European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Pierre Franey new York times n recent months i have been surprised at How often cabbage Long scorned As a second class vegetable has appeared on the menus of some of the finest and most luxurious restaurants both in the United states and in France. Now cabbage is being stuffed with foie gras or with fish and truffles. Of course cabbage does not have to be All that elegant to be Good. A dish that met with considerable favor when i served it recently was a version of an old fashioned combination cabbage Flavoured with Caraway seeds. I gave the cabbage a touch More body by simmering it Only briefly with a Little heavy Cream. The cabbage made a Nice accompaniment for a main dish of fish and shrimp cooked with potatoes and Flavoured with ground turmeric and thread Saffron. The Saffron imparts a very delicate flavor but it is quite expensive. In this recipe the Saffron can be eliminated without wholly changing the nature of the dish. I made this recipe with homemade fish Broth but it May also be made with bottled Clam juice which is widely available in grocery stores. Fish and shrimp in potato sauce 1 potato about a Pound 1 onion about 1/� Pound peeled 6 jumbo shrimp about 1/z Pound 11/4 pounds skinless Boneless tilefish weakfish red Shapper or sea Bass 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil 1 finely minced garlic Viz Teaspoon thread Saffron 1/4 Teaspoon ground turmeric 1 Bay Leaf v4 Teaspoon hot red Pepper flakes dried 1/2 cup dry White wine 1va cups fish Broth or bottled Clam juice Salt to taste if desired freshly ground Pepper to taste 2 Tablespoons butter. Peel the potato. Cut it in half Lengthwise. Place the halves on a Flat surface and Cut into very thin slices. There should be about 1 cup. Place the slices in cold water and set aside. Cut the onion in half crosswise. Place the halves Cut Side Down on a Flat surface and Cut into thin slices. There should be about % cup. Peel and Devin the shrimp. Set aside. Cut the fish into 2-Inch pieces. Set aside. Drain the potatoes. Heat the Oil in a Saucepan and add the onions. Cook until wilted. Add the potatoes garlic Saffron turmeric Bay Leaf red Pepper flakes wine fish Broth Salt and Pepper to taste. Bring to a boil and Cook stirring often about 10 minutes. Put the mixture into the Container of a food processor and blend thoroughly. This May have to be done in two batches depending on the size of the processor. There should be about 21/2 cups. Put the sauce in a Saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook Down stirring often about 5 minutes or until reduced to 2 cups. Heat the butter in a Large Skillet and add the fish pieces and shrimp. Cook turning the pieces occasionally about 2 minutes. Pour the sauce Over All and stir to blend. Cook about 2 minutes. Do not  4 Servings. Fish Broth 1 Pound fish Bones 2 cups of water Salt to taste if desired Cut the fish Bones into pieces and put them in a Kettle. Add the water and Salt and bring to a boil. Cook 20 minutes and then Strain discarding the Bones. Yield about 1 cup. Cabbage with Caraway seeds 1 Small cabbage about 11/z pounds 1 cup fresh or canned Chicken Broth Viz Teaspoon Caraway seeds Salt to taste if desired 1 onion thinly sliced about 1 cup 1/2 cup heavy Cream freshly ground Pepper to taste 1/4 cup finely chopped Parsley pull off and discard the outer leaves of the cabbage. Cut the cabbage into quarters Cut out and discard the cores. Cut the cabbage into Fine shreds. There should be about 8 cups. Put the cabbage shreds in a casserole and add the Broth. Sprinkle with the Caraway seeds and Salt and stir. Cover closely and Cook 5 minutes. Add the Cream Salt and Pepper and stir. Cover and Cook 5 minutes longer. Sprinkle with Parsley and serve. Yield 4 Servings the curious is Vitamin c completely destroyed when boiling water is poured Over it does it do any Good to drink hot water and Lemon juice for a cold other than just the benefits of drinking something hot Nancy Sparks Apo . / bought supplements containing both Calcium and Vitamin c in one Pill the idea being that Vitamin c increases the body s ability to absorb and utilize Calcium Carbonate. But since Vitamin c is an acid and Calcium is a base in t it possible that they could neutralize each other if some moisture were to get in the Jar therefore making the Pill valueless Monica Mundhenk Woodstock . Ewan Cameron medical director of the Linus Pauling Institute of science and Medicine answering the question about Lemon juice and hot water advises that Vitamin c in solution degenerates Over a period of time. This degeneration is faster in hotter solutions but the Vitamin c is not instantly destroyed. It s a slower process. Concerning drinking hot water and Lemon juice Cameron informs us that the amount of Vitamin c in Lemon juice is therapeutically insignificant. In answer to the question of the effect of moisture on Erma Bombeck shopper by Sonja Heinze the Vitamin c plus Calcium supplement the answer is no. The reaction would be to cause the Pill to Effe Vesce. However any moisture would cause the ask ornate Vitamin c to break Down in time. Why is a Pound cake called so Are they supposed to weigh a Pound none Ever do. G.c., cos cob Conn. Pound cake was so named because originally each ingredient weighed about a Pound. Most modern recipes for Pound cake however Are a far cry from the original the recipe for which was first printed in 1747. Mary Maurer a Reader from Fresno Calif., wrote to Tell us that she came upon a Pound cake recipe in an 1888 Price s Cookbook and tried it. The ingredients Are 1 Pound of sugar % Pound of butter 8 beaten Yolks 8 beaten egg Whites and 1 Pound of flour. Cream the butter sugar and egg Yolks then fold in the egg Whites. Then slowly add flour until mixed Well. The recipe did not include baking time or temperature so Mary used 350 degrees. Test after 45 minutes. Could you inform me if there is a Way to substitute Oil for butter or Margarine in baking recipes also is there a Cookbook in baking with Oil mrs. H. Miller North Hollywood Calif. A publication put out by Best foods producers of mazola Corn Oil advises that when solid shortening must be Cut in or creamed with other ingredients direct replacement with Oil rarely works Well. It is better to use recipes especially developed for  for some baking recipes especially developed for oils i would recommend that you Send away for a Booklet put out by Best foods called a diet for the Young at heart. It contains a recipe for a dark chocolate cake Corn bread a Salt free wheat bread bran muffins and Ginger snaps along with other dishes using Oil instead of butter or Margarine. Send 25 cents to Best foods dept. Do a Box 307, Coventry Conn. 06238, and ask for the Booklet by name. The american heart association Cook Book which should be available at your Bookstore also contains a number of recipes for Oil baking. Have a consumer related question please write to Sonja Heinze care of stars and stripes Apo 09211, . Forces. This summer i have sat through two political conventions. The Only comparison i can make is to my conversations with an elderly Man who came from Mississippi and did t have a tooth in his head. In the three years we lived next to him in an apartment i never understood a single word he said. Both political parties have been trying to bring their voters not necessarily Home again but Down Home  Here we have two candidates who Wear neckties to bed and they re coming off like Bartles and Jaymes. Like the democrats the republicans Are hitting hard at family a return of the front porch and homemade soup. But the metaphor majority to Date belongs to the democrats. After four Days of hearing texan As a first language at their convention i called my Good Friend Liz Carpenter former press Secretary to lady Bird Johnson and undersecretary of education in the Carter administration. I asked her what did they say does will this dog Hunt outside of Texas mean what i think it Means it Means he will play outside of the state she said patiently. What about he smells meat Cookin on the stove he s hungry for the Job she said. Do i have to explain you can t return pm Damp and hungry to the stable1?" i think i figured that one out i said but what s the cow ate the cabbage a Mon you re kidding. It Means those Are real  of. And Ann Richards had a line about i can still hear the men laughing about the Man who put Clorox in the Well when a Frog fell in " there was silence. I Haven t the foggiest idea what that Means. But i do like putting Down a Baptist pallet."1 spell  a a it " no i mean  a Al be to. It s a Bedroll. The one that s really meaningful was used by lbs. He said he needed someone to go to the Well with you know someone who won t Cut and run when there s fighting. Of course sen. Lloyd Bentsen s line to Gonna dance with them that bring me Speaks for  the republicans Are working up to Homespun. Presidential hopeful George Bush has said he likes pork rinds and country Western music. It s Only a matter of time before he s describing Dukakis As a Man As uptight As a cat in a roomful of rocking chairs. All of this brings to mind a remark president Reagan made recently to the soviet refuseniks. He suggested that impediments to their emigration might be the result of bureaucracy rather than deliberate  an aide quickly responded i know at times the president can talk at a very High level of abstraction that is sometimes misinterpreted when it is applied in Concrete  in new Campaign talk that translates to deep Doo  and we be got three More months of it. C 1988 Erma Bombeck Page 16 the stars and stripes tuesday August 23,1988