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Volume 33
Refrozen
Foods Moy
Be Unsafe ~~
During the recent ice storm
many members had food in their
freezers to thaw before dry ice
or other means of refreezing the
food could be had. to
Evelyn B. Cpindler, nutritionist.
Federal Extension Service, it
may be unsafe to eat thawed
frozen foods (especially p ultry
and mea‘s( if they remain thaw*
ed at 40 degrees F even 1 or S
days. If the thawed foods we
off in color or odor get rid of the
food. It may be dangerous! Tes*s
have shown that you can safely
refreeze beef, veal and lamb if
no signs of spoilage are evident.
Bacteria multiply rapidly in
shellfish (oys'ers, crab, etc.),
vegetables, and cooked foods.
So do not refreeze these food 3
if they have thawed completely.
If you have these foods in your
freezer which have been rc
frozen they may be dangerous
to eat. If there is a question
about vour family’s safe'y in
eating these, don’t hesitate to
get rid of these foods. These
foods (shellfish, vegetables and
cooked foods) when re f hawed
could look all right and smell
normal but could still be dan
gerous. If you were able to re
freeze your food before it was
completely thawed then this food
should be safe for
provided you were able to quick
refreeze it before the ice crys
tals in the food melted. How
ever, if you were only able to
hold this food in the partially
thawed condi ttion for days there
is a question of its safe use. The
excep'ion is thawed fruits which
have begun to ferment. This
will not make them dangerous
to eat, but it may spoil their
flavor. So, if thawed or rethaw
ed fruits smell and taste good
they will be safe to use. Or you
can use them in pies, jams, jel
lies or preserves.
Club Leaders
Will Confer
4-H Club Leader’s from Wes
tern North Carolina will meet
for a conference at the R'dge
orest Baptist Assembly in Black
Mountain March 28th and 29th.
Leaders from Yancey County to
attend are. Mr and Mrs. John
G. Ramsey of the White Oak
Creek Community; Mr Charles
Hopson of Green Mountain and
Mrs. Bill Young and Mrs. Bill
Norris of the Arbuckle Com
munity.
This will be an opportunity for
leaders from Yancey County
and Western North Carolina to
swap ideas, socialize and re
• eive some valuable training.
Burnsville Men’s Club
Installs New President
By: R. K. Helmle
James Gardner, the new pre
sident of the Burnsville Men’s
Club, was installed at the An
nual Ladies’ Night Banquet held
Monday night at the Commun
ity Building, with some eighty
members, wives and guests at
tending.
Other members of the new
sla ! e of officers of the civic or
ganization are Olen Shepard as
vice president, and Dr. Paul
Fall as secretary. The latter
has served the club as president
during the past year. Dover
Fouts, in conducting the installa
tion, spoke of the importance of
the Men's Club as a civic organi
zation in its 45 year history,
and urged support of the offi
cers for the coming year.
Mr. Fouts also presented
plaques of apprecia'ion to 'the
two officers of the Yancey Unit
ed Fund who carried the chief
load of work in the 1968 annual
fund raising campaign of that
organization. These were Robert
Rhinehart who served as cam
paign chairman, and Everett
Dillingham, who is president of
the Fund.
The speaker of the evening
was Denver Robinson whose sub
ject was “Resource Develop
ment, Our Heritage; Our Re
sponsibility”. An accomplished
photographer, Robinson illustrat
ed his ta'ks with slides showing
the superb heritage of na*ural
beauty we have here in Wes’em
North Carolina. His message
was the vital importance of tak
ing proper care of this heritage.
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Buffet Dinner By Indies Os Heme Demonstration Organisation Stan PM " ! " y Arrf,fe BaU ™
Thursday, March 27, 1969
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Olen Shepard, Dr Paul Fall, Janies Gnrdner And Dover Foufs
Robinson, a resident of Yan
cey County seme fifteen years
ago, is now working out of As
heville as Supervisor of Test
Demonstration Projects in Wes
tern North Carolina, a program
jointly conducted by TVA and
N. C. S'ate.
Number Twenty-Nine
A fine dinner was served by
ladies of the Home Demonstra
tion Organization of Yancey
County. ,