TFN The (ia.ette-Times. Heppner, Oregon. Thursday. August J. l!7!
'Market Basket' forecasts food buys and
supplies for Oregon consumers
Tower sitting a first
liv Hirdino Tullis
Morrow Kvtcnsion Service
Velniii Spat. O.S.U. Exten
sion Food Marketing Special
ist, shares a monthly food
forecast with Oregon con
sumers. Mer "Market Basket
column appears in major
newspapers in Oregon, as well
as our local paper.
Market H.isket
It's a great season for fresh
fruits. All the crops seem to be
large, quality is excellent and
prices are moderate.
Early peaches, nectarines
and plums are in abundant
supply. Watermelon prices
are reasonable. Larger size
cantaloupes are the most
plentiful and best quality. The
blueberry crop is just getting
well underway. Blueberries
are very easy to freeze. Wash
berries, put in cartons, and
they're ready for the freezer.
Lemons are very expensive..
Right now, limes are a better
buy. More papayas are
coming to market, quality has
improved and prices are less
than they were. Plenty of top
quality local vegetables are in
the markets now. Included are
green and wax beans, red and
green cabbage, beets, spin
ach, broccoli, leaf and head
lettuces.
Prices are moderate al
though the cost of head lettuce
is up a bit because the crop
has been affected by the heat.
Summer squash is another
good buy. Celery, which has
been costly for months, is now
coming down as we are finally
getting supplies from some
ni'w growing areas. There are
plenty of those good Walla
Walla sweet onions. Potatoes
continue to be one of the
bargain foods in the produce
department.
Pork is plentiful and prices
are down. Demand is also
down because of the hot
weather. There is no change in
the retail price of beef.
Chicken, frequently featured
in the food ads, offers good
values. Turkey is also one of
the better protein buys.
There are adequate supplies
of fresh fish including sole,
snapper, cod and perch. Fresh
salmon now in the markets is
mostly from California as
Oregon's commercial season
is not open.
Velma's tips on what foods
are plentiful are a service of
Extension to help you live
better spend less.
In answer to questions
regarding sugar in food pre
servation, Carolyn Kaab.
O.S.U. Extension Foods and
Nutrition specialist, provides
the following information:
Sugar is an important in
gredient in many food preser
vation recipes. But. for a
number of reasons, some
people would like to use less
sugar in preserving foods than
called for in recipes.
It isn't always possible to
reduce the amount of sugar in
a favorite recipe. In fact, a
specific amount of sugar is
often essential to obtain the
desired characteristics of
some preserved foods.
In jams and jellies, for
instance, sugar promotes gel
formation and serves as a
preservative. If sugar is
decreased in recipes that rely
on pectin for thickening, the
product will have the consis
tency of syrup. The correct
proportions of fruit, pectin,
acid and sugar are needed to
make these products thicken.
Special recipes must be
used for low sugar jellied
products. Gelatin or vegetable
gums can be substituted for
pectin. One such product can
be found in the canning supply
section at most supermarkets.
Although jams and jellies
made from this product look
traditional, their keeping
quality is changed. Thus, low
sugar jams and jellies should
be kept refrigerated or frozen
to prevent the growth of
molds. '
Sugar is used in pickling to
balance the falvor of the
vinegar. Although sugar can
be eliminated from a pickle
recipe, the pickles are likely to
be too sour. Under no circum
stances should the amount of
vinegar be decreased or
diluted to compensate for less
sugar. Vinegar is necessary
for a certain level of scidity
that is essential for safe
pickling.
In frozen and canned fruits,
sugar contributes to the
flavor. If desired, the amount
of sugar can be reduced, or
sugar can be left out, without
changing the keeping quality
of the product. However, there
is a trade-off for using less
sugar in frozen and canned
fruits: the fruit won't hold its
shape as well.
Some people substitute
honey in place of sugar in food
preservation recipes. This
dot's not reduce the sugar
content of preserved foods.
Two types of sugar glucose
and fructose--are Hie m;tor
components of honey.
Money can he substituted for
sugar in canned or frozen
fruil . However, because honey
is sweeter and stronger in
llavor, it is adviseable to use
less than the amount of sugar
specified in the recipe.
In H recipes without
added pectin, honey can
replace up to one-half of the
granulated sugar. With added
peel in. two cups of honey can
replace two cups of sugar in
most recipes. Hut in recipes
that yield small batches of five
to six glasses, one cup of sugar
can be replaced by Honey.
Light, mild-flavored honey is
the best kind to use.
;j Cont. from page 1
Hull i'. as well as the neighbor
ing Madison Lookout which is
manned by a temporary
summertime employee.
This is the first summer, the
young woman has served on a
lookout and says she wouldn't
mind doing it again. A native
of Brier, one of many Seattle
Suburbs. Ms. Moore said her
lookout experience is helping
her to "take care of herself in
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the wilderness."
She hopes to live in the
Cascade Mountains in a wild
erness setting, possibly a log
cabin.
"I don't like living in large
cities."
Keeping her company is her
friend, Merlin, an Irish Setter,
who has learned to adjust to
walking up the steep flights of
wooden steps leading to the
observation area. Kelley says
she is babysitting the dog for a
friend at the Tupper Guard
Station.
When not reporting fires or
peering through her 360 deg
ree angle of forest views, Ms.
Moore says she reads books,
listens to her transistor radio,
makes weather observations
and relays communications
from Forest Service employ
ees to the base dispatcher at
the Heppner Forest Service
office. She hopes to paint
eagles, hawks and mountain
scenes on the interior ceiling
of the lookout station.
Her first summer on a
lookout has provided Ms.
Moore with some interesting
experiences such as the time a
private plane dodging the
lookout three of four times
(she was unable to record the
plane's serial number because
, of its dangerous flying),
staying most of the night in the
tower during a recent light
ning storm. ..it was scary, I
tried to gor down the stairs but
it was too dark and sighting a
cougar chasing a doe and its
fawn.
She said the motherly as
sistance she has received
from Forest Service dispatch
er Karen Holland, a former
lookout on Madison, has been
helpful to the lookouts this
summer, particularly in their
initial fire training experience
before beginning her assign
ment June 11.
Ms. Moore doesn't receive
many visitors outside Forest
Service officials and Darrell
Farrens of Monument who
grazes cattle on the rangeland
near the lookout. The average
is about every two weeks.
Ms. Moore was warned by
Forest Service officials that
high winds might cause the
structure to sway but she
hasn't felt any movement in
winds up to 30 m.p.h.
Her experience in the recent
lightning storm has caused
her to be prepared to sit out
future storms on the special
lightning stool.
Asked if she would like to
fight fire rather than simply
making observations, Ms.
Moore said she didn't think
she would like that type of
work and believes strongly in
allowing naturally caused
fires to burn. She sees h.er
future as continuing in the
forestry profession and pos
sibly a return to a lookout next
summer.
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
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Neat!
Sumi Ilarada, a 12 year old Japanese visitor at the Robert
Mahoney Ranch at Blackhorse Canyon this summer and
Trisha Mahoney, had fun opening grab bags at Petersons
Jewelry Store during the Heppner Sidewalk Sale Friday.
Sumi, who has been writing to Trisha for two years in the 4-H
Labo program, will be staying with the Mahoneys for a
month and seeing typical American life. She has already
learned how to ride a horse, says Mrs. Mahoney.
SPECIAL F'JN BALLOT
FOR MORROW COUNTY rftcR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LEVY
Consolidated Precincts 2, 6, 7, 8 & 9 Heppner
Thursday, August 9, 1 979 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Mark a Cross (X) or a Check Mark w ) in the voting square after
the word "YES" or after the word "NO" for answer voted for
Capt. Chris Brown visits family here
Captain Chris Brown, U.S.
Army, left Sunday, July 29 for
a new assignment with the
25th Division at Schofield
Barracks, Hawaii.
Capt. Brown has just com
pleted 3 years tour as Assist
and Professor of Military
Science at the Notre Dame
University, South Bend, In
diana. He has spent 30 days leave
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul C. Brown of Heppner and
helped them in harvest. His
brother, Mark C. Brown,
arrived from his home in
Winslow, Washington last
week to visit with his brother
and will continue the harvest
with his parents.
He is on vacation with his
job as a Washington State
Trooper in Kitsap County.
Pfc. Anglin
reports for duty
with Marines
Marine Pfc. Bruce A. Ang
lin. son of Howard H. Anglin of
Route 1, lone, Ore., has
reported for duty at the
Marine Corps Air Station,
Cherry Point, N.C.
He joined the Marine Corps
in July, 1978.
REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE COUNTY COURT OF MORROW COUNTY, OREGON
PROPOSAL:
Shall Morrow County be authorized to levy and collect taxes in the om of
$506,474 outside the limitation imposed by Article XI, Section 11, of the Oregon
Constitution, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1979 and ending June 30,
1980, these said funds to be used to balance the 1979-80 budget for
county-owned Pioneer Memorial Hospital and North Morrow County Clinic and
Ambulance Service.
EXPLANATION OF BALLOT QUESTION
The budget of the County-owned hospital had, historically, been balanced by a
combination of patient revenues and tax levies. Tax support is necessitated by
the fact that patient-generated revenues will not be sufficient to pay escalating
costs for supplies, materials, equipment, personnel and Improvements dictated
by the desires of the consumers of health care, regulatory agencies, and the cost
of physician recruitment and services. The $506,474 tax will require a levy of
approximately $1.1 25 thousand assessed valuation and is projected as the
minimum necessary to maintain satisfactory in-patient, emergency, physician,
nursing-home care services and North Morrow County Clinic and Ambulance
Service. The only funds for the hospital contained in the county's proposed
budget are those being voted on in this ballot.
I VOTE FOR THE PROPOSED TAX LEVY
I VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSED TAX LEVY
YES
NO
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