European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The curious a mum by Pierre Franey new York times he term fricassee Haa become better known in recent years with the popularity of cajun and Creole cuisines which feature a variety of dishes under that name. Sometimes Cooks erroneously equals fricassee wild Stew but the two Are fundamentally different. For Ono a fricassee normally has a while sauce or Broth a Stew generally has a dark sauce. A Stew gels part of us Rich color from he Browning of meat before cooking. In a fricassee the meal in this Case Chicken is cooked Only to a Golden Brown before adding other ingredients just enough to Render off some of the Lal bul not enough to affect the color of the sauce. Yel another difference especially in poultry recipes is that a fricassee Calls for a younger Bird a Stew is usually made with an older Bird Hal has tougher meal and needs Long slow cooking to break Down the Libers the Indian slyly fricassee below contains the traditional Ginger cumin turmeric coriander and Pepper Hakes. The Chicken is cooked Only about 20 minutes before the sauce is finished and thickened with some Yogurt and sour Cream. The flavors of this dish actually intensify if some is left Over and reheated the Foo who Day. As an accompaniment i suggest a Quick Rice dish Flavoured with garlic onions and a bit of cinnamon. Raisins add a ouch of sweetness. A Cucumber salad goes nicely too. Noun style Chicken fricassee 1 Chicken 3vi Pound Cut into caning piece Satt and tra Ahly ground Pepper to 2 Usta Poon vegetable of 1 cup finely chopped onion 1 Tablespoon chopped garlic 1 Tablespoon finely grated fresh Ginger Root 1 Tablespoon ground cumin 1 Tablespoon turmeric 1 Tablespoon ground coriander i Teaspoon red Pepper Flake Otto taste 1 i cups skinless seed eat rape tomatoes chopped into Vij Lnch cube 1 Bay leaf1 cup fresh or canned Chicken Broth Yea cup Yogurt to cup your Cream i cup chopped fresh coriander. Sprinkle Chicken pieces with Salt and Pepper. Heat Oil in a Skillet Large enough to hold a the pieces in one layer without crowding. Add Chicken pieces ski Side Down. Cook until Golden Brown on one Side about 5 minutes. Dram off All the fal. Add onions and garlic. Cook and stir Lor 3 minutes add Ginger cumin turmeric ground coriander Pepper flakes tomatoes and Bay Leaf. Cook stirring for s minutes. Add Chicken Broth and stir to blend. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes longer or until Chicken is tender remove Bay Leal. Sir in Yogurt and sour Cream. Bring to a simmer Sprinkle with fresh coriander and serve i excl 4 Servings. Rice with raisins and Chi Hamon 1 table spoon butter it cup finely chopped onions 1 Teaspoon finely chopped Garde i cup wite or Black raisins 1 cup converted Rice % cup chopped blanched Almondi Ivy cup Famh or canned Chicken Broth 1 Hack Dramon 2 inches Long Salt and freshly ground Pepper to tarte. Meh butter in a Small Saucepan. Add onions and garlic. Cook sir ring until willed. Do not Brown. Add raisins Rice and almonds and stir. Add Broth cinnamon Salt and Pepper. Bring to a Boa stirring and cover. Simmer 17 minutes or until Nee to tender end liquid is absorbed. Remove cinnamon stick and  a Servings. Spicy Cucumber salad 2 targe cucumbers 1 Leplae Pinnt my Faucett Teaspoon crushed red Pepper 1 Tempo on sesame Oil 1 Tablespoon White vinegar. Wash cucumbers and pal dry. Pound them lightly Al Over with a Kitchen Mallet. Trim off the ends. Peel and Cut cucumbers Lengthwise into quarters. Cut of scrape away seeds. Cut each Cucumber strip into 1 i Lnch lengths. Trim Corners of each piece to make them neater. Put pieces in a bowl and add remaining ingredients. Chill and  4 Servings. Erma Bombeck you have to know a Lilile background to appreciate this column. My husband and i both work out of our Home. His Otico is next to mine. We share the same thermostat every Day alter lunch i Lake a 20-Minule nip. When i Feluren to my office i pass the thermostat and adjust Illo a Waimer temperature. The other Day As i mechanically reached for the dial i encountered the following note taped to it sleep induced body temperature declines Are not uncommon. Usually the body temperature returns to Normal within minutes of resumption of Normal activity Normal activity does not include hiking thermostats up and  ii was signed or.  i want an unbiased opinion Here. You Don t have to give your right name or worry about reprisals. Bul don11 you think Here is something wrong Wilh a Man who keeps the summer temperature of a room the same As Lor fur storage i mean if this were a Wax museum i d understand. But this is an office where working in a Coal is cumbersome. I think the real problem Here is that he secretly resents the fact thai 1 can fal asleep in the Middle of the Day and at the end of 20 minutes awake refreshed la s a Gill. He cannot do this he d sleep right through prime Lime. I marched into his office and told him i Lound his note patronizing. He said. I find noles make a More lasting  whal s Tho Mailer i said. Could t get a stonecutter to record in properly?"1 returned to my off ice and put lha Nole in a drawer with the rest of his epistles. Them was one from the year we camped on a Beach in Michigan. He attached it to a whisk Broom and Hung it on the Flap of the Tell. It read. Do not track Sand in the tent a clean tent is a Happy tent use a fish on Bottom of feet. Remember the muck stops  signed. Or. Tidy Camp. There were others. The Little 3-by-s card he covered with of aspic and attached to the electricity Meler next to the garage that read give to a Resti there was one he attached to his tool Box Hal read if you borrow these without permission be prepared to go to  i la answer his latest note when i Calm Down a bit and when i can figure out How you spell the sound of sticking Oul your Tongue and blowing a Raspberry. C 19w Erma a Wpm Louetta Habton Charleston w. A. Fth Don t spoil from the health aspect in property working freezers says Joe Regenstein a professor of food science at corned but Iheke Quality  unfortunately reopens Len says much of the Frozen fish available on the Market has already been Frozen in less than Ideal Freezer conditions for More than a year before being released to the Markal the fish packing Industry does this to adjust the Supply and Market prices. The Quality of regular Frozen fish whether h be in fillet or fish stick form deteriorates in freezers. Most people think thai freezing Halls deterioration Regenstein says but in most fish the process of deteriorating Quality during Frozen storage goes on at a measurable  although freezers in warehouses trucks supermarkets and Homes keep the fan Horn spoiling they Are not cold enough to preserve the texture of All typos of fish Hal would be better preserved ii the fish were stored at odder temperatures below minus 22 degrees. Some types of fish last longer than others in Frozen storage. For example fatty fish such a herring Mackerel Salmon and Trout should be stored h freezers for Only about three months. Leaner fish such As cod Haddock Flounda and red Snappy can be stored for As Tang a six months. I to right to a by Cove Ron or to  when Fie a paper ,,. When a recipe Calls for Wax paper which Doe not Seal. It s Bhe telling you to cover your Tood loosely so thai some slam can escape. You were cooking by conventional methods covering with Wax paper would be similar to partly covering your pot on the stove with a id. N you cover the dish with a pyrex cover you re not allowing any of the steam to escape. Translated into conventional cooking methods that would be similar to covering your pot on the stove with a tightly listed lid. You can use a lid ii you want but the Wax paper would be More approx reals when a recipe Call of 119 use. Header feedback potty fat of Charlie Snyder ref Holdi a in a recent column a Istref appeared from a Reader regarding her spotty and filmy glasses washed in a dishwasher. As a Tood service executive with Over 30 years experience in running restaurant chains i May Quality with a simple answer. The problem is nol the dishwasher. I la Bat a Box of detergent her problem is the water temperature. It should be Al least 140 degrees but 160 to 180 would be Ideal. For that you would need a Booster for Tho dishwasher alone. Using a tha Momeier that goes to or above to degrees your Reader should hold it directly under free lowing hoi water for at least a minute. If the water in t at least 140 degrees your Reader is forever destined to spotty filmy  Reba Simmonds Munice. Ind the problem might be Lime scots. Fort remove the be spots with a brillo pad. Next. Add Capon to the top to the dishwasher detergent nol Loo Lull or ii May riot open. Then after the last Walar drains out and the Heel wines on open thedoor and Kurce a steam out. This tots the heal do a quicker Job. Mrs Jama Daggy Richmond Tad i be written to a number of manufacturers about Thig problem the upshot of which is that there s no solution. The problem is called Silica etch. According i o economics Laboratory makers of Etc Leasot me problem is prevalent h mechanically softened water and varies with dry Ferenal types of glassware to can occur with the us of any detergent when Silica Eteh begins the glassware develops an Amber or Multi coloured Hue. Then the glassware becomes Cloudy. This etching is a permanent  Page 16 the stars and stripes wednesday september 2b, 1988