THINKING SLIM

Add variety
but no pounds

The old cast-iron skillet
and a tub of lard or bacon
grease used to be a mainstay
of rural American cooking.
Meat, potatoes, vegetables,
whatever could be fried up
quickly and inexpensively
was added to the frying pan.
What couldn't be fried on
the stove-top was baked or
roasted in the oven, or, on
occasion, boiled, and that
was about as far as cooking
methods went.

Nowadays, however, we
have many more cooking
options available, from
broiling and barbecuing to
slow-cooking and = micro-
wave cuisine. And _= since
concem about calones and
cholesterol has eliminated
the frying skillet from many
households, these alter-
native techniques have taken
on new importance.

Yet how many of us have
simply switched from one
limited cooking repertoire to
another, without really
exploring the full range of
possibilities? There are a
good many easy-to-learn
techniques that can add
variety to your diet without
adding pounds to your waist-
line. Below are just a few:

STIR-FRYING OR
SAUTEEING: Widely used
in the Orient, this method of
quick-cooking bits of food in
a small amount of hot fat (for
our purposes, vegetable oil)
is related to the old skillet
frying, but much easier on
the waisthne, allowing the
subule flavor of foods to

come through.

Using this method,
juhenne strips of vegetables
can be cooked to a tender-

crisp state in minutes, and
meat, poultry and fish can be
“seared” in a crisp outer coat
that seals in juices. If you
have yet to discover this
intriguing, remarkably
simple technique, you have a
treat in store.

POACHING: Most of us
have tried poaching eggs,
but did you know that you
can also poach (simmer in a
small amount of liquid)
foods such as fish and fresh
fruit?

The liquid need not be
limited to water, either.
Wine, fruit juice, bouillon,
beer or milk are only a few
poaching alternatives.
Poaching is an advantage,
too, for the busy cook, since
there is no sticky cookware
to clean afterwards.

STEAMING. Foods are
steamed by suspending
them, usually in a metal bas-
ket or colander, over boiling
water. Unlike boiling,
steaming does not plunge the
food directly into the water,
but instead allows the steam
to do the cooking, thus
preserving essential
nutnents.

Since, like poaching,
steaming involves no added
fat, it does not add any
calories to food. And foods
that are steamed rather than
boiled tend to preserve their
crisp texture and flavor
without becoming Lmp or
soggy in cooking.

Caesarian births
‘low’ at LGH

CAESARIAN SECTIONS
performed at Lions Gate
Hospital compare favorably
tn numbers with statistics
from other BC hospitals.
the Board of | Directors
learned at their February
board meeting

At the previous January
board mecting the medical
staff Rad been asked to
cxplain why a littl more
than 20 per cent oat

Decembers delivenes were

Cacsarian Dr Alison
Clarke chairman of — the
medic al staff advisory
council said the LOH os rate
was scoond lowest of the five

hospitals surveyed

“Our rate for 1981 was
19.9 per cent when other
hospital's figures were as
high as 25 3 per cent,” he
said “We have no reason to
be unhappy about this” It 1s
quite clear that the increase
in the Caesanan section rate
has been a mayor factor in
decreasing perinatal mor
talttv

Boarc Peter
White said he felt opposition
births had
become a tashionable issue
“TL hope this board wall not

member

to Cacsanan

pul pressure on the medial
staff te reduce the numbers
siruply because of what we
readin the popular press |

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