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Remembering When (with long time subscribers) KENNETH PETERSEN Farming in the McHenry area has been a way of life for the Petersens since about 1844, when Ken Petersen's great grandfather moved here from Vermont 0 "I was born in this house and have lived here all my life - I never made enough money to move on," Petersen laughed. Petersen remembered the days when there was a canning factory in the place where the McHenry Lumber company now stands on Main street. He recalled the Brand Ice company, which had an ice house on McCullom Lake. "They never did much house-to-house business, mostly to taverns and meat markets," Petersen said. "It was struck by lightning in 1922 or 1923 and was never rebuilt. This was about the time people started using electric ice boxes." In the winters when there was a lot of snow, while Petersen would be taking milk into town, he would pick up the mail and groceries for the people who lived in the McCullom Lake area. "Jim Sayler was the mailman for West McHenry and the post office was in Nick Justen's furniture store. I would stop at Barbian's market and at the McHenry brewery and pick up supplies for the people. "If the people wanted something mailed, I'd drop it off for them." Petersen also remembered the day two trains collided near his home. "Somehow or other the Crystal Lake to Elgin train got up here by mistake and collided with another train," Petersen concluded his reminiscing. Among recent. births recorded at Memorial hospital for McHenry county, Woodstock, was the Feb. 19 birth of a boy to Mr. and Mrs. James Krein III, and also a boy to Mr. and Mrs. James Gray, all of McHenry. -1 HOSPITAL NOTES WOODSTOCK Admissions: Master Andrew Jager of McHenry; William Kearns, Mrs. Lorraine Young and Mrs. Martha Burch, all of Wonder Lake. HARVARD Admissions: Jill Kuhns of McHenry. For truth is unwelcome, however dfrjne. -Cowper. But no pleasure is com­ parable to the stand­ ing upon the vantage- ground of Truth. •Bacon. Keep your stove clean and grease-free, and keep cur­ tains, drapes, clothing, pack­ aged goods and trash away from it. Check your appliances for cracked or broken insula­ tion. At any sign of elec­ trical trouble, shut off p o w e r t o t h e c i r c u i t and have an electrician investigate. Have your heating system checked annually by a quali­ fied service representative. K e e p c o m b u s t i b l e s - aerosols, cleaning fluids, dust mops--at least 18 inches away from heaters. Remove lint from the dryer, and don't overload it. And, never smoke in bed. HOLD WORKSHOP The Family Service and Community Mental Health Center for McHenry County will hold a staff-board workshop Wednesday, Feb. 27, from 4:30 until 8 p.m. at the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran church, 404 North Green street, McHenry. 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Rte. 31) McHenry, Illinois uSSS* 335-0882 ^VAItABLE PAGE 3 - PLAIN DEALER - Food Supply Is Varied The advanced technology of today's food industry has made a variety of foods available to us throughout the year, says Kathi Heberer, McHenry County Extension Adviser. Our food supply is more varied and abundant than that of our forefathers. In the past; home preservation made nutrient loss from food hard to control, today sophisticated commercial processing methods safeguard our food s u p p l y , p r e s e r v i n g nutritional value, in both transport and storage. Food processors are able to pick vegetables at the peak of their ripeness, when they have the best nutritive •value and flavor. The fresh produce is transported immediately to a nearby plant, quickly blanced and frozen. The nutrient content of these vegetables may ac­ tually be greater than that of so called "fresh" vegetables, says Ms. Heberer. You don't know how long "fresh" vegetables have set on the supermarket shelf. They may have been harvested more than a week ago. Most of the foods we eat are processed. In the sim­ plest terms, anything done to a food, beyond simply washing and sorting qualifies it to be classified as processed. For example, a fresh orange is unprocessed; bottled orange juice is processed. Raw milk is unprocessed and pasteurized milk is processed. Almost all processing of food, whether done in the home or by a food manufacturer, affects the nutritive' value to some extent. Heat processing has little effect on the protein, carbohydrate, fat or mineral content of a food but many alter the vitamin content. Foods are processed for many reasons, including preservation, reduction in preparation time and flavor enhancement. The food manufacturer may also take steps to improve the nutritional value of a product. Vitamin D, for example, is often added to milk because it aids in the utilization of the calcium present in the milk. Margarine, usually eaten as a replacement for butter, is fortified with vitamin A in an amount equal to that found in butter. Vitamins and iron have been added to most white bread and flour to help prevent a deficiency of these nutrients in our diet, adds Ms. Heberer. Lets define our terms. "Convenience foods" are always processed. They may or may not also be fabricated foods. In a recent USDA study, "Convenience Foods and Home Prepared Foods", a "convenience product" was classified as any food other than a fresh or ingredient food. * Fr#sh foods included unprocessed food items such as meat, produce and eggs. "Ingredient foods" were p r o c e s s e d p r o d u c t s frequently used in food preparation, and included flour, sugar, milk, cheese, margarine, spices and plain pasta. In this study, "con­ v e n i e n c e p r o d u c t s " represented about half the sales of food purchased for consumption at horn, and FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 22,19M included mixes, frozen and canned foods. With our present knowledge of food chemistry, knowledge of the many components that make up our food, food technologists are able to combine ingredients to create new foods that are similiar to traditional foods. These foods are often referred to as fabricated. They may have a longer shelf life, be less expensive or have desirable dietary or other attributes that their " u n f a b r i c a t e d " c o u n ­ terparts do not have. Examples of fabricated foods include non-dairy whipped toppings, bacon analogs and powdered soft drink mixes. The com­ ponents or ingredients that make up a fabricated food may be "natural" or syn­ thetic. Synthetic components are frequently exact duplicates of components or substances which occur naturally in food. 1 speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little thus more as I grow older. -Montaign. 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