the Scallion for February 11, 2010
| February 11, 2010 | REGENT MARKET CO-OP E-news | eat your vegetables |
West High Students Line Up for Teen
Tattoo’s Valentine Special
Madison — The RMC Board knew that their new concession Teen Tattoo would be popular with West High students, but they were unprepared for the
excitement. When news got around of Teen Tattoo’s grand opening, the lines stretched to the corner.
For the grand opening, Teen Tattoo is offering a Valentine’s Special. What surprised the staff is that it is overwhelmingly boys, not girls, who are storming the doors. The special is a tattoo of a small heart with the word MOM written across it. Most boys have chosen a red heart with purple lettering.
One mother said, “When I heard what I was getting as a Valentine’s gift from Jacob this year, I was really touched!”
“But I don’t know where it is on him. When I asked to see it, he
told me I never would.”
“The special is what I call a ‘tattoodle,’” says Trixie, the RMC’s
body art specialist. “It’s just a way to get them started.”
West High Boys Queue for Tattoos
Randy Recommends . . .
Gift-wrapped chocolate bars in packs of three different flavors 
All-natural heart-shaped ravioli 
For a romantic Valentine’s dinner, Randy’s choice is bacon-wrapped
tenderloin at $5.95/lb. You can find a tenderloin recipe at
RMC’s twitter feed.
Cooking from the Shelves of the Little Store
This recipe was contributed by Regent Neighborhood resident Julie
DeWitt. She has lived in the neighborhood since August, 1982. Her
family moved to their house on Chamberlain just before their second
daughter was born. The recipe she’s submitted comes from a colleague
at Hamilton Middle School, where she worked as a learning coordinator
until she retired in 2005. The colleague brought the recipe to school
one day and everyone loved it and asked for the recipe. Julie likes to
make the cake in the fall with Wisconsin apples and cranberries.
Cranberry-Apple-Walnut Cake
- One 9×13 inch cake
- 350 degree oven (45-50 minutes to bake)
- 1 3/4 cups brown sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 cups sliced and peeled apples
- 1/2 cup walnut pieces
- 1/2 pound fresh, whole raw cranberries (about 2 cups)
Cream together oil and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla, and beat well.
Sift together the flour and dry ingredients. Add to the first mixture
and stir until thoroughly combined. Stir in apples, walnuts and
cranberries. Bake in a well-greased 9×13 pan, 45-50 minutes at
350 degrees. You can also use a bundt pan and baked it about 10
minutes longer.
Joan Peterson is the editor of “Cooking from the Shelves of the
Little Store.” She welcomes your recipes! Send yours with a short bio
to her e-mail address.
Food Donations for a Good Cause
Food Insecurity and Food Hardship are new terms in our vocabulary,
but they are not new realities for many Americans. Survey research
done by Gallup for the Food Research and Action Center shows that in
the fourth quarter of 2009, 18.5% of Americans experienced food
hardship — that is, sometimes not having enough money to buy the food
they needed.
The food hardship rate is even worse for households with
children. Twenty-four point one percent of households with children
reported food hardship in 2009.
Shocking statistics like these have moved the RMC to adopt the
Domestic Abuse Shelter in our neighborhood as the recipient of the
food gifts you generously leave in the store entrance. Women and
children both are sheltered there. Last summer, the RMC Gardeners
brought them fresh produce. If you would like to get involved, contact
RMC e-news.
Well-chosen, nutritious items of food
contributed by RMC members
Member of the Week
Nan Youngerman
Nan displays two of her favorite RMC products:
Sugar River Yogurt and low-fat Lorraine swiss cheese.
She recommends Potter’s Crackers to go with the cheese.
Thanks for that sunny smile, Nan!
West High Student of the Week
Ayush Strestha
Ayush is a sophomore.
He favors Randy’s 50 cent hot dogs for lunch.
His favorite class is math.
Courteous and well-spoken, Ayush is welcome anytime at the RMC.
Flicks and Food Quiz
Below are questions related to food and films. Answer the questions,
print out and detach at the dotted line (or write the answers on a
separate sheet of paper), write your name, e-mail, and phone , and
bring the form to the Regent Market Co-op.
People who have all five of the answers correct will have their
entries put in a drawing to be held on Friday, February 19, at 4:00
p.m. The winner will receive a $20.00 gift certificate for the RMC!
No purchase necessary to play!
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- What 2007 animated film is set in the kitchen of a Paris
restaurant with an unlikely chef?
____________________________________ - In the film, Julie and Julia, Julie left this food item under the
picture of her idol. _______________________ - In his 2009 film, Gorgeous George Clooney preferred this
food. _______________________ - In this food-named film, Kathy Bates had a wonderful attack of
Road Rage in the parking lot of a Winn-Dixie supermarket.
_________________ - On a post-party impulse, Meryl Streep and Steve Martin made this
food in a 2009 film. ___________________
Your name _________________________________
e-mail __________________________________
Phone ___________________________________