| Dueling buttered corn tips and recipes
Hayley Swinney with Gypsy Rows Co. farm serves hot buttered corn at area farmers markets when it's in season. Here's her method:
"I use two pots, one at boiling and one just under boiling. The second pot is just to hold it and keep it warm until it's time to eat. If the corn is chewy or gross to begin with, salting or sugaring the water won't change that.
Boil the corn for two to six minutes; three is perfect. You don't want to cook it, necessarily, just heat it up. They'll float normally, sink when they're overdone. Yellows should brighten when it's just right; whites gets shiny; both look dull when overcooked. Salt, spice and butter to taste."
Microwaved corn two ways
Ma's microwaved sweet corn
"Microwaved corn is the best," said Yvonne Wright, Darren Wright's mother and a regular volunteer for Gypsy Rows Co.
Just Born, Inc. and Chronicle Books Introduce New PEEPS(R) Recipe and ...
SAN FRANCISCO and BETHLEHEM, Pa., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- For PEEPS(R) sake! They're cute. They're tasty. And this No. 1 selling non-chocolate Easter candy is taking center stage in a new book, PEEPS(R)! Recipes and Crafts to Make with Your Favorite Marshmallow Treat. Written by Charity Ferreira with photographs by Liz Wolfe, it will be available in March. Ideas include Frosty PEEPSicles; a PEEPS(R) Holiday Wreath and even a PEEPinata, just to name a few. Cheerful, mouthwatering photographs inspire while easy step-by-step instructions explain the how-to so both kids and adults can tickle their taste buds. Also included is a list of resources for all of your PEEPS(R) projects. Games, decorations, and desserts never looked so adorably edible! Other PEEPS(R) inspirations include: S'More PEEPS(R), PEEPS(R) Fondue, PEEPS(R) Mai Tai, PEEPS(R) in a Blanket, Molten Chocolate PEEPS(R) Cakes, PEEPS(R) Checkers, PEEPS(R) Wedding Cake Topper, PEEPS(R) Leis and a PEEPS(R) Printed Canvas Tote.
Taste: Totally wired
In the beginning, there was Grandma. She knew most of her recipes by heart, a natural skill when choices were few, heritage was strong and the duty was daily. She passed them along to her daughter, who wrote them on small cards and filed them in a box alongside recipes clipped from magazines, newspapers and packages of wonderful new convenience foods. That box, however, is now gathering dust. Today's cooks get recipes from the Internet, or from watching the Food Network, or from cookbooks discovered through someone's food blog. Recipe sites pop up like cremini mushrooms after a rain, proving both a boon and a frustration to a curious cook. Technology is changing how we plan meals, shop for groceries, tweak recipes, even assemble entire virtual cookbooks.
British Gas profits up 570% as prices soar
The figures will lead to accusations of profiteering, as many power giants have cashed in on the winter chill with inflation-busting increases. British Gas is just one of the 'big six' companies which saw their profits increase sharply last year. Power industry bosses now face a grilling from MPs, who fear the recent price rises have driven millions into fuel poverty. Around 4m households spend more than 10% of their disposable income on gas and electricity. This means they sometimes have to make a choice between heating and eating. Pressure is mounting for a windfall tax on the industry to raise money for energy efficiency measures - such as insulating pensioners' homes. The record profits at British Gas are expected to bolster the results of its parent company Centrica, where annual profits are forecast to rise 40% to more than £2bn.
U.S. candidates get set for 2 crucial primaries
Sometimes taking the short cut to save money ends up in the more expensive category? When in history has change come FAST without cost? Take the French Revolutions as one simple example. Yes, we all want change! However, change is a process–not a movement no matter how noble the outcry. America, itself, is the best example. We have both a black man and a woman running for President! How many years since the birth of this country did it take to bring it about? History bears many lessons and one must look to the past to understand the future and where it must go! Responsibly, Hillary Clinton has the best chance of any Democratic or Republican candidate to bring history to the present. Take away the "black" and the "woman" aspect and lay all the cards on the table from what you know about Obama and Clinton.
Trowel and Glove calendar for week of Feb.16
Joan Irwin of the Marin Master Gardeners discusses what's necessary for successful worm composting at the Civic Center Library at 3501 Civic Center Drive No. 427 in San Rafael from noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 20. Call 499-6058. - Alice Joyce, author of "Garden-walks in California," will discuss her book at the Larkspur Library in City Hall at 400 Magnolia Ave. at 7 p.m. Feb. 20. The event is free. Call 403-7070. - Andy Ferguson gives a free slide show presentation of the history of the Chinese interest in flowers at the Margaret Todd Center at 1560 Hill Road in Novato from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Feb. 25. He will talk about cultivation of flowers, their use in art and arrangements, and Chinese flower festivals. Call 899-8290. - Richard Ward of Dry Gardens in Oakland focuses on plants, especially succulents, with low water needs in a Marin Master Gardeners seminar on drought-tolerant plants in the Livermore Room of the Marin Art & Garden Center at 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.
Bienvenido in Cicero, Ill.
Hacking through a few more hallways, Knight stops in front of four flat panel monitors that have been put together to make one large screen on a wall near the front of the main building. There are flat panel screens all over the place at Morton, displaying schedules in English and Spanish. Knight crosses his arms and checks out the screens, like he's appraising a house from the road. A bubbly cheerleader, obviously Hispanic, flashes across the screens. “Oh, Arlette," Knight says. Arlette Resendiz, 21, is not really on the cheerleading squad. “Brent asked me if I would do it," she says. All of the students he asked to pose for the screen appear to be Hispanic. Morton's Spanish technological revolution does not stop at faces on flat panels. For the first time this fall, all 5,162 students at Morton will have e-mail addresses, and Esteban Cruz, head of information technology, put all the enrollment, financial aid, and tuition information online, and in Spanish.
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