European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Making pomegranate juice today s crossword Iuse pomegranates Lor juice. We make amass when working with them. In there Anea by Way to get them apart and get rid of tha bitter White part we would also like to knowhow they Are done commercially because our juice in t Clear like the kind one can buy. Mrs . Hasebrook Ontario. Calif. In lilo Book Canning freezing and drying by Itie editors of Sun sol books and Sunset Magazine. The following method of making pomegranate juice is of Rcd Cut the Crown off each pomegranate and lightly score the Peel Lengthwise Down the sides in several places submerge the scored fruit in a bowl or sink full of cold Walor and in soak Al least five minutes. Holding the Dull under wafer break dec Irons irom Tho pulp As you work the seeds Wilt sink to Iho Bottom and the Peel and pulp will float with a wire Strainer skim off and discard the Peel and pulp. Whirl about i a cups pomegranate seeds Al a Lime in a blender or Lood processor until liquefied. Pour through a Jelly bag or cheesecloth lined Strainer and Lei juice dram gradually. Or of Speed the straining press juice through the cheesecloth. Wear rubber gloves to avoid slain re hands store in refrigerator up to five Days. The curious you la gel about 3vj cups Juico from seven to eight medium sized  when i ate at one of the Luckey s restaurants a Chain along the Eastern Seaboard my hot dog left a red Dye on the Bun. It turned my stomach. Where do thay get these hot dogs and what caused the red color b. Mcgregor Kingston . Luckey s has recently instructed is franchisees to switch to Oscar Mayer All beet hot dogs according to Burns Rockwell vice president. Apparently you were nol alone in finding the old hot dogs unsatisfactory. In Rockwell s experience there Are two ways of making hat dogs one the hoi dog is put in a casing. It is then Pul in a steam Chest until cooked. When the meal is cooked in is White the casings Are removed and Iho hot dog is then dipped Mlo a vat of red Dye. The meat used for this product is usually nol a very High Quality two smoke the hot dog until in is cooked. This is a slow process and Only the top Quality meat packers use Itie process. The Hardwood smoke is whal gives the hot dog the red  and incidentally the redness of a hot dog is caused by the chemical sodium nitrite. This chemical also causes the redness of Bacon and Ham Bologna and other lunch meals. I often drive by a lumberyard that has a sign outside offering free sawdust. I like to get anything for free but whal do you use sawdust Lor i Don t have the nerve to go in and ask. P. Lacey Mill Valley Calif. Long ago if you had a Butcher shop or an italian restaurant you could spread sawdust on the floor a quaint practice one does t see anymore. I once Bough a slotted Raccoon at a country auction and when i brought it in the House my dog attacked it. Sawdust hew in All directions from the animal s innards. I called a lumberyard to ask if they gave away sawdust. The manager said they gave away Small amounts of in Lor people to use As mulch in their gardens or for ground cover Loreter he growth of weeds. They also give away shavings or animal bedding. Large amounts of sawdust Are sold to make particle Board any readers who use sawdust Lor other purpose please let us know in a recent column you mentioned old fetal one whipping Cream. The supermarket where i shop carry Ultra pasteurized heavy Cream but no unadulterated Cream. Where can i find the old fashioned kind c. Redoutey Detroit Mich. The problem May be that you re looking for whipping Cream that has no additives whatsoever. The Only Way you can get such pure Cream is to pour it of the Tup of a bottle of milk that has t been homogenized end although i wish a homogenized milk were available i Haven t seen this product in years. Basically there Are two types of whipping Cream available in most areas the regular Hind which contains a number of additives including colouring in some cases and that which is called old fashioned or old Lime which is More expensive but usually contains Mono and i Glycerides Polysorbale-80 and carrageenan their purpose is to thicken the Cream to make it More stable and to keep it from separating the additives Are harmless. How does the Ponderosa restaurant Chain prepare us meat far cooking what Grade of Steak do they use i m certain thai they cannot afford to serve . Prime cuts at the prices they charge. What precisely is done to the steaks before they Are broiled John Huffman Cambridge City ind Ponderosa serves six types of Steak ail of which Are . Inspected cuts. Two of their steaks the new York strip Steak and the top sirloin Steak Are classified As .  for beef there Are eight grades. The highest Quality is  and the second highest Quality is  the other four steaks served Al Ponderosa Are t Bone porterhouse rib Eye and sirloin. Robert Doyle manager of research and development for this company cells us that these steaks Are non  three of these Lour steaks the t Bone porterhouse and rib Eye Are treated with some kind of Havering solution the solution also contains a meat Tenderizer this Tenderizer is Papain a natural derivative of the papaya Plant. Papain Breaks protein Down into Small fragments making the Steak easier to Chew. The steaks Are Ihen Frozen and shipped to the restaurants. When we buy grapes i remove diem from the Cluster because i find that my grandchildren who ordinarily won t eat grapes will eat them when they Are so conveniently served do grapes lose much of their nutrition once they Are Loose what about Ihler flavor after being removed from the Cluster million Klempfner Ventnor . We Are told that grapes retain their nutritional value indefinitely once detached says Lynn Lendrum of the California table grape commission and Tho flavor also lasts indefinitely even if removed from the  whal will affect the nutritional value and the flavor however whether the grapes Are detached lion the Cluster or not. Is being exposed to room temperature. Deterioration will set in rapidly if Tho grapes Are left sitting around. Try to keep them refrigerated. Have a consumer Arien led question write to Sonja Helms in care of stars and stripes Apo 09211, . Forces c 1sm King Fri Tui sym cil. Inc. To fun we a �fr0&r.vwoh&1/6n kit Frnk.  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