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Show I i t j -pom Rees, who are featured in the Castle Spotlight this week, are shown in front of the Cfthev have built there. Castle Valley Comments . . . J Spotlight Jlary and Tom Rees ita been residents of 'Lance 1972 and res-L res-L of Castle Valley L 1977. Many of you Uyknow Mary, if not Anally, by sight. She the pretty blonde girl I , see mowing the lawn, t-ering and taking good care of the City Park. She has been tending the City Park for almost 5 years now. Tom Rees drives truck for McFarland and Hullinger. I asked Tom and Mary what they liked best about living in Castle Valley. After thinking about it for a minute they 'responded thay they like having room to move around. They like the sense of freedom associated with living in the country. The chance to grow a garden was high on the list. And Mary added that the sunsets are nice too. ) I asked them if anything any-thing exciting had happened hap-pened to them since moving up here. Tom beamed and said, "Yes, we're going to have a baby!" Their first. The house that Tom and Mary built is really nice. Tom designed the house and with some help from a friend, built it. Later on they want to add a solar room to take advantage of our mild climate. Anyway, I think our climate is mild. Tom and Mary have a lot of plans for their place and they are working hard to see those plans through. Homestead Hints As I started my spring cleaning I came face to face with my long neglected neglect-ed refrigerator. Its shelves were bulging and groaning. groan-ing. "Shame on you," it seemed to shout. "Waste not, want not" rang in my ears. In times gone by I had not let such a scene occur. I have always been one who tried not to waste, so, off to my good old notebook to refresh re-fresh my memory on the best way to recycle foods. I now think of my refrigerator as a 'recycling center' not a 'storage center.' Number one on my list is dill pickle juice. It becomes a terrific salad dressing when poured over a combination of shredded cabbage, carrots, car-rots, green pepper, cucumber, cu-cumber, celery and tomatoes toma-toes and sprinkled with a seasoned salt. Boy, it's great! Sweet pickle juice can go into a potato salad in place of vinegar. What a flavor. Pickled beet juice stays in a jar in the refrigerator. Into it I put peeled hard boiled eggs which are later sliced into a salad. Besides tasting good, they look good. And last year I bottled more plain beets than pickled beets so when I want pickled beets I put the plain ones in the pickle juice and let them sit for a couple of days. Fruit juice left from canned fruit can also be used in several ways. Use it when making a gelatin dessert. Add some to mayonnaise to create a sweet fruit-salad dressing. dress-ing. Try pouring it into ice cube trays to produce a hot afternoon treat. The cuues can also De put into a party punch. The syrup can be used with an unsweetened Kool-Aid mix to help cut down on sugar. Leftover pancake or waffle mix can be made into waffles and frozen for use later. Bake, cool, then stack in a plastic bag and freeze. Great when you're in a hurry. Chicken livers, hearts, gizzards, necks; any part of the chicken your family won't eat can go into a pot of water. Boil for an hour or so then strain liquid into a jar. Cool and freeze and you have a delicious broth for gravies, soups etc. The boiled chicken parts can be eaten by man or beast. Leftover dabs of vegetables vege-tables should be put into a special container in your freezer. When you have enough you can recycle them into soups, meat pies, stews or what have you. These are just a few ideas. The possibilities are endless. One more hint: Keep a paper posted either on your refrigerator or near by. On this paper list what recycleable food you have put into your recycling center and the date. Then each day you can see at a glance what you have and make plans to use it before it turns itself into something else. Today's Thought A woman can throw out the back window with a spoon more than her husband hus-band can bring in the front door with a shovel. |