European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mew Mai by Pierre Fra Wev new York times Provencal has become a culinary buzzword Lor the 1960s, especially in restaurants where every dish Hal contains garlic and Olive Oil seems to be Provone Al style. The cooking of Provence in Southern France uses prodigious amounts of garlic Olive Oil and tomatoes As Well As a Potpourri of Iresh herbs specifically Rosemary of hymn oregano tarragon and Basil. It is country cooking Al its Besl fragrant and Lusty reflecting the abundant provender of this Sun drenched Mediterranean Region. Classic Provencal soups include pistol the herbaceous vegetable melange and bouillabaisse found in Many guises on this Side of the Atlantic. One of the most glorious fish dishes of the Region is Burride a garlic bolstered seafood casserole the Besl known meal dish May be Daube of beef a la. Provencal made Wilh tomatoes and olives. The Quick and easy recipe below for sauteed Chicken follows Provencal traditions in its use of assorted herbs and Ove Ort it Calls Lor a whole Cut up Chicken bul you could make it with precut Chicken breasts trom who. Supermarket As Well. The Chicken is Rcd sgd in 1 Laur a it browned Well in a nonstick Skillet to add a Rich flavor to the sauce thyme Rosemary and oregano arc then added along with Bay Leal for the Lyp Ca Provencal flavor. If you have fresh Basil that could be added too Oon t use dried Basil however tar i find it changes the character of the sauce too drastically. I like to Garnish this dish with fresh Chervil which is becoming More widely available in supermarkets. If you Don l find thai use Iresh chopped Parsley. A Fine accompaniment for this aromatic Stew is noodles with Zucchini and Tomato. Chicken pro venal style 1 Chicken 3vi pounds Cut into 10 serving pieces i cup flour Salt and freshly ground Pepper to taste 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil 4 sprigs fresh thyme or 1 Teaspoon dried 2 Teaspoons chopped fresh Rosemary or 1 Teaspoon dried 2 Teaspoons chopped Iresh or Gatio or Vij Teaspoon dried i 2 cloves Garita unpeeled Bayleaf i cup dry White wine i cup Chicken Broth 2 Tablespoons butter 1/i cup fresh chopped Chervil or cup chopped Parsley. Dredge the Chicken pieces in flour seasoned with Salt and Pepper. Heat 1 Tablespoon of the Olive Oil in a nonstick skills Over medium High heat and add the Chicken pieces skin Side Down. Cook a to 5 minutes until Golden Brown turn the Chicken and Cook until Golden Brown on the other Side about 3 minutes. Pour off the fal and add the remaining 1 Tablespoon Oil thyme Rosemary oregano garlic cloves and Bay Leaf. Cook shaking the skilled and stirring the Chicken pieces so that the herbs Are evenly distributed Cook about 3 minutes. Add the wine and bring to a simmer scraping the Bollom of the Skillet and stirring briefly. Cook until reduced by half. Add the Chicken Broth and simmer. Cover and Cook about Lomi Nutas. The sauce should be reduced by half. Remove the Bay Leaf. Swirl in the Buffer. Sprinkle the Chervil Over All and serve with the garlic cloves. Yield 4 Servings. Noodles with Zucchini Ano Tomato 1 email Zucchini about 14 Pound trimmed 3 red Ripe Plum tomatoes about 1 i pounds Vij Pound Noodle Salt to taste 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil freshly ground Pepper to taste. 1 Tablespoon butter 4 Tablespoons chopped Iresh Basil or Parsley Cut the Zucchini into a inn cubes. Core and Peel the tomatoes and Cut into i Inch cubes. Cook noodles in boiling sailed wafer to cover until tender. ,. ,.meanwhile heat Olive Oil in a Skillet and add Zucchini Ccok about 2 minutes shaking and stirring Over medium High heat. Add tomatoes sail and Pepper to taste. Cook about 2 minutes More stirring occasionally. Drain the noodles and return them to the Kettle. Add the Zucchini and Tomato mixture Buffer and Basil. Toss Well and serve. Yield 4 Servings. The curious in View of the new studies concerning the role of niacin in the reduction of cholesterol would you please publish e list of foods containing the highest Levels of the substance mrs. Henry George Tarpon Springs Fra. Niacin also known As Nic clinic acid is a b Vitamin. The average person consumes about 50 to 250 my a Day in an Ordinary diet such a dosage maintains Normal health and prevents pellagra. Doses Over a thousand times larger Stales the Harvard medical school health letter,."which is on the order of 3-6 Grams a Day Are capable of lowering Bdl cholesterol and raising the Hal form. At this dosage niacin also rapidly Lowers blood fats. Taken in such Large amounts niacin is acting As a drug not a Vitamin and like any drug it has Side effects. Most. Noticeable Are frequent Flushing reactions a Little like hot flashes and rashes. Niacin May aggravate diabetes gout or a peptic ulcer. From the information Given in the health letter it appears Hal Only Gram amounts of niacin Are effective in lowering cholesterol and the smaller amounts found in food would not have he same effect. Nevertheless since you asked the loads containing the highest amount of niacin Are liver poultry meat tuna eggs whole Grain and enriched cereals pasta bread nuts dried peas arid Beans. Can you please Lei to where i can buy a Book on edible mushrooms i love them Ana would like to pick my own. I Don t know the Good trom the poisonous ones. Paul Molinik dui town a there is an excellent Book called mushrooms by Alan Bessette and Walter Sundberg published by the Macmillan publishing co it comes in paperback and is one of the Macmillan Field guides it costs $12.95, can be purchased in just about any Bookstore and is lavishly illustrated with easy reference to 253 of the most common mushroom species in North America.  just a few words of caution always Bear in mind when Hunting wild mushrooms that neither color. Size shape smell nor Taslo Are foolproof guides to a mushroom s edibility. Haw Long con i keep red Salmon in tall cans the cans have been in the refrigerator door Lor two years. I now want to use them to Makepa tue. Am they Safe to use mrs. E. Que Stan Atlantic City no. Robert Price with the Marine advisory program Al the University of California Davis advises the usual recommendation for the shelf Fife of canned foods is about one year. This recommendation is based on Quality and hot on safety. Slow Quality changes will occur in canned foods with time and these changes will affect flavor texture nutritional composition and so on. As Long As tha cans Are not swollen leaking denied on the seams and Are unopened they should remain Safe  him  i he Mot bowl a Felt u Bonjie Hora. To Eire or Bun Erma Bombeck Erma Bombeck is on vacation. The following Best of Bombeck column originally appeared in 1984  is the time of year when the Box savers of the world have their fines hour. You know who they Are. They re the ones who Squirrel away every Box and Carton they Ever receive and bestow the gift of. I immoral Lily up Onil v ". There is something arrogant about Puoplo who save boxes. They remind me of the sanctimonious people who always have their ticket and the right change at the parking garage or whose car is always in gear when the traffic Light changes. The Caslon of Ueen in our family is my Rno Lher. There is nothing you can name Fiat she does not have an empty Box for. Want to wrap a piano go to mothers want to Surprise someone with a Load of firewood Mother has the Carton for it. Buying a goalpost for your grandson Mother can wrap it. Box savers Are not Only arrogant about their habit bul also downright evangelistic. I remember the first Jime i gave my Mother a pair of earrings wrapped in a rectal thermometer Box. I thought she d be choked up. That i found a Box with Cotton instead she gave me that god knows a did lha Best a could look and said Why did t you come to me for a Box?.". I be watched her at birthday celebrations and .-.-. Christmases. She s like a minesweeper. No sooner is the paper of i the present than she is winding the ribbon around her fingers and smoothing the creases Oul of. The wrapping paper. As soon As the recipient holds the gift up for everyone to see the Box disappears to be recycled. U will appear again for the next 35 years somewhere holding something. This week when i discovered a. Jogging suit would not fit into a Shoebox 1 did something i  Lake lightly. I went to Mother s for a Box she hipped Ori the Light in her closet and i thought. It tutankhamen s Mother had a Tomb this would have bean it. 1 have never seen such a Box glut. There were boxes in boxes boxes for folding chairs lampshades lubes for posters and Cartons for  were boxes from exclusive stores whose names my Mother cannot even pronounce there were boxes singed with Black where Sha had pulled them from the Fife. She turned to me what Are you pulling in ifs Box where Are you sending ii How much did the item Cost is there a Chance you can get the Box Back after la s used How important is it of you i m not adopting it Solher i m Only borrowing  you re the one who makes fun of me every year for saving boxes Aren you Missy that s True Mother but you know what a Rotten person i  you Don t treat boxes nicety. I saw you Jam an afghan in one last year and it broke Down the sides " Mother in begging she handed it to me off the shelf. Teu me what Lime it is to be opened and i la be theretc 1w� Emu bomb Page 16 the stars and stripes wednesday december 14,1988