Potatoes shape 80s eating habits for teens and families
The article examines how demographics in the 1980s alter shopping, cooking and menus. Teens drive instant consumer power, men shop more, and working women favor quick, do ahead recipes like Cheesy Potato Patties and Deep Dish Potato Pot Pie.
Meat tips for selecting tender beef and pork
Local experts say choose pork that is grayish pink and firm with fine grain. Look for beef with fine grain and visible marbling, and select fresh, not necessarily the priciest cuts. Slow moist cooking yields tenderness. avoid overcooking pork and skip marinades that can mush meat.
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Anne Garry Gazette
Susan Athoff
Linn County Extension Service Home Economist
Dennis Rigby
Barlow Foods
Armar Drive
Marion
Jim O’brine
O Brine cooks hogs and beef as sideline enterprise
O Brine, 27, of 817 16th St SE, roasts hogs and beef for private events each summer. He buys hogs live weight from a Covington-area farmer, roasts them in a home yard or at sites, and sometimes cooks on site. His work earns about 150 to 500 dollars monthly, with 10 to 12 hour hog roasts and five hour ribeye roasts, weather affecting timings. He also works part time at National Oats Co Inc and does winter snow removal. He credits the Boy Scouts for sparking his cooking interest.
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Rigby
O’brine
National Oats Co Inc
Covington
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