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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1983)
TEN-The Heppner Giette-Timet, Hrppner. Oregon. Thursday, 'Econo -Eating' Boring! That's what life is when there's nothing to do! I must have been a real pest when I was young because my mother finally bought me a book that was titled "What Can I Do Now, Mother?" which was just full of neat suggestions of things to do. It made a real impression on me because that was exactly the question I used to ask all the time. Well, if your kids are pester ing you for suggestions, why not put them to work on things that are useful to you. Since they have a lot of energy, and it takes a lot of energy to do the planning, shopping and cooking, it's nice to have some help. It may not save much time at first, but as they develop skill, their assistance is more valuable. You're also giving them a chance to learn some "life skills." It's no great service to the younger generation to let them grow up being taken care of all the time. It's hard enough in this world to go out on your own when you already have some of these skills. Teenagers and young adults can be especially helpful. In our area the teenager that has a regular job is lucky. There are a lot of them that haven't been able to find work. This group can do lots of things if you give them a chance to learn. Start with the food ads. Look them over together and help them become familiar with food prices and what is a special bargain. Start a shop ping list for each store where you intend to shop. It helps me to either circle or list the special meat bargains first because I then make menus featuring these specials. Kids who aren't much help when you just ask for sugges tions, are a lot more help when you're very specific. "How can we fix the chicken that's on sale?" is a whole lot easier to answer than "What should we have for dinner?" which is the usual question we ask. My kids had a stock answer to that question -- "Let's have steak!" - which is not "Econo-Eating." If you make menus that feature the specials, you can teach a lot of good shopping and cooking skills that will be useful when they're out on their own. That's the kind of shopping they'll have to do -those starting salaries or min imum wage jobs don't usually allow for steak very often. Take them shopping with you. Some parents say that would cost them more in the long run. It may take some special tactics on your part to avoid spending more money. If they're snack conscious, wanting all those high cost, low nutrition snacks and bev erages that tney see advertis ed all the time, you may have to set some limits. You can sometimes allow a certain amount of money to spend on snacks or you can let them buy on special snack each shop ping trip. Sometimes it helps to share the limits of your food budget with them. Most kids are willing at accept limits if they understand them. My kids even like the challenge of getting the best bargain. Sometimes they get after me for buying something on im pulse. Writing a food-buying column has it's disadvant ages. You don't always prac tice what you preach - and the kids catch you at it. When you have them cook, encourage them to learn safe use of the equipment. Teach Electrolysis & Thermolysis Permanent Hair Removal Anna Schwarzin, Certified Electrologist 676-9248 Open 'l ues. - Wed. Or by appt. some basics, like how to brown meat and then simmer it to make it tender. This is the principle that can be used over and over on many different kinds of meat. Introduce them to reading recipes. It's a very helpful skill to follow directions step-by-step. When my kids first started, I would have them read it out loud to me so I knew that they could handle the reading level. I'd ask , "What's the first thing you do?" Then I'd have them do that step. They'd tell me what came next and on through the recipe. If there were incom plete directions or things they didn't understand. I could ex plain. Kids, especially grown-vp kids, appreciate an explana tion. My son was learning to make pie dough the other day and wanted to know why I had him wait a half hour before rolling out the dough. He thought it was interesting to find out that the flour needs time to hydrate - which means the water gets distri buted better and makes the rioueh much easier to roll out. Skill level is very important. Everyone feels better about success than failure, so en courage them to try things that are within the scope of their abilities. Small fry many need to start with simple things like stirring or making easy snacks. Older, more ex perienced kids may be ready for yeast breads or whole , meals. Here are some snacks kids can make. The gelatin or pudding mix helps make these frozen pops the non-drip type. They're nutritious and fairly low in cost compared to pur chased snacks. The other is a simple recipe, shared with me by one of my very young readers. Frozen Fruit Juice Pops 1 envelope unflavored gelatin H cup cold water "0 cup sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice 3 cups fruit juice, any kind jay i f '- ! 'j ' ' ' August 4, 1983 (this can be 6 oz. frozen juice, reconstituted) Put gelatin into a medium sized sauce pan. Add the cold water and set sit for a minute. The gelatin will swell up. Then cook and stir over medium heat just until the mixture melts. Take off heat. Add all other ingredients, stir until sugar dissolves. Then freeze in ice cube trays, small plastic glasses or frozen pops contain ers. Or use small paper cups, fill cups, cover with aluminum foil and insert a strong plastic spoon, then freeze. Frozen Chocolate Pops 1 package instant chocolate pudding (other flavors may be used, but if you're a chocolate lover these are great!) 4 cup sugar milk as called for on the box Mix together using the directions on the box and being sure the sugar is dis solved. Freeze as above. SEE YOUR DOCTORf If you 1.7 times smoke, you are as likely to de- velop a duodenal ulcer as a non-smoker. A government study showed that 46 per cent of black men smoke compared with 38 percent white. It's now been estab lished that cigarette smok ing affects the develop ment, severity, healing and recurrence of ulcers. If you smoke, and have frequent stomach pain, you should see a doctor to find out if you have a duodenal ulcer. At first, experts believed that the rising number of women ulcer patients was due to women entering the job market where they were subject to increased stress. 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The meet will feature age Local girls attending Business Week Some 350 high school stu dents and their teachers, in cluding two Heppner High students, converge on the Monmouth campus of Western Oregon State College this week (July 31 - August 6) to learn about minding the store. Attending the fourth-annual Oregon Business Week pro gram. Cammie Papineau and Nancy Martin, along with the other participants, have a week -long opportunity to oper ate businesses of their choice through computer simulation. In the process they are exposed to basic economic principles, key elements of Oregon's economy and career opportunities awaiting them as employers and employees of the future. Prime among pets are wonderful Pet Owners Proven Healthier And Happier Q. Is it true that dug and cat owners believe they are healthier and have a more optimistic outlook on life than non-pet owners? A. Indeed, it is true. 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More than 150 volunteer business people serve as fac ulty and advisors for Oregon Business Week. They join an other 250 firms, organizations and individuals purchasing $150 scholarships that provide expense-free attendance for students and teachers. Participants apply from public and private high schools throughout the state. Teachers also have the oppor tunity to receive college credit preparing to teach essentials of economic and personal fin ance graduation require ments. Sponsors of the Oregon pro- their lives than do a random sample of non-pet owners. According to Dr. R Marine Wille, this supports the no tion that pets contribute to our overall health and well being in life. She believes that health is more than just a state of body, but also a state of mind. A positive save enough to uv t?;is "r a vcar- r even loner- included for distance runners ami will he cfed the now famous "watermelon relay extravaganza." 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