Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 133, Number 5, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 30 January 2014 — Page 4

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Advance News • Thursday, January 30, 2014

Business profiles coming soon

We're going to try something new with my column in the coming weeks. Instead of listening to me, rambling on about my kids or about some new ventures or adventures in the world of journalism, we are going to begin business and personality profiles. Right here, in this spot. This will be a little different than your average profile, because if s still a column. Every week, I'll feature a local business or talk to an individual in town and I'll report back to you, the reader about that person or place. I'll tell you about the atmosphere of res-

Winter is ideal time for great cooking

As I gather my thoughts and try to focus on one topic for this weekly column one fact that I know for sure is that it is really

winter. Good cold weather is a great time to do some real cooking and then if possible to share the great food with company. Some food ideas that come to mind are chili - either tomato chili or white chicken chili, any kind of hearty soup, a roast with vegetables, rice crispy chicken, any food slow roasted in the oven, and to my list I would add old fashioned chicken potpie in a rich broth. I have to share our recent chicken potpie experience, as I have written a column on it before. We nave just made the best tasting potpie that we have ever created. For those of you not familiar with potpie, as I know it, it is a rich broth with chopped celery, onion, and carrots and some kind of meat. My family's potpie is always chicken but I have eaten it with small pieces of roast beef or cubes of ham.

January may be coldest in decades

MUNCIE Ball State University's David Call, a severe weather expert, said that Hoosiers and most of the Midwest are suffering through the coldest January since the 1980's. "It is likely that January 2014 will be among the 10 percent of coldest Januaries for Indianapolis, meaning ature is Warmer, said Call, an assodate professor of Geography. "None of those coldest Januaries have occurred in the last 25 years, so this month is considerably colder than what we have experienced in recent memory. That said, many of the coldest Januaries on record occurred in the 1970's and 1980's, including 1977,1978 and 1979. Anyone over 35 has experienced weather like this before just

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not recently," Call points out the recent weather pattern has consistently featured a ridge of warm air in the western U.S. and a trough of cold air in the eastern U.S. The jet stream, that great river of air in the sky that separates warm from cold, has been pushed far north into "While we have been cold and snowy, the western U.S., especially California, has been hot and dry," he said. "California gets most of its snow and rain in winter, so there could be serious water restrictions and a horrific fire season later this year if the weather pattern does not change soon." Even though the recent months have been abnormally frigid, Call said

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There are a couple of cooking differences that I believe created the richer flavor. First, we used legs and thighs versus a whole chicken so we had the darker meat. I chose the thighs and legs as they are most economical, and they are also great for rice crispy chicken another time. We also skinned the chicken; I know the skin could have made the broth richer but in browning the meat in the cast iron, it became a rich golden brown and there was some fat that also browned and contributed to the flavor. ' Once the chicken was browned it was transferred to a Dutch oven with chopped carrots, celery, onions and water added. Then the slow roasting process began with the oven only at 300 degrees. In the past I would have used the crockpot or top of the stove to cook the chicken and create the broth. There was a huge difference in the flavor from the meat and vegetables being roasted versus simmered. The broth had so much more flavor that 1 could add more water to it so I could make more potpie. Another change I made is I used buttermilk for the milk in the dough recipe. Why? Well I had the fresh buttermilk and I thought I would just try it and I think it made for a tender dough. The last change I made was that I added

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You'll learn more about the people in your community, family and community history and I'll have the luxury of meeting new people face-to-face every week. Everyone has a story to tell and my hope is that this column idea will help bring those stories to light. Of course, there's always something I'm asking from you. This time around, it's going to be recommendations. I'm looking for local businesses that are. interesting places you think other people should know about. It can be a factory, a restaurant, a local shop anything.

claims that dismiss global wanning are "bogus." "While we are experiencing colder than average conditions, places such as California and Australia are much warmer than average," he said. "Global warming refers to a change in climate, which is the long-term average ' ngm now/ancnt can vary wiiaTy from day-to-day or even montn-to-month. "Global wanning does not mean an end to cold weather," he added. "It simply means that the cold weather would be a little less cold. Even the most pessimistic global warming models suggest a temperature change of just a few degrees for the next few decades."

I'm also looking people in the community that have great stories to tell, whether it's a hobbyist who's really good at what they do, or a fellow in the community who remembers flie old days, or just a friendly face that others should meet Give me a call or text at 574-209-0704 or stop by the Nappanee Center or the office of the Bremen Enquirer to drop off suggestions of interesting people and interesting places around Bremen, Nappanee and Wakarusa. Dani Molnar is the Editor of the Advance News and the Bremen Enquirer.

some chicken bouillon flavoring to the dough so the dough had more flavor. I will also admit that the extra heat from the oven was a real bonus and the aroma of the roasted food was very nice. If I have now made you and your family hungry for chicken potpie there is a recipe on the office website at http://www.extension.purdue.edu/elkhart. If preparing the chicken potpie doesn't sound good to you how about roasting vegetables with a pork Iran? Pork prices are very good and mere is so mucn you can do once the loin is roasted, but first envision browning the loin in a cast iron skillet. You could then even roast it with potatoes, carrots, and onions in the cast iron; right there is a great hearty meal with planned-overs. The planned-overs can become pulled pork, loin sandwiches, sliced loin on a dark green salad, a casserole, added to stir fried vegetables and all the other ideas that you have. I encourage you and your family to make the most of your kitchen, your cooking skills, and your food dollars. Make time to prepare great food at home and share it with friends - you will be glad you did for many reasons!

Replacing ash trees on your property

Emerald Ash Borer has devastated ash trees in our area. Whether it is in a forest or a lawn, it is most likely too late

to save local ash trees. It is unfortunate, because *ah could ‘pfaiit - just about anywhere, and it would thrive. Replacing ash species in

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urban and woodland plantings requires some thought, because few trees are as versatile as ash. Areas adjacent to streams and other bodies of water Replacement trees should be tolerant of wet soils and/ or periodic flooding. Dees that provide wildlife values are desirable in these areas. Bottomland species like Bur Oak, Swamp White Oak, Shumard Oak, Pin Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak, Sycamore and Bald Cypress are good choices. WOODLAND REFORESTATION Replacements for ash in these plantings should generally be large trees, at least 50 feet at maturity, be native species, have wildlife value, and be well suited to existing site conditions. Reforestation plantings are typically relatively large plantings, so the trees need to be available as bare-root stock to be economical. Among the many choices are the oaks, pignut hickory, shagbark hickory, sugar maple, walnut, and tulip tree. YARD TREES Replacements for ash trees in an open yard should be relatively large trees. Tree species that produce numerous large seeds, such as black walnut, may be undesirable. With consideration given to soil pH and drainage preferences, good choices may indude sugar and black maple, linden, tulip trees, and members of the oak, chestnut and hickory family if you don't mind the nuts in the lawn. STREET, POWER UNE AND SIDEWALK TREES Trees selected to replace ash in this situation should be adapted to growing in severe environmental conditions often characterized by limited soil moisture, disturbed and/or compacted soils, high levels of air pollution from automobiles, winter salt street applications, and limited or restricted overhead room due to utility lines, Choices might indude pagoda dogwood, hawthorn, sumac, hornbeam, redbud, crab apple or flowering plum, and some of the smaller maples, such as paperbark, amur and tartarian. An excellent resource for selecting trees for urban areas can be found at wwwin.gov/drv/forestry/files/fo-India' naCommunityTreeSelectionGuide.pdf. IDNR, Purdue and many of Indiana's urban foresters authored this publication. It has very good tables to help you compare the characteristics of various trees. Two excellent sources of trees are IDNR Nurseries (www. dnrJN.gov/foresby) and the bee sale conducted by the SWCD and the Michiana Master Gardeners (www.michianamastergardeners.com). Forms for these trees are also available through the SWCD and die extension office.

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