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Show AggieLife Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 FrugalFare Taking back the kitchen and all about it. Crust: 4 1/2 cups flour 1 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon yeast 1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 cup olive oil 1 3/4 cup ice cold water Cornmeal, for dusting the pan – In a medium bowl, mix the flour, salt, yeast and sugar. Stir in the oil and water until combined. Sprinkle some flour on the countertop and knead the dough for five to seven minutes, until it’s smooth and not too sticky. – Divide the dough into four pieces and roll each of them into a ball. – Put the balls in plastic bags or cover them with plastic wrap (use spray butter to keep them from sticking) and put them in the fridge overnight. –Two hours before you want to make the pizza, take the dough balls out of the fridge and let them sit in their bags on the counter. –When the two hours are up, preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Stretch the dough into 9- to 12-inch diameter pizza crusts. You can do this by tossing, using a rolling pin or just stretching with your hands. Americans nearly sweep Nobel Prize winners Q It’s time for a pizza party It’s pizza time. Sadly, the average price of a large cheese pizza here in town is $10.33. Happily, using this recipe you can make your own for cheap and it’ll be more fun and also quite delicious. Page 7 If Obama had turned down the award, he faced the possible ridicule of other nations and appearing ungrateful. But by accepting mon? the award, he has drawn the ire of many Answer: They all agree that President conservatives. Barack Obama did not deserve the Nobel Columnist Erick Erickson, who writes Peace Prize. for redstate.com, wrote, “I did not realize The act of bringing together all those the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative groups so that they actually agree on action quota for it, but that is the only thing one thing is so phenomenal, it warrants I can think of for this news.” the granting of a Nobel While the presiPrize. dent’s award is getting Many Utahns may most of the press all “Americans should be not agree and several twitterpated, little is politicians have made mentioned about the proud of their country it a point to say they other five Nobel Prizes. for nearly sweeping disagree with the deciOf the six awards thatsion to give the award were given out in 2009, the prizes this year. I to Obama. When Rep. Americans were awardshudder to think that Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, ed five. This is up from the hatred for the was asked whether he last year when the U.S. was proud an American claimed two awards: president outweighs won the award by The economics and chempatriotism.” Deseret News, he said: istry. “Who cares? What Americans should does it matter? Maybe be proud of their counJay Leno should win try for nearly sweeping because he’s been more civil than David the prizes this year. I shudder to think that Letterman.” the hatred for the president outweighs Obama is thrown in with the likes patriotism. of Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan, Nelson Whatever happens, I hope that conserMandela, Mother Teresa and a variety of vatives can begin to love our country again other immensely influential figures of our before the Olympics. I hate to think that time. The Nobel Prize Committee stated they will be rooting against the U.S. simply it awarded Obama for “his extraordinary because Obama is president. efforts to strengthen international diploEnough from me, I’d love to hear what macy and cooperation between peoples.” you think. Log onto www.aggietownsquare. Do we have an obligation, as Americans, com and let me know how you feel about to support our president in his award? the Nobel Prizes. It seems to me that many of those who disagree with the decision to award Obama the prize dislike the president more than Seth Bracken is a senior they love the country. majoring in print journalObama acknowledged that the award ism. Questions or comwas based largely on his commitment to ments can be sent to international cooperation, reduction of him at seth.bracken@ nuclear weapons and a variety of causes aggiemail.usu.edu that he is pushing. No matter what he won the award for, congratulations are in order. Obama was nominated by others, and a panel of five Norwegians voted to award him the prize – he had no say in the matter. fridge the day before you want to make it. If you want to be a little more adventurous, here are some gourmet options for topping your crust. The measurements aren’t exact, just go by your personal taste and the size of your crust for how much you’ll need. For baking you can just follow the format from above. Pesto Cheese: Spread the crust with your favorite pesto and sprinkle with pizza cheese. You can also add diced roma tomatoes, olives or any other topping you like. Spinach and Black Bean: Sautee 4 tablespoons chopped onion, 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic, 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder, 1 teaspoon cumin and one can black beans (drained and rinsed) for about five minutes and spread over the crust. Pour 1/2 cup salsa over the beans, and 1/3 cup thawed frozen spinach over the salsa. Top with 1/2 cup each cheddar and Monterey jack cheeses. Honey-Thyme Pear: Peel, core and thinly slice two to three medium pears. Spread slices over crust. Brush 2 tablespoons melted butter over the pears, then drizzle with about 2 tablespoons of honey and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons chopped hazelnuts, 2 tablespoons crumbled gorgonzola cheese and 1 teaspoon dried thyme. When it come out of the oven drizzle with a little bit more honey. Apple Streusel: Peel, core and chop two large apples into small pieces. In a medium pan melt 2 tablespoons butter. Stir in 1/4 cup brown sugar, a tablespoon of lemon juice and a teaspoon of cinnamon. Add the apples and cook until they’re soft, about 10 minutes. Spread them over the crust. In a small bowl combine 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 tablespoon cold butter until the mixture is crumbly, and then sprinkle it over the apples. After baking, combine 2 tablespoons powdered sugar with enough water or milk to form a thin glaze and drizzle over the cooked pizza. You should probably have a pizza party now. uestion: What does Rush Limbaugh, Palestinians, Israelis, the Taliban and Osama Bin Ladin have in com- EDiversionsStreet Speak – Coat a baking pan with a little oil and 2009 sprinkle with cornmeal. Place the crust on the pan and bake for about two minutes. This will help keep the crust from getting soggy when you add toppings. – Remove from the oven and top with sauce and cheese. (If you’re going for simple, just use store bought pizza sauce and a combination of white cheeses. Pizza mixes are at most grocery stores, which includes mozzarella, • provolone, romano Jennelle Clark is a junior sity Logan,parmesan Utah • and www.aggietownsquare.com cheeses. It works great.) in psychology. She has a strong appre– Bake the pizza for five to eight min- ciation for all things utes, until the cheese is melted and the art and likes spendcrust is golden. ing her weekends in thrift stores. The great thing about this recipe is Questions or that you can do most of the work the comments can day before, so when you’re ready to be sent to her eat pizza all you have to do is top and at jenn.nelle@ bake it, which takes no time at all. Also, gmail.com you can put what you don’t use in the freezer. Just remember to move it to the What’s the most memorable class you’ve ever taken and why? “Ballam’s creative arts. We learned how music affects movies.” – Stephanie Dansie, sophomore, biochemistry Choir: Offering a unique experience -continued from page 6 school handbell choir. He said he has noticed that playing with a handbell choir has helped his technique in his other musical endeavors. “It’s broadening my horizons,” he said. “You can go through and find little bits of technique that you can use in piano or choir that works in handbell and vice versa. It just helps broaden your knowledge.” Stettler goes on to offer advice for those who may be interested in participating with these choirs. “I heard it and the sound was an amazing, uplifting, joyful thing, and I wanted to be involved with it,” he said. “It was hard to learn but became very rewarding at the end. So, if it’s something that sounds interesting, that you would enjoy, just stick with it, give it a try and you’ll love it.” Bullock encourages any who might be interested to contact her and get involved. “It’s an exciting time to be involved with handbells. We would love to have more ringers,” she said. “If we had enough people we would start a third handbell choir. 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