| Grocers pull recalled peanut butter
Several area grocery stores pulled recalled jars of peanut butter off their shelves Thursday, taking no chances after the brands were linked to a salmonella outbreak. Food Lion in Stanleytown, Kroger and Wal-Mart all removed the recalled peanut from their shelves on Thursday. Wal-Mart carried both the Great Value and Peter Pan brands, while Food Lion had the Peter Pan brand. ConAgra Foods Inc. told consumers to discard certain jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter after the spread was linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened almost 300 people nationwide, The Associated Press reported. Lids of jars with a product code beginning “2111" can be returned to ConAgra for a refund, the company said. Affected jars were produced by ConAgra at a plant in Sylvester, Ga.
Canada's New Food Guide Now Available
Canada's new food authority, "Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide" is now available at the County of Lambton Community Health Services Department. The revised food guide, from Health Canada, contains information on the amount and the types of food recommended for age and gender plus clear guidelines on portion sizes. The guide, to help healthy Canadians two years of age and older meet nutritional needs, is based on the most current nutritional science to promote healthy growth and development, and to reduce the risk of chronic disease such as obesity, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, certain cancers and osteoporosis. "The new Guide gives more direction on selecting the best choices within each food group," says Susan Harris, Registered Dietitian with Community Health Services. "We encourage everyone to continue enjoying a "rainbow of colours" of foods."The Guide addresses key nutrients and recommendations including:• Vitamin D supplements for adults over the age of 50 years.• Multi-vitamin supplement with folic acid for all women who could become pregnant, who are pregnant or who are breastfeeding.• Eat at least two servings of fish (i.e.
The Rainbow Bridge
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers.
Nancy Hausman leads local chapter
Sparkling in the sunshine, the glass jars contain colorful fermented vegetables - kim chi - and a fermented coffee-colored beverage called kombusha tea. In her refrigerator are quarts of homemade sauerkraut with dill and garlic. She made it all. "I just kind of got into it," Hausman said. Hausman, who lives in River Club, is co-leader of the Bradenton/Sarasota chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation. The nonprofit organization is dedicated to teaching ways to maintain traditional food, farming methods and the healing arts. Named for its founder, the foundation advocates eating whole, unprocessed foods, meat and dairy products from pastured animals, and nutrient-dense foods that are naturally and organically grown, among other principles.
Broome, Tioga schools to serve the same lunch menu
Starting in September, elementary school students in Broome and Tioga counties will eat the same school lunch on the same day under a plan being developed by food service directors in Broome and Tioga counties. A coalition of 12 food service directors, who administer programs in 15 public school districts in Broome and eastern Tioga, plan a single, coordinated lunch menu in September for all kindergarten-through-fifth-grade students, officials said. The directors will prepare the daily menus that will be reviewed by Molly Morgan, a certified dietitian-nutritionist based in Vestal, said Mark Bordeau, director of food services for the Broome-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services. Financial considerations are one reason for the centralized menu, Bordeau said.
Off Season Eats: Coney Island
As many have already pointed out, the imminent redevelopment of Coney Island may very well turn out to be a garish Disneyfied nightmare, complete with a Vegas-style hotel or two. A multi-million dollar food court, and a string of expensive restaurants can't be far behind. Neptune Avenue in winter may resemble one fifteen block-long auto repair shop, with gas fumes and broken glass in the streets, but for us it's the old Coney Island takeout over whatever neon-encrusted dining room the developers will throw at us. Here are four reasons why: 1) “I'll make something for you Russian style," says the woman from the work kitchen of A & S Homestyle Catering, an uninviting pink cinderblock building with bars on the windows next to a tire shop on Neptune Avenue. As described in Robert Sietsima's review, the narrow waiting area of this cheap eats place is stacked with all kinds of boxes; a large aluminum stockpot filled with raw potatoes literally takes up 30% of the dining area.
TYPE OF FOOD: Chinese, American and Japanese
SCENE: Mostly families were dining at this spacious, south-side eatery on a recent weeknight. While the restaurant's white walls were bare of any decorations, there were two brightly lit, elaborate chandeliers hanging over buffet tables.
FOOD: The five buffet tables included a mix of items diners typically see at similar restaurants, including Chinese dishes such as General Tsao's chicken, egg foo young, crab rangoon and egg rolls. There was also salad, soups, some fresh fruit and desserts, including ice cream and almond cookies. The sushi offerings were limited, mostly California roll and vegetable sushi, which was a little disappointing. I did enjoy the rice noodles, which included egg, carrots and green onion, mainly because they seemed to be spiced with a subtle garlic flavor - I can never have enough garlic! Dessert included rice pudding, which was very tasty, and a dessert bun filled with a sweet, sticky bean paste.
Non-food crops on menu at farmers breakfast
Non-food crops will be on the menu at a special farmers' breakfast event at Alnwick Gardens next week (Thursday, 1 March). Hosted by the National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC), in York, the event aims to provide information and networking opportunities to farmers, rural businesses and the general public. Exhibitors from across the non-food crops sector will attend, showcasing their renewable products and technologies and delegates will be able to access a host of information on the crops that underpin the expanding renewables sector. .
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