Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 17, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 23 April 2015 — Page 4

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Advance News • Thursday, April 23, 2015

Food on the grill starts with food safety

Sometimes it feels as if spring is here, yet other times it feels like March is back. I know that to many of you the warmer weather

means grilling. Nowadays there are so many varieties of grills to choose from, including wood pellet and gas grills that not only save time but have other advantages when cooking outdoors. Those of you who like to cook with the charcod briquettes have learned to plan for the extra time the coals need to get hot. We all have our favorite method of grilling, but no matter the preference, food safety is a must. Food-borne illness is a larger problem than you might think; over 4 million people a year are affected by it. Plus, food contaminating bacteria are tough to deal witn because you usually don't even know they're present. They are microscopic in size, and you can't smell or taste them. So, for food safety, prevention is the watchword. Outdoor entertaining at home or in a park would be easier if you could just throw the refrigerator under one arm and take it with you. This is because the best way to fight foodborne illness is to keep perishable foods cold, especially meat and poultry, between preparation and serving. Food-borne illness is what you want to prevent and is the correct term to use verses the term food poisoning, which is what you often hear. Another rule of food safety is to keep clean everything that touches food. Stop and wash your hands before preparing food. Wash utensils, bowls, and surfaces that come into contact with food before preparing another dish. Try to use a spoon, fork, or other kitchen utensil to mix food, rather than using your hands. I know, there are some things that you just have to use your hands for. A lot of emphasis is placed on clean hands because your hands continually pick up bacteria and other germs. These organisms live in and around the fingernails and in the creases of the hands. Only vigorous washing with hot, soapy water prepares hands to safely deal with food. The third food safety rule is to thoroughly cook food. Ground beef, pork and lamb must reach a minimum internal temperature of 160 degrees F, while ground chicken and turkey must reach 165 degrees F. Beef and pork steaks and chops must reach a minimum internal temperature of 145 degrees F and rest for 3 minutes while whole poultry must reach 165 degrees. For complete safety use a meat thermometer to accurately measure the temperature of meats and poultry. For controlling flare-ups and smoke, trim as much fat from the meat as possible before placing it on the grill. A spray bottle of water vyill really help control fires in the grill. Grilling at our house always means the meat has been marinated or seasoned with a rub. When marinating meat we use an arid, which can be fruit juice such as lemon, orange) pineapple or vinegar and a flavoring like teriyaki. Use about three fourths juice or more to one-fourth the flavoring. Marinating is best if done ahead of time in the refrigerator. The longer the meat is marinated the more flavor it will have and more tender it will be. Using a large a*qtlick way to get flavor Mo a roast or chicken half, but remember, you need to allow time for the arid in the fruit juice to tenderize the meat. There are many commercial rubs which are excellent on meat, but if creating your own remember to be light with the salt. Here is a recipe you can try: Rib Rub (makes approximately 4 cups) 1 cup packed It. brown sugar 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup kosher salt 1/2 cup garlic powder or granules 1/4 cup chili powder 1/4 cup lemon pepper 1/4 cup onion powder n 1/4 cup ground celery seed 2 Tbsp. coarse ground black pepper 2 Tbsp. whole celery seeds 1 tsp. ground cloves 1 Tbsp. cayenne pepper 1/2 cup Mrs. Dash® Original Blend Mix together and store in air-tight container.

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Food and Nutrition By Mary Ann. Uenhart Cross

Community

Bored meeting and no escape

There's a reason they call them board meetings. People like me get bored. Now I strongly suspect I have Adult ADD. When I was a child watching out the window at another class taking recess was like Star Wars on the big screen. I couldn't turn away. Now that I'm an adult I have a hard time focusing at board meetings. First you have to sit in the same place for three or four hours at a time. Second - well, actually that first thing I mentioned is what's hard. Everything else is easy. As a member of the Church of the Brethren I've been elected to several boards: Program and Arrangements Committee for the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference. Three years. General Board (the board of directors for our church). Five years. Brethren Journal Association, which publishes the scholarly journal for our church. If you can believe it, I was president of that board for eight years. Right now I am finishing the second year of a five-year term on the Board of Directors for Bethany Theological Seminary, our denominational graduate school. I understand that meetings have a purpose, and I think I would not have been elected to all these boards if I didn't have skills. So I've learned some

Protect specialty crops, bees with Drift Watch

If you raise specialty crops or bees, you should consider signing up on driftwatch.org. Think of Drift Watch as a communication tool designed to help growers of sensitive specialty crops communicate with pesticide applicators. Specialty "crops" can include a wide variety of plants and animal operations also. Christmas trees, greenhouse, vegetables, tree fruit, grapes, hardwood trees, herbs, certified organic nursery crops; honey bees, farms' and pastures for organic production of lamb, chicken, dairy or beef are just a few examples of items people have registered on the site. Some of these crops can be valued at thousands of dollars per acre, so Drift Watch can save money by decreasing crop damage. Growers and applicators can sign up at in.DriftWatch.org for no cost. You

Aging Gracefully: End of life Issues coming to Nappanee

NAPPANEE The Nappanee Ministerial Association along with Center for Hospice Care, Council on Aging of Elkhart County, Elldiart County Triad, and Heritage House Assisted Living are hosting a series of four presentations on Aging and End of Life Issues in the city of Nappanee. Participants can attend any or all of the sessions free of charge. The event will be held at Heritage House Assisted Living Apartments, 1700 Waterfall Drive in Nappanee, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. To register call 574-773-3592. The first session will be held April 27 and is entitled "Consider the Conversation". This is the intimate story about the

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coping strategies. First, drink a lot of coffee. Second, get up and leave the meeting every now and then because of all that coffee. Third, remember you'll be rewarded at lunch and dinner, because the people who organize board meetings t.end to reward you by serving great meals. Fourth - that food thing again. Now this Bethany board is kind of fun. I'm on the Academic Affairs Committee and the Board Development Committee, but I'm not on the committee that has to read all the financial reports and understand them. All I have to understand is that we're doing pretty well. I attended Bethany Theological Seminary while it was still in Oak Brook, Illinois, in the Chicago suburbs. I had a great time, but about fifteen years after I left the seminary we just about went jbroke. We had no choice but to setttKe campus and move to Richmond, Indiana. As a result of nearly going bankrupt the folks at the seminary went over-

will create an account and provide common information about yourself (name and contact receive updates and notifications vfr email. If you have no email address, just type in [email protected]. Once your account is set up, producers can highlight the locations of their crops on a map. It is a fairly simple process. If you are familiar with Google Maps, you will find the mapping to be an easy exercise. When applicators visit the site, they can look at fields

American struggle with communication and preparation for what someone would want at life's end and encouraging people to discuss these issues prior to the end of life. A short documentary entitled "Consider the Conversation" will be shown followed by a panel of experts. Panel members include: Paul Eash, Attorney at Law; Brian Housand, Genworth Long Term Care Insurance, Larry Thompson of Thompson, Lengacher, and Yoder Funeral Home; and Cathie Whitcroft, DNP, ACHPN, FNP-BC, Center for Hospice Care. The second session will be held May 4, titled "Adult Sibling Relationships and Family Dynamics". The ses-

County Road Seven I By Frank Ramirez

Extension Tips By Jeff Burbrihk

sion will cover roles and expectations, who are the caregivers, what are the reasons children step up or don't, long distance caregiving, guilt, resentment, and more. This session will be presented by Dopa BilleyWeiler, a Certified Senior Advisor and board member of the Gerontology Institute of Michiana. The third session will be held May 11 and is entitled "Three Steps to Better Brain Health". This program for adults of all ages will explore several aspects of brain health across the lifespan. Gain insight into what science has learned about the day-to-day conditions that help our brain function at its best, both for today, and for our future years. Participants will walk away with some ways to incorporate ideas for bring-

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board in the other direction. And here's what kept me awake during the board meetings. There is now so much money in the bank we can pay professors and staff, run the daily operations and keep the buildings well maintained even if we didn't have a single student on campus. We'd still make a profit. And we have such a great faculty that it's a pleasure to pay them every cent they're worth. And we do have students, and those students are charged only a small fraction of what it costs to attend Bethany, so it's possible for them to avoid going into debt over the other expenses, housing and such, associated with graduate school. And all the while we're raising up another crop of ministers every year, which is a worthwhile thing to do. Yes, I struggled to stay awake during a long afternoon meeting but I was comforted by this thought as my head bobbed up and down while struggling with slumber. I'm on the Board of Trustees for a great organization that I believe in and support with monthly gifts. That's worth waking up for in the middle of a bored meeting instead of taking a nap with my eyes wide open. Frank Ramirez is the Senior Pastor of the Union Center Church of the Brethren.

they plan to spray and locate sensitive areas nearby. There is no cost for applicators to participate either, and to use the site, applicators do not need an account. However, if applicators sign up for an account, they will receive emails when sensitive crops are added in their community. I know of two applicators who leave Drift Watch up on their computer screens during the busy spray season, and Jheyrequire their staff to check the Irtciprilfßlre Spiking is started. The information that-is added to Drift Watch is overseen by stewards who verify each area submitted to the registry. The boundaries on the map are not property lines, but user-submit-ted sensitive area designations. Drift Watch is not intended to be a registry for home gardens or for sites less than half an acre in size.

ing more brain health into their life. The presenter is Debra Raybold, Director of Brain Works at Beacon Health System. Session four will be held May 18 and is titled "Preventing Fraud and Abuse in an Aging Population". This program includes a viewing of the powerful documentary "Last Will and Embezzlement" with Mickey Rooney. There will also be a panel of local experts from Elkhart County Triad including: Bradley Rogers, Elkhart County Sheriff; Julie Dijkstra, Nappanee Police Chief; Martha Packer, Fraud Expert with Interra Credit Union; Lynette Ashburn, Adult Protective Services: and Bonnie Waltz, Elkhart County Council on Aging. For more information contact Lisa Zollinger 574-309-6763.