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• Since a snail could never hope to escape a predator, if danger is nearby, snails can withdraw completely into their shells. A flat plate on the back of their foot called the operculum seals up the opening. • How can you tell a male snail from a female snail? The answer is…you can’t! A snail is actually both, as they are hermaphrodites, which means their reproductive organs enable them to both lay eggs like a female and fertilize them like a male. • Snails produce a thick slime as they move which protects them as they travel across any kind of terrain. They can even crawl across the edge of a razor and come out uninjured, due to this shielding lubricant. The slime also creates a suction that enables them to crawl upside down. • Everybody knows that snails are slow movers, but just how slow are they? The average adult moves along at about 0.04 inches per second. Some travel at 0.0004 miles per hour. If those snails could circumnavigate the Earth, it would take upwards of 7,000 years. The speckled garden snail is the fastest, able to navigate at speeds up to 55 yards per hour, compared to just 23 inches per hour for most land snails. • Snails have very poor eyesight and cannot hear, so their senses of touch and smell are very important in the task of finding food. • The world’s largest snail is the Australian trumpet, a sea snail found on that continent’s northern and western shores. Its shell is as large as 30 inches in length, and the flesh can weigh as much as 40 lbs.. The length of most species of snails ranges in size from a fraction of an inch to 12 inches.
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Plastic and electronics make From the City Clerk’s office at 304 Broadway it all too easy to keep an arm’s Telephone: 854-6428 length from your finances. Visit our web site at: www.ci.springville.ia.us But in return for that Historical Feature convenience, you give up your Founded in 1904, Club is Still Meeting privacy and control. Financial Paralta Embroidery Club, one of the oldest social groups in wizards have predicted for the Springville area, will be 110 years old May 5. The club years that we would become was founded by seven women in 1904 at the Paralta home of Emma Stevens (Mrs. Delos Stevens), 804 Bolton Street. a “cashless society,” and we’re In the early years, all members embroidered at meetings. They almost there. subscribed to Priscilla magazine, which featured embroidery Consider: When you make patterns. (At some point, the embroidering ceased – perhaps a purchase with a card, by the 1920s. Later, members brought mending to do.) In 1904, a record is made of your Paralta had a general store and post office run by Civil War transaction. When you dine veteran Thomas Kinney. There were also a one-room school, a out, a record is created of Milwaukee Road depot with passenger train service, a railroad where you went and how stock yard, and a Presbyterian church served by the Rev. Lewis much you spent. If you Krome. Both the storekeeper’s wife and the minister’s wife bought a bottle of wine at joined the club soon after its founding. In 1912, there were 20 the liquor store, there’s a members, and by 1913, the number had jumped to 32. At one time, members’ age range was 20s through 80s, and several record of that, too. preschoolers came to meetings with their mothers. That was Consider: It’s believed by before many women held jobs outside the home. Currently, many that grocery stores all 16 members are of retirement age. A Paralta connection is that offer loyalty cards needed to join the club, which meets on the first Friday of the amass records of your month. Lola Lang, Karen Nielsen, and Marge Oleson joined over purchases and sell them, 50 years ago. Mary Ann French grew up in Paralta. MaryAnn at least to advertisers Woods of Marion is the sister of the late Kathy Carnahan, a and possibly insurance member who lived in Paralta. companies. “Second generation” members (whose mothers or mothersConsider: Insurance in-law belonged) are Mary Robertson, Jean Schmidt, Ruth companies might take a Wurster, Karen Taylor, Pat Rose, and Jane McShane. Three members reside where former members lived: Martie close look at you based Lantermans (formerly Nylene McShane’s home), Judy on your purchases and Wilhelm (Blanche Greenway), and Lee Stephenson (Julia activities. Do you want them Kolek). 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In less than for the two of us to eat, but too good to pass up. 12 hours, everything was back in I also prepare and freeze working order. appetizers for unexpected After the highway known as 150 company, strawberries macerated was paved, passenger use of the in sugar, balsamic vinegar, railroad declined. Passenger trains vanilla and cinnamon to spoon were discontinued in the fall of over warm pound cake, and 1934. Throughout the next several cookie and cake crumbs to sprinkle on ice cream for quick decades, the use of the railroad desserts. continued to decline until the depot was closed in December of Frozen food is a delicious way 1976 and the line abandoned. The railroad had its last event on to capture the best flavors of April 12, 1978 when they started removing the rails. each season. Although many Now all that remains is a 25-foot piece of track with a 1917 Rock Island people developed innovative caboose standing on it alongside the original wood depot. This is the food-freezing techniques, it was Clarence Birdseye who in 1924 only wood depot left on the Rock Island main line from Burlington to invented the quick freezing Manley. The Walker Historical Society maintains the site. method known as IQF that produces the frozen foods that we know today. 1 bag (12 ounces) Steamfresh Broccoli Florets, While working as a fur trader in Labrador, Canada, cooked according to package directions Birdseye discovered that the fish that he and the 1 bag (12 ounces) Steamfresh Mixed local Inuit caught froze almost immediately after Vegetables, cooked according to package being pulled from the water. He was delighted to directions discover that the fish was just as delicious when 3 ounces cream cheese, softened thawed out months later. 1/2 cup plain yogurt or sour cream From this experience, he theorized that food must be frozen very quickly in order to retain its taste 1 1/2 cups shredded Swiss cheese and texture. Birdseye was right. Before quick2 eggs freezing came along, foods were frozen at a fairly 1/2 tablespoon garlic powder slow rate. This caused large ice crystals to form, 1 teaspoon salt which ruptured the cell membranes of the food. 1 teaspoon black pepper When the food was defrosted, the ice crystals 1/2 teaspoon honey melted and water would leak out, taking with it the 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper food’s flavor and texture. Birdseye developed two methods for quick freezing 1. Preheat oven to 375 F. foods, both of which employed the innovation 2. Evenly press biscuits into bottom and up sides of of packaging the food beforehand. In the more a 12-cup muffin pan; set aside. popular technique, the packaged food was held 3. In large bowl, combine the cooked vegetables under pressure between two hollow metal plates with cream cheese, yogurt, 1 cup shredded cheese, that were chilled to -25 F by the evaporation eggs, garlic powder, salt, pepper, honey and of ammonia. Using this method, a 2-inch-thick cayenne pepper. package of meat could be frozen to 0 F in about 90 4. Evenly spoon vegetable mixture into prepared minutes, while fruits and vegetables took about 30 muffin cups. Bake 15 minutes. Evenly sprinkle with minutes. Birdseye’s quick-freezing process ended up creating remaining cheese and continue baking, 5 minutes or until golden brown. Serves 4. 168 patents! These covered not only the freezing Tips: Try substituting Birds Eye Steamfresh Baby technique, but also the packaging, type of paper Broccoli, Italian or Broccoli Cauliflower blends in used and related innovations. place of Mixed Vegetables. Frozen foods are a delicious way to prepare a *** variety of dishes using fruits and vegetables that Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning have been frozen at their peak of freshness. This children’s author, culinary historian and the author recipe for Veggie Breakfast Cupcakes is the perfect of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook is “The “on the go” breakfast. It’s also a delicious way to Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website incorporate vegetables into a breakfast dish. is www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, VEGGIE BREAKFAST CUPCAKES The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook and go to Hulu.com. Recipes may not be reprinted without permission 1 can (16.3 ounces) refrigerated biscuits (8 from Angela Shelf Medearis.
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“Ramshackle Glam: The New Mom’s Haphazard Guide to (Almost) Having It All” By Jordan Reid (Running Press, $19) Reviewed by Molly Ford One of the biggest changes that can happen to family is the arrival of a child. Jordan Reid, the popular writer and Internet star, shares tips, tricks and hints for navigating this change in her new book. “Ramshackle Glam: The New Mom’s Haphazard Guide to (Almost) Having It All” reads like a long email from a helpful older sister: It feels friendly yet thoughtful. Stories from Reid’s background, ranging from being a Harvard University student to an actress in Los Angeles, keep the book interesting and engaging. The major take-away from the book, besides a confidence that motherhood and the person you were before motherhood are overlapping circles on a Venn Diagram, are Reid’s hints on a wide variety of situations. Tangible enough to be useful but smart enough to be helpful, her hints range from how to find your ideal shape in clothes (“Pretend you’re meeting up with a friend who you haven’t seen in a long time ... what would you wear? That’s your ‘happy place’ silhouette.”) to how take a toddler to a restaurant (“request a speedy delivery of a bread basket”). The book covers the changes within a family from pregnancy through toddler-hood, with an emphasis on being able to still feel like yourself while caring for someone else. Some of the myriad of lifestyle tips Reid touches on include: a nursery to match the overall design of your house; stylish outfits to wear while taking care of a baby; how to reconfigure date night with a little one; and shortcuts to throwing a kidfriendly, adult-happy party. If you want to know how to stay true to yourself while caring for your new addition, this is your read. For more reviews by Molly Ford, visit SmartPrettyandAwkward.com.
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I’m so glad sweet pears are still available at the market in May. My wakeup morning ritual includes slicing the flavorful fruit into a big cereal bowl with plain, nonfat yogurt, and topping it with a generous scoop of homemade granola. It’s like starting the day with dessert, and I know that every bite of natural sweetness is good for my family and me. Did I say dessert? Pears star in this easyto-make rustic galette that school-age kids will enjoy helping you prepare. The crust can be mixed quickly with young hands and muscle (or roll out a store-bought pie crust). The final step is fanning out the pear slices and admiring the culinary “art” before you pop it in the oven. For a free-form family-style “Rustic Pear Galette” to serve 6-8, you’ll need: DOUGH 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 5 tablespoons unsalted, cold butter cut into 1/2-inch chunks 1 egg 1 teaspoon milk 2 teaspoons milk for brushing on crust
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FILLING 3 tablespoons fig or apricot fruit spread 2 large Anjou pears 1 tablespoon melted butter 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1. For the dough, place flour, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl and let your child stir together with clean fingers. Scatter butter chunks into flour mixture, and toss and rub between fingertips until mixture resembles small peas. Or, use a pastry blender. 2. Meanwhile, whisk together the egg and 1 teaspoon milk. Add half of the egg-andmilk mixture to the dough. Mix well. Add remaining portion and mix until the dough comes together. Shape into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Roll out dough into a 10-inch circle. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush the center portion with the fruit spread, and return it to the refrigerator while you prepare the pears. 4. Preheat oven to 425 F. Halve and core the pears, then slice lengthwise. Arrange them in a fan shape on the chilled dough, leaving a 1-inch border. Drizzle the melted butter over the pears. Sprinkle with sugar and nutmeg. 5. Fold the border edge up and over toward the pears in slightly overlapping pleats to form the edges of the galette. Brush dough rim with milk and bake 25 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. 6. Cool slightly, slide onto a serving plate and enjoy with vanilla ice cream. NOTE: Summer’s peaches, apricots and plums will tempt us soon. Substitute your favorites, and adjust spread, sugar and spice according to taste. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday. com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” (c) 2014 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.
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