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Times-Advocate, 1980-03-19, Page 6etp, 001•000 Iftein tomila 8/a</(Illlli 111 kteddiiiettiAt Inflation-weary shoppers can ring up savings with canned and frozen vegetables in the off-season. Dress up vegetables (Decorate your home ' with beautiful ' CUSTOM DRAPES Choose the fabrics and the styles you want and Barb Whiting will custom make your drapes for you. You can also choose matching bedspreads and pillow shams, WHITING'S WAREHOUSE Main St. Exeter 235-1964 To preserve the natural flavor of canned vegetables, pour off the liquid into a saucepan and boil it quickly to reduce the volume by half. Add the vegetables, heat and season. Do not overheat. They are already cooked. Follow package directions closely when preparing frozen vegetables. Do not add too much water. Only cook until they are crisp- tender. Whip up a quick corn salad "OM= 10 A 2-exposure IM1 2.0-e)(posure colour negative co‘our negative rolls eve1oped rolls developed and printed and printed only s only $ mayArou moes r, 22. an° L' I hope my intuition is wrong. I'm not looking forward to the coughing, snuffling and blowing,, but lately I've felt almost un- patriotic. To not have a cold in, the winter seems almost anti-Canadian, In the medical vein, I heard recently that germs from a cold can be transmitted as readily by touch as by a cough or a sneeze. If you've got a cold, you leave germs on everything YOU touch a comb, a table, a telephone receiver. That's, why wiping things off after you've handled them is im- portant. A handshake can transmit germs as quickly as a kiss. (You'd have a hard time convincing a lot of people of that one.) One thing puzzles me. When a cold epidemic "catches on," someone has to catch it first, but from whom? Most Ontarians seem resigned to sufferin g On FARM FRESH PORK squabs, that was chicken about flying. The mother laid down an ultimatum, `Either you learn to fly today or I'll tie a string on you and tow you.' `But, mother' protested the little pigeon, 'I don't want to be a pigeon-towed!" You can be your own judge,. but I think those are. groaners most appropriate, for a get. well card, All together now; let's. hear a loud Owns. of "achoos." and drip, da da drips!: * * * P.S, In early March I ask- ed, Where Is. The Snow? And a few days later I found out. It was falling, and swirling around my car, blotting out the yellow line,, the trees, the ditch, the front of the car, etc, And I was not in the hardest hit area. When will I learn to keep my mouth shut about ,the weather? 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Lemon or Pecan TARTS 3/$1.49 '1.19 6's 794 Valley Farm Choke PEAS Kent Frozen ORANGE JUICE 2 lb. bag 12 1/2 oz. 613t 65t Hostess Potato Chips 300 g bag 79t Van Camps , Beans & Pork 14 oz. tin 39 McCormick's Plain or Salted Sodas 400 g. box Fresh CHICKEN LEGS & BREASTS And the beat goes on Page TIM911-Advocals, March 19, 1980 All vegetables are created equal - but some are more equal than others, says, the chairman of the Ontario Vegetable Growers„ Harry Dougall. So, if you're looking for ways to cut your food bill, , says the Exeter area farmer, you should ignore those- expensive imported fresh vegetables and head for the canned and frozen food aisles of your favorite supermarket. , "Many shoppers buy expensive imports in the misguided belief that fresh is always best," Dougall says, "Yet studies show that, dollar for dollar, there is as much or more nutritional value in canned and frozen Cut your vegetable bills. by avoiding imports II* .• vegetables as in those out-of- Sea$00 imports. "And when you consider waste from trimming and cooking, these out-of-season imports often cost twice as much as an equal amount of frozen or canned vegetables," In fact, the price rise for processed vegetables was the lowest of the 15 types of food studied between 1971 and 1978 by the Centre for the Study of Inflation and Productivity, Economic Council of Canada. Fresh vegetables recorded the second highest price in- crease at 189.6 per cent, second only to fresh fruits at a whopping 221.6 percent. These price increases were by draining a 14 oz. can of whole kernel corn and ad- ding 1/4 cup diced cucumber, 1/4 cup diced green pepper and 1/4 cup French dressing. Or use a 10 oz. package of frozen corn which has been cooked and drained instead. Chill well before serving. Dress up canned or frozen peas by adding 2 tsp. melted butter, 2 tsp. finely chopped parsley, 1 tsp. minced spanish onion and 3 sliced, pitted black olives, after the peas are heated and drained. Put a little zip into creamed peas by sauteing 1k cup sliced celery in 1 tbs. butter or margarine until tender. Add a 10 oz. package of frozen peas (cooked and drained), 1/4 tsp. crushed rosemary (fresh if possible), 1/2 tsp. salt and 1/4 cup dairy sour cream. Heat through, but do not boil. Add a little variety to creamed corn, canned kernel corn, or frozen corn by seasoning with one of the following: 1/4 tsp. curry powder (or more to taste), 1/ tsp. chili powder or 1/2 tsp. oregano. Add the seasonings to the canned corn after it is heated and to the frozen corn after it is heated and drained. Combine frozen or canned string beans with 1 tsp. melted butter, 1-2 tsp. fresh minced spanish onion, 1/2 tsp. celery seed and 1/4 tsp. tarragon after the beans are heated and drained. Flavor green beans or cauliflower with 1 tsp. finely chopped fresh dill and 2 tsp. melted butter, added after heating. Or add a nutty crunch instead by topping the beans with thinly sliced almonds sauteed in butter. largely due to the increased cost of imported fresh produce. ."Even though the cost of fresh vegetables rose nearly twice as fast as that of processed vegetables, consumers are increasingly turning to fresh - par- ticularly imported fresh- at the expense of home-grown canned and frozen vegetables," says. Dougall. "That means higher prices for consumers, and lost wages and jobs for Canadians with all that money flowing out bf Canada. During 197$, the last year for which figures are available, fresh imported vegetables were valued at $304,544,000," he added. According to Dougall, Canadians ate 117 percent more imported vegetables in 1978 than in 1971, During the 10-year period from 1968- 1978, total consumption of fresh vegetables, including domestic and imported, rose 26 percent, he says. Imported vegetables, which now make up a third of our fresh vegetable supply, obviously accounted for a large portion of this in- crease. However, during that same 10-year period, con- sumption of canned vegetables fell by 7.3 percent and consumption of frozen vegetables showed a modest 5.7 percent increase. The reason for this trend isn't clear, he says. It may be due to a lack of promotion of processed vegetables, or it may simply be the current interest in natural foods which has led many con- sumers to buy fresh foods rather than processed. "The nutrients lost during vegetable processing are minimal," says Dougall. "For example, peas and corn are picked at the peak of maturity and frozen within three hours. Imported fresh vegetables may be picked before they are ripe HARRY DOUGALL and can spend up to a week in transit before reaching the stores. Undoubtedly, they lose some of their vitamins in the process. "Over-cooking by the home-maker causes more loss in vegetables than the freezing or canning process itself," he says. "And of course that applied to fresh vegetables as well. "When properly prepared, canned and frozen vegetables actually cost less per nutrient than imported fresh vegetables," he says, citing a recent study by the Canadian Food Processors Association, which com- pared fresh, frozen and canned beans, cauliflower, broccoli spears, spinach and tomatoes bought out-of- season. The study took into ac- count waste factors from trimming fresh vegetables as well as cooking losses based on unpublished data from Food advisory Services of Agriculture Canada. By ELAINE TOWNSHEND Cough, cough; sneeze, sneeze. Oh what a disease it. is! Yes folks, Canadians are 'marching to the sound of a common beat - drip, da da drip, da da drip, da da drip, da da drip. Everyone I talk to lately seems to be trying out for a T.V. decongestant ad. If there's anything good to be said about the common cold, perhaps it is that it draws Canadians together. At least Ontarians are begin- ning to look alike with their noses like Rudolph the reindeer, their puffy eyes, their drawn cheeks and their white knuckles. Ontarians are dressing alike, bundled up from head to foot and still shivering. They're beginning to sound alike - nasal. "Eh-hems" and "achoos" can almost be declared words in everyday conversation. Kleenex manufacturers must be making a bundle. You'll notice I've been saying "they" instead of "we". As yet, I've escaped the bug, but today I have a craving for a mug of tomato soup' - a sure sign that I'm coming down with something. Everyone has their tell tale signs and their homemade remedies. My sign and remedy are one and the same - tomato soup. Constitution may change The taste of Ireland was the theme for the March meeting of Unit One of Exeter United Church U.C.W. All joined in singing Danny Boy and this was followed by a trip to Ireland by way of pictures taken by Mrs. A. Johnson. Rev. Forsythe showed the pic- tures and Mrs. Forsythe read an interesting. com- mentary prepared 'by Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. V. Jeffrey was in charge of the program and read several poems. Mrs. W, Brock read a story of a woman who planted many daffodils every year. Her reason for doing this was to remind her of all the things God could do for her if given a chance. She could plant the bulbs and forget about them. God would provide the rain and sun until they were a mass of blooms. He will help us with our worries if we will let Him. The business was con- ducted by Mrs. R. Batten. Members were reminded that the next meeting will be Easter thank offering, U.C.W. Sunday April 20, and the smorgasbord luncheon May 1. A delicious lunch featuring three kinds of Irish bread and salad closed the meeting. lciclies take Irish visit The Women's Auxiliary to South Huron Hospital met last Tuesday afternoon to hear some proposed changes in their constitution, President Lillian Campbell called the special meeting so that members could hear the preliminary report of the committee looking into constitutional changes. Mrs. Campbell explained that only four meetings are scheduled per year -- in April, October, November and December. Last fall she called a special meeting in September to prepare for the fall rummage sale. It was announced at the meeting that the date of the spring rummage sale would be May 8. Mrs. Leone Brock reported that the Cancer Society would be sponsoring a fashion show April 30. The next meeting of the auxiliary will be April 8 at 12:30. There will be a pot luck lunch, and the new hospital administrator Roger Sheeler will attend the meeting. Over 80 club Mrs. Ella Middleton will celebrate her 85th birthday on March 21. through a cold now and again, and at least, we can take comfort in knowing we're not alone. • The other day I found an old get well card in the bet- torn of a box in the closet. I don't remember what I was suffering, from, but I know the card is oil because it cost 15t and is in the shape of a hot water bottle. How long has it been since you bought a card for 14 or curled up with a hot water bottle in your bed? This card was filled with Hee Hees, Ho Hos, and Ha Has designed to make the patient forget her woes, Here are a couple of samples. "The father looked up from his racing form and noticed the baby in the playpen. Turning to his wife run- ning gsaaid,a rby's nose is His wife snapped, "Don't you ever think of anything but horse races?' "A mother pigeon was ex- . asperated with one of her I