From hundreda of recipes submltted by Nortfa Carolinians, five were selected to participóte in the N. C. Chicken Cooking Contest Cook-Off faeid in Greanboro recentiy at tfae Four B—■ Malí. Now it ia on to Ocean City, Maryland tfae latter part ot July for Mrs Anne Burnette of Rocky Mount to repreaent Nortfa Carolina at the National Cooking Conteat. Anne, with responaibilitiea aa a social worker and feeding a husband and young son, won first place in tfae contest with her Jade Tree Chicken recipe. Her prise was a convection oven and an expense-paid trip to the NaQonal Contest where she will compete for tfae top prixe oí $10,000. As might be ezpected oí a proíesaional person and a homemaker, the recipe was relatively easy to prepare in a short length oí time while being colorful and modest in cost. Mrs. Ruth Bond, Burlington, placed second with Great Bangkok Chicken. The runners-up were Mrs. Pat Dazis, Charlotte, with her "Taco Cheese Chicken;" Mrs. Betty Smith, Asheboro, with "Lemon Chicken Delight;" and Mrs. Lee Yahnker, Goldsboro, with "Pizza Chicken." The highly qualified panel oí judges deliberated seríously and discussed each dish thoroughly before making a final decisión. Judges are expected to take their duties seríously, but the entríes were all so outstanding that it was difficult to agree on only one winner. The recipes were indicative of the vast variety oí ways to serve chicken attractively with appealing flavors. Recipes cali for broiler-fryers but methods of prepara tion include far more than broiling or frying. North Carolinian farmers produced 402 million head of broilers in 1900 to rank fourth natlonally in production. Angie Crone, N. C. Department of Agriculture Food Publicist, N. C. Chicken Cooking Contest Chairman, tells us that the contest is a salute to the great poultry industry, but also it is a reminder that broilers are a good buy, easily available, and versatile. The winning chicken recipes will be important additions to other favoríte ones. JADE TREE CHICKEN 3 half breasts of broiler-fryer chicken, boned, skinned, cut in bite-size pieces v« cup soy sauce, divided V« cup cooking oil, divided 2 teaspoons cornstarch, divided ^ teaspoon garlic powder V4 teaspoon sugar v4 teaspoon salt V« teaspoon ground red pepper 2 cups fresh broccoli flowerets 1 cup sliced celery 1 onion, cut in 8 wedges 2 tablespoons dry sherry V4 cup cold water In large bowl, make marinade by mixing together 2 tablespoons of the soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of the oil, 1 teaspoon of the cornstarch, garlic powder, sugar, salt, and red pepper; stir. Add chicken, turning to coat Cover and marínate in refrigerator 20 minutes. In frypan, place remaining 3 tablespoons oil and heat to médium temperature. Add broccoli, celery and onion; stir fry about 6 minutes or until tender-crisp. Remove vegetables and set asi de. In same frypan, place chicken and stir fry about 5 minutes or unta opaque and fork can be inserted in chicken with ease. Return vegetables to frypan. In small bowl, mix together remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce, remaining 1 teaspoon cornstarch, sherry and water. Pour over chicken and vegetables. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 3 minutes. Serve over hot cooked rice. Makes 4 servings. GREAT BANGKOK CHICKEN 2 whole broiler-fryer chicken breasts, halved, boned, skinned, cut in *4-inch pieces 1 cup chicken broth V« cup sherry V« cup soy sauce 2 V2 tablespoons cornstarch 'á teaspoon salt V« teaspoon sugar 4 tablespoons cooking oil, divided 1 V2 cups sliced mushrooms 1 can (8oz.) sliced water chestnuts, drained y* cup chopped green pepper 8 ounces snow peas M cud salted cashews In shallow bowl, mix together chicken broth, sherry, soy sauce, cornstarch, salt and sugar; sür. Add chicken, stirring to coat; set aside. In wok or large frypan, place 1 tablespoon of the oil and heat to medium-higb temperature or 350*F. Add mushrooms, water chestnuts and green pepper; stir fry about 3 minutes or until vegetables are tender-crisp; remove from wok. In same wok, place remaining 3 tablespoons oil. Stir in chicken mixture and stir fry about 5 minutes or until chicken is opaque and fork can be inserted in chicken with ease. Return vegetables to wok. Add snow peas and cashews. Stir fry about 2 minutes or until heated through. Serve over rice. Makes 4 servings. PIZZA CHICKEN 2 whole broiler-fryer chicken breasts, halved 2 tablespoon cooking oil 1 can (4 oz.) mushrooms, drained, liquid reserved % cup raw rice 1 tablespoon instant minced onion 1 tablespoon margarine 2 teaspoons chieken-flavor instant bouillon V4 teaspoon garlic salt, divided V4 teaspoon pepper 1 can (15 os.) tomato sauce 1 teaspoon orégano leaves 8 ounces grated Mozzarella cheese In frypan, place oil and heat to médium temperature. Add chicken and cook, turning, about 10 minutes or until brown on all sides. Hace reaerved muahroom liquid in a 2-cup measuring cup; add water to make 2 cups UqnkL In large shallow baking pan, mix together measured mushroom liquid, mnsfarooma, rice, onion, margarine. bouillon, % teaspoon oí tfae garlic san and pepper. Place chicken, skin-side up, in single layer, over rice mixture. Sprinkle irlth rrmnlnlng Vi twMpnnn ffarllr salt In nmall bowl, mix tomato sauce and orégano; pour over chtrken. Cover and bake in 30O*F. oven 4ft minutas or until fork can be insertad in chicken with eaae. Uncover and sprinkle cheese over chicken and rice. Return to oven and bake 15 minutes longeT or until cheeae is melted and bnbbty. Makes 4 servings. All's Faír In Love i For Sneaky Fireflies Wbo knows what evil huts ln tbe hearta of firefltoa? Afler 11 yeark o# study, Profaaaor James E. Lloyd of the Univeratty o# Florida has a pretty good idea. The entoraologist has ofaaerved more than 100 species of fireflies - which aren't really files at aU but beetles of the family Lampyridae. He has leamed a lot about what's being said when they blink tbe chemical lights in their abdomens. When it comes to winning a mate or a mea!, fireflies can sneak and cheat and sometimes even kill. In short, Lloyd has found, those insects with the comma-sized brains are capable of quite complica ted behavior. The Tender Trap Fireflies often speak in a visual Morse code, a pattern of flashes that differs by species and by sex. A male flies around flashing his message —say, a half-second flash every six seconds—and looks toward the ground until he spots a correctly coded female response. What follows may be a "flash dialogue" before the lights go out for mating. Or it may be a trap. Females in at least a dozen species of the genus Photuris can mimic the mating responses of other firefly species and lure a male to their perches. When he draws near in hopes of romance, the female grabs and devours him. Some of these "femmes fatales" have repertoires and can lure at least five other species, Lloyd says. Some males out to woo these predatory females have deceptive repertoires of their own, he adds. By Imita ting the males of prey species, they try to attract false «ignala from their own Photuris females. These male mimics are out to reproduce, not to kill, Lloyd believes. But he admits it's a mystery how they avoid being eaten. Other fireflies have their own varieties of deceit. A male may interject extra flashes into a nearby male's pattern to break up a courtship dialogue, or flash in synchronism with him to trick a female into> switching partners. A male may even mimic a female to throw a rival off the track. SoLittle Time A Florida grasslands firefly, Photinus collustrans, may show why the competí ti on is so intense. This lightning bug appears about a quarter-hour after " maÍketWiaskit fe. COOLMEALS preparing cool meáis can be • challenge to any cook who waits until wrnrm weather arrives. It't a big help having tome fresh idea» ready to try before 90-degree days become a reality. Think of all the chilled soup» iw make luch nice beginning» to meato. Vichyssotoe comes to mimi, but there are many others with great poesibüities: grated cama, leek. spinach, avocado, cucumber, tornato, watercreu and muihroam. They have a creamy baae and offer quick preparation. For a delightful mushroom soup, saute sttccd vegetables in butter. Mushrooms need tossing with lemon juice to prevent darkening. You have to make certaia the leeks have been tboroughly washed since they tend to be gritty (with earth) unless grown on small hilk or with "paper coilars," as French gardenert do. Both half-andhalf and dairy sour eran add creaminess Why not cook in the morning ««i let it chili until dinner? LMtTMk Carden tooto left oo the lawn are often hard to ftnd beemuse their cotoring to so cío* to that of the landscape. To save the time aad energy the search takea. dip tbe handles of your orden tooto into yeilow or orana» enamei outdoor paint The coatii* wiU la*t for years aad yow tooto wiD ahray» be aasy to tocata tí kMt ob the lawa or ia RMMM aunaet and la active only aboul 15 minutes a night. ni- f°5owíl« OreM •od recording their ev«? move, Loyd worted out an average "The typical Photinua collustrana maie needs 7 2 níghtetofind afemaleand mate he said. But most femaies need no more than f" minutes to emerge from their underground hurrows, attract a maie, mate, and get back underground. "All these males are out there hunting and the femaies are only out for a momeat," he Mid. ..Jn fact, the chances of being answered by a predator are greater than being S22F by their oUoyd uses all sorts of equipment to unlock secrets of insect communication. "I have what I cali 8 Jfl gun ~ except when I travel on airlines " he said The instrumem can read flashes of üght and transíate them into vanous high-pitched whistles for storage on a tape recorder. Back at the umversity laboratory in !lLneSVÍlle' other Instruments can use the tape to chart precise images of the flashes. Thermometers also are important because a firefly s flash tempo goes up and down with the air tempera ture. Even a pocket flashlight has its place in his work "You can attract fireS to your penlight," he explained. "If a male's nying overhead and you flash the right code, he'll come down and land in yourhand." To imítate a female hÍü!« Lloyd advises holding the penlight point Beaded trails of light represent the flight paths of different firefly species, as they might appear in a time exposure. The drawings are based on the work of firefly researcher James E. Lloyd of the University of Florida. Below is the glowing silhouette of a firefly photographed in Southeast Asia. down against the ground, "qp the light the firefly's going to see is what is leaking out around the edges." Glowing for Science Lloyd studied fireflies in Thailand last year on a project supported by the National Geographíc Society. The main target was Pteroptyx malaccae, a species that gathers in large, synchronously flashing groups on trees and bushes in lowland swamps. During the study, Lloyd saw evidence of "habitat loss and water-quality deterioration" that could hurt firefly populations — a problem that is international, he notes. Long after some fireflies have died, their glows keep working for medical research. Extracta from the lanterns — which contain the light-emitting molecule luciferin, among other things — can be made to glow again when combined with the energyrich molecule ATP (adenosinetriphosphate), a substance found in every organism. By measuring the light produced, researchers can tell how much ATP is there. First, somebody has to get the fireflies. The Sigma Firefly Scientists Club, a división of Sigma Chemical Co. in St. Louis, collected 3,191,400 fireflies in 1980, according to worker Jerry Nester. The firm pays $1 a hundred, with bonuses for big catches, and helps collectors in another way, Nester said: "It's pretty hard running a round in a field with a glass jar, so we give them nets." Keeping Cool At Lower Cost many peopie to tura the air coodttkner atf A rommwi mkwnitptíon central air coodltlanlQg uaera ia that M takea more eoergy to cool tfae bouae down mto, once it ha* beeo aüowed to beat up Thia is untrue, tfae, specialists say, but it ta true that aavlnga (rom turaing ofí tfae may not be aignifleant unlesa t*1* air cooclltioEscr remains off for eigfat houra or more. An alternativa to turaing the air cooditioser off when leaving tfae bouae ia to raiae the tfaermoatat setting. Thia can be Juat aa effective aa iihutting it atf, the specialiata say. Raising the thermoatat setting from 75 degrees to 80 degrees can cut coata by 10 percent or mote. Changing ditera regularly can increaae tfae air conditiooer's etftdency and cut electric coate by up to 10 percent, the experta say. It is alao a good idea to deán the coila oo the outaide beat exchanger with a brush before tfaé beginning of the wimmer season. Thia, too, wlll improve the unit'a effldeney and save on cooling coate. (¡ rfu. be REOCLCD i IK4 ABCUT 7^2 MILUON YtAKS. RccycHag Ocmun Scientists calcúlate that all of the world's oceans circuíate through the earth's cruft approximately once every 8 mlllion years, in a continuou* recycling process.