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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.
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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
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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."
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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