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The Harper News
March 16 2012
From the Kitchen of Old Stone Market
bv Karen Vaucher
COOKING WITH WINE
- A low fat, hiah flavor
ingredient!
Cooking with wine can
and should be fun. If you
treat it as an ingredient, it
can add another dimension
to any recipe.
The main question is
what wine should you
choose^ You don’t want to
use a really special, expen-
sive bottle but you do need
to think about taste. I sug-
gest using a wine you like to
drink, because some of the
alcohol content evaporates
during the cooking process
but the flavor remains. If
you think of it this way, it is
very much like a spice. The
flavor of the wine will mel-
low during the cooking
process and meld with your
main ingredients.
But what color wine to
use and with what? White
wine has an acidic quality,
much like a squeeze of
lemon. This works well with
fish, shellfish (especially
shrimp), chicken, and
braised vegetables and will
add pungency to cream
sauces like Alfredo. Red
wine adds clarity and color
to red meats and game,
stews, soups or pasta dishes
made with tomato sauces,
all the while improving the
flavor.
From a health stand-
point, when you remove the
fat out of recipes, you need
another flavor and moisture
substitute. Wine can do just
that.
Experiment on your
own; take half the amount
of oil out of a marinade and
add that amount of wine
instead to make Up the
other half. You will benefit
in two ways, by cutting
calories and by adding an
acidity which can help ten-
derize and flavor meats. A
splash in a skillet while
sauteing will add moisture
as well as flavor, so you can
use less butter or oil on
your chicken or fish and it
will not dry out. You can
even forgo the butter
entirely by baking foil
wrapped fish with your
favorite herbs, spices or dry
rubs, salt and pepper and a
splash of white wine. Seal
the foil, place on a baking
sheet in a pre-heated oven
(350 degrees) for 10-20
minutes depending on the
thickness of the fish. Tilapia
will take less time, while a
whole trout with the bones
or a thick piece of bass will
take longer. The beauty is
that you can remove the foil
pouch, test for doneness
and reseal the foil and place
back into the oven if it
needs more time. The fish
will emerge fragrant, moist
and flaky and you won’t be
fussing over a frying pan
and have more time with
friends and family while
your pouch is baking. This
technique is called “En
Pappilotte.”
You can also add one
quarter to one half of a cup
of red or white wine to your
slow cooker. A nice splash of
white wine into the water
used to make rice also
works well as a flavor
enhancer.
Dry wine, both white and
red has less natural sugar
content and is usually high-
er in alcohol. Sweet wine
contains more natural
sugar. So think about this as
you experiment. A dry
Chardonnay or a fruity
Cabernet Sauvignon are my
personal favorites.
Fortified wines such as
Marsala, sherry or port are
also very popular. Marsala
comes from the sunny
southern region of Sicily. It
has a higher alcohol content
(usually 17-20%) than non
fortified wines. It can be
either sweet or dry and is
used primarily in cooking
and not sipping. “Fortified”
means that a little grape
brandy is added at a certain
point to stop the fermenta-
tion.
During the 1800s England
had armies based in Marsala
in response to Napoleon’s
occupation of Italy. The
English wanted to export
back home the local wine by
ship and so they employed
the technique of adding
grape brandy which they
learned in Portugal where
Port wine was being made
in this manner.
Sherry and Port are also
fortified wines. Marsala,
port and sherry impart
great flavor to sauces,
gravy, soups and stews and
can also be used in baking.
For those concerned
about alcohol content, here
is a burn-off guide for
baked or simmered dishes:
• 15 minutes cooking time
retains 40% of the alcohol
• 30 minutes cooking time
retains 35% of the alcohol
• 1 hour of cooking time
retains 25% of the alcohol
• 1.5 hours of cooking time
retains 20% of the alcohol
• 2 hours of cooking time
retains 10% of the alcohol
• 2.5 hours of cooking time
retains 5% of the alcohol
Cooking with wine is not
an exact science like baking
is. It depends more on taste
and preference. Use com-
mon sense and your own
taste buds as a guide. The
quality and richness of a
wine matters more when
using larger quantities of
the main ingredient (chick-
en, meat, game etc.), fewer
additional ingredients and
when cooking for a shorter
period of time. It matters
less when food is spicy to
begin with. A basic rule of
thumb is to keep it simple,
experiment, be creative,
create new flavor combina-
tions and find out what
works best for you. When
following a recipe you can
always add a little wine!
Have fun and enjoy it!
(Karen Vaucher is avail-
able as a guest speaker for
clubs and organizations.
She can be reached at:
info@oldstonemarket.com
or at 830 864-5060).
Master Naturalists to Meet on Mar. 26:
Topic -What is Natural? Facts, Folk Lore
and Lies About the Texas Hill Country
Landscape.
in March, Master
Naturalists and their friends
are in for a treat. Eric
Lautzenheiser will present
facts, folk lore and Lies
about the Texas Hill Country
Landscape. Lautzenheiser,
now the Nature Preserve
Superintendent for the
Parks Department of the
City of San Antonio, poses a
number of interesting ques-
tions: Is “cedar” native?
Where did all the KR
Bluestem come from? Can
we restore our lands to
what was? What are the
dangers of using the words
“natural” and “native”?
In his youth, Lautzenheiser
was introduced to nature by
his grandfather, an early
settler in Kingsville, Texas,
who collected snakes and
herbarium specimens for
Texas A&l. Lautzenheiser
then attended Texas A&M
and the royal Academy of
Landscape Architecture of
Sweden and graduated from
A&M with a B.S. degree in
Horticulture. A fascinating
resume of positions fol-
lowed. To name a few:
Director of the Harris
County Mercer Arboretum,
Executive Director of the
Houston Audubon Society,
proprietor of the Ecotones
Nursery in Kirbyville, Texas,
Steward of the Friedrich
Wilderness Park in San
Antonio, and
Superintendent of the San
Antonio Botanical Gardens.
During the time Mr.
Lautzenheiser has been
Nature Preserve
Superintendent in San
Antonio, the land holdings
of the Parks Department
have grown significantly (in
part because of a 2000
voter-approved tax initia-
tive to purchase Edwards
Aquifer Recharge lands. The
Parks system now includes
70000 acres with six facili-
ties open to the public. New
additions include lands con-
taining Black-capped vire-
os, Golden-cheeked
Warblers, and karst inverte-
brates.
The meeting is free and
open to the public. Join us
Monday, Mar. 26, 2012 at
7:00 p.m. in the UGRA
Lecture Hall, 125 Lehmann
Drive, Kerrville, Texas.
Arrive early to chat with
members and guests. For
more information, please
call Tom Hynes at (830) 990-
5750.
Silent Auction at the
Harper Library Resale Shop
This month the Harper Library Resale Shop
will have a canvas art collograph of Fredric
Remington's painting "A Dash For The
Timber." This is a large sofa size western
style art work in a barnwood frame. We also
have a European deer skull mount for the
second auction. These auctions will run from
Mar. 1 -31. You can bid on them at
the resale shop and they will also be at the
Saturday library fundraiser on Mar. 31 for
bidding. Also, the resale shop is ready for
spring! Come check out all the Easter
bunnies, baskets and new spring clothing!
Security State Bank & Trust
“THE Hill Country's Bank"
Since 1941
HARPER
23596 WEST US HWY. 290
(830) 864-4400
ww w.ssbtexas .com
Member FDIC
The next meeting of
the Harper Sesquicentennial Committee
has been rescheduled for 4:00 p.m.
on Sunday, Mar. 18, 2012
at the Harper Pioneer Museum.
Insurance
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the difference between the
actual cash value of your car
at the time of the loss and
the amount that is owed to
the finance company. It is
usually much cheaper to buy
gap insurance from an
insurance company than
from a car dealer.
Rental Car Reimbursement
(RREIM):
Covers renting a car if
your car is not drivable or
while your car is being
repaired because of a cov-
ered accident.
Towing and Labor (TL):
Also, referred to as tow
club, emergency road serv-
ice, emergency roadside
service, this coverage is
only available if you pur-
chase comprehensive cov-
erage and/or collision cov-
erage. Some policies limit
coverage to pay only when
a claim has been issued
against your physical dam-
age coverage (an accident).
Coverage limits are differ-
ent for each carrier, but
typically, this is what is cov-
ered.
Mechanical Breakdown
(MBI):
Mechanical breakdown
insurance covers repairs to
mechanical parts of your
vehicle that break. Unlike
collision and comprehensive
coverage, mechanical
breakdown insurance cov-
ers your car’s mechanical
parts that break in events
not related to an auto acci-
dent.
Accidental. Medical
Protection PLan (AMPP):
Also referred to as
Accidental Death and
Dismemberment, this covers
you (or family under a fami-
ly plan) while driving or rid-
ing in any private passenger
vehicle. Defined accident
medical expenses are paid
directly to you without a
deductible.
Property Protection
Insurance (PPI):
This is required coverage
in Michigan. It provides pro-
tection if you cause damage
to properly parked vehicles
or fixed properties such as
buildings or lampposts in
the state of Michigan.
Accidental Death Benefit
(APB or ADD):
Also, referred to as acci-
dental death, accidental
death indemnity. This cover-
age pays a death benefit
pays if bodily injury causes
the death of you or a cov-
ered family member.
Custom Parts and Equipment
(CPE):
Also, referred to as
additional customized parts
or equipment, customized
parts and equipment, elec-
tronic equipment, this cov-
ers permanently installed
custom parts or equipment
other than those installed
by the original manufactur-
er.
Examples of customized
equipment include: Any
dealer-installed equipment
that is not offered by the
original manufacturer.
Special equipment on vehi-
cles, vans, and trucks,
including: running boards,
brush bars, roll bars, under-
carriage lighting, fog lights,
bed liners, camper shells,
trailer hitches, etc., cus-
tomized wheels, spoilers,
suspensions or perform-
ance-related equipment,
stereo, sound recording and
television equipment and
customized paint or decals.
All in all, I hope that the
coverage definitions have
given you more of an
understanding of what cov-
erage and protection you
have on your current policy.
To me, it is worth knowing
and understanding what you
pay for. You don’t want to
think that you have the cov-
erage that will fully protect
you and your assets and
then find out in the time of
need that you do not actu-
ally have what you thought
you did. I always encourage
each of my clients to review
their policy annually, so I
strongly say the same for
each of you.
Megan Rains Walber is a
licensed property and casu-
alty agent representing
Farmers Mutual with the
Troy Ashford Agency. She
has been licensed for six
years and in the insurance
business for twelve.
She is the wife of Shannon
Walber and they have two
boys Jace and Gage. Jace
attends Harper ISD.
Shannon is the son of
Bobbie and Harriet Walber
and Bobbie is the grandson
of Mae and Lafey Stapp with
longtime Harper roots in the
Whitworth family.
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Countv Sheriff
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