Creative cooking from the flQS&Jd kitchen
By Mildred H us kins
Two fat robins pulling worms
trom tne yara do not mane spring
but thfty *ye telling us something.
Besides tne many indications ot
the gray earth’s awakening, the
prap' we see from time to time
sett to be shaking off the winter
‘fllis” and humming a diddy
nBand then. Yesterday we were
aS>st startled to hear a grocery
slAper whistling! You will agree
thKit is a bit unusual to hear
woq}en whistling as they work but
to Mar it at the supermarket
brightened our spirit. So, with
Easter coming up, can spring be
far behind?
Mary Gubser, a bread expert
and cookbooks author, can put a
song in your heart and good things
on your family’s table with these
fiber-rich quick breads. You won’t
have to say “eat your bread, it’s
good for you”, when you bring out
these piping hot Orange-Banana
Muffins, crisp corn sticks or
Lemon Pistachio Bread, which is
one of Mary’s pet recipes because
the bread is so moist and the
flavor is delectable. This bread
uses natural bran flakes with
raisins. Walnuts or cashews can
be substituted for the pistachios.
You will want to try Mary’s Cor
nbread Sticks, which can also be
used for muffins. They reflect
Mary’s heritage for her mother
was part Southerner and part Tex
an. It combines natural bran
flakes with commeal and canned
cream style corn. Yummy.
Orange-Banana Muffins
V2 cup butter or margarine, at
room temperature
1 cup firmly packed brown
sugar
2 eggs
Grated rind of 2 large oranges
>/2 cup orange juice
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon double-acting bak
ing powder
teaspoon salt
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
2 cups whole wheat and bran
cereal with raisins, apples and
almonds
1 cup peacans or walnuts,
coarsely chopped
Cream the butter and sugar un
til fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a
time, beating well after each.
Combine grated rind and orange
juice. Mix flour, baking powder
and salt. Add half the mixture to
the butter mixture and beatwell;
Add the orange, juice and beat un- ,
til well blended. Stir in remaining
flour mixture and beat well. Blend
Edenton named
among Tree Cities
RALEIGH—Twenty-one North
Carolina cities and towns have
been named Tree City U.S.A.
communities by the National Ar
bor Day Foundation for their
outstanding urban forestry
programs.
Five of these communities are
receiving their seventh con
secutive award: Brevard, Eden
ton, Farmville, Laurinburg and
Wake Forest. The other 16 com
munities receiving awards are:
Asheville, Black Mountain, Carr
boro, Cary, Charlotte, Columbus,
Durham, Graham, Hillsborough,
Jacksonville, Lumberton, Max
ton, Monroe, Red Springs,
Southern Pines and Wendell.
“Hi£ communities receiving
their seventh consecutive award
are special because they have
been named Tree City U.S.A. win
ners as long as the North Carolina
Division of Forest Resources has
had an urban forestry program,”
said Harry Layman, director of
the Division of Forest Resources.
“These towns have shown a
pioneer spirit; their urban
forestry program has grown along
with our Division’s,” he said.
The Nebraska-based Arbor Day
Foundation honors communities
with the Tree City U.S.A. designa
tion upon the recommendations of
the State Forester. Tree City
U.S.A. winners are chosen for
their adoption of a tree city or
dinance, creation of a legal tree
governing body, implementation
of an active tree management
program and observance of Arbor
Day.
Most of the communities receiv
ing the award have received
assistance from the Division’s ur
ban forestry program, which pro
vides planning and advisory ser
vices to communities interested in
improving their urban
environment.
Towns interested in receiving
this assistance should contact the
»taU^Dhdsj°n of Forest Reaources
in bananas, cereal ana nuts, fow
batter into greased muffin cups.
Bake at 425 degrees for 20
minutes, or until cake tester in
serted in centers comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool in
pans 10 minutes. Two out onto
serving plate or wire rack. Serve
warm or cooled. Makes 18. Note:
If mixture is baked in 9x5-inch loaf
pan use 350 degree temperature
for 1 how and 15 minutes. Cooled
loaf may be wrapped in plastic
wrap or foil and frozen.
Cornbread Sticks
1 cup cornmeal
% cup all-pwpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1V> cups natural bran flakes
2 eggs, beaten
V> cup butter or margarine,
melted
% cup milk
1 can (8-3/4 oz.) cream style corn
Grease corn stick pan and muf
fin cups and preheat in 425 degree
oven while preparing batter. Com
bine cornmeal, flour, sugar, bak
ing powder and salt in a mixing
bowl. Process the cereal in a food
processor or blender until in tiny
flakes. (Or crush with a rolling
pin.) Add to cornmeal mixture.
Combine eggs, butter, milk and
corn; blend well. Make a well in
the dry ingredients and pour in
milk mixture all at once. Stir
quickly just until dry ingredients
are moistened. Spoon into the
preheated corn stick pan or muf
fin cups. Bake at 425 degrees for
18 minutes for corn sticks and 20
minutes for muffins. Serve hot.
Makes 9 sticks or 12 muffins.
Note: For crispier corn sticks, in
crease baking time to 23 minutes.
Lemon Pistachio Bread
V/z cups all-purpose flour
34 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt (if walnuts or
peacans are used increase salt to
l/2 teaspoon)
Grated rind 1 large lemon
1V> cups Raisin Bran cereal
2 eggs
M> cup butter or margarine,
melted
V2 cup water
Vi cup lemon juice
g % cup pwtBc*rijp, coarsekL
Shopped * **
Mix flow, sugar, baking powder
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Views On Dental Health
Richard N. Hines, Jr.
D.D.S., F.A.G.D.
Pressure And Periodontal Disease
There are other causes of periodon
tal disease (gum disease) besides
poor oral hygiene and the build-up of
calculus (tartar) around the necks of
teeth. One of these is' abnormal
pressure on a tooth or a group of
teeth.
How does this happen? For one
thing, crooked teeth tend to cause
such pressure. A tooth that is out of
line in the dental arch is frequently
subjected to abnormal pressures dur
ing chewing of food or grinding of
teeth. This condition is called
traumatic occlusion. Over a number
of years the excessive burden may
result in chronic inflammation, as well
as loss of bone and supporting tissue.
Improperly placed fillings, crowns,
or dentures may also exert abnormal
pressures. Although the dentist
makes every effort to contour the
restoration so that it will conform with
the contour of adjacent and opposing
teeth, only by using the restoration
can the patient tell whether or not this
goal has been achieved.
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“We Cater To Cowards’’
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CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
VENTERS
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie T.
Venters, Jr., of Tyner, are proud
to announce the birth of their se
cond child, a son, Christopher
Thomas, born March 6, at 10:40
p.m. in Albemarle Hospital,
Elizabeth City. He weighed 9 lbs.
and 15 ounces. Maternal grand-'
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Collin
M. Davis of Bertie Co. Paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie T. Venters Sr. of Edenton.
Mrs. Venters is the former Betty
Davis.
BARRETT DEATON PHILLIPS
Tom and Dee Flannery Phillips
of Edenton are proud to announce
the birth of their daughter, Bar
rett Deaton Phillips, born March
10 at 7:37 p.m. in Chowan
Hospital. She weighed 6 lbs. 8 ozs.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. W.R. Flannery of
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Phillips of Edenton.
REBEL JOE CARMEY
Carol S. Timmons, Rt. 1, Sun
bury is pleased to announce the
birth of her son, Rebel Joe
Carmey, born March 3 at 8:42
a.m. id Chowan Hospital. He
weigfte<f7 lbs. 13 ozs.
Maternal grandparents are
George and Barbara Townsend of
Sunbury, N.C. '
CHRISTOPHER W. RADKE
Barbara O’Neal and David Radke
of Ededton are proud to announce
the birth of their son, Christopher
William Radke, born March 8 at
2:25p.m. in Chowan Hospital. He
weighed 8 lbs. 5 ozs.
Maternal grandparents are
Mrs. Joan R. O’Neal of Edenton
and the late W.C. O’Neal, Sr.
Paternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Melvin Radke of Lan
tana, Florida.
Women’s workshop
series scheduled
A series of workshops for
women designed to improve
health and fitness will be held in
Chowan and Perquimans counties
in March. The series is being
sponsored by Northeastern North
Carolina Tomorrow and the
Chowan and Perquimans
Agricultural Extension Service.
Cora Guthrie, Foods and Nutri
tion Program Aide (EFNEP)
with Chowan Couunty
Agricultural Extension Service
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