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— Griffin Daily News Wednesday, June 18,1975
Page 18
Living overseas leads to bread recipes
By SUSAN DELIGHT
Copley News Service
An “apple pie" made with
green papaya was one of the
innovative dishes developed
by Mrs. Henry Hedges while
living on an isolated island in
the Pacific.
“When you have a longing
for apple pie and there are no
apples, you invent something
which tastes similar,” Mrs.
Hedges said. “We were living
at the time on Ponape, one of
the Eastern Carolines Is
lands, where my late husband
Attitudes
on fat
varies
By SHIRLEY BRIGHT
BOODY
Registered Dietitian
Copley News Service
This column is on men,
though not necessarily “for
men only.’’
Without having statistics to
prove it, I will make the
statement that there are
many more women than men
on diets to lose weight.
This is not because there
are more overweight women
or because it is more impor
tant for women to have a slim
figure than men, but because
men seem to have a different
attitude toward their own fat.
Men will get “turned off”
by excess weight on their
wives while supporting a fat
pot of their own This is one of
the strongest motivations for
women to lose weight — they
feel insecure in a fat body and
fight it to retain the love and
esteem of their husband or
boyfriend
From my years of experi
ence in the practice of diet
therapy, I have made these
two observations: 1. Men are
far more tolerant of their own
fat than they are of the fat on
their womenfolk. 2. Treat
ment for overweight is for
women only and it is unseem
ly for a man to go on a diet.
The only diet that seemed
to have gained male approval
was the one called “The
Drinking Man’s Diet." This
was a ridiculous method to
lose weight, but the title
made it seem masculine and
a man could even brag about
being on it.
I suppose, somehow, the
male euo dictates that a
heavy body is more virile
than a slender one. A
muscular youth turns into a
fat middle-ager and he
ignores the obvious fact that
the muscles are no longer
firm and his weight is now
measured in flab.
From a woman’s point of
view a fat man is not sexy, or
virile looking. Fat on a man
turns off a woman just as cer
tainly as a man is disgusted
with an obese woman.
Careful grooming and
chic clothing makes a man
neat — not slim. Well-cut
clothes do not hide a fat
stomach and bulging hips.
Facial hair doesn’t hide fat
jowls — what you have is a fat
beard.
A man can play golf, swim,
work out in a gym and jog and
still be fat. He excuses his
condition because he exer
cises a lot. He may play
handball and still have
trouble tying his shoelaces.
He can play tennis every
weekend and still continue to
let his belt out a notch every
year.
A growing boy has a legen
dary appetite and requires an
abundance to keep pace with
his growth, but what excuse
does a 40-year-old man have
for eating like a Kentucky
Derby entrant?
The frightening statistics,
compiled by insurance com
panies, point out that the
mortality rate of fat men is
undeniably higher than his
slim counterpart. And he
pays for it in higher
premiums for life insurance.
If you are 40 or 50 pounds
overweight, ask your insur
ance man the difference in
rates at that weight and at
normal.
Don’t be misled because
your fat is hard. I’ve had
wives say their husband had
“muscular fat." Just because
it may not be soft feminine fat
does not mean it is less dan
gerous — or offensive. Fat is
fat whether your finger just
dents it or your whole hand
disappears in it.
Love and sex are the
greatest motivations for men
and women to present an at
tractive appearance. Money
and health are next.
Questions may be sent to
Shirley Bright Boody, Eat
Yourself Slim, Copley News
Service, in care of this news
paper.
was assigned with the For
eign Service.”
Mrs. Hedges feels that
residing in many out-of-the
way places in the world made
an adventurous cook of her.
“When you can’t find
ingredients you are used to
having, you start inventing,”
she said. "I was rarely ever
able to find the type of bread
we liked, so I started baking
my own. Bread baking is now
so easy for me, I’ve continued
baking it even though good
bread is now available to
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The secret to good light
bread is not to hurry the first
rising, she says.
“I have a gas stove and the
pilot light keeps the oven just
the right temperature for the
rising. I have a three-quart
kettle and let the Quick White
Bread rise until the dough
reaches the top, a little more
than double in bulk.”
QUICK WHITE BREAD
IY< cups lukewarm water
1 package dry yeast
2 tablespoons soft shorten
ing
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons sugar
3 cups flour, sifted
Dissolve yeast in lukewarm
water. Add sugar, salt and
shortening. Add two cups of
the flour and beat two
minutes at medium speed in a
mixer or 300 strokes by hand.
Add remaining one cup of the
□our and beat another 150
strokes or one minute in the
mixer. Let rise until very
light, a little over double in
bulk. Beat 25 strokes and
place in a buttered bread pan.
Let rise until it reaches the
top, then bake at 350 degrees
for 50 minutes. Makes one
loaf.
Mrs. Hedges says this
bread makes wonderful toast.
When making Italian
bread, Mrs. Hedges uses a
six-quart kettle.
ITALIAN BREAD
1 package dry yeast
Vi cup lukewarm water
4 cups water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon salt
12 cups sifted white flour
Soak yeast for five minutes
in the lukewarm water. Add
the four cups of water, sugar
and salt. When dissolved, stir
in five cups of the flour; beat
300 strokes and let rise, using
same method as for the white
tread. When the mixture is
light and bubbly, after about
an hour, add the remaining
flour and turn out on a floured
board. Divide in half (makes
it easier). Knead each section
well, until it is very elastic
and bounces back as you
knead it. Then put it back into
the kettle and allow to rise
until it almost has reached
the top of the kettle. Take out,
divide it into four shaped long
loaves and allow each to rise
until double. Then bake at 350
degrees for 50 minutes.
Loaves are about 16 inches
long.
Mrs. Hedges says she uses
cookie sheets to bake the
loaves.