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The Indiana; PA Gazette CUtSUKE) Sunday, January 12. 1997 E-4 Good luxury to fireside wmmummm. -Jo create a Ore thnt iftutes is fragrant tad ImsIs a Umg v- use a comhint- lion ''of softwoods? hardwoods and fruit woods, overtime to tarii the iKighborhoori into i chillyi winter wonderlandi'Whal j'pertect time i.to stoke S3 Wflre'aod curl up Wit to it with a steimy.cup cocoa. spM-ed eider br.eorfee; Make'; vour cud ofcocoa 'extra special ibW topping it wiUra fcindnii of fun'; tasty mihiaUirei; marshmalibwiriydu1 really want-to'-impress-riyouri family friends'; tniffleHuinbd--marslunalkws FIANCES INGIAHAM J- I i ALBANY NY People don keep the home Tires burning like it uaed 'to: Residential: use of wood for heating has: dropped of the. 3 million' cords used ii during the fuel crisis of the early 80s: according to stale figureti; i J.

.5 sh But building a cozy i fire is still a popular way to trim utility bills. And whether: you use your nreplace or wood stove only a few times or every day; you can get the most out of your fires by using the right If: you: want a clean-burning dense hardwoods such as. hickory, cherry, iron- wood. beech, birch: maple and oak. slower, than softwoods-.

and -a shorter: flame. Oak. which is common in the Northeast. burns with the shortest and most uniform flames-and produces-: a- steady bed of glowing coais- v-v Softwoods. -including pine, spruce and fir.

are generally easier to igmte: than hardwoods. Softwoods are inous and will burn fast with a hot flame, heating your firebox and flue faster the They, also tend to create a bit more smoke. If i you use only softwoods, your fire will burn out quickly requiring more dipped imlted chocolate and rolled In pecans M'iawJ iambs marsh malWws WSfcftjto': I Maceiliemi-tweet chocolate clips renders it an. inefficient and costly way to heat, in addition to creating an ideal condition for creosote build- 'lup. Anybody who tries to heat with throwing -their money out the v-; The best kind of wood for a fire has been seasoned, meaning that it was left to to -months under a protective larp that air circulated around it to dry it seasoned wood is -hard to find this late in the season, v.

Much.of the-seasoned wood was sold and delivered in late summer to firewood A tot of people who supply firewood don't have the capital to hold wood inventory; for six 'months -or more to season it before they sell it:" said Peter Wilson of Firestix cA ArrariaVe marshmallows travY wiritit v'''i3 t-'jii sUrrrtstirnng every rri'nphmllriw iiilri miltaH phriftiiatt" imia-ytl'Rnll' in Varie 'a' ll-Paw, paper-lined or keep ih'f' vcooldry place-yM Industries In Balston Spa: N.Y.. miniature. nidrsniiuiuu.w::uau kv kicl wiui-. makers of packaged kiln-dried hardwood firewood, -i, Jhbt cider: Sup in wood ana irequent attention. Son- woods are usually r.

going to use cut wood. marsiurcuiows ana spruiue put ik uu wy Sto create a sriioothi Creamy taste and reasonably priced- -t Is'tWilson-. recommends- that you: pur- iseyono neat, there tne OatTe can abb benefit from miniature marshy vBialtowiflTossj a few.marstaniallawintpa: ihaaetaittforrFreivanUU issue of smell. Wood from fruit trees and air. dry it yourself.

Hardwooas cost more than because orrniilkmaranmal' fl fcomptey6re Chocolate Cararoei Nut Bcombiiw caramels bottom of 13x9-irtcb baking Bake rap (1 -wrtb chocolate aad walnuts Sprinkle 1 cup of walnuts and; V4 cup of the leg- -t jjvlVtFAVOIUTE miaiatare marakmalbiwi chips over; cnist tobi1: iiaiatare manajnaUows they last longer. But in the long run. you'll probably have to burn fewer logs than'sbftWood logs. take more time than, softwoods. Nelson said.

hjckory.and. locust take the longest time to about one-year while ash and soft maple. -'Which tare hardwoods: -take about six cord 4. feet high by-4 feet deep by 8 feet wide. A face cord is 4 feet high by 8 feel wide with 16-mch-long pieces.

Firewood is produces an aroma that generally resembles the fragrance of the tree Wood from fruit and nut trees usually sells for more per cord. To create a fire that ignites easily, is fragrant and lasts a long time, use a combination: of hard-. -woods and fruit woods. Experts warn against using fresh-- ly-cul "green wood for Dres. Christ Nelson, ownerof Northern Firewood Distributors -in.

N.Y."."said green wood produces- creosote tin that sticky tar-like flammable due that can collect along a chimney flue and possibly catch fire. rvAny kind green wood will cause a creosote builduo'usaid CARAMI- NUT BARS 1 cap terni-sweet real cflMkcolalecaipt He spread ing to the edges of pan Top with teaspoon fuis of remaining cake mixture: press gently into. mixture. Sprinkle, with remainuig tk'vS: cup walnuU and 'A cup chips cwf chopped wm 1 Msces) caramels keaa (5 aances)! evaporated milk, divided size) ma win padding id baxe it) minutescooi: cut into Makes 24 bars 'also' sold by 'the ldad. 'A 4-by-8-foot bed can hold a 16-inch degrees.

Mix dry. cake xmx margarine and egg unt -blended greased 13ix9-inch baking oan iK3 14 caps chopped walauts. divided Luface'tiord. whereas adumn truck eap setai-cweet real chocolate chips, divukd Easy Marshmallow Five Laver Bars can also 18 minutes-or. until- light golden Nelson whose.

company- sellSiOnlv can holdUD tofourtstandard cords unseasoned cords 8-foo(-long large; pulpwood trucks with a hardwood Green wood; has a rack can carry nine lot of moisture in it. which produces standard cords of wood a cooler, smoldering and smoky fire. -y When buying wood: always inquire 5 Heat ori to 350 degrees be made in minutes while someone else builds brown Uo not overtake i 2 af ell caramels with cup of the milk in heavy the Tire tv Lay" marshmallows chips coconut. saucepan an km bea Urrm soooUl Set aside Wft LAYER BARS minutes or until marshmallows begm 'f vMn retnaimng mukcakejmi a 'slarsebowl Press Vt of the mixture onto cake mix Makes rather than, a if 'the price includes delivery and stacking of the wood, or if those are extra water- in green wood absorbs heat -than giving it which Author a font of ketchup (catsup?) knowledge 1 io JtEyTED ANTHONY iAP.Notional Writer. '-V (calsup?) from the purported origins nf the name (an unverified southern (--: ti wnrrt "kffsian -1 tn thp rpf(n fnr.

1 i NEW YOHK' This was no cockle ketchup (the secret vitimin-ij tauuiij int cukj (jdiiicy: Ketchup Uhread- toour. Dast a i pon set here use of coal-tar dyes in the h. late 1800s to make ketchup a brilliant what lite 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act did to the ketchup industry the inven-" i. Lon of preservative-free ketchup in 1907-v the consolidation of the industry in the 1920s and 1 1930s: the history of iketchup i Smith became a man obsessed. The more I got mto ketchup, the more I fell in love with the story; he saysuIt's foreign intrigue, mean adulterators.

cap--jj. tains of industry. All the elements of a great story are there 'He goes on deal with the Heinz juggernaut and. of course, the 1980s debacle, when the condiment declared -a vegetable by the Reagan administration to -jr-save money, on the, federal, school 'lunch' program. He seems to have no opinion on Ketchup- appearing on shelves 7 3-rAnd ketchup is seeping, as it wererback- into other cultures.

Japanese now use it on i their cabbage rolls. Greeks on their pasta v- and Swedes on their fish balls.1;. "Some denounce it: as an American nary atrocity and others condemn it -as a -promoter of global homogenization." Howev-, er." he sayst gourmetdom mayketchup is one of the greatest success stories the sauce world has ever So what does Mr. Ketchup do -i of popcorn undoubtedly an yarn that Avinds through the annals of i American Indian culture; movies and -crowave i'- riivWe ithink of these as the corners-of fJi culturebut they're really the Main Smith says. "This is what we are what we i eat: We.

are ketchup. We are hot does. We glimpse into our. presentand a link to our says Smith. 50.

a- ortunalely. there's a trace of irony in his voice but not miich7 P-''--'V bo why spend a chunk of your life gathenng data about a venerable foodstuff that usually served in a little packet at McDonald -For us. history was taught as kings and queens and battles and wars' he 'Those things are important. But the things we do in our daily lives are important too." book starts out as a sweeping history -t ketchup in the ancient Mediterranean. ketchup evolving with the help of the British Empire but finds its stride in'aft amazing variety of fun historical nuggets that Smith uncovered about ketchup's evolution: You have a fish sauce, and all of-a sudden you have tomato ketchup' he says: i And they re not the same, but there's a link between them1 Didn.t -matterGenteel elbows were v.

thrown by people With French accents. Men t- '-in bow tiesclutcHed at Chiriet plates. These '-words were actually uttered 'Excuse me l. I to: get to -the mushroom ketchup But anticipation and a healthy crowd i i was keeping memuers of-a culinary history group waiting to taste more than 57 variet- jes of ketchup culled by Andrew F. Smith- who knows the stuff like nobody's business-- I A.

good thing, loo. since it become his j. business. try culinary historian whose last book traced the. tomato's beginnings, spent i five years researching the history of the french fry favorite lotion for his new Smith talks with great animation about the condiment that has ruled his life for much of the 1990s.

He is a font of ketchup are hamburgers and potato- chips and cookies; and candy. So how did they get -t did they come from? Why do -weuKethemr. uie mauer These days, he says.1 homemade ketchup is making a comeback in plum, even grape varieties. And designer ketchups are sweeping the nation today to compete with ketchup biggest salsa. Thus we have "New England Chunky Ketchup and vMcIlhenny Farms Spicy Andrtw Smith spent fivt ywtm fi'mearchmglhis book, "Run Ktchup: The History of America's National (AP photo) "Pure Ketchup: A History, of America's- National-Condiment." University, of South Carolina Press $2195 BRODY ON HEALTH Road to Recovery: Self-help group helps people find the joy in-everyd life Finding help To find a Recovery Inc.

group -near you. you may send a stamped, self-addressed envev lope.to the organizations at 802 N. Dearborn Chicago. 111. 60610.

or call (312) Recovery Inc. does not charge fees. It sustains itself through-free-will contributions from those who attend meetings and through the sale of its publications. "My DearOnes." amnformativebiog-raphy-of Abraham Low. the founder, that includes a detailed description of the Recovery -method.

'-is available from Ihe organization's headquarters for. including postage and han- dling. plus sales tax for residents of Illinois. Rose. VanSKkle.

president. of Recovery has also written a helpful book "Peace: of Body.r Peace of Mind." describing how she used the group techniques. It is available for $17.96 from PUI Unlimited P.O. -Box 96441. Raleigh.

N.C. 27624-8441. Those placing credit-card orders can call (800) 448-6246. BRODYV j. N.Y.

Times News Service Norma Levorson spent a quiet Christmas with her husband. Jerry. at their home in Albert Lea. Minn-: and said she enjoyed it thoroughly. A few years ago.

the couple spent another Christmas at a 3 lovely hotel in Chicago: where they 9 attended a neighborhood church and a theatrical opening, -n "Delight was not always the emotion she associated with Christ- -mas. Years ago. when she was in the throes of a depression. with her parents dead and her children dis-. persed.

Christmas filled Mrs. Levor--J son with paralyzing anxiety about not being, able to; have the big family-centered picture-book holi-' day so often portrayed on television. -T What has made the difference. a Mrs. Levorson says not just in her enjoyment of whatever the holidays may bring -but in her 'ability to participate in and get pleasure from i many ordinary aspects of life has been a self-help group called Recov-" Tery Inc.

after three years as a participant became a group leader in the. voluntary orga--riinization 14 years ago. said it had Vgiven her back: life'-. become her second Founded nearly 60 years ago by a Chicago Dr. Abraham 1 to help chronically.

people get well and; Wd Jormer -can go to the mingle with people, go up and down escalators, nde in can buy gifts. invite people for. meals, attend church services the ordinary things that people take for granted but that once. were impossible for me How-Recovery, works Recovery method. as Low designed it.

uses many of the tech--. ruoues of cognitive behavioral therapy. It helps people the thoughts that set off their enppung symptoms. Then it helps them to modify how they think about and: reactvto; things they- cannot. change or control.

As described by Dr. Peter Murray In the publKatKm Psychiatric Ser. vices the1 Recovery helps to -instill paruci--: pants a. sense of control over and responsibility for both the good and bad events life Murray, psychiatrist at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, noted is cogni--' live the group 'helped people defeating and illness-promoting thoughts and impubes and replace them with "self-endoning thoughts and wellness-promoung actiom. Participanla might leam.

for ex-i. amoie, not to repeatedly relive upsettng events ai our mmds. wtnen only causes us to stay Mrs. toms feed the Recovery: to replace psychotherapy or medication for serious problems. learning from one another two-hour meetings start with a.

reading from Low's text Health Through Will Training." published 1950 by Christopher Publishing Co Then participants, one at a tell of a disturbing -event in 'their -bves. symptoms it produced what Ihey tried to do about it. They, may, relate how the lessons of Recovery, enabled them to cope or .5 they may ask the group for help in dealing with future such events. During (he-last half-hour of each participants can: talk one one with others in the But no one is ever pressured to i.speak many people it takes a lot of just to come to the Levorson said. New members may just sit and listen for' several weeks, learning better ways of dealing with life from the exam-: ptes given by other participants.

-r give, and take of the weekly meetings can be supplemented five-minute phone calls to other members between meetings when help is urgently needed for mg difficult situation or emotional Levorson explained. The. Recovery method relies on taking r-action to she encouragement and -help of: group members, we do things to get well." she said. "We don't wait to get well to do things For -example, for a woman who panics at the mere thought of having to entertain the family for the holi-v days, the group helps her divide the demands into small tasks, start well in. advance and.

do one thing at a -time: invite people, plan the menu. find Ihe recipes and start the house a task (hat is in turn broken into small units. "Maybe instead of trying to pre-: pare the whole dinner herself, she can gel help --r- have it catered, buy some of the dinner already prepared or ask each person to bring a dish." Mrs. Levorson suggested, vll's hard for people to give up their except ton-. al performances, but at times this is unneaustioln Recovery they leam to accept the fact that they can't do it all i.iv-i-".' Fx a more serious problem tike undiagnosed panic attacks Mrs.

Levorson she had been since participants leam what sets off their panic reactions pounding heart, cold sweat, chest pains, etc. and how their-emotional response to sets up a vicious cycle. As Mrs. Levorson described it, VFear feeds the symptoms and the symp mental patients stay well. Recovery Inc.

has expanded internationally and. through 700 groups, now serves hundreds of thousands of people who want to improve their emotional well-being. Participants include ordinary people whose lives are impaired by anxiety, depression, panic attacks, excessive stress and nervousness who may never have consulted a mental health professional as well as patients currently or formerly in treatment for serious emotional -The organization's presidentv Rose VanSickle, said Recovery Inc. had completely changed her life and had made (he last 18 of her years "the best years of my Before taking part in the structured group she suffered from an -abnormal fear of public places. agoraphobia, complicated by depression that compelled her to quit her job and become housebound.

The. minimal progress she made on her own in reducing her paralyz- ing panic attacks allowed her Von good days" to drive three miles from her buy the few groceries she could pay for on the express line and to pump worth ot gas mto her "I was so nervous 1 coukbi stay in one place any longer than that." she recalled in a interview. "Now I can do anything choose to do. I've become peaceful, funrtkwung member of society. I.