European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The value of Carob lately Cadott hat become popular As a substitute Tor chocolate. As a child i used to love to eel Carat pods. I still Kite them but wonder whether they Are fattening whether they contain cholesterol Ami whether they Ere any Good from a dietary viewpoint. E. Blattberg Derw fled Beach Fla. Carob is the mesh pod of an Evergreen tree native la the Middle East. Trie pods Ait about sex a chs Tang leathery on the outside and Sweet on the curious chopper 6y sort a Henze who inside and have a sugar Content of up to 50 percent. Health food enthusiasts have latched on to Carob As a substitute for chocolate while chocolate contain a bit of caffeine Carob does not. Neither Carob nor chocolate contains Cycle Scrol David Armstrong in the insider s guide to health foods informs us that Carob is lower in calories than chocolate it has one eleventh or the a higher in Calcium and fiber irm Cocoa and has is limes Iho Vitamin a. However Armstrong counters Cocoa has three times the protein o Carob live limes the potassium eight limes the phosphorus and to times the Iron. Moreover while it s True Ihal Carob has More naturally occurring sugar than Cocoa it s apparently not enough because sweeteners Are Olen added to Carob " Armstrong also tells us that because Carob has caught on As an extender Many Consumers Are eating Carob in chocolate bars and Dan i know it. Processors can add up to 30 percent Carob without disturbing Iho smooth texture of real chocolate in the world encyclopedia of food Patrick Coyle Stales Ihal the whole pod May to eaten Iresh 01 dried As Candy. The pods ate also ground up and led to came which is their chief commercial use. Ii also makes a Good thickener Lor Lood and drug compares use it to Mike a cough Medicine. Also in the United states it 13 added to chewing tobacco and dog to Cuits " incidentally Carob is also known As St. John s bread some authorities claim explains Coyle. That the locusts is John the Baptist ale in the wilderness were actually Carob pod As were the husks that the prodigal son hungered for As he fed them la the pigs " when i buy a canned product peat Lor instance is the water tilt tilled or just tap water i have Many food allergies including City water that contains chlorine. Helen Glover joint Lon a the Waler that is used in the Canning process is treated with chlorine responds Karen Banister of the Pillsbury company canners of Green giant vegetables. In certain situations says Banister the Law requires the use of a sanitizing agent during processing. Ii is present in the same Trace amounts that you would Lind in drinking water chlorine is unstable and is generally driven off during the heating process when preparing the Tood this Paat Winter White Down South i bought a Pound of to titled paean halve in a sealed tag. Whan i got Home i put them in the Kitchen Cabinet when i went to use them i found the bag All shrivelled up around the nuts like the tag was vacuum putted. An the Nutt tit Talt right to use and what would have caused that mrs. A. Baker Ocean View no. Although Larry Davenport executive director of the National Pecan shelters association does t Oiler any explanation Lor what could have caused this strange occurrence he suggests thai you not use the pecans in question. Ii the bag of pecans was vacuum  he says it should have been shrivelled up when she purchased  Davenport informs us that pecans keep Well and when stored properly Kelip Herr freshness for up to two years. Unshelle pecans can be stored in a Cool dry place Tor about sex months shelled or in shelled pecans May be kept under refrigeration in airtight Container for about nine months or stored in n Freezer or up to two years double Yolk egos Flora White St Petersburg Fla. Recently you had a question from a Reader who wanted id know ii the increase n double Yolk eggs was due to Loo Many chemicals in the Chicken teed. You responded with Mlo Malion supplied by Prol. Glenn finning Al the University of Nebraska who said. As hens become older they produce larger eggs and Ihus More double Yolks i have to disagree. I spent 20-some years gathering and cleaning and grading up to2.000egns each Day the Lack is that occasion a but is iffy. Win a Hen Lay a double Yolk egg Atler it s a year old. When Young hens Start to Lay at the age of about 4 months they have so much to give that they olten Lay double Yolk or even to pc Yolk eggs. These Mutt pet Yak Deggs occur when the hens Aro in lop production which usually lasts two to three months. Al s also not uncommon Lor these Young hens to Lay a second egg within 24 hours. I be even seen a Complete egg with b Shell within another Shell Farmers must discard Many of these Egga because to Shell is too thin to ship to  Haw a consumer re aled cjucsfron7ptease Wile to Sonja Chinze care of stars end stripes Apo 09211 . Forces. Today s crossword River id Mush plan tit where Clemen line s dad  18 Western state 21 paired 34 wild hog 26 unique 28 store up in Reserve solution time 2� mln.30 Kentucky the far Side ,5swu  schemes i sort pm Embar Aulne to Motrii of gon pallm Page in the stars and stripes tuesday january 26,1988