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Show The Emery County Review, Tuesday, October 21, 2008 AT YOUR LEISURE Casey’s Pockets Swell Book Reviews Swell Recipes B3 Entertainment SWELL RECIPES Maude Killpack Shares her Love of Cooking Texas Chili Kathy Ockey Maude Killpack is an exceptionally pleasant person with a great attitude for life. She said she loves to cook but since her husband Dwight passed away several years ago there is no one around to cook for. She also said it is hard to scale down the amount of food you cook when you are used to making large quantities of food. Maude was born to Grant and Lilly Snow and raised in Orangeville. She said her mother loved everyone and remembers her father taught her how to whistle when she was small. Maude married Dwight and recalls they moved 25 times in the first five years of married life. Dwight was working construction and some of the places they lived were: Idaho, Castle Dale, Delta, Levan and St. George. They also lived in Trinidad, Colo., for several years, where Dwight was the superintendent over a washer plant. Maude loves arranging flowers and worked in several big markets creating beautiful flower arrangements. She also likes to golf. Dwight and Maude eventually settled down and built a home in Ferron. They had two little boys then and twin girls soon arrived. A year and a half later, another son was born. Maude said they had a houseful of children, but it was fun when they were small and Dwight helped with them a lot. Their children are twin girls Kollyne and Kollette, and sons Kyle, Parke and Bevan. Maude said Dwight liked homemade food, not processed or packaged food, and she enjoyed making it for her family. “I have always loved to cook. My mother was a good cook and I learned a lot from her,” she said. Maude chose several of her favorite recipes to share. Lilly’s Chili Sauce “This is my Mom’s Recipe. It’s Easy and Delicious” To every dozen ripe tomatoes add: 3 onions 1 green pepper 1 cup vinegar 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon each of allspice, cinnamon, mustard, cloves and ginger. Cook for three or four hours and bottle. CASEY’S POCKETS Never Compete with Animals or Children Casey Wood There are many different kinds of things taught and so much advice given to a new independent film maker, things such as “be conscious of your lighting,” “use a tripod,” “film from different angles,” and of course, possibly the most important one, which I learned at the Second Annual Huntington Film Festival last weekend, “never compete with animals or children.” Unfortunately I learned this the hard way. I was pleased to be informed that I could enter multiple submissions into the festival, so I prepared a short film, and an even shorter comedy parody. The short film I created is called Ridgefield. It is a mafia movie. I spent two months writing a script for it, off and on, creating 15 different roles. I ended up in some cases quadruple casting because I only had eight cast members. I spent over two weeks of staggered filming to get all of the material, equaling about eight hours of rehearsing, filming, and re-filming. I then spent about six hours in editing and my ‘masterpiece’ was completed. The other film, a shorter comedy parody was called Tiny Cops. Tiny Cops was a ‘Good Cop, Bad Cop’ parody starring my two nephews, Gavin, age 5, and Ashtun, age 3, playing the star roles. Gavin was the “bad cop” and Ashtun was the “good cop.” Tiny Cops was unscripted and the whole premise of the movie was thrown together in about three minutes. I had a cast of five family members I scrounged up at the last minute. We filmed for about 45 minutes and I spent about an hour and a half editing it. I at first did not even intend to submit the film. I submitted both films, and the following weekend I traveled to the film festival. When all the votes were tallied a couple of surprising things happened. First, my films took first and second places, which was surprising to me because of the low quality and short amount of time spent on Tiny Cops. Second, and the more surprising, is that when I heard the announcement of second place, it was Ridgefield, leaving first place to Tiny Cops. I, along with the cast of Ridgefield, was awestruck to say the least. How in the world, I wondered, could a film that I spent less than three hours on beat a film I spent a month on? In frustration that evening, I spoke with my dad concerning the matter. “Dad, how in the heck did Tiny Cops beat Ridgefield? How can the time and hard work I spent on that film not pay off for my cast and me? Where is the justice in the world?” At that moment I learned a very valuable lesson. “Son,” said my dad, “it has nothing to do with time and effort. In the real world, never compete with animals and children, because if you do, you will lose.” As I continued to complain and be disappointed over the whole incident, I couldn’t help but think in the back of my mind, “Well at least I only lost to myself.” 1 pound hamburger- browned Boil together: 1 onion 4-5 potatoes, cubed 1 green pepper Drain and leave about 1 cup liquid Add: 1 1/2 tablespoon chili powder 1/4 tablespoon garlic 1/4 tablespoon pequin seasoning 2 tablespoons sugar 1 can chopped tomatoes with juice 1 large can tomato sauce 1 can Texas chili beans 1/4 teaspoon red pepper Mix all ingredients and cook until done. This is also delicious to use for Navajo Tacos Chicken Rolls 2/3 cups dried bread crumbs or croutons 1/2 cup chopped nuts 2 3-ounce packages cream cheese with chives 4 tablespoons soft butter 1/8 teaspoon pepper 2 cups cubed chicken or turkey 2/3 cups mushrooms 2 cans crescent rolls 6 tablespoons melted butter Combine cheese, butter and pepper and mix well. Add chicken, mushrooms and set aside in small bowl. Mix bread and nuts. Separate dough and spread 1/4 cup chicken mixture on each one. Roll up and tuck ends under, dip into melted butter then roll in crumbs. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 15 or 20 minutes. These are good to freeze and reheat. Serve with the following gravy. Gravy 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 can cream of mushroom soup I use some of the chicken broth that I cook the chicken in, thicken and serve. Maude Killpack Poppy Seed Cake 3 cups flour 2 1/2 cups sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 3 eggs, slightly beaten 1 1/2 cups milk 1 1/8 cups oil 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, butter and almond flavoring Add eggs, milk oil and flavoring to dry ingredients and mix for two minutes. Add: 2 tablespoons poppy seeds and stir. Bake at 350 degrees for about 55 minutes. Glaze with powdered sugar, orange juice and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla, butter and almond flavoring. SWELL BOOKS Young Reader Recommends ‘Ghost of Spirit Bear’ Kathy Ockey Olivia Irving and her family moved to Elmo from Nampa, Idaho six years ago, and she loves living here. Olivia has two brothers, three sisters and they all enjoy living in a small town and knowing everyone. Olivia went to public school for her first two and a half years of schooling and then her mom started home schooling her children. Olivia said she loves being taught at home and really learns a lot. “Mom does a good job,” she said. Olivia said she has seen cases where home schooling has not turned out very well but she really likes learning this way. Olivia is also very excited because her grandmother is teaching her how to play the accordion. She is a very intelligent young lady and loves to read. In fact the whole family enjoys reading. She recently completed the two book series, “Touching Spirit Bear” and “Ghost of Spirit Bear,” by Ben Mikaelsen. She said it is the story of Cole Matthews, the 16-year[-old son of wealthy, alcoholic and abusive parents. He lives in Minneapolis and was bullied throughout his life and then becomes a bully himself. He is convicted of beating a classmate almost to death and rather than go to jail he is sent to a remote Alaskan island for one year. After he is on the island for several weeks he is severely mauled by Spirit Bear and has to go back for medical treatment. He is sent back to the island and when he again leaves the island he is different because he has learned many important things about life and how to handle problems. The book “Ghost of Spirit Bear” continues Cole’s story but includes the teen that he had beaten severely, Peter Driscal. They became good friends and the book tells how they had to go back to a high school full of gangs and hate. The story of the two boys is one of survival and friendship. Cole realizes it is not enough to change himself but, that he Olivia Irving has to try to change the world around him. Olivia said she learned a lot reading these books and recommends them to all teens to help them learn what it is like to be in the world today. Annalee’s Corner Archives Receives Treasure from Green River’s Past Annalee Thayn The Farrers were one of the first families of Green River; they came to Green River around 1878 or 1879, back when Green River was called Blake. They came because they wanted peace and quiet, something that can still be found here today. Green River is unusual, because it is one of only a few towns in Utah not settled by Mormon pioneers. The pioneers did not think they could farm the ground easily enough to make living here possible. J.T. Farrer thought differently, so he brought his family and settled here. He built one of the first stores in Green River in 1880, and was a partner with Matt Hartman of the Green River Ferry. Last week the Green River Archives was given a gift from Farrer family descendents. We were sent several pictures including pictures of their family, the ferry, two of Farrer’s justice of the peace books, and five books of the store records. It was fun to read how much they paid for groceries; several entries had “Bad Debt” written across them. I wonder if Mr. Farrer ever did receive complete payments from some of the folks. Also in the package we were sent were the records of the names and occupations of people who purchased items from the store. I read an interesting entry of an 11-year-old boy who had stolen from the Farrer store. There was concern about what would happen to the boy. It was suggested that the boy be placed with relatives in Huntington. Also included was a certificate of promotion item from the 6th to the 7th grade signed by B.F. Larsen for John Farrer in 1903, J.T.’s son. Larsen was a schoolteacher who lived in Green River, but would eventually go the BYU, where he would have an art gallery named for him that is still there today. I haven’t been able to study the collection in detail yet. It is in delicate condition and is in need of TLC. But we are excited to have it. It gives the history of Green River a more complete picture. |