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G Rice Principal Food for Half of World; Five Billion Pounds New Crop , Estimate New York This year's rice crop is estimated at 50.2 million 100-pound bags, or 5,020,000,000 pounds of rough rice, according to Paul S. Willis, president of the Grocery Manufacturers of Annprica. For centuries, rice has been the staple diet of millions of people and the fact that practical ly every rice package the con sumer buys todifev gives quick cSbking methods "and recipes is responsible for more and more rice making it way to the family table. High in nutrition, rice is easily digestible, providing carbohy drates, protein, minerals and vitamins. And the newer methods of processing and mill ing do insure this increased vita min and mineral content. Rice is primarily an energy food, al though it dws contain important amounts of tissue building and organ regulating elements. Rice and rice products are often recommended to persons who are allergic to numerous foods, since allergy to rice is rare. Earliest recorded mention of rice in history occurred in 2800 B.C., when a Chinese emperor SMablished a ceremonial ordin ance for rice planting. In fact, in classic Chinese the word rice means "culture" and "agricul ture." It was first brought to the United States in 1694 by a ship blown off its course in a storm. Forced to land in South Carolina, the captain gave the Governor of the colony a small parcel of rough rice. Soon after, enough rice was grown to supply many of the neighboring colonies. The grain called wild rice an aquatic grass and not really rice at all is considered a delicacy . . . much higher in price than real rice. Harvesting it in the traditional manner, with two men in a canoe . . . one bending the stalks over the boat and knocking the kernels off with a stick, the other maneuvering the craft ... is still done today. This for the reason that machines would clean the stalks too thoroughly, leaving no grain for re-seeding the crop. Rice is considered one of the world's ' most important foods. Countries which lead in the pro duction of rice are the Philip pines, Turkey, Brazil, Indonesia, China and India, and over half the world's population eats it three times a day. Rice is an amazing food when we consider that it has been the principal sustenance for half the people of the world for thousands of years. IPottpoiminpi Consumers Lack Information AbQut Meat, Survey Shows How much do Oregon shop pers know about the meat they buy? 0 Miss Dorothy Sherrill, con sumer education specialist at Oregon State college, has an nounced results of a meat in formation survey taken this fall of 3000 farm and city people. Results show that only about one-third of those surveyed men and women from farm and city know what they are get ting when they buy meat. "When you consider that on an average 25 cents out of evft-y food dol lar goes for meat, the amount people don't know about meat becomes pretty 'significant,' Miss Sherrill says. The survey on consumer "know how" was in the form of a simple test given ' visitors at Oregon State fair and the Pacific International Livestock Exposition. Volunteers were asked to match pictures of 15 meat cuts lamb, beef and pork with 15 names of cuts. People from 15 states, Hawaii and Can ada participated in the survey. City people received- scores about 4 per cent higher than rural people. Television home making programs originating in metropolitan areas may be a rea son, Miss Sherrill explained. Helping conduct the survey were three other OSC specialists Miss Zelma Reigle, consumer education, John Landers, animal husbandry, and William Fowler, livestock marketing. In cities, shoppers are more apt to buy meat pre-packaged and labeled with cut-name at self-service markets. . Tray dis plays at retail markets also allow the over-the-counter purchaser to buy by names. On farms where butchering is done, some wives reported to Miss Sherrill that they never see the meat cuts. Men cut up the animal, package the cuts and the meat goes to the locker labeled as roasts or steaks and not as definite cuts. - Most common "misses" by men and women, farm and non- farm, were in confused identifi cation of porterhouse and sirloin steaks. People caHed the porter house a roast and the flank steak was often checked as a "Frenched leg of lamb." QBlack and white pictures of cuts, instead oi meat, may ac count for some mistaken identi fications. However, clues were given in identifying meat by color beef and lamb as bright red meat, and pork as light pink Locating bone and muscle struc ture, which is the same in all three animals, was another help given Beef rib roast was often mis named a pork roast because of generous fat deposits on the prime cut 8i beef. Most people were able to identify the shank half of ham, beef sljort ribs, leg We SANDBLAST CLEAN WAFFLE IRONS, RANGE GRATES OREGON GRANITE CO. 4th o& Front DIAL 2-2214 of lamb and pork loin chops. Less expensive cuts were most often named wrong, yet accord ing to Miss Sherrill are just as nutritious and good tasting as more expensive cuts. Buying more expensive cuts increases the demand and subsequently the price. "What we are trying to do is educate Oregonians on all the meat cuts, so they can make the best buy. We don't want to see people blindly buying more ex pensive cuts, simply because they don't know what to ask for," the consumer education specialist explained. The meat survey conducted by consumer education and meat marketing specialists at Oregon State college is part of a pro gram of education and informa tion on meat conducted in the state the past year. Thirty-four meat meetings in 30 Oregon counties have been held. Queen Mother Is Baby Sitter For Royal Couple By MARGARET SAVILLE United Press Palace Correspondent London (U.R) "Granny" turns baby-sitter when Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh go on a tour of commonwealth nations. While the royal couple visits West Africa, January 27 to Feb ruary 16, "Granny," as Prince Charles and Princess Anne call the Queen Mother, will "keep an eye" on the children. Their routine care of course is in the hands of a regular pal ace staff, including Nurse Helen Lightbody. But they will see much of their grandmother and "Aunt Margot," as they call Princess Margaret. The Queen Mother plans to take the children on a shopping spree in London, to a movie and a concert. And, there will be days at Great Windsor Park where the children can romp with their Corgi terriers, "Whisky" and "Sherry," or go riding on their ponies. "Silly Hat", Charles and Anne don't cry when their parents leave. They have been taught they cannot ex pect to see the Queen and Prince Philip every day. "Mummy and Papa have duties," they tell those who ask When Elizabeth and Philip are on tour, the children are told what they are doing and why. The schoolroom map is brought in so they can add a pin to mark the spot where the Queen is on a particular day. Newsreels of a royal tour are sent back to Buckingham Pal ace, and the Queen Mother or ganizes a private showing for the children. Charles, the heir to the throne, voices his views not only on the films but of his mother's attire. "I don't like Mummy's hat," he once observed. "It's silly." 4 EASY CHOCOLATE CAKE New York (U.R) If anything your chocolate is a big hit with your family, try this treat. Bake a square, one-layer cake, using one of the mixes if you wish, and while it's still warm, cover the top with V cup (V of a 6 ounce package) of chocolate chips. Heat in a moderate oven (350 degrees) 2 to 3 minutes, or until, the chips are just softened. Remove from the oven and spread the softened chips over the cake. Serve warm. Makes an elegant snack for afternoon coffee. ALLSPICE IN SOUP - New York (U.R) Add new flavor to vegetable soup by add ing a little ground allspice just before serving. Give it the taste test to determine the amount; overuse will overshadow the flavor of the vegetables. A New Yorker named Max Sherover says women don't know the correct meaning of many words they use 'in connection with fashion. Take the word "chic," for instance. Mr. S. says most women think the word means a stylish or smart outfit. ! But it doesn't. Chic, says Mr. Sherover, is not French at all j but a term which the French picked up from the Germans. It is ! from the German word, "schicken" which means to arrange or to prepare. "Chic should be used to describe the manner with which a garment is worn, not the garment itself," Mr. Sherover told Elizabeth Toomey in a United Press interview. A man who speaks 11 languages, Mr. Sherover has compiled an impressive list of fashion words and their derivatives. Glamour, he says, is a Scottish word which was taken from the old English word 'giamarye" or "grammar" meaning something magic or supernatural. Here's what Mr. Sherover found out about fashion words. Pop lin is from the French word papeline, and means "pertaining to 1he Pope. This cloth was first manufactuied in Avignon, France, he told Miss Toomey, which was a papal seat in the Middle Ages. Calico, it seems, is a word which European traders used to de scribe the cloth they bought in Calcutta. Gingham is from the name of the French town, Guincamp, and jacket is from the French word "jacque" which meant a piece of armor over the upper part of the body. The term "pants" is derived from Vene tian pantaloon, which in turn were named for their patron saint, San Panteleone. Wh:le on this subject we might as well add a bit of informa tion which came from New York. It was to the effect that part of the fashion industry is Urea of the word "elegant" and the Couture Group of the New York Dress Institute has found a replacement. The Institute says the new adjective to be used is "soignee" mean ing periectly groomed as well as perfectly dressed." Potpourri has always thought it would be interesting to pick a list of 10 best dressed women in Medford, or Jackson county, some year. Maybe we'll give it some serious thought during 1956. This brings us to the subject of Mrs. Lester Adams, who came into the office last "week wearing, with considerable chic, an all- wnne raincoat trimmed with rhinestones and a little white hat. Potpourri had been meaning to call Mrs. A. and ask her about a party, so we inquired if the event was of a sort to write up for the society column. Mrs. Adams said the party had been a little one to celebrate the birtndays of her husband and Frank "Scotty" Fairweather. Just for lun, she said, they hid the presents and then sent the men on a treasure hunt. " nd would you believe it," she added, "nei ther of them could find anything. Mother finally took pity on tnem and told them wnere to look." Avery Claflin has composed a madrigal, entitled "I jmcnt for April 15th." Mr. Claflin, toiling over his income tax report last year, decided that the tav instrurtinnc lpnt themcoiuoc r , His five and-a-half minute madrigal, according to AMP news, opens wiin xne portentous pnrase: who Must File?" and then stirringly answers: "Every citizen or resident of the United States whether, an adult or a minor, who had $600 ($1,200 if 65 years of age or over) or more gross income in 1954 must file." The :omnospr arfripH n nnto vf inlliw uiHV. iha "v . . - ..w.v. jv.vj 1U1 Li 1, 1U1C, 1.UU CCUi deduct your mother-in-law" and concludes solemnly "After reading meat ma u utuuiis you snouia De a Die to prepare your return un less you have complicated problems." It was all very easy for Mr. C. He is the former nrpcirlent nf the French-Ameriran Ranki n cf pnrnnratinn Wo it? olcn simi -& "kunuij. J. At- AJ aiOU LUU1" poser of "Madrigal for the Atomic Age" which was given its first penurmance at uaK .Kictge, Term. Changing Times, the Kiplinger magazine, has figured out what happens to a medium-sized city when a hundred new families move to town. "It means about 450 new people, including 100 children, 67 in grammar school, 33 in high school. This calls for 2.2 new rooms in grade school and 1.65 new rooms in high school, which will cost about $120,000. Four new teachers will have to be hired. The 100 new families will add about $30,000 a year to the school operating budget. .. . "Besides teachers, the city will need four-fifths of a new em ployee in the police department and two-thirds of a new fireman, upping the police budget by $4,510 and the fire department by $2,820. All sorts of extra jobs will have to be done from collecting taxes to collecting garbage. Add four new city employees at a total price of $12,000 to $15,000. "The water department must pump 10,000 gallons more each day and traffic will be increased by 140 cars and trucks. And the city may have to add 500 new volumes to the city library, part of a visiting nurse, and a fraction of a cell'in the town jail." Things were a little confusing for a time at the rehearsal which preceded the Dunn-Tonn wedding. There were three sets of twins in the wedding party, and another set spectating in the church. The bride, Helon Tonn and her twin brother, Harvey, didn't pose any problems to the minister, Dr. Norman Tully, but after he had given instructions to Robert Dunn about where to stand and what to say, Richard Dunn-, his twin, spoke up and said "I'm the groom." No one, except their mother and father, can tell Lan Dusen berry from twin Jan, so no one- even tried and the Lacy twins, John and Jim, just stayed quietly out of the way. Their mother, Mrs. Stanley Lacy, was soloist. Bride's mother, Mrs. Harry Tonn (bridegroom's father is also named Harry), wished afterwards she had invited John and Jim to be in the wedding, too, just to make the story really good. Thought from Gandhi: The study of other religions besides one's own will give a grasp of the rock-bottom unity of all reli gions and afford a glimpse also of the universal and absolute truth which lies beyond the "dust of creeds and faith." Let no one even for a moment entertain the fear that a reverent study of other religions is likely to weaken or shake one's faith in one's own. Mrs. Percy Bearden is real proud of the safe driving certifi cate which she received in the mail last week. She pinned it up on the wall, and shows it to all her friends. Mrs. Bearden values this one, because she knows she'll never get another one. Mrs. Bearden doesn't drive a car, and never has. O.S. Desserts Provide Added Nutriton For Winter Meals Puddings, custards,- and des serts take on added importance in winter meals, not only for the eating pleasure they contribute, but for the extra food value they give to a meal. No longer do we frown on desserts as "nice but unnecessary", for we have learned that many of them con tribute valuable protein, food nutrients, and quick energy to the family diet. Perhaps' an outstanding ex ample of the change in attitude toward desserts is the case of one of America's favorite des serts: ice cream. Long considered a confection, ice cream has now reached the enviable position of being considered a wholesome nutritious dessert. Ice ceam can raise the food value of other des serts when served with them as a topping. Milk and cream, too, can help boost the family's milk intake by being incorporated into puddings, custards, and Sunday. January 29, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN . say Be aleiitiiLeff with The request to "Be My Valentine" is one of the nicest compliments you can give. Add to that compli ment by sending Hallmark Valentines that show "you care enough to send the very best," Choose yours soon at simple refrigerator desserts. Whipped cream not only adds a luscious party touch, but con tributes a substantial amount of Vitamin A with each spoonful. For a variation of the old fa vorite, rice pudding, try this recipe for Empress Pudding. Add one-half cup rice and one half teaspoon salt to one quart of scalded milk, cover and cook in double boiler for one hour or until rice is tender and milk al most absorbed. Stir occasionally. Beat two eggs, add one-half cup sugar and blend. Stir some hot rice into egg-sugar mixture, then return to rice mixture. Add one teaspoonful vanilla and one fourth teaspoon nutmeg. Alter nate layers of rice with one and one-half cups cooked apricots or one cup apricot jam, ending with fruit layer. Bake at 325 degrees for one hour. Serve watm or cool with whipped cream. - The capstone of the Washing ton monument weighs .3,000 pounds, and the monument itself about 81,000 tons. Goldsmith Restores Shrine of Cathedral Berlin The Straurothek of Limburg cathedral, one of the most precious shrines belonging to a German church, has been re stored after four years of work by the Munich goldsmith, Jo hann Michael Wilm, and is back in the . cathedral's thesaurus, ac cording to the German Tourist Information office. The shrine is a magnificent chest of gold, precious stones and delicate enamel made in Con stantinople between 945 and 968 A O. by a master Byzantine gold smith, and contains a particle of the Cross. The 700-year-old Lim burg Cathedral is a gorgeous seven-towered structure of Late Romanesque architecture, begun in the 13th and completed in the 16th century. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 a.m Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.. You are' urged to ATTEND THE REVIVAL . ... 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