European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Mambo urn by Pierre Franey new York times suburban smoke signals visible across the United states on weekends signify the height of the Barbecue season. And what is More summery than the All american hamburger being French born i can t resist taking that National dish and giving it a gallic twist. The recipe Here can be prepared on a Barbecue Grill in an oven broiler or even in a Skillet. I first blend the chopped meat lean beef Chuck is the Best with chopped onions garlic Chili powder freshly ground Pepper and Salt and then form individual patties. Whether you Barbecue or Broil Cook the patties about six inches from the heat source for about three minutes on each Side or until done As desired. If you Are cooking on the stove top use a heavy gauge cast Iron Skillet. Cast Iron Sears extremely Well when hot but it has to be smoking hot before the meat is put in. Be sure the ventilation fan is on. The sauce is similar to that of Steak a Poivre. Melt a Tablespoon of butter in a Small Skillet Over a medium High flame do not use the cast Iron Skillet because it remains scorching hot for several minutes and would Burn the the curious shopper by Sonja Heinze i be been chewing sugarless gum care free for Over 10 years now and just recently noticed the warning use of this product May be hazardous to your health. This product contains saccharin which has been determined to cause cancer in Laboratory Why precisely is that warning on there and what Are the dangers cancer of the Mouth i Don t usually use sugar free products just the gum for the Sake of fewer cavities. Marlene Sickles Wolcott Conn. Tina Ferraro of Nabisco s consumer information Center responded this Way which does t really answer your question a stick of care free sugarless Gurn contains Only 2.8 milligrams of saccharin. By comparison one 12 ounce can of diet soda contains on the average 110 my. Of saccharin 167,800 Sticks of this gum would be needed to make one Pound of saccharin. The food and drug administration Fra has not banned the use of saccharin in food As you May have noticed this Reader did not ask How Many Sticks of this gum would be needed to make one Pound of saccharin. She wanted to know Why the warning was on there and what were the dangers. The warning is on the gum s Label and any other food s Label precisely because of what the warning states this product contains saccharin which has been determined to cause cancer in Laboratory the studies concerned cancer of the bladder. There is a ruling called the Delaney amendment which Erma Bombeck add some red wine and beef Broth or Chicken Broth either homemade or store bought. Reduce the liquid bind with a bit More butter and pour Over the burgers. As a Side dish i suggest salad of sugar snap peas with carrots and mint. The Sweet peas and Cool mint contrast nicely with the Peppery burgers. Slice the carrots so they Cook in the same amount of time As the peas. Spicy hamburger with red wine sauce 11/2 pounds ground lean Chuck 2 Teaspoons vegetable Oil 1 cup finely chopped onions 2 Teaspoons finely chopped garlic 2 Tablespoons Chili con Carne seasoning 1 Teaspoon freshly ground Pepper a Teaspoon red hot Pepper flakes Salt to taste 3 Tablespoons butter 2 Tablespoons finely chopped shallots 1/2 cup dry red wine 1/4 cup beef or Chicken Broth. Put the meat in a mixing bowl and set aside. Heat the Oil in a Small Skillet and add the onions. Cook stirring until wilted. Add the garlic and Cook briefly stirring. Remove from the heat and let Cool. Combine the meat lightly with the onion mixture Chili con Carne seasoning ground Pepper Pepper flakes and Salt. Divide the mixture into 4 patties of equal size. Heat a heavy Iron Skillet Large enough to hold All the patties in one layer and do not add fat of any kind. Specifies that any substance shown to cause cancer to any extent in humans or animals must be removed from the food Market. Since saccharin Falls into this category efforts began to ban the chemical. Says David Armstrong in the insider s guide to health foods the Public response was immediate and angry. The Fra received More than 100,000 letters most of them from customers demanding that saccharin be Many people on diets and diabetics did not want the chemical banned. The upshot of it was that the Fra removed the chemical from its list of additives that Are generally recognized As Safe instead of Banning it. That s Why the warning is on the Label. Saccharin then is regarded As a weak Carcinogen particularly for people who consume a lot of it. The risk seems to double for smokers. I be noticed that most cosmetics mention Ultramarine Blue in the ingredients. Is this substance harmful in any Way Mae Brotman St. Petersburg Fla. Ruth Winter has this to say about Ultramarine Blue in a consumer s dictionary of cosmetic ingredients Blue lumps of powder occurring naturally in the Mineral Lapis Lazuli a semiprecious Stone. It was originally obtained naturally from ground Lapis Lazuli but is now produced synthetically. Used in Eye shadows Mascaras and face powders. Also used for bluing in laundry products and for colouring tiles. Workmen packaging the powdered product suffer from nose and lung symptoms including ulceration and perforation of the Wall separating the nostrils. No known toxicity in because they have found aluminium in the brains of victims of alzheimer s disease i am concerned about the safety of deodorants. I cannot find one when the Skillet is quite hot add the patties. Cook until Well browned on one Side about 3 minutes. Turn and Cook 3 minutes on the second Side. Transfer to a warm Platter. Heat 1 Tablespoon of the butter in a Small Skillet. Add the shallots and Cook stirring for 1 minute. Add the wine and Broth. Let Cook until reduced to about 1/4 cup. Swirl in the remaining 2 Tablespoons butter. Pour Over the patties and serve the dish immediately. Yield 4 Servings. Green sugar snap peas and carrots with fresh mint 1/z Pound sugar snap peas 4 carrots about 1/z Pound 3 Tablespoons butter 3 Tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint Salt and freshly ground Pepper to taste trim off and discard the tips of the peas. Scrape and trim the carrots. Cut the carrots into 1 Viz Inch lengths. Cut the pieces Lengthwise into 1/4-Inch slices Batons about 1/4 Inch wide. There should be about 1 a cups. Bring enough water to a boil in a Saucepan to cover the peas and carrots when added. Add the vegetables and Cook about 4 minutes or until they Are Crisp tender. Drain immediately. Return the peas and carrots to the Saucepan. Add the butter mint Salt and Pepper. Stir and blend Well. Serve 4 Servings. That does not contain aluminium. Mary Ann Dann Richmond ind. The aluminium salts contained in deodorants and antiperspirants do not get absorbed through the skin unless the skin is broken and irritated in which Case you would want to discontinue using these products completely for such symptoms would indicate an allergy or sensitivity to aluminium salts. If you would prefer not to use these products however after bathing apply some rubbing alcohol to the armpits and when dry dust the area with baking soda. Reader feedback mouse killers sue Clark South Bend ind in a column a while Back a Reader asked you if a mouse Dies a horrible death when you use the product called mouse prune. A spokesperson for Sterling drug makers of the product responded saying that mouse prune is a blood thinner and after several feedings the effects on the mouse Are weakness fatigue and eventually death after the fourth or fifth Day. Mouse prune sounds like a terrible Way for a mouse to die regardless of what Sterling drug says. So Are any stick us traps Mug a mouse or mouse lems. I m not crazy about the snap trap either but it May be More humane than the others if it brings death quickly. We use a live trap and i d like your readers to know about them. They Cost about $10, and they do require that you Check on them every Day. When a mouse is caught take it to a Field and release it. Even mice can suffer have a consumer related question please write to Sonja Heinze care of stars and stripes Apo 09211, . Forces. There s an old vacation proverb that says pack half the clothes you planned to take and twice the i would add to that Don t travel with anything you can t carry at a dead run for half a a trend is developing in the United states that is significant. Airline baggage handling is changing the Way America travels and dresses on vacations. Remember when you checked through two Large suitcases containing your dresses and suits a Large shoe bag and a Small suitcase containing travel Iron flippers snorkel tripod extra film portable clothesline and first Aid kit and you carried your portable hair dryer hot rollers and cosmetics not any More. Luggage is something that goes to Dallas when you have a ticket to Seattle. Smart travellers today put a change of underwear in their attache cases and never travel in anything they do Page 16 the stars and stripes not want to spend a week in. The Days of travelling Chic Are gone. Smart designers have come out with Perma wrinkle fabrics that Don t look any different when you sleep in them than they do when you Iron them. My husband has traditionally travelled with Luggage usually reserved for a head of state who is visiting 18 time zones and five continents with official duties in All of them. I am dazzled by his naivete. If i be told him once i be told him a million times the word Carousel is a Misnomer. By definition it is a revolving Belt or track on which items Are placed for you to retrieve later. Trust me when i Tell you that later there will be nothing to retrieve. So How come i always see a suitcase slide onto the Carousel within minutes after the plane has landed you Little fool i said. That s the suitcase of what s a suitcase of Hope wednesday August 3,1988 it s a suitcase that does t belong to anyone. They just Send it Down the Chute to let you think there s More to i be even gone so far As to devise a Way where we could pack together All of our belongings for a week in one suitcase and store it under the seat in front of us. I take a skirt and two oversized to shirts two scarves and a dress. I use one of his ties for a Sash and one of his shirts for a Bathrobe. He wears one of my to shirts for a muscle shirt with his shorts. His trousers go to dinner on him but i Wear them baggy to the Beach. He said it was the dumbest idea he d Ever heard of. The other week As he kicked two Large suitcases toward the airline counter to Check in i said to the line All of you who believe you re going to see your Luggage again clap your the silence was deafening. C 1988ermabombeck
