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• When cream is placed in a crock and jiggled a lot, the result is butter. But one day in ancient times some person placed milk or cream in a sack made from the intestines or stomach of an animal. After being agitated, perhaps during a day’s ride, the result was not butter, but a primitive form of cheese. That was the first discovery that the enzymes and acids in the lining of an animal’s stomach will cause milk to coagulate. Monday Free Pool - $5.00 Maidrite Meal - $2.50 Tall Boys Taco Tuesday $1.50 Tacos - $3.00 Corona & Margaritas Weenie Wednesday $3 ¼ lb Dogs $2.50 Tall Boys Thursday All-You-Can-Eat Wings & Meatballs - $7.50 Friday Country Fried Steak - Free Jukebox 10pm-1am Solo Cup Saturday $2.50 Domestic $3.00 Crafts Saturday 17th, Danny Whitson 9pm to Midnight
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• Known as rennet, these chemicals are essential in the manufacture of cheese. Rennet contains many enzymes which coagulate the milk, causing it to separate into solids (curds) and liquid (whey). This helps young mammals digest and assimilate their mother’s milk. • Cheese is little more than artificially coagulated milk, with different types of bacteria and/or molds added. There are 18 different categories of cheese and well over 1,000 different varieties. • The average American eats about 26 lbs. of cheese each year.
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• A mouse will not eat cheese if other food is available. Mice have been known to eat glue, leather, plastic, paste, soap, bugs, leaves, roots, stems, and seeds— but they just don’t go for cheese. • Canadian cheese makers wanted to have a very unique display at Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition in 1983. They created a cheese centerpiece that weighed 22,000 pounds. The train that was hauling it to Chicago broke down under the strain several times on the way. When it was maneuvered into place at the Expo, it promptly crashed through the floor of the building. • President Andrew Jackson had just a few days left in office when a dairy presented him with 1,400 lbs of cheese. What to do with it? Jackson decided to hold a party in the White House and invite the public at large to attend. On February 22, 1837, he threw open the doors of the White House and the public surged in. By nightfall, the only thing left of the cheese were stains left where bits of it had been ground into the rugs, furniture, and walls. When Martin van Buren moved into the White House ten days later, the place still smelled like cheese. • When Thomas Jefferson was in office, cheesemakers of Berkshire, MA, decided to present the president with a cheese of colossal proportions. They had 900 dairy cows among them, and they turned a single day’s production of milk into a 1,200 lb. cheese which was moved by sled, boat, and wagon to the White House. By the time it reached the president, some 60 lbs. had to be removed because of deterioration, but the president was so impressed he made a $200 donation to the church of Berkshire. • As a practical joke, the Duchess of Marlborough once mixed slices of soap in with the slices of cheese and watched her guests actually eat the soap rather than appear to have bad manners. • In the mid-1800s, naval vessels of Brazil and Uruguay were engaged in battle when the Uruguayan ship ran out of shot for their cannons. The captain ordered his men to load the cannons with Dutch cheeses which were too old and hard to eat. The first two cheese cannonballs missed their mark, but the third one crashed into the mainmast of Brazil’s ship. Two sailors nearby were killed by cheese shrapnel. After several more cheeses ripped their sails, the Brazilian ship fled.
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Answers 1. Nat “King” Cole, while he was playing in Birmingham, Ala., in 1956. He vowed not to play in the South again. 2. Elvis Presley, so named by his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, when Presley was scheduled to play in Las Vegas in the Venus Room. 3. The Hollies, in 1972. They’d named themselves after Buddy Holly. 4. The Animals. 5. “Society’s Child,” by Janis Ian in 1965. Ian was 13 years old when she penned this song about interracial dating and the taunts and restrictions she saw in her New Jersey neighborhood. The song’s original title was “Baby, I’ve Been Thinking.” Ian also penned “At Seventeen,” which chronicled the illusion of teenage popularity. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
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From the City Clerk’s office at 304 Broadway No matter what we do to Telephone: 854-6428 keep our families safe, we Visit our web site at: www.ci.springville.ia.us can’t cover all bases all the time ... especially when there are dangers in the food supply. Example: Honey is supposed to contain the pollen from where it was harvested. If nothing else, that pollen helps investigators trace the honey back to the source if there is a contamination. During any filtering process, harmful additions can be made to the pure product the bees made for us. According to Food Safety News, the Food and Drug Administration says that filtered honey isn’t really honey ... but that no one is checking. Go online to FoodSafetyNews.com for a long list of honey brands that don’t contain any pollen at all. FSN conducted tests on honey sold all over the U.S. as a follow-up to its original research. That first round of testing revealed that the 27 countries of the European Union banned shipments of honey from India because it contained animal antibiotics and lead, and likely was shipped to India from China, where the Cedar Chamber concert in May product might contain only a The long awaited and much anticipated Red Cedar tiny amount of actual honey. Concert will take place on May 31st at 1:00 pm That same honey is sent to in the library. If anyone was lucky enough to be the U.S. by the millions of at the concert last year you’ll know it is highly pounds with little oversight recommended entertainment. Last year the by U.S. Department of anniversary of the Civil War was featured. This year Agriculture officials. Red Cedar will present their “Rivers” Rural Outreach Concert. Red To check other foods, go Cedar Trio members flutist, Jan Boland, guitarist John Dowdall online to FoodFraud.org. and cellist Carey Bostian preview Michael Gilbertson’s exciting new work Three Rivers and perform a passionate Hungarian Trio Put some of the foods you by Nathan Kolosko. commonly eat into the Michael’s new piece reaches out to Iowa towns that have search box to get lists of witnessed the beauty and destructive power of the mighty foods that might not be what Mississippi and its tributaries, including our own Cedar River. you think they are. Click Michael Gilbertson, a 26 year old Dubuque native who just the little X to the left of each completed his Master’s degree in composition at Yale, is Red item for the research that Cedar Chamber Music’s composer-in-residence. Three Rivers revealed the food fraud. will receive its official premieres on May 31st at the Dubuque Here are a few other foods to Museum of Art and on June 1st at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids. watch: • When you buy a can of tuna, is it really tuna? Or has escolar been mixed in or swapped? Escolar can cause serious intestinal problems. • If your orange juice is cloudy, it might be an unhealthy filler to deceive you into thinking it’s the pulp. • Milk, coffee, tea and even black pepper are on the top-10 list of foods associated with food fraud, according to Mercola.com. Best bets: • Do as much of your grocery shopping as possible at local vendors and farmers markets. Ask questions. • Buy whole foods instead of mixes or prepared foods. With whole foods you can tell whether something else has been mixed in. David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Nothing says spring is here 408 Rowley St. like a beautiful bunch of crisp Walker, Ia 52352 asparagus. While asparagus is available year-round, it’s much (319) 448-4359 better when purchased locally. Http://cityofwalkeria.org Asparagus is easy to select and prepare, and comes in Walker Pickle Days a variety of vibrant colors July 24-26, 2014 including green, violet, purple and white. It also grows wild Join us for a 5K run and and is commercially available 1 mile fun run! fresh, frozen and canned. Keep watching for more The stalks range in size from colossal to small. Various types information…. and colors of asparagus can Some history of Walker…………. be used without a noticeable Did you know that the Rock Island Railroad ran through Walker difference in taste, so mix from 1873-1976? The train depot was built in 1873. At that time, and match colors and sizes the chief engineer was W. W. Walker. That’s where our town got for visual interest. It tastes it’s name! delicious hot or cold. The train depot was the site of the first birth in Walker. Asparagus should be crisp and Ettie Griffin was born in the living quarters above the depot on firm, not limp or wrinkled, November 26, 1874. with tightly closed tips. Dull The railroad played a big part in the life of the community. Did colors and ridges in the stems you know that in 1892 Walker shipped three train car loads of corn to the starving people of Russia? The train was a popular are an indication of a lack of mode of transportation as well. In 1894 an average of 25 tickets freshness. The stalks should sold daily just for people to ride to Independence. By the year not be limp or dry at the cut 1913, there were four passenger trains running through Walker and of uniform thickness. daily as well as up to six freight trains. That’s 10 trains a day! The If you’re planning to use the station at Walker was one of the busiest stations in the branch asparagus on the same day, best known as the “Peavine”. rinse it under cool water and Do you want to learn more? Watch for more history of our town! pat the stalks dry with a paper towel. Smaller stalks can be broken or cut at the point where the stem naturally snaps. Peeling the end of thicker stalks with a paring knife or a 1 teaspoon pepper vegetable peeler removes any woody stems and 1 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning can be done up to 2 hours before cooking. Place 1 teaspoon lemon zest the prepared asparagus in a plastic bag in the 1/2 cup chicken stock refrigerator to stay crisp. 3 cups cooked rice Never wash or soak fresh asparagus before storing. If the asparagus is bound with a 1. In a large non-stick skillet, heat the oil over rubber band, remove it, as it will pinch and medium high heat. Season the chicken pieces bruise the stalks. Asparagus can be stored with the salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. up to two days if the stalks are trimmed and Place the chicken, skin-side down, and cook for placed upright in a jar with about an inch 5 to 7 minutes. Turn the pieces skin-side up, of water in the bottom. Cover the asparagus and cook until golden brown and done, about 5 with a plastic bag and store the spears in the minutes. refrigerator. It also freezes well if blanched 2. Stir in the garlic and red bell pepper. Add first in hot water. the asparagus and cook for 1 minute. Stir in Asparagus is a nutritional powerhouse. the zest and the chicken stock and bring to a One-half cup of cooked asparagus contains simmer. Cover and cook for 3 minutes. Serve significant amounts of folic acid, vitamin C, immediately over hot rice. potassium and beta-carotene. It’s also a heart*** healthy food, and a natural diuretic. Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning This versatile vegetable works well as a roomchildren’s author, culinary historian and the temperature appetizer, blended into a soup, as author of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook a flavorful side dish, the main ingredient in a is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” colorful salad or as part of a main course like Her website is www.divapro.com. To see howmy recipe for Lemon Chicken with Asparagus. to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on LEMON CHICKEN WITH ASPARAGUS Facebook and go to Hulu.com. Recipes may not be reprinted without permission from Angela 4 chicken breasts, about 3 pounds, washed and Shelf Medearis. fat trimmed and removed 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc., and Angela 4 garlic cloves, chopped Shelf Medearis 1 red bell pepper, chopped 1/2 pound asparagus, stalks trimmed and cut into 1 inch pieces 1 teaspoon salt
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JILL JACKSON’S HOLLYWOOD By Tony Rizzo PHOTO: Johnny Depp HOLLYWOOD -- Johnny Depp, one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood, has box-office woes. His latest film, “Transcendence,” has all the earmarks of being a dud. The film cost $100 million to make, but only took in $11.1 million its first weekend, which translates to being an underachiever. Two other recent films didn’t fare well either. “The Rum Diary” cost $45 million but only made $24 million, and even though “The Lone Ranger,” which cost $250 million, earned $260.5 million, it didn’t cover publicity and advertising costs. Depp’s only hope to remain on top is the success of his upcoming films: “Into the Woods,” “Mortdecai,” “Black Mass,” “Mortimer Wintergreen” and the sequels to “Alice in Wonderland” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” *** We knew when we saw a woman and a man, on the news, who’d been surgically altered to look like Barbie and Ken, it wouldn’t be long before Mattel partnered with a studio like Sony Pictures to give us a live-action Barbie film. If it succeeds, it will become a new franchise for them. *** If you love Bette Midler and want to know her innermost thoughts as she prepared for a European tour, then “A View from A Broad,” written by The Divine Miss M herself, is for you. It’s an often amusing and informative account of taking on the “broad” challenge of playing European cities where you don’t speak the language. In 1993, Midler played Mama Rose in a TV version of “Gypsy.” The original Mama Rose in “Gypsy” was the legendary Ethel Merman (1959). She starred on Broadway as Annie Oakley in Irving Berlin’s “Annie Get Your Gun” in 1946, and in a hit revival in 1966, as well as “Hello Dolly” in 1970. Film buffs may remember her from “Call Me Madam” (1953), “There’s No Business Like Show Business” with Marilyn Monroe (1954), “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” (1963), and her last film, “Airplane” (1980). In a new book, Tony Cointreau, heir of the French liqueur family, writes about befriending Agnes Bojaxhue, better known as Mother Teresa, and his mentor and “other mother,” Ethel Merman. He shares his experiences at Mother Teresa’s facilities in the U.S. and Calcutta, India. He also was with Ethel Merman backstage during the creation of “Gypsy.” “Ethel Merman, Mother Teresa ... And Me” is available at Amazon in hardcover and for Kindle. Merman had a wry sense of humor. In her memoirs, she wrote a chapter about her highly publicized marriage to Oscar-winning actor Ernest Borgnine. The marriage ended on their honeymoon. You turn to that chapter in the book, and it’s only one page ... and blank! (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
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