European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tea and Coffee a of turkish life food. By effii8athen staff writer sidewalk souvenir shops in Turkey Hawk to shirts called Quot turkish Tea shirts Quot using the play on words to Point out one of the Region s favorite drinks. Instructions printed on the shirt show How Black Tea is brewed with almost ceremonial formality until Strong and bitter and then diluted with water. Sage and Apple Tea Are two other aromatic variations. The Sage Tea is said to be Good for Throat ailments. Visitors can hardly walk through the streets without shopkeepers inviting them in for Tea. The degrees of sweetness Are Given the names Sade Orta or Sekeris for unsweetened medium or extra Sweet. Served piping hot in delicate Tulip shaped glasses the beverage is often used by merchants to lure customers into a Sale. Since the Tea is too hot to be sipped quickly potential customers Rind themselves strolling through a shop or carpet Emporium. In Turkey it is also considered an affront to a Host if a guest refuses refreshments. The Cay Evi or Tea shops Are social centers where men Are always found sipping Tea arid leaning Over their backgammon boards. Waiters Rush through the streets delivering Tea orders on trays swinging from brass ropes. Turkish Coffee though is the finishing touch to any meal. Turkish lore says that the turks loved Coffee so much that they took the City of Mokka in Yemen just for their Coffee  is Strong and dark served in demitasse cups and like turkish Tea prepared almost ceremonially. Following Are recipes for these two favorite beverages. Cay turkish Tea 6 cups water 6 Teaspoons Tea leaves two men pass the afternoon together Over a cup of Tea in a Back Alicy shop. 1 Teaspoon sugar 1 Teaspoon water. 4 Lemon slices optional pour water into a Kettle. Remove lid arid place a smaller Kettle on top to act As a double boiler. Place Tea leaves and sugar into the Small Kettle and Sprinkle with one Teaspoon water. Cover with lid. Bring water to a boil and pour one third of the boiling water Over the Tea leaves and sugar mixture. Cover. Put Back on the bigger Kettle and brew for 6 minutes. Strain brewed Tea into teacups or Small turkish Tea glasses. Dilute with boiling water according to taste. A Lemon slice can be put in the cup if preferred. Drink with or without sugar. Boiling water can be added to the smaller Kettle to obtain More brewed Tea. Serves four. Turk Kahn Sci turkish Coffee a 1 heaped Teaspoon ground Coffee a Teaspoon sugar for Semi Sweet v4 Teaspoon sugar for medium Sweet 1 Teaspoon sugar for Sweet Coffee a cup cold water or measure water with demitasse to be served turkish Coffee can be obtained anywhere As ground Coffee. Otherwise Coffee Beans can be roasted in a pan Orin the oven stirring occasionally to preferred darkness. Then the Beans Are ground in a turkish Kave Degirmen or brass Coffee grinder to a powder. Ground Coffee can Sas fit be preserved . Put Coffee and sugar into a Small Ceve a Long handled pot preferably brass Copper or enamel. Add water and mix. Cook on a very Low heat stirring occasionally until the froth on the surface starts to Rise. Pour a Small amount of froth into a demitasse. Return Potto the heat and bring to a boil. Pour remaining Coffee into the demitasse until it reaches the brim. For More than one serving multiply the ingredients by the number of cups desired and pour a Little froth into each cup first. Do not drink the thick residue at the Bottom. Both recipes Are from turkish cookery by go Iserene Ramazan Oglu. A children need both Quality Quantity time cd my Wile and i Are extremely Busy during this period of our lives. My Job takes me on the Road several Days a week and my wife has become very successful As a real estate agent. Quite honestly we Are not Able to spend much time with our three children but we give them our undivided attention when we Are together. My wife and i wish we had More family time but we take Comfort in knowing that its not the Quantity of time Between Parent and child that really matters its the Quality of that time that makes the difference. Would you agree with that statement James c. Dobson a there is a Grain of truth in most popular notions and this one is no exception. We can All agree that there is no Benefit in being with our children seven Days a week if we Are angry oppressive Unnur Turing and capricious with them. But from that Point Forward the Quantity is. Quality Issue runs aground. Let me illustrate let s suppose you Are hungry having eaten nothing All Day. You select the Best restaurant in your City and ask the waiter for the finest Steak on his menu. The waiter returns 20 minutes later with the fare and sets it before you there in the Center of a Large plate is a lonely piece of meat one Inch Square flanked by a single bit of potato. You complain vigorously to the waiter. Quot this is what you Call a Steak dinner Quot you ask. He then replies Quot sir How can you criticize us before you taste that meat i have bought you one Square Inch of the finest Steak Money can buy. I doubt if you could get a better piece of meat anywhere in the country. Ill admit that serving is Small but after All sir everyone knows that it Isnit the Quantity that matters its the Quality that counts in Steak  a nonsense a you reply. And i would certainly agree. My concern is that the Quantity is. Quality cliche has become perhaps a rationalization for giving our kids neither. This phrase has been bandied about by Over committed and harassed parents who feel guilty about the tack of time they spend with their children. The boys and girls Are parked at child care centers during the Day and with baby Sitters at night leaving Little time for traditional parenting activities. And to handle the discomfort of neglecting their children mom and dad cling to a catch phrase that makes it seem so healthy and proper a Well you know its not the Quantity of time that matters its the Quality of your togetherness that counts Quot / i maintain that this convenient generalization wont hold water. Q a Lam 14 and i have Crummy looking pimples All Over my face. What causes them and what can i do to Clear up my skin a practically every part of your body is affected in one Way or another by the period of change you Are experiencing. Even your skin undergoes major changes whether you Are a boy or a girl. Skin eruptions occur primarily As a result of an oily substance which is secreted during adolescence. The pores of the skin tend to fill up with this Oil and become blocked. Since the Oil can to escape it hardens and causes pimples or blackheads. When you get numerous pimples or blackheads regularly the condition is called acne. If this happens it will be important for you to keep your skin clean. If the problem is severe As you obviously feel it is ask your parents to take you to a dermatologist a doctor specializing in skin problems. Acne can be treated in most  the stars and stripes b saturday january 23,1993