Page 2-C Creative Cooking From The Herald Kitchen By Mildred Huskies Our calendar denies it, but our garden confirms that spring is a little nearer than just around the corner. The daffodils are nodding bravely at the crisp, cool twilights which have followed on the beds of unseasonably warm temperatures which awakened most of our bulbs and flowering shurbs. Another sure sign of spring is tender green asparagus in the market. Doesn’t it put a spring in your step as you test the tender stalks of asparagus in the produce section and turn to a golden bunch of daffodils being offered on the other aisle? You immediately can see your spring luncheon table fresh asparagus and a vase of daffodils or the first tulip along with a fragrant hyacinth or two. Asparagus Divan is a fitting salute to spring. Cooked chicken is covered with stalks of asparagus, which has been gently VOTE FOR George Wallace MARCH 23, 197$ Paid Pol. Ad. FROM** \ HOME REALTY t i IN EDENTON J Two 100 foot by 400 foot waterfront lots on + Country Club Drive. + 3 ♦ ♦ Waterfront lot 75 x 150. I ♦ * ♦ ▲ Two lots and mobile home at Arrowhead Beach. ♦ } Mobile home has two bedrooms, central heat and ▼ 4) air conditioning. There is a patio and screened ♦ + porch along with a concrete block storage build- ♦ ♦ mg. ♦ | « ♦ V In Cape Colony, four bedroom home with living J ♦ room, kitchen, two full baths and central heating. ? ♦ Features view of Albemarle Sound. ♦ ♦ J | Three bedroom home with full bath. Wall-to- ♦ g wall carpet. New central heating and air condi- ♦ t tioning. Unit in back suitable for renting. A good C + place to live with a good income potential. ♦ J CONTACT { 1 HOME REALTY i j Phone 482-2153 Nights and Weekends 482-2375 g The Spirit of’76- Farmers are the backbone of America. It was their pioneering efforts and their determination that built America and led to the agri cultural self-sufficiency Americans enjoy today. Since 1933, Pro duction Credit Associations have been helping farmers use credit effectively to help them progress. Your PGA is farmer owned and understands the needs of farmers andwe know that the farmer of 1976 has the same spirit of the farmers of 1776. Your PGA salutes ttte American Farmer during this bi centennial year and looks forward to serving you for many years to come. Albemarle production QbV credit association Highway 17 North OipMd on us E DENTON, N. C. 27932 Phono 482-4904 Monday - Friday 0.00 A. M. to 500 P. M. simmered just to the point of, tender crsipness. Then the chicken and asparagus is blanketed with a creamy sauce. After a brief trip in the oven, Asparagus Divan is ready to enjoy. The artichoke is another bright star in the springtime vegetable galaxy. And even if you’ve never prepared one before, you’ll agree that this method is simplicity itself. If you can boil water, you can prepare artichokes. The Lemon Butter Sauce that accompanies the artichokes is equally easy to make, and brings out all the fresh flavor of this vegetable, that’s so much in tune with the joys of spring. Asparagus Divan 1 broiler-fryer chicken (about 3 lbs.) 2Vz cups water 1 onion, peeled and studded with 4 whole cloves 1 rib celery 2 teaspoons salt, divided lVfelbs. fresh asparagus Va cup butter or margarine 1 clove garlic, minced 1 small tomato, peeled and chopped y« cup flour V 4 cup milk 2'teaspoons sherry Salt and pepper to taste Place chicken in large saucepan with water, onion, celery and one teaspoon salt. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer covered until tender, about one hour. Strain broth and reserve one and one-half cups. Remove meat from chicken and cut into long, thin slices. Set aside and prepare asparagus. Cut or break off each stalk as far down as it snaps easily. Wash thoroughly. Plade trimmed asparagus in two layers in large skillet or saucepan. Sprinkle with remaining one teaspoon salt and add boiling water to depth of one inch. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes, until lower part of stalk is just crisp-tender. Lift out with pancake turner or two forks. Set aside. Melt butter in saucepan; add garlic, and tomato; cook about five minutes. Blend in flour. Stir in reserved chicken broth and milk. Cook stirring constantly, until thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in sherry, and season with salt and pepper to taste. To assemble dish, place chicken on bottom of shallow three quart casserole. Cover with cooked asparagus, then sauce. Bake at 400 degrees about 12 minutes or until hot. Serves four or five. Artichokes with Lemon Butter 4 artichokes 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon olive of salad oil 1 clove garlic, crushed Juice of one fresh lemon Rinse artichokes in cold water. Turn each on its side. With a sharp knife, cut off about one inch from the top. Cut off stem close to the base. Pull off loose leaves around the bottom. Snip off sharp leaf tips with scissors. In a large kettle or saucepan bring two to three inches of water to boil. Add salt, oil, garlic, lemon and artichokes. Simmer 30 to 40 minutes or until stem is form-tender and a leaf pulls easily from the base. Turn upside down to drain. Serve with Lemon Butter Sauce. Makes four servings. Lemon Butter Sauce 6 tablespoons butter or margarine 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice y 4 teaspoon dry mustard V 4 teaspoon salt Dash cayenne 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley or chives Melt butter in small THE CHOWAN Hg»AIJ> saucepan over low heat. Stir in remaining ingredients. Makes one-half cup sauce. (This sauce is excellent with' oilier vegetables such as asparagus and brocolli.) What’s New You’ll soon be finding some additions to ths Green Giant frozen vegetables family of fine foods. Le Sueur Brand Combinations Tiny Peas, Pea Pods and Water Chestnuts Frozen in Oriental Butter Sauce is the newest addition to the line which also features Tiny Peas, Pearl Onions and Carrots in Butter Sauce and Tiny Peas, Carrots and Celery in Beef Flavored Butter Sauce. Trooper Filb Court Docket State trooper M. J. McArthur was the central figure Tuesday morning in the regular session of Chowan County District Court. Os 17 cases calendared for trial, he was the arresting officer in 14 of them. Edenton Patrolman W. C. Cramm had three cases on the docket. Judge John T. Chaffin presided over the session with Asst. Dist. Atty. Dick Parker prosecuting the docket. Action taken included: William Henry Downing, worthless check, called and failed. Donald Wayne Johnson, speeding, $25 fine and costs. John R. Sultan, improper registration plates, $lO fine and costs. James Roberts, speeding and drunk driving, second offense, 90 days, suspended upon payment of $225 fine and costs. Notice of appeal entered. Henry Kirk Gibbs, speeding, $lO fine and costs. Dan Junior Bembery, driving while license revoked, dismissed. William Lawrence Code, speeding, called and failed. Wallace James Whitehurst, allowing unlicensed person to drive and public drunkenness, called and failed. Thomas Moore Applegate, Jr., speeding, $lO fine and costs. Justice Mayo James, drunk driving, 90 days, suspended upon payment of SIOO fine and costs. Margaret Swindell Laughinghouse, speeding, $lO fine and costs. James Thomas Cooper, speeding, $lO fine and costs. James Oliver Layden, 111, drunk driving, dismissed. Ann Privott Leary, speeding, $35 fine and costs. Thurman Lee Goodwin made a first appearance on a fugitive warrant from Virginia. He refused to waive extradition. Vance Clifton, speeding, $lO fine and costs. UMAmHjMAotacld. BRING NEW LIFE TO YOHR CARPETING Revhc the original beauty ■of your rugs. Cleaned in your own home by Von Schrader dry foam method. No muss No fuss. JhVy No odor. 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Fade age spots with Esoterica: Solar energy is an It i important part of Vepco's search for even more » effiriert ways to generate Mirrors concentrate the sun s rays on a boiler-tower to create steam to generate electricity (ARTISTS CONCEPTION) ■I "Our electric heat pump 1 uses the sunt warmth. | It takes its source of heat I right from the air-and gives | us the most energy-saving I way to heat our home Vepco is interested in developing the use of solar energy to help supply the elec trical energy needs of our customers. Through the utility industry’s Electric Power Research Institute, we are learn ing about new ways to turn the sun’s energy into electric power. EPRI programs so far cover 21 active and 28 planned solar demonstration projects. The program includes such pro jects as designing, building and studying 10 homes with heating and cooling systems based on solar energy, solar energy as a means erf generation for electric utility systems, environmental assessment erf solar energy pow er plants, and a testing facility for solar materials and compon SotvtjgtodaybeneigyjxvtkmsisaicsponaWitywsallshare. • / I Spiigfat And the Azaleas, candytuft, flowering trees and shrubs * w from the Leary Plant Farm Nursery are reiady for plant- £ I ing. While you're there, browse in our GARDEN SHOP 1 1 where you'll find a complete line oi gardening supplies 11 | including tools, fertilizer, soil and containers. Also, I we have a complete line of house plants. I BUY A GIFT THAT GROWS | I LEARY PLANT FARM ANB GARDEN SHOP 1 | Rwte I Etaitan, N. C. Plhm 482-2744 I ents. The solar energy program will total Sl7 million. In Virginia, Vepco sponsored the study of solar energy for the heating and cool ing system planned for the proposed new Virginia Museum of Science. But as exciting as solar energy sounds, right now it does not compete economically for routine generation of electricity. Even though sunshine is free, it is not constant, and the equip ment needed to collect it is much more expensive than any thing we are using today. With research, solar energy may be a hope for tomorrow— but nuclear power is the answer today. Nuclear power is the lowest cost new way we have erf producing Thursday, March 18. 1976, New Bicentennial Idea Book Available Are you among the millions of Americans involved in com memorating the Bicentennial? If not, there is still time to join the festivities. The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration (ARBA) has just published booklet describing some of the ways America’s 200th anniver sary will be celebrated in com munities across the land. Called “What You Can Do: A Bi centennial Idea Book,” the 10- page publication is available free of charge. It describes 20 ways Americans are participat ing in the Bicentennial, and illustrates a diversity of ideas. The “Idea Book” can be ob tained by writing any of ARBA’s 10 regional offices, or: ARBA, 2401 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C, 20276. Balance your life as you would balance your bank account. IVlenol acetaminophen tablets ijyisNoTU ■ ■sssg^NEW LOW PRICE . 100’s TABLETS WAS *B.7* NOW 88c Hollowed A Blount V Roxall Drugs J electricity. In fact, last year, nuclear power saved Vepco customers over SIOO million. You can help cut costs on your electric bill by using elec tricity wisely. Use cold water for your laundry and keep your thermostat at 68 degrees. If you build a new home, consider an economical heat pump. It is one of the most efficient examples of solar energy today. All of these ideas add up to savings on your electric bill. Vepco

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