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Show K ( Makes Cents ce By ,.w VI JUDGE BLAKE 'ontcsi' TION Dear Vi: pers I was overjoyed to learn about tasty "skinny French fries" at a weight control course at Dixie Medical Center. The recipe follows: Cut four medium potatoes length-i length-i wise into strips one-half inch thick. "As you cut, drop the strips into a tathn bowl of ice water to keep them Cow crisp. Drain off the water, pat the i anon str'Ps dry on paper towels and re-i re-i turn them to the bowl. Add one ta-'lDi ta-'lDi blespoon f mixing it in with your hands until all of the strips are evenly coated. Bake on a jelly roll pan until golden brown and tender (about 30 to 40 minutes, 400 de-XJJJ de-XJJJ gree oven). Turn strips frequently. Sprinkle generously with paprika and sparingly with lite salt. Makes 4 servings. j"J Another hint: Fill empty spaces in your freezer with plastic gallon- size milk jugs full of water so that when the power goes off, you have ice in the freezer and drinking water isc v" 'l mc'ts- mnls com'nS Delia K. Hoffman ftftj St. George lUJ Thank you, Delia. Overweight or mst not, we all should cut down on fat consumption. You've also given us a most sensible way to have a supply sup-ply of drinking water in case of a disaster. I might mention, too, that a full freezer requires less power, which makes your suggestion even more practical. Don't fill the jugs too full, though, or they will crack as the water expands in freezing. If that should happen, cut away the plastic and thaw the ice in another container. Whenever we freeze food in glass containers we need to be especially careful not to fill them too full. However, if the glass does crack, don't despair. Carefully remove the pieces, wash off the block of frozen food to be sure no glass remains, then cither thaw it for immediate use or put it back in the freezer in a plastic bag. No glass will be in the food. After all, the expansion of the food as it freezes pushes the glass out, not in, and it cracks clean no splinters. Cold glass breaks easily another an-other reason for avoiding glass containers in the freezer. Sometimes Some-times the convenience makes it worth the risk, however, especially when you know you can safely use the contents if you remove all traces of glass while the food is still a solid block of ice. "I wish I had known that sooner," one woman told me. Fearing the possibility possi-bility of glass in the food, she had thrown out several jars that had cracked in the freezer. Thought for the day: It takes a long time to convince ourselves that we are getting old, so perhaps we shouldn't even try. It's so nice to feel young even when we're not. Readers: Keep those good ideas coming. If your letter is used here, I'll send you your choice of $2 or one of my booklets "Kitchen Tricks," "Discard Tricks," or "Young Entrepreneur," (33 tested ways for young boys and girls to create their own jobs.) Please state your choice when writing. For others, oth-ers, the price of the booklets is $2.49 each. When ordering by mail, please add $1 for postage and handling, han-dling, plus 50 cents for each additional addi-tional booklet Address: 328 South 300 East, St. George, Ut. 84770. |