European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                000 a  your knowledge Bycroft Niefeld the Stamford Conn advocate e ver notice How often foods tit into everyday expressions sometimes they Are used in a complimentary Way saying someone has a peaches and Cream complexion Quot for example sometimes they Are hurtful or derogatory calling someone who is Short a Quot shrimp Quot for example or a woman a Quot Tomato a children in ancient Rome used nuts As playthings and it was traditional for a roman bridegroom to dispense nuts at his wedding As an indication that he was now a Man and would put childish behaviour behind him. If he. Did not achieve the expected level of maturity he could then be called "nuts.&Quot. Other phrases inked with food May have seemed logical at one Point though they no longer do so today. Using the word Quot Beans Quot to indicate something of Little value As in Quot not Worth a Hill of Beans Quot May have evolved because Beans Are so plentiful and were once eaten Only in societies where the people could t afford meat. Now that we have Learned that the nutritional value of Beans is so extraordinarily High we May have to rephrase the phrase. Or maybe we should use the word Quot Beans Quot. As we do bread i.e., to mean Money. 1 because there Are so Many other culinary expressions to wonder about we thought that this would be a 1 splendid Opportunity for you to take the foodie phrase. Exam below. After the test you might want to try the recipes for Strawberry rhubarb Piet and Chicken salad with hazelnuts. And while Beans. A a a Quot 1  Chr Cikan a Feli a went of Phr a to column a my my appropriate Meen tog fitted to column 8 column a Ift Teflon t. A a a. A.�3f a the 4, worn it cry Mutt a  a. .1 a a a. It. The Puto of on it ten . A ,. A ,. A a a. 10. To Cut the Mustard column 0 a. To Ranchor surpass a desired level of a a performance 7. -. A a a 0. Something worthless. A a. Something valuable d. A car that la Well maintained e. Something precious or dear f. A complaint. Q. A car that keeps breaking Down h. A Coward t. To fret worry or fuss j. To avoid or to cheat answers the 2-1 3-j 4-c 5-b 6-d 7-f 8-e 9-g 10-Astrawberry rhubarb pie crust 2 cups flour 1 Teaspoon sugar it Teaspoon Salt. 1 it Teaspoon freshly grated Lemon Peel it cup chilled mixed shortening and butter or Margarine 4-5 Tablespoons cold milk or water. Mix together the flour sugar Salt and Lemon Peel. Cut in the shortening and  the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add liquid a Small amount at a time a working the dough together until it forms a soft Ball. Wrap and let rest for at least 30 minutes. Roll half the dough and fit into a 9-Inch pie tin Filli Roll out remaining dough. And cover the filling crimp edges to Seal them together. Make two slits in the top crust. Bake in a preheated 450 f it oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 f and bake. Another 35 minutes or until the crust is Golden Brown filling _ _ 2w cups Cut up 1-Inch pieces fresh rhubarb. It cup sugar a Teaspoon Salt 1 Teaspoon freshly grated Femon Peel 4 Tablespoons flour 1 pint strawberries Cut in half it Teaspoon freshly ground Nutmeg 2 Tablespoons butter mix together the rhubarb sugar Salt Lemon Peel and flour. Toss then add the strawberries and Nutmeg. Place inside the pie Shell. Cut up the butter and place the pieces on top of the fruit cover with the remaining dough and bake As directed. Chicken salad with hazelnuts and White Beans 3 cups diced cooked Chicken a2 stalks celery chopped 1 scallion chopped it cup coarsely chopped lightly toasted hazelnuts 2 Teaspoons Capers drained it cup cooked or canned White Beans it cup extra Virgin Olive Oil 3 Tablespoons Lemon juice or red wine vinegar it Teaspoon Mustard t _ 7 vie Teaspoon dried oregano Salt and Pepper to taste Combine the Chicken celery scallion hazelnuts and i Capers and toss them together gently fold in the Beans. Mix together the Olive Oil Lemon juice Mustard oregano and Salt and Pepper to taste and whisk together until Well blended pour some of the mixture Over the salad. Ingredients and toss. Add More dressing As tastes dictate. Serves 6. _ 1a readers action Linea Afes film prices in saudi Arabia be i address this letter to the cafes Exchange a a. Service to question their policies in supplying goods to. Service members in the desert storm theater. While in country. 1 had the Opportunity to work As a Volunteer in an army staffed satellite Exchange that. Serviced the 82nd airborne div products were t a a a a purchased through cafes locations in Dhahran As Wett 7 As on the local Economy. The Issue i will address is the reasoning behind the. Practice of buying Kodak film clearly labelled in arabic from the local Economy then charging the . Market Quot Price. We were Selling it for $1,50 for 36-exposure too film but in Riyadh it was Selling at Over $4. 7. Also Why did cafes not take advantage of lower. Costs Lor audio cassettes we were buying them and Selling them for $2.80 and $4.00 respectively but cafes insisted on Selling the . Imported tapes for $7.50. Since cafes was making purchases on the local. Economy anyway Why not help the troops by giving them a break on the prices a instead cafes insisted that products purchased. Through the local Economy be sold at an inflated across the Board Price. And you also made Little or no Effort to seek bargains which were readily available. -. A. Film Pride comparisons saudi Economy cafes worldwide 1w Quot so a Itco it Kodak 24 exp $2.67 $3.10 $2.50 Kodak 36 exp $2.95 $4.00 $4.00a amps Wes Booher i would appreciate an explanation of the policy on 7 cafes Exchange operations in the desert storm theater. Pfc. Stephen m. Urquhart. Operation desert storm the master sgt. Dayton p. Strickland customer relations he cafes Europe replies after conducting a local Price Survey in december 1990, cafes marked Kodak film from the Standard cafes worldwide prices to prices competitive with the local Economy. Price reductions were taken on the 24-exposure Kodak film. The 36-exposure Kodak film was t added to the Stock until later in december and through an oversight was not included in the Price reductions. Cafes did take Price reductions on other products besides film. Items reduced from Standard cafes worldwide prices were soft drinks cigarettes and health and Beauty Aid products from Proctor amp  we did no to take advantage of lower Cost audio tapes 1 because saudi Arabia does not subscribe to copyright a taws a meaning tapes sold on the saudi Economy Are t Quot pirated Quot by . Standards. Cafes is an instrumentality of the United states which is a subscriber to the Universal copyright convention. We must abide by the copyright Law and cannot wilfully sell unauthorized copies of tapes. To write us readers action line is the readers a court of last resort Quot striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. If you a question and done to know where to turn for the answer write to readers a action line co the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. 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