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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-10-30, Page 23i OOP Ylc toted doors> 11lth Cover • ^- 5 yeer;wu `waif Models -;'22 Church St. W.,Elmira 669-1281 Mon. Tues. Wed. Sat. 8:30 - 6:00 p.m. Thurs. Fri. 8:30 - 9:00 p.m. Seal Books tO DAA mIuowave maeu Yes, you can microwave rice By Desiree Vivea Can you really microwave rice'? Sure, you can. It's just that many people prefer to cook rice the conventional way, since there's really no time saved by microwaving. Rehydration of the grain takes time, no matter what cooking method you use. The main microwave advantage is that you can cook and serve in the same dish. Since mircrowaving doesn't really save you any time, you may want to cook rice on the stovetop and leave the microwave free for other dishes. I like to use the microwave when I just want some plain, cooked rice for use in a recipe. To microwave com- bine 1 cup long grain rice, 21/4 cups water, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a 3 -quart glass cas- serole. Microwave at HIGH We Present SCOTT YOUNG Author of HELLO CANADA, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FOSTER HEWITT - Mr. Scott Young will be at our store on Thursday, November 7th from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. to sign his book for you. 5co '— $17.95 di • • VISA 125 Main St. W., Listowel • (100 per cent power) 18 to 20 minutes, stirring after 10 minutes. Here's a quicker method, which gives you 10 minutes to microwave another dish while "standing tim finishes cooking your rice: Combine 1 cup long grain rice and ',2 teaspoon salt in 3 - quart casserole. Pour 21/2 cups boiling water over rice. Cover and microwave at HIGH (100 per cent power) - for 7 minutes. Then let stand, covered, 10 minutes before serving. e" Crossroads—Oct. 30, 1985—Page 5A Let stand, covered, 5 minutes before serving. Serves 4 to 6. MEXICAN RED RICE ' 4 cup olive or vegetable oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 small green pepper, diced 1 cup raw long grain white rice '/4 tsp. salt 1/4 to 'i2 tsp. chili powder (optional) 2 medium ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped 2 cups boiling water Combine oil, onion and green pepper in 1 -quart glass casserole. Cover and microwave on HIGH (IOO per ent power) 6 minutes, tirring after 3 minutes. di- ve er is c For "minute" rice, com- s bine 11/2 cups rice, 11/2 cups water, and 1/2 teaspoon sal in casserole. Microwave minutes on HIGH (100 pe cent power), stirring after 2 a minutes. Let stand, covered, several minutes before serv- ing. Cooked rice will stay fresh in the fridge up to one week Leftover rice reheats per fectly in the microwave, with no added liquid. Microwave in a covered dish, and stir once or twice for even heating. Stir in remaining ingre t ents, cover and microwa 5 15 minutes on HIGH (100 p power) until liquid bsorbed and rice tender. RICE 'N' SPICE PUDDING 2 cups milk 2 eggs, lightly beaten • 'tz cup granulated sugar - 1 tsp, vanilla '-4 tsp. each cinnamon and nutmeg Dash salt 1'2'cup quick -cooking rice ,2 cup raisins Measure milk into a 4 -cup ass measure; microwave 3 3'2 minutes on HIGH (100 r cent power). Milk should hot, but not boiling. combine eggs, sugar, nilla, cinnamon, nutmeg d salt in a 11/2 -quart glass serole. Add rice, raisins hot milk, blending well. et casserole in a square ss baking dish with about inch hot water and rowave 2 minues on H. eset microwave to FROST (30 per cent er) and continue cooking 10 minutes longer, or knife inserted in center es out clean, Serve m or chilled. rves 4 to 6. CURRIED CHICKEN AND. RICE gl 1 cup uncooked long grain to pe white rice be 2'2 to 3 cups cubed cooked chicken va 1 (16 oz.) can cut green an beans, undrained cas 1 (1014 oz.) can condensed and , cream of mushroom soup S 114 cup water gla 12 cup mayonnaise 1 small onion, chopped mic1 1 tsp. chicken bouillon HIG granules R ' 2 tsp. curry powder DE Combine all ingredients in po a 2 -quart glass casserole, . 8 oto stirring to blend thoroughly. until Cover and microwave on com HIGH (100 per cent power) war 30 to 35 minutes, stirring Se every 10 minutes, until rice is tender. SO CHEAP IT'S SCARY f hildren's & Adults 1.25 BRUSHED CHUNKY YARN 1.0 Get- 2 FREE Hayfield, Gabriel, Princess, Celerity & Dialia CHUNKY SPUN YARN Buy 10 - Get 2 FREE Large Balls of BRUSHED CHUNKY Reg. 21.99 Mohair Blend Makes Vest or Sweater Reg..4.95. 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A mother from Missouri has made possibly the big- gest breakthrough in years. She says it's all semantics. "If I say, 'Living with one another without marriage is. living in sin,' I'm put down as archaic. On the other hand if I say, 'Such an ar- rangement is not truly meaningful because it takes no real commitment,' I am listened to." An "affair" becoma "relationship," a knock- down -drag -out fight is refer- red to as a "confrontation of special needs" anda woman who cleans her own house is trapped in a •"traditional. role," A few years ago, we_ha. a__ —'kid living at home who had no curiosity whatsoever about money or where it came from. There wasn't a day went by that we didn't mention the word job. He looked at us like we were speaking another language. I approached him one day in the kitchen with a limited vo- cabulary of his generation. "So, how are you coming at mainstreaming your tal- ents?" For the first time ever he did not run away. "Is there a problem?" he asked. - "I just noticed your con- spicuous consumption of food has peaked and your ag- gression level is on over- load." He studied me for a moment. "Actually, I'm in a selection process." "Is it soen"efhing you'd -like to share?" "There was an ad for a street construction job, but it wasn't meaningful." "Fulfillment without gratification is just the tip of the iceberg," I said. "Boy, isn't that the truth. Choices. That's what life is HIS °N HER PULLOVERS: For the happy couple .. . . a perfect pir of fa sweaters. Hers features contrasting colours and a fashion -right split collar; his, a traditional crew neck with all-over texture. Both can be knit with Beehive Chunky or Patons Diana yarn, in sizes for fit chests 32" - 44". all about." "Have you tried network- ing?" I asked. ."Negative. There's no real esteem there, you know what I mean?" "I know exactly. Pressure without upward mobility is just another meaningless ex- pression of verbal skills." "You really do under- stand,' don't you?" he said softly. "I have always said chal- lenge without inadequacy is the social glue that ,holds us all together." He; smiled and looked at me. '"Boy Mom, I never dreamt that you 'knew how I felt. If we had had this dialogue 10 years ago, may- be we would have had a bet- ter relationship with one another. I'm going to try what you said." I would have given any- thing to know what I had just said. BOOR REVIEW ATLANTIC WILDFLOW- ERS. Photography by Wayne Barrett & Anne Mac- Kay. Text by Diane Griffin. Oxford University Press, To- ronto. 7'' by 10'1 in. 1.14 pp. $19.50. Reviewed by PERCY MADDUX "Atlantic Wildflowers" is a botanist's 'paradise, for it contains glowing color pic- tures of 129 plants growing in Atlantic Canada. Under each picture is the common name, the scientific name, the height, uses of the plant, the flowering time, ' and other data. Each plant occupies an entire page. While the plants are not arranged alphabetic- ally, there are at the end of the book two alphabetical lists, one by the scientific name, the other by the com- mon name. Most of the plants are shown with a background of other foliage, which is some- times confusing, as in the case of the dandelion, which is generally found growing on lawns and consequently stands out by itself. ' Most of the plants are not limited to Atlantic Canada but can be found elsewhere. Under each photograph is a statement of the range of the plant. Some are to be found in British Columbia, some in California. ANNOUNCEMENT / Mr. Lyle Johnson, President of Listowel Chrysler would like to announce that Garry Lucas of Listowel has /joined the' sales staff of Listowel Chrysler. Garry's 15 years experience in the automotive field will be a definite asset to his customers. 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