European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fax mme la Gumti by Pierre Franey new York times i am always amused by people who speak with condescension of burgers and other ground meal dishes and who think of hem As nothing mme than snack Lood i Dole on grilled ground meal ashes whose Lavars and lecture can vary widely depending solely on the Cook s imagination. You can give these dishes the flavor of she Southwest by Topping Ibern with Chili con came or a French touch by cooking them a Poivre coated Voith coarsely ground Black Pepper and. Perhaps blamed at the end with a touch of Cognac. And a sausage partly is Basicity 3 Burger Mado of ground pork and such seasonings As Sage one of my favorite foods of this Lype is made wish ground Lamb and cumin which gives it a distinctly Middle Eastern table. I Sprinkle lha Lamb pal hos with a Small amount of the ground spice and Hen Cook them in a skilled or on the Grill. I then lop each Patty with crumbled Tola cheese the greek specially available in most grocery stores. Broil the Topping briefly and lha Burger is ready to serve a Good dish to serve with the Lamb burgers is broiled and baked eggplant and tomatoes. Umb Eta to wit Meta cheese Ivy Pound lean limb ground  Fott hts ground Pepper to Tatta to Teaspoon ground cumin 2 Teaspoon fresh Rosemary finely chopped or half thai amount dried 1 cup fete thee a crumbled 4taaipooni finely chopped panty. Divide Lamb into 8 portions of equal size. Shape each into a Patty and Sprinkle on both sides with Salt and Pepper. Sprinkle top of each Petty with an equal amount of cumin and Rosemary pal to help the Heib and spice adhere. Pal tics May be broiled or cooked in a skilful. If broiled preheat broiler to High place panics on a baking Sheet and place about 3 inches from source of heat. Broil them 2 minutes if you wish them rare. 4 minutes for Whf Don i turn patties and Cook 1 minute h you wish Hern rare. 2 minutes Tor Well done. If patties Are cooked in a Sidlet select one targe enough id hold them in one layer Brush skilled with a Little Oil end heal in roughly on stove Cook patties Over moderately High heal for 2 minute if you wish them fare 4 minutes if Weh done. Turn patties and continue cooking 1 minute for rare. 2 minutes lot Well done. However the pal tics Are cooked lop each with n portion of Welfl cheese. Place under broiler preheated to High about 3 inches from the source of heat. Lei trait about 1 minute. Dot censer of each Patty with Hall a Teaspoon of finely chopped Parsley. Yield. 4 Servings  tomatoes a left Atli 1 Alender eggplant about 3 inches in diameter about 1 Pound 4 Plum tomatoes about a Pound a Orff  Foremny ground Pepper to Toile 3 Tibia Poona Olive Oil 2 tabla Poona finely chopped Piney 2 Tea Coom minced garlic w cup finely chopped onion it cup Freanch grated parm an Chaerie. Preheat broiler to High. Trim off and discard ends of eggplant. Cut eggplant into 16 Sices of equal the Knoss. Set Astle. Cut each Tomalo Lengthwise Injo i Inch slices. There should be 16 slices up inv be with Salt and Pepper. Arrange eggplant Sicos in one layer on a baking Sheet Brush top of each spice with f Tablespoon of Oil. Sprinkle Wilh sett and Pepper. Place eggplant slices under broiler about 4 inches from source no Hoat. Let Broil aboul3 minutes and turn Sites. Broil about 3minufes More. Take care that eggplant docs nut bum. Arrange eggplant and Tomato slices in baking dish slightly overlapping. Blend Parsley garlic and onion and Sprinkle a Acturo Over egg tank and tomatoes. Dribble remaining z Tablespoons of Ever top and Sprinkle evenly with cheese. Place dish under broiler about 6 to 7 inches from source of heal and Broil about 3 nun Ules. Adjust oven temperature to 450 degrees. Put vegetables in oven and bake 3 minutes serve. Yield 4 Servings the curious shopper by son a Hettie about 20 years ago tha whiskey bottling companies started using plastic bottles. Then they suddenly stopped and flu Story was that whiskey combined with plastic created a bad substance. Now they re using plastic bottles again. Is oils bad news Lor the consumer Michael Gartner. West Hurley . In my opinion it s bad news k Only from an environmental Point of View. One can Recycle Glass bottles and in these Days of mounting piles of garbage with no place to put it who needs More plastic bottles As to whether or not toxic substances Leach out of he Piastre into the whiskey. Nora Tannenhaus a research associate with the american Council on science and health claims the following i was informed by the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms Date that no plastic touts were approved Only Aller extensive investigation which Means that the Bat now considers them  Tannenhaus adds that she has done some writing and research on the subject of alcohol and has never seen any evidence that the plastic bottles currently used cause any harm. Erma Bombeck to me. Whiskey in a plastic bottle looks degenerate As if you plan o go zits it All up in one Day and loss it out. / like to cools lentil soup spin pea soup and of leis Tatis but find that i have to become a a cause i vent to eat the dam things. Somewhere tread a hint about adding i Teaspoon of something to eliminate tha expo she aftereffects of these legumes. Can you help breath Tetany awaiting your reply. Joe Cohen Woodland Calif. I Hoard that a Pinch of baiting Totta err Tina ies Tea Gas when cooking Beans. Any ideas or suggestion Mary  Pembroke pin Fla. I Don t know of anything that you can add to in games o make them less Gassy including baking soda. The spokesperson on the line Al aim & Hammer s toll tree number says that she has never heard of baking soda being used for this purpose. If baking soda did solve this problem i m sure Arm & Hammer would gladly say so. The Gas from Beans is caused by Complex sugars Raffinose and Stach Yose which Aie indigestible by humans. The sugars sit in the Gul says Carol Ann Rinzler in the Complete food Book and Are fermented by intestinal bacteria which then produce Gas that distend the  what you have to do is Leach As much of these sugars As possible out of the Beans by soaking them in water end Ihen throwing the liquid out. Hare Are three methods fun firs Iko suggested by Rinzler and the third by Frieda Awn in More Kitchen Wisdom cover the Beans Wilh Waler being them to a boil Lor three to five minutes and then Sel them aside to soak for four to six hours. Discard tha Waler. Or you May soak the Beans Lor Lour hours in nine cupa of water for every cup of Beans discard the soaking water and add new water As your recipe directs. Then Cook the Beans and Drain them before serving. Arkle suggests that you soak them for two of three hours before cooking. Throw away the soaking water cover with boiling water and Cook or half an hour. Discard that Waler Loo. Cover with More boiling water and Cook until the Beans bib done. Incidentally when buying dried Beans Blinzler advises that you avoid buying them in Birik that is from open bins. Beans in ban Sis May look quaint and trendy but this Type of display expo sea them to air and Light and May no insect contamination. Tiny holes in the Beans in Vicale thai an insect has borrowed into or through the bean. Have a consumer related question please or tilt to son a Henze. Care of stars and stripes Apo