European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ep2 he ease the second breast Hall by suiting Down the other aide of the keel Bone. La. Tomei Pilotos step 4 slice the breast meat across the Grain nto the desired thickness for Steak or cutlet. Steaks with the Small end pointing away from you using a arge Sharp knife Cut through the Center of the breast Jown along one Side of the keel Bone. Set that half of the breast aside. Then Cut Down the ther Side of the keel Bone to release the second breast Lall remove the skin from the breast halves by running he Point of the knife Between the flesh and skin. Also it off any excess fat. Slice the breast meat across the Gram into Vij Inch to i Inch slices for steaks i Inch to a Inch slices for outlets. Use As directed in a recipe saute or Pound Hinner and prepare As Scalo Pine Piccuta or Parmigiana. Foods that Comfort and soothe by Molly o Neill new York times Oan and Lydia Wilen Are headed toward the big Lime sales of their books Chicken soup and other Folk remedies. Fac cell 1984 and More Chicken soup and other Folk remedies Fewcell 1986are soaring in the United slates and the Sisters who p Aco their Ages somewhere Between Brooke Shields and Joan Collins Are the Toast of the stateside talk show circuit. They say americans Are eager to hear old wives tales especially As the cod season sweeps the country ones about the pharmaceutical properties of food even physicians want to hear More about curative diets. It has been a slow Awakening. For nine years the Wilens have been among a relatively Small group of people collecting and studying Folk cures. Family friends and neighbors relied on them to recommend soothing remedies for colds and the flu but until last year that was the extent of their celebrity. The Way the Wilen Sisters Tell it other authors arrived in airports to crowds of fans requesting autographs. They on the other hand went to la Guardia Airport to meet their one fan j. Walter Allen a 97-year-old resident of a retirement Village in Holiday Fla. He had a two hour Layover Joan said. That s right Joanie and he  t even have a cold Lydia Reca led. He just wanted to Meul  when they were growing up in the East Fla Taush Section of Brooklyn other children some me. Held i Clr no is and g go cd at the Cropcho of packc3 stured  camphor that the Wilons parents Rrada their daughters Wear around their necks to school. We Wou d cry and our lather would say. It scares the germs away " Joan said ii scared the other children away Lydia said. The Sisters Are still surprised and grateful when people like them As recently As last year when they were trying Folk remedies and writing for television lbs s movie of the week and pcs s Reading Rainbow which is what they did to pay the rent the Wilens would leave their apartment just West of Central Park and walk to the Ansonia Post office to pick up letters from Allen. But shortly after they appeared on Pittsburgh s talking a talk show on Tae to. Last Winter there were 4,000 letters for them at the Post office it was like something out of the movies said Joan and the movie keeps getting better. They have since appeared on the today show on Abc and have begun their third Book about Folk cures. The Wilens Are not alone in their work with curative diets. Or. Penny Stanway a physician in Britain said the actual medical properties of Folk cures May be beside the Point. Folk remedies empower individuals which speeds  she said. After 15 years of experimenting her Book food cures for All ailments to be published by Simon & schuster other medical authorities have asserted a scientific basis for the Healing properties of some foods after recent Laboratory studies by or Marvin Sackner at mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach Flathe Hospital began marketing its own Chicken soup Lor Home use. That did t Surprise the Wilens they profess no medical knowledge and emphasize that they Only report they do not prescribe. But As the children of Many jewish immigrants Learned. Chicken soup was Medicine Lydia said. Of course Chicken soup which the chinese use to make therapeutic Congi Rice and greeks Combine with garlic in a tonic soup is Only one Way to soothe the colds. Garlic has always been heavy artillery. Keep a Clove of garlic in your Cheek Lor 24 hours and that will get rid of a cold Lydia said. It will also get rid of your friends Joan said. Garlic can be steeped to make a Tea or layered in slices on the Bottom of the feet to permeate the body to fight a cold. Coat the soles of the feet with vaseline so the garlic will stick wrap the feet in Ace bandages and go to bed Lor three  Lydia explained. Or. Henry c. La. Author of chinese system of food cures. Sterling publishing. 1986claims that the Early stages of a cold respond Well to vegetables of the garlic family Ginger or Pepper All raise the body  he said in South Carolina onions Are sauteed with Brown sugar until they Are Jam like then eaten to Ward Olf colds in the Hills of Kentucky inhaling Black Pepper stooped in warm milk lights colds in India highly spiced curries Are stooped in water to make a cold fighting Tea and in parts of Europe Sage is steeped in hot water Lor Tea or made into a paste and rubbed on the nose Throat and Chest for colds. La recommends drinking Peppermint Tea. Robin Bennet an herbalist in Manhattan Points out that like Sage peppers and Peppermint elder Flower Tea can also raise body temperature. The British simply rely on a hot toddy. La Points out that raising the body temperature with pungent herbs and spices is Only useful in the first stages of a cold. If the cold progresses he says it is important to Cool and soothe the patient. This is the time for Chicken soup or porridge that Are Bland and  dark Green vegetables also appear to strengthen the immune system and Speed recovery Many people say speaking on separate Telephone extensions from their Home the Wilen Sisters marvelled at the universality of food cures for colds. Hot peppers greens Orange juice so Many different cultures recommend treating a cold with a combination of a Quarter cup vinegar and a Quarter cup Honey Apple cider vinegar and warm water is a Well known gargle they might have been the Only Little girls in new York whose grandmother wore an old sock filled with Kosher Salt to Light sore throats and a vinegar soaked headband to soothe headaches but they Are no longer the Only ones who eat pineapple for laryngitis the world has caught up with the traditions the Wilen Sisters grew up on. They be signed a Deal with Abc for spots on a new talk show House  the Wilens May still be the Only people who keep a potion of the minced garlic and unrefined Honey on their Kitchen Windowsill. But not for Long scares off coughs Lydia said. Neighbors too Joan said. Uary2,1990 stars and stripes Page 15