RECIPE FOR GIVING.Byline: Matt Cooper Matt Cooper may refer to:
Judith Watt knows her way around a kitchen. But math is something else, entirely. For example: If a homemade home·made adj. 1. Made or prepared in the home: homemade pie. 2. Made by oneself. 3. Crudely or simply made. Adj. 1. stuffing recipe calls for 8 ounces of sausage sausage, food consisting of finely chopped meat mixed with seasonings and, often, other ingredients, all encased in a thin membrane. Although sausages were made by the ancient Greeks and Romans, they were usually plain and unspiced; in the Middle Ages people began to in a 9-by-13-inch pan, to feed eight to 10 people, how much sausage and how many pans are needed to feed 250? Answer: Lots more. Watt, 58, and her husband, Peter, 63, were among the volunteers at FOOD for Lane County on Thursday who were turning their favorite recipes into enough holiday dinners today for 250 of Eugene-Springfield's neediest people. The food-relief organization serves free meals year-round to the community's hungry. But for this year's holiday season, supervisor Marlene Monaghan had an inspiration - why not do favorite holiday recipes? "Preparing these dishes for diners Diners can mean:
The food organization serves dinners four nights a week to singles, senior citizens and families in Eugene and Springfield, averaging 100 to 150 diners a night. Normally, volunteers simply prepare whatever the community donates. Preparing special recipes, however, meant that the Watts, of Eugene, and the other 25 or so regular volunteers had to do some shopping (and spending) of their own. "It's a way of gift-giving," said Judith Watt, as she spread cornbread sausage stuffing mix across a tray large enough to be used as a sled. "It's a gift that people really need." Working over an industrial-sized stove, Mary Arendt stirred cranberry-orange sauce. The 58-year-old Eugene retiree is adept at this family favorite, but even she was taken aback by the volume of ingredients needed to recast re·cast tr.v. re·cast, re·cast·ing, re·casts 1. To mold again: recast a bell. 2. the dish for a couple of hundred people. "Instead of one cup of sugar, it's 20 cups of sugar," she said, laughing. "And it takes longer to boil, man!" Next to Arendt, Mary Bohls, also of Eugene, kept an even heat over her green bean casserole Green bean casserole is a casserole consisting of green beans, cream of mushroom soup and french fried onions. The recipe may also call for black pepper and/or soy sauce. , adapted from a Campbell's soup recipe. One might think it would be especially time-consuming to prepare a special recipe for an entire community. But Bohls said it has been easy, because all the regular volunteers came together on one day to do the work. Bohls expects the special recipes to be a special hit with diners - although the diners are appreciatitve all year round, she said. "They get good food all the time," Bohls said. "They really appreciate it." The dinners will be served between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. today at the Dining Room, 270 W. Eighth Ave., Eugene, and 1275 Mill St., Springfield. For information, call 343-2822. CAPTION(S): Husband-and-wife volunteers Judith and Peter Watt Peter Watt has been the General Secretary of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom since January 2006, taking over from Matt Carter. Watt trained as a nurse, practicing from 1992 to 1996. team up Thursday to make a Cranberry cranberry, low creeping evergreen bog plant of the genus Oxycoccus of the family Ericaceae (heath family). Cranberries are considered by some botanists to belong to the blueberry genus Vaccinium. Sausage Stuffing for the FOOD for Lane County holiday banquet, to be served today at the Dining Room. Foods in festive fes·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival. 2. Merry; joyous: a festive party. colors, including cranberries, await holiday diners. H o l i d a y s |
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