Cinco de Mayo Mexican Cuisine Highlights and History
Cinco de Mayo marks Mexican Independence Day with a look at authentic Mexican cooking. Fresh vegetables grains and legumes form the core, tortillas are toasted on a griddle, cheese is lean, and fish and poultry feature prominently alongside vibrant salsas and bean and corn dishes that underpin modern Mexican meals.
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Mexico
South of the Border Beans and Rice Recipe
A detailed recipe for beans and rice featuring pinto beans with onion bay leaves garlic and a seasoned bean paste, served with a cilantro garnished rice cooked in chicken broth with jalapeno tomatoes onion garlic and peas. Each serving is about 270 calories and 3 grams fat.
Food and Friends meal schedule May 2 to May 8
May menus list meals for seniors aged 60 and over across sites including Emmitsburg Thurmont Libertytown Brunswick Woodsboro Middletown and more. Daily options feature turkey, beef, tuna and chicken dishes with sides and desserts. Reservations can be made by calling 694-1605 weekdays.
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Food and Friends
Burkittsville
Calcium rich dairy free and low fat calcium recipes
Health notes calcium intake from low fat and non dairy sources. Suggests non dairy foods like canned fish with bones dried figs turnip greens and blackstrap molasses. Provides two calcium rich recipes Irish style potato chive pancakes and panna cotta with mixed berries with nutrition details.
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West
Food Safety Campaign Promotes Four Key Kitchen Habits
A national coalition PFSE launches a broad education drive on safe food handling. It highlights washing hands and surfaces, preventing cross contamination, cooking to proper temperatures, and refrigerating promptly. The campaign plans to personify bacteria with a slimy green character BAC to engage households nationwide.
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United States
Partnership For Food Safety Education
PFSE
Fight BAC education campaign explains food safety basics
The Extension Line promotes the Fight BAC campaign to raise awareness of foodborne illness sources and prevention from shopping to storage. It outlines how bacteria live on raw produce, can transfer between food and people, grow at room temperature, and are most risky for infants and elderly. Free fact sheets available by mail from Frederick County Extension Service.
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American Egg Board
American Meat Institute
Food Marketing Institute
International Food Safety Council
National Restaurant Association
National Broiler Council
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Produce Marketing Association
The
Soap and Detergent Association
U.S. Poultry and Egg Association
Consumer Federation of America
Public Voice For Food and Health Policy
Agricultue
Carol Tucker Foreman
Education, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services
Bae
Frederick County Extension Service
Family and Consumer Sciences Department
Montevue Lane
Frederick, Md
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