A book for firefighters who can stand the heat and a stay in the kitchen.Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard The always helpful men and women of the Eugene fire department are now offering their assistance to burned-out cooks who have run dry of ideas in the kitchen. A new cookbook (programming) cookbook - (From amateur electronics and radio) A book of small code segments that the reader can use to do various magic things in programs. One current example is the "PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook" by Adobe Systems, Inc (Addison-Wesley, ISBN , aptly titled "Favorite Recipes from Eugene Fire & EMS," went on sale Thursday at the department's headquarters at Second Avenue and Chambers Street Chambers Street is a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, at south of the Old Town. The street is named after William Chambers of Glenormiston, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh who was the main proponent of the 1867 Edinburgh Improvement Act, which gave permission for the street's . Its collection of more than 150 slightly less-than-healthful comfort foods is available for just $10 this holiday season. Proceeds will help fund the department's all-volunteer honor guard that participates in funerals, memorials and other ceremonies in Eugene and throughout the region. Food is a dominant part of firehouse culture, firefighter Scott Olmos said. At the start of each shift, a group of firefighters heads to a grocery store to shop for the day's perishables. Meals are prepared by "whoever steps up to the plate," he said, which can be something of a risk. "We have some guys who don't belong in the kitchen at all and we have some guys who are outstanding cooks," he said. More than a year in the making, the cookbook describes main dishes, desserts, holiday favorites and miscellaneous other treats collected from current and former department employees and their spouses. A few of the recipes have stories behind them, such as Capt. Ernie Connelly's Fire House Peanut peanut, name for a low, annual leguminous plant (Arachis hypogaea) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family) and for its edible seeds. Native to South America and cultivated there for millenia, it is said to have been introduced to Africa by early explorers, Butter and Honey on Toast. "It has been a favorite snack after a good working house fire or a big day laying out a bunch of hose on a drill," Connelly writes. "What makes it taste so good is the firefighter family around you." Since it tastes best on "borrowed bread," Connelly recommends swiping a loaf from another shift's food locker, checking for mold, popping it in the toaster See intranet toaster and Video Toaster. (jargon) toaster - 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded microprocessor controller; often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see elevator controller). , then sculpting sculpting Cosmetic surgery The surgical reshaping of a tissue. See Deep tissue sculpting, Facial sculpting. a honey reservoir out of peanut butter. "Watch each other try to eat the toast without the warm honey running down your fingers," he advises. "Then you can sit back and talk about the fire and what went right." Ease of preparation is an important theme in the collection. Firefighter Scott Hardman writes that his contribution, Baked Swiss Chicken, is great for "probies," or probationary firefighters, whose "simple minds" are overloaded with hose evolutions, nozzle An orifice in an inkjet print head through which ink is sprayed onto the paper. Print heads with six thousand or more nozzles are common in today's printers. Nozzle specifications and ladder commands. His recipe, which calls for boneless Bone´less a. 1. Without bones. Adj. 1. boneless - being without a bone or bones; "jellyfish are boneless" chicken breasts, cream of chicken soup chicken soup Chicken broth Folk medicine Jewish penicillin A fowl broth with a long tradition as a home remedy for URIs, which may be a nasal decongestant, inhibit growth of pneumococci in vitro, and stimulate immune responsiveness in WBCs Mainstream medicine A and Swiss cheese baked together, leaves the probie time to "clean the bathroom, vacuum the day room and wash the captain's car before the cheese melts." Marsha Morrill, who worked in logistics for 17 years before a recent transfer to billing, collected and compiled the recipes from their various sources. Some of the recipes have no authors - they were found taped inside cupboards at firehouses or passed down from generation to generation. In her research, she noted at least one trend: "We, as a department, really like enchiladas and we really like chocolate," Morrill said. "If we ever find a chocolate enchilada, we're in business." EAT LIKE A FIREFIGHTER TAY'S FIREHOUSE ENCHILADAS From District Chief Taylor Robertson 12 medium flour tortillas 1 large and 1 medium can Las Palmas Las Palmas: see Palmas, Las, Spain. Las Palmas or Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Seaport city (pop., 2001: 354,863), northeastern Grand Canary Island, Spain. enchilada sauce 2 large tomatoes, diced 1 large can chopped Ortega chilis 2 large chopped onions 1 lb. cheddar cheese, grated grate 1 v. grat·ed, grat·ing, grates v.tr. 1. To reduce to fragments, shreds, or powder by rubbing against an abrasive surface. 2. 1 lb. cooked chicken or beef (optional) Container of homemade-style salsa 2 large cans of sliced black olives Noun 1. black olive - olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil ripe olive olive - one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish Heat vegetable oil in fry pan fry pan n. Chiefly Eastern, Southern, & Western U.S. See frying pan. See Regional Note at frying pan. , about 1/8-inch in bottom of pan. Fry tortillas five to 10 seconds on each side, drain and place on paper towel. Place enchilada sauce in fry pan, dip tortillas in sauce to cover and place in shallow baking pan. Put all remaining ingredients in tortillas, saving enough of each to lightly cover finished enchiladas. Twelve enchiladas usually take two baking pans. Pour remaining sauce evenly over the filled pans, sprinkling saved cheese and ingredients over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until bubbling. - "Favorite Recipes from Eugene Fire & EMS" COOKBOOK "Favorite Recipes from Eugene Fire & EMS" is available at the department's headquarters at Second Avenue and Chambers Street. Cost is $10. Proceeds will help fund the department's volunteer honor guard. |
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