| Show Standard-Examin- A Food er healthy snack into a real treat The cinnamon adds interest and also seems to tone down the toothaching sweetness of plain raisins They’re like cinnamon raisin bread without the bread SOBE ESSENTIALS HERBAL TONICS Shen Qi and Jing 99 cents to $150 per bottle Bonnie: Sobe’s newest functional beverage line is called Essentials Like many other of functional foods the and beverages Sobe Essentials’ claims go far beyond quenching your thirst Specifically these three beverages purport to energize your body uplift your spirit and enlighten your mind Should you believe them? Not if you’re doing it because you think the government wouldn’t allow Sobe to make false claims The FDA doesn’t have to approve food label claims unless those claims profess to promote health or prevent disease I must though commend Sobe for listing the amounts of herbs these beverages contain That’s certainly an improvement over this company’s past labeling popular munchable OLE CLNNARAISINS $229 per resealable bag Bonnie: Why add cinnamon and sugar to something already as delicious and munchable as raisins? To make them even more snackable as I discovered when I tested these flavored Dole raisins Generally I like this iron-ric- h treat with nothing added But the extra sugar (only a smidgen per serving) and cinnamon make these taste good in a diflerent way Just toss them on cereal or into baked goods (reducing some of the called-fo- r cinnamon of course) or kids’ lunches especially as an alternative to the similarly sweet but nutritionally void gummy bears or fruit ce ever-growi- roll-up- s Carolyn: Often times the best ideas are the simplest CinnaRaisins is a case in point -a simple sprinkling of cinnamon that transforms raisins from 1560 calories of energizing nutriment per pound Doesn’t tax digestion so doesn’t heat the blood” By VALERIE PHILLIPS staff r The 1920s brought a budding in nutrition as a science Judging from articles and in newspaper and magazine ads there appeared to be great concern over “digestion” For instance Crisco shortening’s main selling point was being “digestable” “You can’t buy a new digestion so protect it” one ad stated An ad for Sun-Maraisins declared: “Raisin’s 75 percent fruit sugar is in practically predigested form furnishing id ’20s From ID advertised by Utah Power & Light Co for $165 a markdown from $220 “When electricity got to our side of the street near the north end of Pleasant View we really appreciated it” recalls Blanche Anderson now of Ogden Before getting a refrigerator Anderson’s family kept an icebox on the porch near the kitchen When the ice man stopped delivering her father made a cabinet with three solid shelves and screening around it A gunnysack was placed around the screening A basket on top had tiny holes to let water slowly leak out and keep the sack moist “Evaporation of the sack as the water seeped down helped cool - somewhat -the food inside” Anderson said “At the time this seemed a good way to protect food We missed the ice from which chips were taken to cool lemonade” Gelatin gels had Gelatin companies like Jell-been around since the late 1800s but electric refrigeration made chilling easier “With modem electric refrigeration O practices I also like Essentials’ green tea base since research has shown green tea to have healthful benefits in the prevention of cancer and heart disease So should you reach for a Sobe Essential to uplift your spirits? Only if knowing that you’re drinking sweetened green tea will make you feel good Carolyn: The names of these new herbal tonics are in Chinese To me so is the idea of drinking something to achieve a particular mental state (other than drinking alcohol to achieve oblivion which I’ve observed but can’t recommend) Herbal efficacy issues aside these are still pretty strange The Shen tastes like concentrated Compound has restored them to a normal physical condition and has made them fit for work” Indeed there has been much made over women’s changing lifestyle “Doctors warn that the fashion slaves of the current Art Deco-styl- e boyish look are weakening their health by obsessive dieting” states a newspaper article quoted in “Chronicle of the World” (Chronicle Books 1994) “Others believe that dances like the Charleston can cause complications in future childbirth” Another news article of the time stated: “Dr J S Russell told the Institute of Hygiene this year that As in earlier time periods there were ads for various health elixirs and patented medicines But marketers used a different approach to appeal to the modem “flapper” “A girl who earns her living - whether in store office factory or home -realizes the necessity of regular attendance at her place of employment” an ad states “When she becomes tired n and she feels that she must keep at her work without taking time to rest Thousands of girls have found that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable run-dow- or by using cracked ice the time can be shortened to an hour or less” reads an ad for Royal Gelatine (the company must have dropped the e” from its product later on) in Ladies’ Home Journal Another LHJ ad offers tips for making exciting “congealed” dishes with Jell-d A a package of cup of cooked fish became Rice and Fish Loaf and shredded carrots became Golden Glow Salad Homemade foods gave way to national brands Publications were jammed with ads for the likes of Quaker Oats Wesson oil and peanut butter and vinegar by Heinz In 1923 WK Kellogg hired Mary Barber a registered dietitian to establish the Kellogg’s Home Economics Department one of the first in the food industry The department developed uses for Kellogg’s cereal: n Muffins Double-Coate- d Chicken with Com Flakes and Rice Krispies Treats The 1920s saw the dawn of chain grocery stores Both Piggly Wiggly and SkaggsSafeway prominently advertised in the Standard-Examine- r But changes in the food supply carried a challenge for the homemaker stated a Ladies Home Special to the lemon-flavore- O st All-Bra- headquarters in Manhattan” Bench said “They said there was one internship available but that I would have to interview for it at my own expense So I took the risk and flew out to New York City for four days” Standard-Examoi- - A new Utah LOGAN grad her culinary the kitchen of career Martha Stewart This week Tara Bench heads for New York City and a internship in Martha Stewart’s test kitchen After her interview she was called back three days later for the cooking test that included a dinner omelettes and a dessert five-mon- th “The tests went well and I got the job” Bench said The Utah State University culinary arts and food service management graduate won the plum job with perseverance and She said she started out as a food science major at Brigham Young University but transferred to USU two years ago because she wanted a major that included more cooking g “There weren’t any advertisements or written applications I just kept calling Martha Stewart’s corporate During her internship she’ll be doing plenty of that Boulder we Boulder published by Boulder’s Federal Gas Company in 1905 Here’s a real recipe from the collection which goes to prove that extreme cuisine has always been a part of the American 625-429- vpMlipsstandardnet nutritionally void fruit roll-u- Light Done Right! which has half the fat If you also need or want to cut back on sodium skip Newman’s new Italian It has twice the amount as in the Parisienne Carolyn: Newman’s Own Family Recipe Italian is an Bonnie Tandy Lebiang is a registered dietitian and creator of “Express Lane Cooking: A Simple Solution to Hhat’s for Dinner" (Universal Press Syndicate) Carolyn Wyman is a junk food fanatic and author of “The Kitchen Sink Cookbook " (Birch Lane Press) Each week they critique three new food items You can reach them by writing in care of Universal Press Syndicate 4520 Main St Kansas City MO 64111 wi tfgn ni frf rf His “body building articles” included: “Blackberries raspberries strawberries peaches oatmeal com flakes farina “Eggs boiled or poached porterhouse steak lean round beef broiled chicken veal pork tenderloin spinach asparagus mushrooms “Peas dried beans lettuce whole wheat bread rye bread graham bread skimmed milk buttermilk rice pudding cornstarch pudding” The most interesting piece of advice: “On alternative nights on retiring eat an apple and a raw Bermuda onion” May is National Hamburger Month Milwaukee Journal Sentinel folks at White Castle nation’s first fast chain - declared National Hamburger Month The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is in hearty agreement Burgers have gotten bigger since White Castle sold its little “Slyder” burgers for 5 cents each back in the 1920s More than 55 billion hamburgers and cheeseburgers were sold in restaurants in 1998 That’s up 2 percent from 1997 Nearly half of all Americans - 48 percent - order a burger more than once a month The cheeseburger was bom in 1924 concocted by grill chef Lionel Stemberger at the Rite Spot restaurant in Pasadena Calif The double-deckhamburger was created in 1937 by Bob Wian at his hamburger The High profile but not high paying The internship pays enough that Bench figures she can at least break even Bench has a minor in journalism After her five months with Martha Stewart is up she hopes to look for other jobs in food journalism at other magazines or newspapers “Everybody asks but no I didn’t actually get to meet Martha Stewart” Bench said “Well at least not personally but I did walk by her in the hallway once while I was there” stand in Glendale Calif He went on to start the Bob’s Big Boy chain ) Ronald McDonald America’s favorite hamburger clown debuted in Washington DC in 1963 The man in the white makeup was Willard Scott the weatherman on NBC’s “Today Show” Attention Advertisers: Who is most likely to eat a burger? Hamburgers are most popular with adults age 34 to 38 families with kids under 12 in households that bring in $50000 or more each year and people who live in the north central region of the United States Standard-Examin- COTHIR'S er mV SPECIAL SECTION 4 Page Pullout Saturday June 1 2 1 Deadline for space and copy: Monday June 7 er mv vims? mu IN Put one drop of chemically pure hydrochloric acid into a cupful of cold water add this to the chopped beef set in the refrigerator for two hours to digest Strain season with salt Serve in a red wine glass” iltrri DOLE QIPiHARAiSINS: Just toss them on cereal or into baked goods or kids’ lunches especially as an alternative to the similarly sweet but shelf-stabl- Ifyou have any memories of favorite restaurants meals kitchen appliances or recipes you’d like to share from the '30s ’40s '50s or '60s please write Valerie Phillips at PO Box 951 Ogden UT 9 84402 Fax: or K0£ ESTIMATES 732-166- 6 ROMAN SHADES MINI BUNDS VERTICALS SHUTTERS WOOD BUNDS CRYSTAL PLEAT DRAPERIES PLEATED SHADES Homou CAN’ AFFORD JHE BESl I I T“t country-appropriat- 1921: The Idle Isle restaurant opens in Brigham City 1 921 : J Walter Anderson opens the first hamburger chain White Castle in Wichita Kan By 1 930 White Castle empire had more than 1 00 units in 1 0 states 1921: The fictional Betty Crocker is created at the Washburn Crosby Company forerunner of General Mills 1921: Wheaties are discovered when a Minneapolis health clinician spills a batch of bran gruel on a hot stove The gruel crackles and sizzles into a crisp flake 1921 : First Miss America contest in Atlantic City NJ (Let the dieting begin!) 1921: Ice cream is so much a part of American culture that officials at Ellis Island decide to include it in all arriving immigrants’ first American meal e - 1922: First peanut butter developed 1 922: Stouffer’s Restaurants forerunner of the frozen dinners founded 1 923: “Yes We Have No Bananas" is a hit song for Rudy Vallee 1 923: George Washington Career honored for developing industrial applications from agricultural crops - 325 products from peanuts 75 uses for pecans and 1 08 uses for sweet potatoes 1 924: Weber Central Dairy founded on Ogden Avenue forerunner to Cream o’Weber As a public service a pipe was run from the butter chums to a spigot on the outside of the building Passersby could buy a paper cup for one cent and drink all the buttermilk they wanted 1 924: Mohandas Gandhi in an Indian prison for sedition against the government fasts for 21 days 1 927: Polish immigrant Harry Lender arrives in America and founds Lender’s Bagel Bakery - the first to take bagels to mainstream America 1928: The antibiotic penicillin is discovered 1 928: Commercial bread slicer invented in Chillicothe Mo 1928: J Willard Marriott opens the first Hot Shoppe restaurant beginning the Marriott food and hotel empire 1 929: Farr Better Ice Cream is founded in Ogden Unfortunately he couldn’t make good on the promise The stock market crash in 1929 signaled the nation’s worst depression and the sophisticated food fads gave way to the simpler less expensive eating of the 1930s “I’ll be taking recipes submitted by editors of Martha Stewart Living magazine and her various cookbooks and testing them for taste and appearance” she said 1 njm return Qrtl No one would mistake either for a reduced-fa- t or reduced-calori- e dressing which is something I like almost as much e as the comic hats Paul Newman wears on these label portraits Firsts of the 1S2Gs Herbert Hoover was elected president in 1928 with the campaign slogan “A chicken in every pot” psyche: “Beef Tea with Hydrochloric Acid: Chop fine half pound of round or sirloin steak - During The Parisienne Dijon’s smooth and creamy looks are deceiving: The taste is actually as strong as the most pungent mustard seed and the most astringent lime er “Our could inspect their own dairies storerooms and kitchens and be assured that their food was produced prepared and handled in a sanitary manner Today when food may come from thousands of miles away the homemaker’s task of providing sanitary food for her family is far more difficult This is one of the prices she must pay for freedom from milking churning and the ” toils of ‘butcher-day- ’ The Boulder cook book: Most interesting extreme cuisine Scnpps Howard News Service dressing for people who really like cheese But before you kick yourself for not realizing Paul Newman was Italian you should know that his other new dressing is French women are turning to drink and drugs in a desperate bid to cope with their hectic lives” (And you thought the stress of “having it all” was a ’90s phenomenon) A Standard-Examinarticle on boxer Philly Krug gave this nutritional advice: “I regulate my diet according to the Unites States government calories chart showing the relative food values of the diflerent articles of daily consumption Many of them with great body building value were not to my liking but I made them a part of my diet and soon acquired a taste for them I have found that by eating as I do I never take on loose fat as so many athletes do when they temporarily cease training” Journal article titled “You and Your Food Dealer:” Cooking with Martha Stewart Utah State University culinary grad earns an internship in star’s kitchen sweetened front lawn The Jing is a nearly clear liquid seasoned like turkey s tufting The Qi tastes something like lemon tea and thus comes closest to normalcy And since I wrote this shortly after downing a bottle of Jing enlightenment everything I just said must be right NEWMAN’S S ALAD DRESSINGS Parisienne Dijon Lime and Family Recipe Italian bottle Also $169 per size available in 1 Bonnie: Newman’s Own product line now includes everything from ice cream to steak sauce which is fabulous for the charities its profits support Newman’s newest products signal a return to the company’s salad dressing roots These include a Parisienne dressing with a strong Dijon mustard taste and an Italian dressing that is redolent of cheese and anchovies Both contain about 13 grams of fat per 2 tablespoon serving which is typical of “regular” salad dressings Today there are many lighter choices available in the supermarket including Kraft’s ads aimed for ‘flappers’ stressed protecting ‘digestion’ ’20s articles risk-takin- 30 good simple idea: Cinnamon sugar on raisins Dole adds a treat delicious to an iron-ric- h Standard-Examine- Tuesday May 18 1999 r rf itf -- — i n “Hi p'f I iin rf 999 1 999 |
