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The Lancaster News Features | 283-1156 Food & Fun 1B Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Hmorsels ealthy Classifieds, 5B I Community Calendar, 3B I Entertainment, 3B Tomatoes get their day in court Supreme court ruling makes tomato a vegetable, not fruit PHOTO COurtesy of Melanie KNIght Archway Cookies is sponsoring a summer recipe contest that uses one its cookies as an ingredient. Your summer treat may be worth $250 Do you have a recipe that incorporates Archway Cookies as an ingredient? If you do, it could be worth $250 in the Archway Sweet Summer Treats Recipe Contest. Submit it to www.archway cookies.com by Aug. 15 and you could win. This is Archway’s first recipesharing contest. They are looking for the best dessert with ice cream recipe, desserts without ice cream and non-dessert creations. Three grand-prize winners (one from each of the three categories) will be selected. Each winner will receive a $250 Visa gift card and have their winning recipe featured in Archway promotional material. Melanie Knight of Lancaster is submitting this recipe for Iced Mochanchino Ice Cream Sandwiches. “The delicious treats can be made ahead of time so you can surprise your guests with a cool gourmet dessert,” Knight said. Mochanchino Ice Cream Sandwiches Ingredients 1 bag Archway Dutch Cocoa Cookies 1.5 quart Espresso Chip Ice Cream (any coffee flavor will do) Aluminum foil, for wrapping Directions u Spoon about 1/2 inch of ice cream onto 1 cookie, working quickly to make a smooth, even layer. Top with the other cookie, then run a butter knife around the edge to smooth it out. Wrap with aluminum foil and store in the freezer. Photo by Gregory A. Summers/Features editor, with help of Buford Little General Store This Bacon Basil Tomato (BBT) sandwich is a new take on a classic summer favorite. The recipe is on Page 2B. S ome legal matters are so important that they make it before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1893, one of the Family greatest legal cases of Favorites all time was put to rest when Chief Justice Melville Fuller and associate judges Stephen Field, John Harlan, Horace Gray, Samuel Gregory A. Blatchford, David Summers Brewer, Henry Brown, Features Editor George Shiras Jr. and Howell Jackson unanimously ruled that a tomato was indeed a vegetable and not a fruit. No, this is not some gag. The case – Nix v. Hedden – addressed whether a tomato was classified as a fruit or vegetable. It had little to do with the botanical makeup, according to Webster’s New World College Dictionary, fruits are the ripened ovaries containing the reproductive seeds of a plant. The plant produces flowers, which are pollinated. Once pollinated, the flesh around the seeds often expands and is edible. Vegetables are the stalks, leaves, flowers and roots of edible plants. Given that, doesn’t it sound like a tomato is a fruit? It was, until money entered the equation. The case started in February 1887 when the Nix family sued Edward Hedden, the tax collector of the port of New York to recover back duties. At the time, the Tariff Act of 1883 imposed a 10 percent tax on imported vegetables. The Nixes were tomato importers. Since tomatoes are technically fruits, not vegetables, they argued that tomatoes should be exempt. The case made it all the way to tallest hall of justice in the United States. However, the court rejected the botanical truth that a tomato is nothing more than a big berry. Its decision focused more on the way it was used and said technical definitions should have no fruit-bearing on the matter. In other words, a tomato may be a fruit, but consumers treat it as a vegetable. Take two shakes and call me in the morning... In the early 1830s, ketchup was sold as a patent medicine. “Mr. Miles Compound Extract of Tomato” was used as a remedy for indigestion, diarrhea, liver disease and to prevent cholera. See TOMATOES | Page 2B From Kennett’s Kitchen Italian Chicken is good, good for you PHOTO SUPPLIED Tricks to avoid sticky rice Here are two cooking tips to keep rice from clumping up into a sticky mess: u Wash the rice a few times until the water runs clear. Remove all the water until no water remains. Let it sit for 20 minutes. This will remove all the starch and help the rice to remain separate. u Add a few drops of lemon juice to the rice while cooking, and you will find that the grains of rice will tend to remain separate. – From cuisinecuisne.com C hicken is a major part of professional bodybuilder Kennett Washington’s diet whenever he is preparing for contests. “Chicken is affordable and a great source of complete protein,” Washington said. “It’s a simple entree that goes with about anything.” Washington found this Italian Chicken on the website, allrecipes.com. “What makes this such a great dish is all the ingredients – olive oil, black pepper and cherry tomatoes – have properties that in some form or another boost body metabolism and aid in effective weight loss,” Washington said. Italian Chicken Ingredients 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil 1 clove garlic, minced 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons dry white wine 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes 2 tablespoons pimento-stuffed green olives Salt and pepper to taste Directions u Season chicken with salt and pepper. u In a skillet or saute pan, saute minced garlic in olive oil over medium heat. Add chicken breast strips and brown. u Reduce heat to low. Add wine, cover and simmer for 35 minutes. Add olives, and let simmer for 10 more minutes. u When ready to serve, add cherry tomatoes for about 2 minutes. The tomatoes shouldn’t get mushy or split open, just warm. Send your favorite recipe to [email protected] or mail it to My Favorite Recipes, P.O. Box 640, Lancaster SC 29721. Make sure to include your name and a phone number so we can contact you. FOOD & FUN 2B | Wednesday, July 21, 2010 thelancasternews.com 4 p.m. Thursday at Van Wyck Community Center College student organizes blood drive Jane Alford [email protected] Blood donors can help save lives and help a local college student win a scholarship this week. Joshua Dillon is encouraging everyone to come and donate blood at a special blood drive Thursday, July 22, from 4 to 8:30 p.m. at the Van Wyck Community Center, 5036 Old Hickory Road. Donors will receive an American Red Cross Eco Tote (a reusable shopping bag) and can enter a drawing to win a $1,000 Visa gift card. Dillon said there is a particular need for Type O negative blood this summer. Dillon, 20, organized the drive through the American Red Cross BloodStock scholarship pro- gram. Through the program, students in the Southeast who set up successful blood drives are entered into drawings to win Dillon scholarships. If the drive collects at least 35 units of blood, Dillon, a junior studying molecular biology at the College of Charleston, will be entered in a drawing for a $1,000 scholarship. If it collects at least 50 units, he will be entered in a drawing for a $2,000 scholarship. The Southeast Division of the American Red Cross will award four $1,000 and four $2,000 scholarships for drives held between May 1 and Aug. 31 this year. It will also offer four $1,000 scholarships for successful drives held between Dec. 15 and Jan. 15, 2011. As of Friday, Dillon had signed up 30 blood donors. Over the weekend, he spoke at several local churches to line up even more donors. His goal is at least 65 donors. He will also be working at the blood drive Thursday. As a resident assistant at the College of Charleston, Dillon has worked with blood drives there. He also volunteers with the American Red Cross in Rock Hill. “Lancaster County has very few blood drives compared to Rock Hill, which has 19 or 20,” Dillon said. “We only have about four, so we need more for Lancaster County.” Gina Amato, emergency services director for the Upper Palmetto Chapter of the American Red Cross, which includes Lancaster, Chester and York counties, said Dillon is the only student she has worked with on a BloodStock drive. “He seems real excited and has already signed up 30 people to give and recruited people to help him with the drive, so we don’t even have to send any of our other volunteers. He did all of the coordinating with our reps out of Charlotte,” Amato said. Tomatoes Red Cross announces blood drives, classes FROM PAGE 1B Gray, who wrote the opinion, stated, “Botanically, tomatoes are considered a fruit of the vine, just as cucumbers, squashes, beans and peas. But in the common language of people, whether sellers or consumers or provisions, all these are vegetables which are grown in kitchen gardens, and which, eaten cooked or raw, are, like potatoes, carrots, parsnips, turnips, beets, cauliflower, cabbage, celery, and lettuce, usually served at dinner in, with, or after the soup, fish, or meats which constitute the principal part of the repast, and not fruits generally, as dessert.” A tomato has been a vegetable ever since. The Lancaster County Chapter of the American Red Cross has scheduled these upcoming blood drives for July: u Thursday – First u July 27 – Mane Baptist Church, 210 N. Street Hair Design, 224 Matson St., Kershaw, 2:30 1/2 Main St., 2 to 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The Lancaster County Chapter of the American Red Cross has scheduled the following classes this summer: u Aug. 14 – Adult CPR/first aid, 9 a.m. ($60) All classes are at the American Red Cross office, 106-C Woodland Drive. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. For details, call (803) 283-4072. A great multivitamin While the USDA recognizes tomatoes as a vegetable, the favorite food source grown by South Carolina’s home gardeners is more than the taste of summer. In America, each person eats about 25 pounds of tomatoes per year. It’s also one of the most nutritious foods we eat. Tomatoes are a member of the nightshade family, making them a relative of potatoes, bell pepper and eggplant. They are the single richest source of antioxidants and account for 80 percent of all lycopene intake. Lycopene has been shown to reduce the risk of prostate cancer and heart attacks. They are high in vitamins A, C, E, K and B complex and are loaded with potassium, manganese, copper, iron, chromium, betacarotene, fiber and tryptophan. They can also improve skin texture and color, morning sickness, constipation and reduce blood clots and everyday inflammation. Gregory A. Summers/Features editor Tomatoes come in all shapes and sizes like this one that looks like a duck. Savannah Guiver, 8, came by The Lancaster News office Tuesday to let us have a gander at it. Grown by her aunt, Pam Snead, the tomato has a small beak and two markings that resemble eyes. Snead picked the tomato from her Wolf Pond garden in Chesterfield County. Dr. Myles H. Bader, author of “20,001 Food Facts, Chefs Secrets & Household Hints,” offers these tomato cooking tricks: u Never allow tomatoes to ripen in direct sunlight. It will make them lose most of their vitamin C. u To peel tomatoes easily, place them in boiling water, remove them from the heat and let them stand for 1 minute before plunging them in a cold water bath. u Tomatoes will store longer if you place them stem down. u If you can’t eat spaghetti sauces and other tomato-based foods because of a high acid content, add a carrot. When chopped, a carrot reduces the acidity without affecting the taste. u Tomatoes should be left at room temperature if you plan on using them in 2 or 3 days. u If you like the aroma of fresh to- matoes in a salad, don’t refrigerate them. u Don’t slice or peel tomatoes until you’re ready to serve them. They release the aroma chemical z-3-hexenal when sliced, but the maximum fragrance only lasts about 3 minutes before losing its scent. Now that your mouth is watering for a taste of summer, here are three easy tomato sandwich recipes to try. A Basil, Tomato and Mozzarella Sandwich is great on those hot evenings when you don’t feel like cooking. The Bacon Basil Tomato (BBT) sandwich is a new take on a classic Summer favorite. Cream Cheese and Tomato Sandwiches are simple to make and simply good when made with freshpicked tomatoes. Basil, Tomato and Mozzarella Sandwich Bacon Basil Tomato Sandwich Cream Cheese and Tomato Sandwich Cooking tricks “He has been a pleasure to work with.” Dillon, the son of Joseph and Kristina Dillon, is a 2008 Indian Land High School graduate. After he graduates from the College of Charleston, Dillon plans to go to medical school as he pursues his goal of becoming a forensic pathologist. The Red Cross recommends that donors eat iron-rich foods before donating blood. Drink plenty of water and avoid caffeine on the day of the drive. Bring a photo ID or American Red Cross donor card. Contact Joshua Dillon at (803) 577-1523 or [email protected] to make an appointment to give blood at the drive. To learn more about the BloodStock program, visit redcrossblood.org. Ingredients Ingredients Ingredients 1 pound loaf Italian bread 6 fresh basil leaves, chopped 2 tomatoes, sliced 4 ounces fresh Mozzeralla Cheese, sliced 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar Cibatta bread or some type of crusty roll 2 slices bacon per sandwich, cooked crisp Fresh basil leaves, chopped Mayonnaise Fresh tomato sliced Salt, to taste Pepper, to taste 1/4 cup cream cheese, divided 6 slices fresh tomato 4 slices whole wheat bread Directions Directions u Slice the loaf of bread in half lengthwise. Layer the basil, tomato slices and Mozzarella cheese between the two halves of bread. Cut into four sandwiches. u In a small bowl, stir together the balsamic vinegar and red pepper flakes. Use as a dipping sauce. u Split bread in half, lengthwise. Toast lightly. u Spread cut sides generously with mayonnaise. Sprinkle the bottom half with fresh basil leaves and top with a layer of sliced tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Top with bacon. – Recipe from allrecipes.com – Recipe from MyRecipes.com Directions u Lightly toast whole wheat bread slices. u Layer one slice of the toasted bread with half of the cream cheese and top with three slices of tomato. Cover with other slice of bread, slice in half and enjoy. – Recipe from allrecipes.com News tip? Call (803) 283-1155