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At Homentakers Supper
Mrs. John K. McNeill gives the details of her trip
'abroad during the recent Hoke County
Homentakers supper. Achievement awards were
presented during the event held at the Raeford Civic
Center.
Treated ivood exceeds hazards
Despite some newspaper
headlines EPA concluded that the
behefits or creosote-pen
tachlorophenol-, and salt
(inorganic-arsenic)-treated wood
far' exceed possible hazards.
Wood pressure-treated with
each of these chemicals will con
tinue to be available to the general
public.
EPA recommends that salt
treated wood can be used for
decks, fences and inside homes,
provided that it is free of visible
surface deposits; creosote and pen
ta pressure-treated-wood shall not
be used in enclosed areas; and pro
tective clothing shall be worn when
handling freshly treated material.
The itaajor change resulting from
EPA action >?ir be'fhar'Sll three"
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restricted-use pesticides, meaning
that solutions of creosote and pen
tachlorophenol will no longer be
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County Extension
Chairman
available "over the counter" to the
general public.
Effective alternatives such as
zinc naphthenate and copper-8
quinolinolate will still be available
for do-it-yoursdfers. The provi
sional date for implementation is
February 1, 1985, however, court
action may create delays.
N.C. BICYCLE FEDERATION
2nd ANNUAL Conference
? ~Tkc 2nd Annual Conference of
the North Carolina Bicycle Federa
tion presently has a membership of
over 1500.
In the two years since organiza
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CHARLOTTE
R.
KELLY
HOKE COUNTY
Board of Education
Nov. 6. 1984
.1 "An Effective Voice For The People "
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Lacy Thornburg.
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An experienced professional.
He knows our state, our people and
our laws.
A three term North Carolina legislator,
a winning trial lawyer and a respected
Superior Court Judge for 16 years. Lacy
Thornburg has unmatched qualifications
to be our next Attorney General.
Help us elect Lacy Thornburg.
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tion the Federation has encouraged
and promoted safe and rewarding
cycling in the state through:
..Bicycle safety education pro
grams in the public schools, col
leges and universities.
..Encouraging highway facility
improvements for the cyclist on
bridges and roadways.
..Streamlining procedures for
hosting a bicycle rally event with
the Department of Transportation.
..Monitoring the legislative ac
tions that affect the cycling en
vironment.
The conference, coupled with
workshops such as wheel building
clinics, mountain bike rides, trips
leading a bicycle tour for children,
legal rights of cyclists, etc. should
be an important conference.
? For-more information contact:
John Crott-, -Director Outdoor
Adventures Program, Ap-~
palachian State University, Bdone,
NCn28608.
Homemade cookies evoke memories
A tinful of cookies evokes
memories of home and family
bridging miles between you and
college students, servicemen,
grandparents, friends, and others
far from the hub of the family.
Cookies are fun to eat, and
many are nutritious.
Here are some tricks of the
cooking baking trade:
?Start with a good recipe. Use
accurate measurements; do not
substitute ingredients.
?Preheat the oven at the cor
rect temperature for at least 10
minutes before you begin baking
the cookies. ^
?Use baking sheets or pans
which are at least two inches
smaller in both length and width
than the oven rack. Cookies
should be baked near the center of
the oven if a single cookie sheet is
used. If two cookie sheets are plac
ed in the oven at the same time,
they should be spaced far enough
apart to allow for proper circula
tion of heat.
?When using oven glass baking
pans, always lower the
temperature 25 degrees.
?Do use suggested size loaf pan
for bar cookies such as brownies.
?Use cold bright shiny cookie
sheets for browner cookies (dough
will melt and spread on a hot pan.)
?Do bake a few cookies first, to
be sure temperature of oven and
time of baking are adequate, and
that consistency of dough is right.
?Watch baking cookies closely
and check for doneness just before
the minimum time is up.
?When cookies contain
shortening, it is not necessary to
grease cookie sheets. If they do not
contain shortening, they should be
greased.
?Unless otherwise directed,
remove cookies from cookie sheet
with a spatula, right after taking
from oven, amTffflce on a wire -
rack to cool. Never overlap, pile,
stack, opstore warm cookies. Use
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a wide spatula to take cookies
from cookie sheet
?Done or undone that is the
question...
a. Bars or squares are done
when the sides shrink from pan, or
the top springs back when lightly
touched with the finger. Soft
cookies will also spring back when
touched.
b. Crisp cookies are done
when they are fairly firm, and
lightly browned around the edges.
?Here'? a trick - For extra
cookie sheets, cut pieces of
aluminum foil the same size as the
cookie sheet. Drop dough onto foil
and slip onto the cookie sheet as
soon as it comes from the oven and
you remove cooked cookies.
?Without a cookie sheet?
Simply turn a baking pan over and
use the bottom, and your problem
is solved.
?For rolling cookies, try a
pastry cloth and stockinet-covered
rolling pin. Avoid flouring board
or cloth too heavily - too much
flour makes cookies dry and
tough.
?Don't place dropped cookies
too close together on baking sheet.
STORING COOKIES
Store soft cookies and crisp
cookies separately. Store soft
cookies in a container with a tight
cover. Bar cookies may be stored
in the baking pan tightly covered.
If cookies begin to dry, adding a
slice of apple, orange or bread, or
taping a piece of moistened cotton
to the inside of the cover will add
needed moisture.
in a container with a loose fitting
lid. If they soften, as they tend to
do in humid weather, pop them in
to a preheated 300 TF oven for
three to five minutes before serv
ing.
HOW TO FREEZE
Cookies can be frozen or unbak
ed. Baked cookies can be frozen up
to 6 months and frozen dough up
to 3 months. Most cookies freeze
well, either baked or unbaked But
freezing dough is considered
simpler and requires less freezer
space.
Baked Cookies ? Bake as usual,
cool quickly and freeze before
packaging. Pack in frozen food
containers, separating layers with a
double thickness of freezer paper,
overwrap the container, label and
freeze. To serve, thaw cookies at
room temperature 10 to 15
minutes.
Rolled Cookie Dough - Roll out
and Cut the dough into the various
shapes. Stack the cut-outs in car
tons with a double thickness of
freezer paper between layers.
Overwrap, label and freeze. Bake
without thawing.
Unrolled Cookie Dough - Form
the dough into long rolls, wrap in
freezer paper and freeze. Thaw
just enough to be able to cut into
thin slices. Bake on greased baking
sheet.
Drop Cookie Dough - Drop
dough on baking sheet as if you
were going to bake the cookies.
Freeze the cookies on the sheet,
then pack the frozen drops of
dough in cartons with a double
thickness of freezer paper betwee
layers. To bake, place the frozen
drops on greased baking sheet and
bake without thawing.
Bar Cookies - Freeze dough in
baking pan. Go straight from
freezer to oven, without thawing,
and bake as usual.
Molded or Pressed Cookies
-Freeze dough in airtight con
tainer. When ready to bake, thaw
adowch until toft enough^ for you to
form the cookies.
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