich has been a part of
our family since I can
remember. My mom would
do mayo, pickles (or relish)
and chopped-up onions,
and it was on white bread
(I think Wonder Bread!).
As we have become more
conscious of where our
food is coming from and
how it is produced, the
tuna salad sandwich has
changed slightly.
The tuna salad: sustain-
ably caught, slow-cooked
wild yellowfi n steaks with
diced red onions, chopped
pickles (very important),
celery and Best Foods
mayo, plus a shake of
celery salt. The bread:
Crust and Crumbs mul-
tigrain from our favorite
food co-op, Skagit Valley
Food Co-op in Mount
Vernon. When we want to
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This fresh summer salad is topped with
seared sweet scallops. It’s perfect for a hot
summer night. Scallops, which need very
little cooking, should be prepared so the
inside remains creamy. Prolonged cooking
will shrink and toughen them.
The secret to searing the scallops is to
make sure your skillet is very hot. The
scallops will need only 3 minutes to cook
this way. If your scallops seem very large,
check for doneness by slicing into one. If
the meat is opaque, they are done; if trans-
lucent, cook them another 30 seconds.
Mainly clear
A morning
shower in spots
Mostly sunny
and warmer
Baker City
45 67 41
Comfort Index™
La Grande
• Prepare ingredients.
• Mix salad greens, tomatoes and
cucumber and dressing and place on plates.
• Sear scallops and complete recipe.
Shopping List
• To buy: 3/4 pound fresh scallops, 1
bag washed, ready-to-eat salad greens, 1
Astoria
Longview
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Kennewick
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St. Helens
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Condon
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Comfort Index™ 10
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ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Sunday
Low Sunday
High: 122°
Low: 38°
Wettest: 4.08”
98°
49°
101°
55°
105°
53°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Sunday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.00
0.47
0.21
2.93
6.20
0.00
0.21
0.32
6.33
10.98
0.00
0.30
0.31
15.67
15.54
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION WEDNESDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
40%
NNW at 7 to 14 mph
9.2
0.17
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Monday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
55/86
1% of capacity
32% of capacity
21% of capacity
50% of capacity
4% of capacity
0% of capacity
Grande Ronde at Troy
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
Burnt River near Unity
Umatilla River near Gibbon
Minam River at Minam
Powder River near Richland
SUN & MOON
TUE.
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
WED.
5:56 a.m.
7:56 p.m.
4:42 p.m.
12:24 a.m.
5:57 a.m.
7:54 p.m.
5:48 p.m.
1:13 a.m.
MOON PHASES
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Sunday)
455 cfs
2 cfs
96 cfs
40 cfs
72 cfs
8 cfs
Grants Pass
Full
Last
Aug 22
New
Aug 29
First
Sep 6
Sep 13
Burns
Jordan Valley
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Paisley
39/70
Frenchglen
46/71
Hi/Lo/W
69/56/s
75/49/s
72/52/s
74/55/s
72/43/pc
68/52/s
85/53/s
70/45/s
65/45/r
85/54/s
81/55/pc
83/59/s
69/51/sh
71/49/pc
55/45/t
81/52/s
76/46/s
73/41/s
Hi/Lo/W
68/55/c
82/50/s
80/56/pc
71/53/s
82/46/s
67/55/pc
81/56/s
83/52/pc
79/47/s
85/56/s
89/63/s
82/63/s
79/53/pc
82/48/s
73/51/pc
88/61/s
83/47/s
80/47/s
Klamath Falls
41/76
55/76
McDermitt
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RECREATION FORECAST WEDNESDAY
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
WED.
THU.
Hi/Lo/W
73/57/sh
80/56/s
65/42/sh
86/58/s
63/50/s
81/53/s
78/56/s
82/54/s
74/57/pc
84/60/s
78/53/s
78/44/pc
86/57/s
85/56/s
72/53/s
88/62/s
64/41/pc
76/56/s
Hi/Lo/W
84/62/pc
73/58/pc
79/46/s
90/60/s
62/51/c
78/54/s
84/57/s
89/60/s
85/58/s
83/61/s
75/58/s
86/49/s
86/59/s
83/58/s
80/57/pc
87/63/s
77/41/s
85/61/s
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
A shower or two
Showers around
39
36
57
43
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
A morning shower
Mostly sunny; cool
52
45
71
48
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
A morning shower
Partly sunny; cool
44
35
60
37
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
A p.m. t-shower
Partly sunny; cool
55
45
71
55
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Showers around
A morning shower
67
41
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WED.
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Medford
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Hurricane Camille roared across Mis-
sissippi on Aug. 17, 1969, after coming
ashore at Main Pass Block, La. The storm
had 172-mph winds and a low barometer
reading of 25.73 inches.
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Brothers
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45/67
45/75
Oakridge
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Death Valley, Calif.
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Charleston, S.C.
High: 105°
Low: 49°
Wettest: Trace
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Granite
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50/63
10
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Monument
52/76
51/85
Newport
Enterprise
46/58
51/64
48/78
53/85
Corvallis
Eugene
76 47
Elgin
47/65
La Grande
52/75
55/82
Idanha
Salem
76 42
75 50
56/76
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
51/85
Lewiston
59/73
Hood River
57/74
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Add the salad greens, tomatoes and cucumber
to a large bowl. Add the salad dressing and toss
well. Divide the salad between two dinner plates.
Pat scallops dry with a paper towel. Heat oil in a
skillet over-high heat. When smoking, add scallops
and sauté on high 2 minutes, turn scallops over
and sear 1 minute. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Place the scallops on top of the salad, dividing
them evenly. Sprinkle the chives on top. Serve with
the baguette.
Yield 2 servings.
Per serving: 439 calories (25% from fat), 12.2 g
fat (1.6 g saturated, 4.6 g monounsaturated), 56
mg cholesterol, 36.9 g protein, 45.9 g carbohy-
drates, 6.7 g fi ber, 573 mg sodium.
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
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4 cups washed ready-to-eat salad greens
2 cups cherry tomatoes
1 cup sliced cucumber
4 tablespoons reduced-fat oil and vinegar dressing
1 tablespoon olive oil
3/4 pound fresh scallops
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped chives
1/2 whole wheat baguette
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Recipe by Linda Gassenheimer
• When buying scallops, ask for dry
(not wet) scallops. The wet ones have been
treated with a solution that helps keep
them moist. They will be diffi cult to sear
and brown.
• You can add any fresh vegetables to
the salad.
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SEARED SCALLOPS
SALAD
Helpful Hints
TIllamook
TONIGHT
trying to pursue the new one, or
taking a step back from relation-
ships to focus on my personal
goals. Any thoughts, Abby? —
Pondering in Pennsylvania
Dear Pondering: It doesn’t
appear that you OR your girl-
friend of three years is really
ready to take things to the next
level. If you were, you wouldn’t
be debating whether to trade
her in for a newer model. As to
the younger one, you just stated
clearly that her religiosity is
a deal-breaker for you. Your
third option makes the most
sense. Concentrate on your per-
sonal goals for a while, and with
time, your love life will work
itself out.
container cherry tomatoes, 1 cucumber,
1 bunch chives, 1 bottle reduced-fat oil
and vinegar dressing and 1 whole wheat
baguette.
• Staples: olive oil, salt and black
peppercorns.
By LINDA GASSENHEIMER
Finely chop the garlic
with the anchovy and the
capers (or crush together
in a mortar with a pestle)
— try to make a paste.
Flake the tuna into a bowl
with a fork or your hands
until whatever texture sat-
isfi es you. Add the garlic/
anchovy paste and the
remaining ingredients, and
mix well. The tuna salad
tastes best if refrigerated
for an hour or so before
eating. Adding slices of
pickle and hard-boiled egg
is highly recommended
(or, if you prefer, just chop
some up and mix ‘em right
in). Super bonus points if
you put potato chips in the
sandwich, but anyhow, it
seems incomplete if there
aren’t at least some on
the side.
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friend for about three years, but I
have recently begun to feel indif-
ferent about our relationship. We
have to travel at least 45 min-
utes to see each other and don’t
always see each other on week-
ends. I have been trying to con-
vince her to move into my town-
home, but something new arises
each time I bring it up.
Recently, a younger woman
(she’s 21, I’m 32) showed an
interest in me during one of my
sports games. I have talked to
her and won’t let any relationship
develop outside of being friends.
She’s religious and I’m not, and
that’s a deal-breaker for me. I’m
torn between continuing to try
to build my current relationship,
Cool, creamy salad with sweet scallops
Two 5-ounce cans tuna,
drained very well of liquid
1 fi llet anchovy (optional)
1 clove garlic
5 g capers
65 g celery, small dice
10 g (about 1) scallion,
thinly sliced
10 g whole grain or
Creole mustard
75 g mayo
Salt and black pepper, to taste
Sliced pickles and hard-
boiled eggs (optional)
Potato chips
DAVID GUREWITZ of
La Dive
WAYNE JOHNSON of
FareStart
Dear Full: Please for-
give yourself and stop sec-
ond-guessing. You are guilty
of nothing more than being a
caring friend. The deceased was
responsible for his own alco-
hol-related death. If his par-
ents were supporting him fi nan-
cially, they were already aware
their son had a serious problem.
Because after fi ve years you
cannot stop fl ogging yourself,
you have two options: Discuss
this with your religious adviser,
or ask your doctor or your insur-
ance provider to refer you for
some sessions with a licensed
psychotherapist with whom you
can work through this.
Dear Abby: I have had a girl-
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