The Emery County Review, Tuesday, September 9, 2008 AT YOUR LEISURE Casey’s Pockets Swell Book Reviews Swell Recipes C3 Entertainment SWELL RECIPES Hazel Cox Shares Some of her Favorite Recipes Kathy Ockey Hazel Cox is the person you want to have around in an emergency. She has been an EMT for 23 years and is the supervisor over the Emery EMTs. Hazel said their EMT calls are very sporadic, sometimes they will have several in a week and then there will only be two or three for a month. She said she has seen some tragic things but it gives her a good feeling to know that she has the knowledge to be able to help someone. Hazel was born in Emery to LeGrande and Mary Henningson and has lived there nearly all of her life and loves the town. She is married to Dick Cox and they have three children, one step child and grandchildren they love and are very proud of. Hazel has been involved in a lot of civic activities and was Relief Society President of her ward for several years. She also worked at the Emery County Nursing Home for eight years cooking in the kitchen. She worked with Jane Heinegar, Ruth Huntsman, Leah DeFriez and Louise Funk, and really enjoyed their friendship, being able to work with them. She said they made everything from “scratch” and they were delicious meals., She also learned how to cook for a crowd. When they baked they dirtied every pan in the kitchen. She really enjoyed the time she spent working there. Hazel enjoys cooking stews and soups and likes to use fresh vegetables from her garden because it makes them extra tasty. To make it even better she makes her own noodles. She thinks that young people need to learn how to can and bottle fruits and vegetables. She uses an old Kern brand cookbook she has had for many years and is a good resource for canning recipes, but revealed there are many other books that can also be used. Hazel said that home canned food tastes better, is better that what you can buy in the store and it is nice to know you have it when you need it. Hazel said she is always looking for new recipes to try, especially those that are quick and easy. Following are some of her recipes she thinks others may enjoy. Squash Pie “Really easy and good” 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 cup sugar 1 1/2 cup squash 1/2 teaspoon salt CASEY’S POCKETS 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon allspice 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1/4 teaspoon ginger 1 1/2 cup top milk or 1 cup evaporated milk 1/2 cup water Peel squash, remove seed. Cut in small pieces and cook in small amount of water until tender in kettle with tight lid. Drain thoroughly and put through sieve. Mix ingredients in order given. Pour into pastry shell. Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350’ and bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until done. Cool on rack to prevent crust from sweating. Brownies “This makes a very large batch” 4 sups sugar 12 eggs 6 tablespoons Karo syrup 2 1/2 cups nuts 3 cups shortening 1 cup cocoa 6 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt Cream shortening and sugar. Add 12 eggs. Mix well. Add cocoa and Karo syrup and mix. Add flour, then add chopped nuts. Don’t mix too much. Grease and flour pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Zucchini Crisp 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar Pinch of salt 3 tablespoons cornstarch 1 Tablespoon margarine 4 – 5 cups peeled zucchini cut in ½ inch pieces Topping: 3/4 cup flour 3/4 cup oatmeal 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup margarine Cover zucchini in water and boil for five minutes. Drain Hazel Cox well and mix with above ingredients. Place in buttered baking pan. Mix topping ingredients together and sprinkle on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Cinnamon Rolls “My mother, Mary Henningson’s, recipe” 2 yeast cakes 1 tablespoon sugar 3 eggs 1/2 cup lukewarm water 1 cup sugar 6 Tablespoons lard (Must be lard, won’t be the same with shortening) 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cup lukewarm milk Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup water. Add 1 tablespoon sugar. Make light sponge of milk and yeast. Cream sugar and lard. Beat eggs light, add salt, and add all to sponge. Add enough flour to make dough stiff enough to handle. Let rise until double in bulk. Roll out and grease with butter. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and raisins and roll up. Cut with scissors about 1 inch thick. Let rise about 1 hour and bake. Ice while hot. SWELL BOOKS A Non-Voter’s View on Voting Young Reader Enjoys ‘Felicity’ Series Casey Wood Denise Hunsaker is a very charming young lady who is 8 years old, loves to sing and has beautiful eyes that can change color from brown to blue when she is in the sunshine. Denise is in the third grade, likes reading and is learning math with the Domino method. She is homeschooled and says, “My mother is very smart.” Denise lives on a farm in Emery with her family. They have goats, chickens, ducks and her dog, Dakota, who is half blue heeler and half hound. Denise loves to ride horses, and she is saving money to buy a horse for herself. She has $150 already and is working on getting the rest. Denise is reading the “Felicity” series of books for school and recently completed the third book in the series, “Peril at King’s Creek” by Elizabeth M. Jones. Felicity is 11 years old and is spending the summer at King’s Creek Plantation with her mother, brothers and sisters, and her horse, Penny. There are problems with the British troops raiding and burning Patriot properties and Felicity also meets Mr. Haskell, who is studying the areas flowers and plants and is keeping the information in a notebook. Felicity looks at the book of drawings and deciphers a code proving it is a spy map and concludes that Mr. Haskall is a British spy. She finds a paper that proves he is a spy but then it comes up missing. The map ends up in a place that proves Mr. Haskall is a spy. She tries to tell people, but they won’t believe her. So Felicity comes up with a risky plan to save the day. Denise said she loves mysteries because they are exciting and you never know how they will end. She also learned some history while reading this book. She said the “Felicity” series is part of the American Girl series and they teach good manners and how to be ladylike, but this book was just a fun mystery. Denise is now reading “Kaya’s In the world today it seems that some people can be concerned entirely on only the well being of our country, but on the other hand it seems some people are so narrow minded they are willing to let our country suffer to make sure their political party is in the White House. While I may not know everything about the political parties, and while I may not know all of the plans each presidential candidate has, I do know that there is more to the position of President of the United States of America than being a Republican and Democrat. I am not trying to claim that political party is not important in an election. The political party of a candidate portrays some of what the candidate stands for, but the beliefs of the party are not their only beliefs. The party affiliation of past presidents and their accomplishments do not in any way reflect on what a candidate will or will not do. Candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had separate goals, beliefs, and intentions, and therefore were opponents. The same can be said for John McCain and Mitt Romney. That is the purpose of primary elections, to decide who has the values that most closely fit what we, the people, want. The only difference between primary elections and general elections is political party. John McCain and Barack Obama have more differences than just the common Republican and Democrat opinions. It is important to recognize and consider that. Some unmovable voters simply mark Republican or Democrat when Election Day comes, without considering who the candidates are, what they believe or what they plan to do with the four years of presidency given to them. I personally find this matter very disturbing. Being under 18 years of age, I do not yet have the right to vote. I feel many other non-voters feel the same way and fear for our country’s future. The decision you make on Election Day decides how my first three years of adulthood will be lived, and there is nothing I can do about it. I will be forced to accept and live by the decisions of a president whom, if I had been given a choice, I may not have chosen. I understand that the vote of one may seem small and insignificant, but the single votes add up. If a majority considers the candidates intentions, then surely the superior candidate will be selected, but if a large enough amount of strict Republicans or Democrats simply mark their respective party, our presidential election will be nothing more than a game of chance. I’m not trying to say who you should or should not vote for, I am simply pleading with each of you to read up on and consider what each candidate believes before stepping into that election booth on Nov. 4. Perhaps, despite your best efforts, the inferior candidate will be elected. But if so, at least you will know that you voted your conscience and didn’t just check the box marked Democrat or Republican to simply follow the party line. Kathy Ockey Denise Hunsaker Escape,” another book in the series and recommends them to everyone. SCANNING THE BOOKSHELF ‘What It Is’ is a Charming, Creative Work Robert L. Pincus Lynda Barry borrows the phrase “childhood and other neighborhoods” from poet Stuart Dybek. Then, she gives the phrase her own spin in “What It Is,” Barry’s delightful and hardto-categorize book. “It’s a good way to start,” she writes about being creative, “by thinking of childhood as a place rather than a time ... like an unplayed-with-playset, needing only one thing to set all things in motion.” Well, maybe two things, as it turns out: a willingness to resurrect memories and the desire to turn them into words and/or pictures. Being Lynda Barry, she does both -- and completes both well. The drawing style in the pages of “What It Is” has the same inviting flair that makes her comics so good. But this is a different kind of book. It’s part autobiography -- there are vignettes about her tough childhood and about Marilyn Frasca, a beloved art teacher -- and it’s part instruction book. But pedantry is taboo. If you want to delay that work of art you’ve secretly wanted to create, Barry’s book is simply a pleasure to peruse. You can read and view it in sequence or dive in midpoint. Everything is done by hand, words and images; she’s combined them in collage fashion and they’ve transferred well to the printed page. Underlying everything is Barry’s willingness to concoct questions like “How are monsters different? How are they the same?” Or, she encourages your own memories by offering up a sad comic strip about “all the dogs you have ever known.” As sophisticated and philosophical as “What It Is” is, it approaches creativity with a childlike sense of wonder and with levity. It’s impossible to separate charm from vision in its pages -- and why would you want to anyway? (Copyright 2008 Creators Syndicate Inc.)