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Show 9l' a iwuj 4 IReae aid MmMl Bolt VQad, by LaRee Pehrson Like hundreds of other Americans, Rose and Mondell Batt of Magna have planted a garden every spring. But unlike many of their contemporaries none of their produce WEST VALLEY 3Q Eie - catalogue or a gardening encylopedia. The Batts grow potatoes, corn, three kinds of cucumbers (Greek, straight eight, and picklers), both bell and hot peppers, egg plant, tomatoes, four kinds of beans and summer months the garden is a place that the whole family can enjoy, not only because of the exercise and togetherness it of- fers, but for the chance to put into practice their creed which says what we have we will view Thursday, Sept. 23, 1982 Haitmi and Skane sored a Vietnamese family (including a man and wife, with four children and another one on the way) who lived with them in to medium and cook until it thickens. Pour over peppers and sei e garlic salt, V2 tsp. table salt, v8 tsp. black pepper. Cook egg plant until in tender, their home from August through ?iad yg November. And although Rose Egg plant patties remedium egg quire plant, peeled and cubed. 2 cups of crushed 1 saltine cracker cups of crumbs, parmesan cheese, 2 cup of mozzerella 1 cheese, cooking 2 2 eggs, 2 oil, green onions, boiling salted water, drain and mash and let cool. Stir in remaining Tbs Tbs Tbs ingredients, then shape into patties, refrigerate until ready to use. Cook in hot oil until golden brown. Those dont wants around your house are probably do wants for someone else. Advertise them in Green Sheet classifieds! Ttate'a a nmon . . SO MANY YOUNG COUPLES CHOOSE DON BLAIR'S MASTER COLOR PORTRAITS Everyone who knows the Batts also knows of the goodies which come from of her wonderful "Stuffed Green her kitchen. Here she begins the process Peppers." a host of packaged vegetables and fruits. Beets, tomatoes and cucumbers are being lovingly placed into bottles that will fill the shelves of the pantry, and tomatoes are also being boiled down for ingredients to be used in Roses famous spaghetti sauce that is part of her Italian heritage. Among the little tricks that Rose bounties of their garden are displayed by Mondell and Rose Batt. Alt they grow is shared and back into the earth. which is not used is either fed to chickens and cow or The goes to waste and they share their abundance with family, friends and total strangers . . . as they work together for a common goal. When the Batts first married their garden was considerably bigger than it is now. However a move to a new home in a different location changed the dimensions from a e of garden, to one about 50 feet by 80 feet, that is filled to the brim with a wide variety of vegetables as well as fruit. Inside their garden plot, the list of their vegetables reads like a teaser for a seed half-acr- (purple spotted, green bush beans, Florida butter beans, and Italian flat pole beans), peas, and both round red beets and cylinder beets, that are long and thin which makes them ideal slicers for canning. In addition there are carrots, Swiss chard, cauliflower, cabbage, zucchnini and three kinds of onions (red, share. From the time the first vegetables start to produce, the family and friends of the Batts share the abundance of the earth with food that is organically grown. white and Utah yellow), as well as crenshaw melons, strawberries, raspberries, peaches, pears, plums, apricots and cherries. During the spring And it is not uncommon for elderly people in the town to find a sack of freshly cleaned vegetables on their ... an anony- doorstep mous gift from Rose and Mondell Batt. Their largess ex- tends not only to people that they know, but to people that they dont know as well. For example, seven years ago they spon- - International Won't Let that laughingly admits that things sometimes got pretty hectic with her five chilldren and the four Vietnamese youngsters living under one roof, she also says that both families learned much from the experience. In addition they formed a lasting friendship that still exists today. While there is always something good cooking in Rose Batts kitchen at any season, in the fall it takes on a special glow. Rose cooks her meals in a gleaming all electric kitchen, but she uses a good old fashioned wood burning stove that not only cooks the meals but warms the house as well. At harvest time there are bottles to fill and vegetables to freeze, with root crops to be stored downstairs in the cellar. So far, the Batts have dug 100 lbs. of potatoes, with 200 more pounds still in the ground. And the freezer is bulging with employs to achieve her reputation of being a gourmet cook, is the addition of carrots and a clove of garlic to the cucumbers when she makes pickles. And when she does cauliflower she usually fries steak, adding a little water to the steak drippings to cook the florets cauliflower which she thickens into gravy. For quick and easy meals during the winter time, Rose plans ahead by freezing potatoes, carrots, and two kinds of beans in packages to be added to a good beef roast. Nothing is ever wasted. That which is not eaten or given away is preserved or back into the source from whence it came. Over-riptomatoes and cucumbers that have grown too large, become food for the e And the that will cow, family chickens. become beef when winter comes, eats all the cornstalks and crenshaw melon vines, which in turn become fertilizer that is plowed back into the ground along with smaller biodegradable vegetable tops. and Mondell have achieved what most of us strive a lifetime for . Rcae'o Recipe In order to get the most out of a family garden, it is important to have good recipes that lend variety to otherwise uninteresting vegetables. Such recipes are those created by Rose Batt, who makes or- dinary green peppers and egg plant taste like something dreamed up by a French chef. 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MUCH-HONORE- chicken breasts acid out of the FACTORY OUTLET - to . . large bell lbs of extra lean ground beef, V2 cup of parmeson 6 l1 2 required peppers, places or things. Before they moved into the beautiful home they share now, they also lived in a nice house with pleasant Pour her special surroundings. But instead of being content tomato sauce over the to remain there for the peppers and bake for rest of their lives, they an additional half are already planning hour, sprinkle with the farm they will buy parmeson cheese. when Mondell retires. In answer to the Tmufu question of whether she would be reluctant Sauce to give up the home she has now, Rose ansTo make the sauce wered, Heavens no! Wherever we go we you will need 1 can of tomato paste, 1 can of will make a home, because it isnt things water, 2 cans of that matter, its people tomato sauce, 1 clove of garlic, 2 Tbs. oil, 2 . . . and God will proTbs. sweet basil, 2 Tbs. vide. a mm LINGERIE adopting the In what philosophy of you give away you keep and what you keep you lose, Rose FLEECE ROBES - 600 ,.21" MID VALLEY FAMILY CENTER tomatoes). Brown the garlic in oil with the chicken, then remove garlic and add tomato paste and water. Bring to a boil and add sauce, sweet basil and parsley, then reduce heat CERTIFIED 4905 So. 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