December 2004

With 1 million refugees worldwide threatened by hunger, UN appeals ...
UN News Centre
Several hundred thousand refugees are already struggling to survive on drastically reduced food rations, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. ...

Home-assembled mixes resemble 'sand art' in collector canning jars
Cincinnati Post - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... households. There still may be some minutes left for mixing, stirring or layering dry ingredients in pretty canning jars. Jars are ...

MPMA argues case for the food can
Meat Process - Montpellier,France
... laminate material designed for food products traditionally packed in cans, glass jars or pouches. ... a Tetra Recart line is similar to that of modern canning lines ...

The lefties who believe in pleasure
New Statesman - London,England,UK
... clearest example of Slow Food's usefulness, however, is the concept of presidia, a network of local initiatives to preserve foods. This is a typical invention. ...

Inventor of self-heating can technology sees application in ...
AMonline.com - Fort Atkinson,WI,USA
... Sonoco expects it to be the next step in changing how people use packages for food and beverages. The self-heating container - a $20 million invention of San ...

Short on gift ideas? Try brownies in a jar
Longview Daily News - Longview,WA,USA
... bags. Into each go two jars of jam and a package of scone mix. Viola! ... drink. I got this yummy sounding idea from the Ball Canning Company.

Award Winning Texas Cook and Recipe Enthusiast Is Making Headlines ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
... in the recipe industry....she has 35 E-book cookbooks, several thousand self-written recipes and is taking the nation by storm with her massive collection of ...

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October 27, 2004

Kitchen gadgets can be real timesavers -- or not
Mount Vernon News - Mount Vernon,OH,USA
... inventions for the kitchen: Toasters, potato mashers, apple/potato peelers, food choppers and ... The invention of the apple peeler that could pare an apple in one ...

GEAR: Ode - Drink to me only with thine Camelback
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
... "You're not as tempted to not drink, which is dangerous. You can dehydrate before you know it. If you get thirsty it's too late. "It's always there to sip. ...

Identity of Candied Watermelon
NewsCentralAsia - Asia
... It is even asserted that some users managed to dehydrate, to preserve, watermelons. I wonder. Yet, there are no reports of candied watermelons. ...

Army Rations-Historical Background
... Early Army Rations. ... 6. The principle of soldier-acceptance of foods-now a cardinal
requirement for Army rations-was given recognition during the Civil War. ...

October 24, 2004

Swedes in danger of loving crayfish delicacy to death
Daily Times - Pakistan
... lakes and the breeding season gets underway, researchers are expressing concerns that stocks may once again be under threat from a deadly plague that could be

Living longer despite Food Police
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... polio and influenza. Our ancestors had to deal with "bubonic plague," also frighteningly known as "black death.". These days, we

Filter Device Helps Prevent Strokes
WNBC - New York,NY,USA
... filter that catches coffee grounds is the concept behind a medical invention. ... Dr. Yadav's filter still needs Food and Drug Administration approval, but that's ...

Research and Markets: Global Technology Gaps, White Spaces and
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... are not viable in themselves for assigning an invention to an ... Agribusiness, Fishing and Forestry, Mining - Secondary Industries: Construction, Food & Accessory ...

October 22, 2004

Army sends its rations up in smoke
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
Thousands of army ration packs which cost £126,000 to produce have gone up in smoke ... said the MOD should have found a way of using the rations more creatively. ... (Authors note: Here is my idea for a solution. If the food rations are listed for three years then work with a local charity to collect the cans so they can use it to give away. Do this each year at a certain time and then replace those missing cans with new rations. This way each year the food will not have to be burned. I hate it when people tell me why it can't be done. Think creatively)

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September 30, 2004

BOUNTY from the sea
Philippine Daily Inquirer - Makati City,Philippines
... with food from surrounding provinces. "It has enriched the cooking, but at the same time, the cuisine that has emerged has become the Ilonggos' own invention," ...

September 23, 2004

MOM and Pop enter the packaged food business
WALB-TV - Albany,GA,USA
... "I was more or less drafted into it," she laughs. Drafted to slice, pull, season, dehydrate, trim, package, and seal beef jerky, all in this small kitchen. (note-in the early sixties mom and pop stores were on every corner. By the late 80's most were gone and in the 90's and now the Walmarts and Superstores took over. But there is a hunger to return to uniqueness and quality and I believe the time for mom and pop stores is returning but perhaps with a twist. Everyone wants to taste.)

HOW to Dehydrate Tomatoes - Hormel - Knowledge
Prepare Tomatoes. Wash tomatoes under cool running water. In a large saucepan bring water to a rolling boil. Fill a large mixing bowl with ice cold water.

September 19, 2004

Coconut Oil-Perhaps you've heard that Coconut oil is bad for you? Then this article just might enlighten you into changing your mind.

September 16, 2004

Alberta chemists sprinkle antibiotic spice - EDMONTON - University of Alberta researchers have developed a "spice" they hope will protect against food-borne bacteria like E. coli and salmonella. The powder, made from the egg yolks of chickens, has no taste and no smell. The chickens are injected with bacteria and develop antibodies, which are passed along to the yolks.

A Cult of Roast Beef: Politics and Food in 18th Century England
Newswise (press release) - USA
... The researcher was also amazed at how highly developed greenhouse technology had become by the mid-18th century. Greenhouse technology ...

MYSTERIES in the kitchen
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
By Shirley Corriher. Remember when you were a child and bit into a chocolate-covered cherry? The sugar. syrup ran down your chin, and it tasted wonderful. ...

September 10, 2004

09/08 - Guilt: Use it And Lose it
AgWeb - USA... That reminds me of another saying: Guilt is the mother of invention. That's why so many biotech scientists are trying to create food that's guilt-free. ...

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REFRIGERATOR, freezer kitchen's workhorses
London Free Press - London,Ontario,Canada ... As the refrigerator is the only major appliance that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, it's important that it be energy efficient. ...

SOLDIERS Give Food to Iraqis Affected by Insurgents
Defenselink.mil - USA ... Teams attached to the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, have begun the healing process by providing humanitarian rations to the ...

~Copycat Recipes-From Kentucky Fried to Chi Chi's famous salsa. Yum.

WHY curry and rice is Britain's new weapon on the battlefield
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK... British rations may lack the refinements of those issued to the French army, such as miniature bottles of wine, or the self-heating convenience of American ...

SQUADDIES' rations get a culinary makeover
Guardian - UK An army marches on its stomach, and the British squaddie - for so long reliant on beef ... In the biggest change to the armed forces' rations for 40 years, a new ...

FORTIFIED Food Wrap Is Good Enough To Eat
Science Daily (press release) - USA... with a crabshell? You get a thin film that prevents food from spoiling and can be eaten along with the food that it wraps.

EXPERTS Develop Future Food for Future Warriors
ScienceBlog.com - USA... Recently, both the Marines and Army soldiers have requested First Strike rations developed by the Combat Feeding program.

IT is time for Sugar-free potatoes
Food Ingredients First - Netherlands It`s not any new biotechnological invention that is making it possible, but an ingenious regulation of storage temperature that will ensure low sugar content ..

'MONNACO' Technology set to revolutionise grain harvesting...
Nassau Guardian - Nassau,Bahamas... drastically reduce or entirely eliminate this loss by its patented invention of EMES ... of nutrients in forage crops, providing 180 million tons of food, hay and ...

AQUACULTURE is changing the face of NC agriculture
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA Johnny Barbee is no longer your traditional Tar Heel farmer. He's the state's first freshwater shrimp farmer. Barbee is the co-owner DJ& W Farms. ..

ARMY rations rehydrated by urine
New Scientist - London,England, UK ... cent of bacteria and most toxic chemicals from the water used to rehydrate it, according to the Combat Feeding Directorate, part of the US Army Soldier Systems .

IF not for Clarence Birdseye's invention, we might never have met ...
USA Today - USA... Birdseye invented frozen food when no homes had freezers, no grocery stores had freezer cases, and there were no freezer trucks or railroad cars. ...

ASK Umbra: Icebox, icebox baby
Working for Change - San Francisco,CA,USA... In an ideal world you would have the cash flow to dispose of the older icebox and buy an entirely new set of appliances to meet your food-storage needs.

FAMILIES should prepare for unexpected
Idaho Press-Tribune - Nampa,ID,USA... A three-day supply of food is also suggested. Morrison said that canned fruits and vegetables as well as dehydrated food are best for emergencies.

HOW To Avoid Food Poisoning, Infection After Flood
NBC 10.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA Floodwaters can carry human waste, bacteria, raw sewage, and chemical waste -- all of which can make you very sick. "If you have food storage in your basement ...

THE shape of things to chomp on ..
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK ... has never been more in fashion - with celebrity chefs such as Gordon Ramsay and Nigella Lawson huge stars - and the only people who eat dehydrated food out of ...

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Welcome to Food News Archives for 2004.

To the right/above you will see the listing of months for various stories I've collected. These news articles are not updated which means some may have expired. They are left as is. I hope you enjoy these pages for the future of food is the prevention of famine.

Ingredient gifts
Home-assembled mixes resemble 'sand art' in collector canning jars

By Joyce Rosencrans
Post food editor

The reindeer are bearing down, chomping at the bit, to get going on Christmas Eve. Meanwhile, Santa's helpers are feeling guilty if home-crafted gifts are yet to be made and delivered.

OK, so baking time is dwindling down to a precious few hours in most households. There still may be some minutes left for mixing, stirring or layering dry ingredients in pretty canning jars. Jars are easy to round up, either from the basement or grocery store. Pier I Imports always stocks plenty of jars with glass lids and wire closures. Tinted glass canning jars, blue or green, are pretty containers for dry mixes, too. Even plain canning jars can be customized by placing a square of fabric cut with pinking shears underneath a screw-band ring closure.

If you don't want to give ingredients, then dress up store-bought cookies for filling canning jars. Dress up the cookies by dipping them halfway in melted chocolate. Buy thin chocolate wafers and make sandwich cookies with cream cheese frosting and crushed peppermint candy. Layer the ingredients for White Chocolate Brownies or Triple Chip Cookies in even less time. Or shun the sweet and offer corn muffin mix and bean soup ingredients.

White Chocolate Brownie Mix

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup white chocolate chips (bars are sometimes labeled "confectioners' coating") or more
Yield: Makes 1 quart jar

Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Fill a quart canning jar with the flour mixture. Layer remaining ingredients into jar in the order listed, packing firmly after each addition. Secure jar closure.

For gifting, supply a card with this recipe: The ingredients needed in addition to this mix are 3 /4 cup of butter, softened, and 4 eggs, slightly beaten.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place contents of jar in a large mixing bowl and stir. Add butter and eggs. Mix until completely blended. Spread into a lightly greased 9-inch square baking pan. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes or until brownies just begin to pull away from the sides of the pan. Makes about 12 brownies. -- For Ball jars

Savory Dried Bean Soup Mix

1/2 cup dried pinto beans
1/2 cup dried navy beans
1/2 cup dried kidney beans
1/2 cup Great Northern beans
1/2 cup split peas
1/2 cup lentils
1/4 cup dried chick peas (garbanzos)
1/4 cup dried black-eyed peas
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon dried tarragon
1 tablespoon dried summer savory (the "bean" herb)
Yield: Makes 1 quart jar

Measure dried beans separately. Set aside. Place tarragon and savory in a small plastic bag or plastic wrap and secure. Layer beans in the order given into a quart canning jar. Place bay leaves and herb packet on top of beans. Secure jar closure.

For gifting, write this recipe on card: The ingredients needed in addition to those in this jar are water, 1 1/2 cups diced ham (optional), 1 medium onion, chopped, 1 minced garlic clove; salt and pepper to taste.

To prepare the soup, begin a day ahead. Remove the dried beans from jar. Cover beans with cold water and soak 12 to 18 hours in a cool place . Drain off and discard the water. Cover beans in a large pot with fresh water by 1 to 2 inches (about 12 cups water). Add ham, if using. Add bay leaves and unwrapped herbs from the jar. Do not add the salt and pepper yet. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Watch closely and uncover pot because the water may foam up quickly and run over. Reduce heat and simmer until the desired tenderness is reached, about 1 1/2 hours. Add onion and garlic. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaves before serving. If you want a thick soup, remove some of the beans and mash them or puree in a food processor, then return to the soup. -- For Ball jars

Editor's note: Add a bit of vegetable broth, beef or chicken broth in place of some of the water for simmering. Season with soy sauce or Worcestershire and a blob of ketchup in place of some of the salt.

Cornbread Muffin Mix

1 cup buttermilk baking mix (such as Bisquick)
1/4 cup yellow cornmeal
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
Yield: Makes 1 pint jar

Combine all ingredients (the baking mix, cornmeal, sugar and baking powder) in a large bowl. Fill a pint jar with the mix. Secure jar closure. Makes 1 pint jar.

For gifting, supply a card with this recipe: The ingredients needed besides the dry mix in the jar are 1 egg, 1/2 cup milk and 1/4 cup butter, melted.

To make the muffins, heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine muffin mix from the jar with the egg, milk and melted butter in a large mixing bowl. Blend until the mixture is smooth. Fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until muffins test done. Makes 10 to 12 muffins. -- For Ball jars

Triple Chip Cookie Mix

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon powdered vanilla (see note)
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup white chocolate chips
1/3 cup butterscotch chips
1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Yield: Makes 1 quart jar

Combine flour, baking soda, salt and powdered vanilla. Fill a quart canning jar with the flour mixture. Layer brown sugar and granulated sugar into jar. Combine three flavors of chip and place in jar, or keep separate for rainbow layers. Secure jar closure.

For gifting, enclose this recipe: Additional ingredients needed are 1/2 cup butter, softened, 1/2 cup shortening and 1 egg, beaten.

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Remove chips from jar and set aside. Beat butter and shortening in a large bowl until creamy. Add dry ingredients from jar; mix until well blended. Beat in the egg. Stir in chips. Drop by rounded teaspoon onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Makes about 4 dozen cookies.

Note: If powdered vanilla is not on hand (some bakers' catalogs offer it), simply delete it from the mix and add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract to the recipe card instructions. -- For Ball jars

Mexican Coffee Mix

3 /4 cup instant coffee powder
1 /4 cup instant espresso powder
1 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
1 cup light brown sugar
3 tablespoons cinnamon
1 tablespoon pure chile powder (not a "chili" powder blend containing salt)
1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest

Yield: Six (2-oz.) containers

Combine the coffe and espresso powders with the cocoa, brown sugar, cinnamon, pure chile powder and orange zest, which has been air-dried about 30 minutes. Blend well and place into 2-oz. containers with tight lids. Use 1 heaping tablespoon for every 1 cup hot water, hot milk or equal parts of both. -- From "Homemade" by Judith Choate

Publication Date: 12-22-2004

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