European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By graced. Polk g ermans and americans alike share a love of sweets. Unlike americans the germans tend to make a separate meal of their desserts which has created the civilized afternoon Coffee hour. In the summer and fall yeast Kuchen slices topped with the fruit of the season a be it Juicy Blue plums peaches apricots or apples and raisins a Are most popular. Those who can to take the time to make a yeast dough from scratch can simply bake a packaged Coffee cake mix in a 9x13 Inch pan. Cover with overlapping fruit slices and if desired top with a Frei be Topping. When Cool Cut in 2x4 Inch slices. Serve with a big bowl of whipped Cream. A a. Apple fritters have ther germanic variant called Arfet Karpfen. Goat half Lnch thick Apple slices in a favorite Batter recipe and deep Fry until Golden in color. Drain and serve dusted with confectioners sugar. On the austrian Border skiers and hikers Wilt Stop in a chalet for a Light meal that is frequently an excuse to eat something Sweet. Kaiser Schmarr or emperors Melet is More like a shredded Sweet souffle. Served with a bowl of Plum compote on the Side its a favorite on both sides of the Border. Make your own fresh Plum compote or buy a Jar of austrian Zwetschke roster 7 How can you Tell the difference Between a German and austrian strudel the German version will usually be made with apples and served with whipped Cream or swimming in a thin Vanilla pudding. Austrians take theirs straight in a greater variety Apple Apfel poppy seed Johnj cottage cheese Hutten be k Cherry Kirsch Apricot Mayllen nuts Nuss and warm Cream Milchraum strudel. With the ready made thin sheets of strudel dough available in refrigerator or Freezer cases at the supermarket today making strudel is no longer the time consuming task it. Once was. A a a 7 a a a. A a a a a a. A emperor s Melet. 4 eggs separated 3 Tablespoons sugar Teaspoon Salt 4 of. Melted butter 1 stick iv4 cup milk a 14 Teaspoon Vanilla 2 cups flour a cup raisins. Confectioners sugar Plum compote. In a mixer beat Yolks sugar and Salt. Add 4 Tablespoons melted butter. Alternately add milk mixed with Vanilla and flour cup at a time beating until smooth. Stir in raisins. Beat the egg Whites until stiff. Fold with rubber Spatula into the Batter. A heat one Tablespoon butter in each of two heavy 10-Inch skillets. Divide the Batter into the two pans and Cook Over Low heat until Bottom has become Brown and the Melet has puffed up about 4 minutes. Turn Over and Cook another 4 minutes. With two Forks tear the Melet into bite size pieces and Cook for another two minutes. Serve immediately dusted with confectioners sugar and compote on the Side if you use the prepared Zwetschke roster add a few drops of Lemon juice for flavor. A a a. A a a a dapple strudel one package phyllo or strudel dough 4 sheets 1 cup bread crumbs. 4 of. Melted butter 1 stick. 1 cup raisins 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 Tablespoon grated Lemon Rind a cup granulated sugar 4 pounds tart apples peeled and thinly sliced confectioners sugars amps Mich i Artimi Apple strudel is a favorite in Germany and Austria. Thanks to Frozen phyllo dough its not that difficult to make your own strudel. A variety of fillings can be used. _ keep the packaged dough wrapped in a moist cloth at room temperature until ready to use. In a Small pan Brown the bread crumbs in 4 Tablespoons melted butter. In a Large bowl mix the raisins cinnamon Lemon Rind granulated sugar and apples / Lay a Large Damp soft cloth on the table arid place one. Sheet of dough on it. Brush the surface with some of the melted butter and Sprinkle with 1a of the bread crumbs cover with the second Sheet and repeat place a thick layer of Apple mixture three inches wide along the shortest Edge nearest you leaving two inches at each end. To Roll raise the cloth to lift the Short end and Roll up the strudel Jelly Roll fashion completely enclosing the apples. Lift the strudel with the cloth and place on a buttered baking Sheet seam Side Down remove the cloth. Brush the strudel with melted butter make a second strudel with the next two sheets of dough and remaining Apple mixture a. T. Bake at 400 for 25-30 minutes or until Golden Brown. Remove from oven and dust with confectioners sugar. Serve warm. _ a. Makes two 3-foot strudel. Grace o. Polk la a free Lance writer who lives in new York City. C Grace 0. Polk t Safe sips from by Sonja Heinze. It seems to me that drinking hot liquids from styrofoam cups could be harm Ful because the chemicals could Leach into the liquid. I be never seen anything on this and was wondering if i m off base. A  Wright Detroit Mich. Studies have shown that drinking out of polystyrene cups styrofoam is net harmful to humans. The Huntington research Institute designated by the world health organization even went so far As to crush polystyrene containers into Fine particles and feed them to mice for two years to see what would happen. The result apparently showed no difference in tumor development Between the mice fed the polystyrene and those fed Ordinary feed. A although polystyrene foam May not harm a human internally it can contribute to damage to the Earth a Ozone layer. It is also a major source of litter and when broken up the Small Sharp pieces can kill Birds that May eat them. Portland ore., has outlawed the use of polystyrene foam. Last year 4,500 tons of it were taken to Portland landfills when you consider that at least 25 percent of polystyrene foam is air 4,500 tons of it going to a Landfill in one year in one City is a Gross example of Wanton waste. Lee Barrett an employee of the City of Portland and the nations Only Styro cop who sees to it that the new anti polystyrene Laws Are enforced in that City fees that to use plastic to drink eight ounces of Coffee for two minutes and then throw it away where it will take up space forever is absurd. No one i know seems to know the answer to this one do microwave ovens use More or less Energy than regular ovens a Ruth Villalovos Graton Calif microwave ovens use one third to one half As much Energy As conventional ovens. We just rented an apartment where the water in the Kitchen sink is aerated. What is the purpose of aerating water if there is one a Rose Carpenter Kissin Iee Fla. If you re referring to a Low flow faucet Aerator you re talking about a device that saves a great Deal of water. The Aerator mixes air with water a it leaves Thrap and thereby reduces water flow by about 50 percent. For a family of four using the device can Cut water use by As much As 3,300 Gallons a year. Not Only that the Cost of heating the water will be reduced. You can buy an Aerator at the hardware store for about $4. Unscrew the Small end of the faucet and screw the Aerator to it instead. Note Don t use the Aerator with a portable dishwasher which needs a full flow to operate efficiently. Reader feedback another easy meal Jeanne Kart her Apo . Quot in response to one of your readers requests for meals that Are delicious and easy to Cook i submit this recipe which i Call a Jeanne s Chicken Curry Stew boil 3 Chicken breasts. Save water. Remove meat from Bones and break into pieces. To 2 cups of the Chicken water add 1 can Campbell s Cream of mushroom soup and 1 package of Knorris Curry sauce. Put Chicken pieces into mixture. Quarter ,. 1 Ohio and 3 potatoes. Add vie bag of Frozen veggies Corn Beans Green peas and Green Beans. Cook for about 15 to 20 minutes until potatoes Are done. If mixture is too thick add More of the Chicken water. Burger and Fries please a close look at Mcdonalds foods shows that depending on your choices a Burger and Fries May be the less caloric option. Number of calories 600 hamburger and Furlos chefs salad with 2-ounce envelope of ranch dress song salad dressings can sabotage diets Baltimore evening Sun _ shedding a few pounds May not be As difficult As you imagine you need to Start by knowing where the a calories Are advises Mary Abbott Hess president of the american dietetics association. It a for women particularly the largest unrecognized contributor of fat is salad dressing Quot she says a salad dressing and salads have the perception of healthy foods no matter How they Are prepared and served people think because it came from the salad bar that somehow someone is watching out for  a in reality however Hess says that people who eat fast food salads drenched in dressing might just As Well indulge in a Burger and Fries instead. Restaurants shows that depending on your choices a for instance a regular hamburger has 260 calories and 9.5 Grams of fat while a regular order of French Fries has 220 calories and 12 Grams of fat according to the restaurants by Hazleton laboratories America. This totals  40 calories and 21 ?5 Grams of fat. Is Sharon kit Day a chef s salad has 230 calories and 13 3 Grams of fat and a 2-ounce envelope of ranch dressing has 330 calories and a whopping 34 Grams of fat. This a combination totals 560 calories and More than 47.3 Grams of fat according to the  Are of course ail sorts of choices the reduced calorie dressings have far fewer calories and fats a 60 calories and .5 Gram of fat per 2-ounce envelope of the site Vinaigrette for instance a As do the Garden and Chicken a salads. A a a 7 but the analysis shows that All salads a and certainly ail salad  Are not created equal. A a a a a a a Hess suggests though that a couple of substitutions  outer eating at Home would go a Long Way on the scale. A a. A a if a person who eats a salad every Day substituted two Tablespoons of reduced calorie about 20 calories per  for her regular dressing about 80 calories per Tablespoon she would be about 12 pounds thinner after one year said Hess and if that same person switched from regular to site Mayonnaise for her daily tuna Sandwich she would lose an additional 6vfe pounds. These two substitutions a and doing nothing else differently Quot would make a person 18 pounds thinner in a year. A with these two changes Many women could control their weight Quot Hess  and wisely too Quot substitution and shifting and reducing amounts constitutes the Best strategy for women who. Want to Cut calories and fat from their diets she contends eliminating red meat and Dairy products Quot for women particularly is a very bad strategy because it is very difficult to totally meet Iron and Calcium need if you eliminate those food . _ a amps Sharon Killday a y. By John Arundel new York times m microwave Popcorn can cause severe Eye damage because of the steam released after heating two  have warned. T in a letter published in the new England journal of Fol Medicine or. Patrick a. Derespinis and or. Larry p. Frohman of the University of Medicine and a dentistry Olney Jersey said that if microwave Popcorn bags were opened too quickly they released a Bur Srof steam that could Burn exposed areas of the body Quot a a especially the eyes a the doctors cited several cases of corneal Burns caused this Way.  of their patients a 29-year-Oid Man was heating Popcorn in his microwave oven and then opened the bag impatiently peering in to see if All the kernels had popped. After a surge of steam made Contact with his right Eye he was taken to an emergency room complaining of decreased vision and acute pain the Man had a 90 percent corneal abrasion that had caused the corneal epithelium to be scalded White it decreased his vision to 20/50, from 20/20, and he had to Wear an Eye Patch for five Days. Eventually he regained 20/20 vision. Another patient an 18-year-old woman who had looked into the Popcorn bag while opening it suffered first degree Burns to her eyelids and a 25 percent corneal abrasion in her left Eye. Quot these patients did not recall any warnings on the Popcorn packaging concerning possible damage to the Eye Quot the doctors Sid. Quot the manufacturers of these products must take the responsibility to include appropriate warnings about the a preparation of the . Officials from the Popcorn Industry which has $1 billion in sales a year said that such measures had already been taken and that the incidents cited were isolated ones. Quot. R Quot we Are very careful to put instructions both on the Box and on each individual bag that indicates How to avoid Contact with the escaping steam Quot said Kay Carpenter spokeswoman for Beatrice Hunt Wesson of Fullerton calif., which produces the nations top Selling Popcorn Brand Orville Redenbacher. Quot we be never gotten a letter from someone who suffered Eye  v a a a Quot 7 a Quot. Lawrence p. Youngblood president of Deli express in Eden Prairie minn., said Quot yes steam is released when the Popcorn is popped but we have sold hundreds of millions of packages and we have never had an injury at least that. We know of. A a a a a spokesman for the Popcorn Institute in Chicago said that Thel Rade group had not yet researched the matter but that it would be brought up the next meeting of Popcorn makers. V. A Quot 7 a a William Pfund a spokesman for Golden Valley microwave foods in Minneapolis said the hazards of microwaving Popcorn Are no different from using a Tea Kettle or reheating leftover food in an oven. Quot All Popcorn generates steam whether Yog Cook it in a Quot a microwave on a stove or in an air Popper Quot he said. Quot there will always be opportunities to abuse the heating  Page 14 a a a the stars and stripes Friday december 7,1990 the stars and stripes aaa Page 15