Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 2, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 9 January 2014 — Page 4

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Advance News • Thursday, January 9, 2014

ny breathtaking We are all experiencing real winter with it being really

cold and all this snow! When I can stay inside I like snow, it is pretty and peaceful and we work on projects in our home and

we cook! Winter is a wonderful time of the year to make the most of your kitchen, cook, entertain and enjoy food that might take time to prepare. This is also a great time of the year to use the oven! I think winter is the best time of year to make bread. Bread is really one of the simplest baked products to make and you don't need a lot of equipment; granted having a mixer or bread machine to help mix and knead the dough make the process easier but they are not required. Think about it, I am sure you and your family are drawn to the aroma of fresh, homemade bread. After all who isn't tempted by a thick, fragrant slice of warm-from-the-oven bread with softened butter and honey or your favorite jam? Fresh bread has the aroma and taste of honest food! Fresh homemade bread makes you smile and satisfies as few foods can. I think this is true since homemade bread is basic to life, it connects us to our past and to one another. Today, more than ever, making bread is easy. The process is creative and rewarding, whether you work the dough with your own hands or leave it to the large mixer or bread machine. The final result is your special accomplishment, something no bakery can duplicate. My purpose in writing this column is encouraging you to bake bread! I would also enjoy learning about your bread making experiences and if you might be interested in a bread making workshop. All yeast breads are made from a soft dough; three parts flour to one part liquid is the usual ratio. This proportion can vary somewhat as flours differ in their capacities to absorb liquid which is why most bread redpes give a range for the amount of flour. At it's most basic, bread is a combination of flour, yeast, salt and a liquid. With the addition of eggs, sugar, milk, butter, spices, nuts, dried fruits and other ingredients, the basic dough becomes richer, sweeter and more cakelike. Flours ground from grains other than wheat also impart a spedal characteristic to a bread; rye, soy, rice, oat, buckwheat, and commeal also add texture and distinctive flavor. 1 am sure you have many cookbooks with redpes you can try but for those of you who have asked that I share redpes, here is an unlimited "Honey Wheat Bread" that I use my bread machine for creating the dough and then bake in the oven. This reripe can be adapted to meet your creative needs. You can also mix this in a bowl or use a large mixer: 1-1/2 cups water or 1-1/4 cups milk and 1/4 cup water 2 T. honey - oil the measuring spoon and the honey will slide out 2 T. brown sugar 1-1/2 to 2 cups bread flour or regular white flour 1-1/2 to 2 cups whole wheat flour 2 T. powdered milk - omit this if you used the fresh milk for the liquid 2 tsp. salt I package feast or 2-W4fcp. 1 T. of _ If you are using a bread machine follow the machine's directions for the dough setting. If making by hand or in a stand mixer, follow these directions: Place 3 cups of the flour, the salt, brown sugar, powder milk and yeast in large bowl. Warm the liquids, honey and butter until warm or 120 degrees - this is like hot tap water, you can do this in the microwave, just use a medium or low setting so you don't get it too warm. A temperature of over 140 degrees will kill the yeast. Now add the warm liquids to the flour mixture and stir, adding more flour until you get to a soft dough. Dough should form a ball and will be slightly sticky. Knead on lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size, about 30 to 45 minutes. Punch dough down. Remove dough to lightly floured surface; roll to 12 x 8-inch rectangle. Beginning at short end, roll up tightly as for jelly roll. Pinch seam and ends to seal. Place, seam side down, in greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. Cover; let rise in warm, draftfree place until doubled in size, about 45 to 60 minutes. Bake at 375°F for 35 minutes or until done. Remove from pan; let cool on wire rack. This recipe will make two medium loaves or one larger loaf shaped by hand.

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Electricity tips for home safety

Kyle Finley is a farmer and electrician from southern Illinois. He has a unique business, called Live Line Demo that he takes across the country to demonstrate various ways that electricity can kill you, and more importantly, how to protect yourself. I recently witnessed Kyle's program at the Michiana Irrigation Association meeting in Middlebury and I can honestly say it made me think a lot more about electricity. Kyle started his talk with some discussion about standard 120-volt electricity like we have in our homes and businesses. Most people, including myself, do not think about 120 as a safety risk, and that is where we are wrong. A miss-wired circuit, a damaged extension cord, or accidental exposure to water would be all it would take to kill a person. He gave an example of a farmer working on a field cultivator with an extension cord draped over the implement. One small cut can electrify the equipment. If a person touching the equipment is grounded, the power will pass through their body. At 120

Blizzard survival stories

I am currently sitting in my mom's room with my daughter, frealcing out because I have no way of getting to work to finish my pages. Not because of the bitter cold or because of the emergency vehicle only mandates. It's because the roads around my home aren’t plowed and my low-riding vehicle won't get out. So after giving up on any chance of getting work done by myself, caving and contacting my managing editor Lois to see if she could help, and her graciously telling me she could get it done tomorrow, I decided to talk to my mom for a wintery twist on my column. My mom was 12 during the blizzard of 1978. I've never really talked to her about it and after hearing what she had to say, it's funny to think that people on my Facebook stream and in social media are referring to this winter weather as "Snowpocalyse 2014" because that was way worse, srs The Bliza»*Btiwßf*497B, for ..those eaL you who don't remember, or like me. weren't bom yet, left an average or three feet of snow on the ground with drifts up to eight feet high. I asked my mom to recall her memories of the storm as a kid for me during our short time sitting on her bed: "We had snowdrifts all the way up the side of the house," she began. "Mom did her first perm in my hair. My brother, Scott, taught me to play a song on the guitar. My dad was nomewhich was unusual because he was a long-haul truck driver and I remember the snow was up over the top of the wheels of his semi, that's how deep it was. "I also remember we still had to take care of the animals and the animals

The first secret to success

Schindler Sez Since the bells that rang in the New Year are now silent and everyone wants to be successful, each of my next three columns will contain one of the three universal rules for success. Louis XVI 'l'm going to lose my mind, before I lose my head!' What King Louis XVI, of France, was probably thinking right before he was guillotined. How to be a Success #1 The number one reason people succeed, is because they have a goal. They know what they want and where they are going. I have read dozens of

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Cditoii's Pasptem ByDaniMolnar, Editor

were at Grandpa's house which was a field away. They would put their snowsuits on and walk to help take care of the animals. "I remember being out of school for at least a week maybe longer and we lived on U.S. 20 so it wasn't like here (we live in a neighborhood now), where the snowplows aren't going to come through. I remember walking down the middle of the street because no cars were going to come anyways. I don't know how they cleared the snow! cold before* 'SStela, to it and I remember my dad shoveling tunnels through it so we could play in it. He shoveled tunnels to both doors so we had exits. "Having some snow on the ground was common and having at least one major snowstorm was always common. I remember literally that the snow was over the tops of our cars that were in the driveway. We lived out in the urban areas. I remember the horses... when we finally got to let them out of the bam, they thought it was great. They loved it, and they were literally hopping over the snowbanks. As soon as Grandpa could let

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motivational books and listened to countless tapes on how to succeed. Although they may vary somewhat in their approach, they all agree on one thing and that is the "Key to Success." Now, what is the key to success? lam sure you all know it, but I feel that it is so important, I am going to tell you anyway. You must set goals. Setting goals is tiie "Key to success!"

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f fault interrupt (GFI) circuitry built I in. Assuming the outlet is properly i grounded, a deviation in the voltage ' cm the cord will cause the GFI to trip, shutting down the tool, but keeping : you safe. I In many states, GFI outlets are required in all construction. In Indiana, however, GFI circuits are not mandatory unless the outlet is "near a wet area." Using GFI outlets in a new home or building might cost a little more (S2OO-300 per home), but far less than a permanent injury or lost life. After hearing Kyle's talk, I changed my Christmas wish list to include some GFI cords and portable CGI outlets, not only for me, but also for some family members. I found I could buy several of these units for under SSO. In next week's column, I will write about electrical safety around higher voltage and how to protect you, your loved ones, and co-workers from other dangerous situations. Jeff Brubrink is an Extension Educator for Elkhart County.

them out of the bam, he did. "I remember Elaine and Buzz (family friends) walking over through the snow to have coffee with Mom like they always do. Mom and Elaine were always together. "I don't remember rushing to the store, we always had a full freezer. My mom was just highly prepared for this kind of stuff or something. It was a different time then, it was a slower pace. We played board games, puzzles and watched re-runs of the Brady Bunch. "It was so soon after Christmas that we had our new toys that we still played with. Mickey (my mom's sister) and I had our new Barbies that we played with. It was more family time than anything. We weren't sitting on the Internet seeing what was going on anywhere else, we were focusing on what was going on here. "We burn card houses. I remember Scotty building card houses and "ViMMjMkialLouer the dining room. We maiYt sit and watch television eifher because we only had three channels and we didn't always get them. With the wind blowing, they only came in sporadically." So that was a good waste of 20 minutes and story-telling for us and now my column's done too. Killed two birds with one stone. Now we're going back to watching "Oz, the Great and Powerful." Here's to hoping snow over the tops of our cars don't happen and wind chills below freezing slow down soon, because I and my daughter are getting major cabin fever up in here. Dani Molnar is Editor of the Bremen Enquirer and the Advance News.

If you want to get anywhere in this life, you must know where you're going. And the only way to know where you are going is if you have a destination or a god. Quite simply, if you don't know where you're going... now in the hell do you expect to get anywhere. A graduate of John Carroll University and a successful businessman, Schindler is the founder of Bandido's Mexican restaurants, a small Midwestern chain. Schindler's newspaper column, “Schindler Sez," appears in several Indiana newspapers. In addition, he is the author of several books and has been a guest speaker at the University of Notre Dame.