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FRONT PORCHFRONT PORCHMay - June 2013
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TAMALE TIME!
P. Allen Smith’s soy cookie recipe
Make your own boot rack
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On the cover — Tamales are the true definition of eclectic Delta cuisine. Keith Sutton combed the state searching for the best of the best.
Photo by Keith Sutton
Farm Bureau Matters
by Randy VeachPresident, Arkansas Farm Bureau
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There may be no issue more discussed in
America today than health care. The broad
term includes the treatment, prevention and
delivery of services by trained and licensed
professionals designed to ensure individual
health. Especially today, any discussion
of health care also encompasses the costs
associated with those services.
While some argue loudly about the
complexities and uncertainties of health
care, let’s not lose sight of the fact that our
country’s health care system is one of the
best in the world. That is unless you happen
to live in rural America, and, specifically,
rural Arkansas. Arkansas ranks second in the
nation in doctor shortages. Rural Arkansas
averages only 82 primary care physicians
per 100,000 people, compared to 130 per
100,000 in urban areas.
Presently, 61 of our state’s 75 counties
suffer a shortage of health care professionals
according to the Arkansas Center for Health
Improvement (ACHI). More than half of our
rural residents must drive 20 to 90 minutes
to see a primary care provider. When people
don’t have access to primary care, they
often end up going to emergency rooms at
hospitals. This is the highest cost care they
can receive.
We’re suffering from a health care crisis
in rural Arkansas. That crisis has far more
to do with our citizen’s inability to access
quality care than whether someone is
covered by private or public insurance.
For those of us who chose to live in rural
Arkansas, that decision shouldn’t be a death
sentence. For example, stroke victims have
the potential to recover with little or no side
effects if they receive appropriate treatment
within a limited time window. Because of
the distance they must travel to receive
treatment, rural residents may suffer greater
side effects from a stroke.
Arkansas Farm Bureau is committed
to an active role in our state’s health care
future. Richard Armstrong of Ozark leads
a team of dedicated volunteers who make
up our Rural Health and Safety Committee,
which is charged with finding affordable and
equitable solutions to health care challenges.
We have a staff member, Jennifer Victory,
dedicated to working on rural health issues.
And, with our county Farm Bureaus, we
provide recruiting and financial support
for the 30 different M*A*S*H camps held
throughout the state. The M*A*S*H program
is a two-week, hands-on program designed
to introduce health care careers to rising
high school juniors and seniors. The hope
is to encourage students from rural areas to
return home as a physician, nurse, dentist,
pharmacist, etc.
ACHI recently released a detailed report,
A Guide for Policy Action, which included
solutions for improving our rural health care
system. Among these are:
• Expanding health care access to more
Arkansans;
• Continuing to improve health
information technology, particularly
for telemedicine;
• Designing a transportation network
that either brings primary care teams
from urban to rural locations or
transporting patients to urban areas.
The challenges of funding a quality
hospital are daunting, especially with the
Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates
paid to hospitals in our state being among
the lowest in the country. As a state, we
must do everything possible to keep the
doors of our rural hospitals and doctors’
offices open. Our health and future depends
on it.
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Food for Thought
by eWeLL WeLCHExecutive Vice President, Arkansas Farm Bureau
My spirit always gets a shot of
encouragement when I’m around students
actively engaged in education, community
service, leadership development and
character development. We greatly value
the youth of our state here at Arkansas Farm
Bureau and their pursuit of excellence. That’s
why we believe it’s so important to invest
in our students from the first day they enter
school through graduation.
In April, I enjoyed attending the 2013
Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup. The
13-year-old event is a statewide business plan
competition for college students in Arkansas.
Arkansas Farm Bureau is a major sponsor of
the event. Four of the 15 undergraduate semi-
finalists presented business plans for ideas
that would directly benefit agriculture. Often,
that percentage is higher.
We invest heavily in helping ensure
that students wanting to go to college and
pursue an agriculture-related degree have that
opportunity. Arkansas Farm Bureau, along
with our county Farm Bureaus, annually
awards an estimated $170,000 in college
scholarships – no small level of support.
Year-round our member volunteers and
county Farm Bureaus help support local FFA
and 4-H clubs and the events these clubs
participate in. This is in addition to the very
substantial contributions we make to these
programs.
High schools may take a break for the
summer, but our support of high school
students never takes a break. More than 400
Arkansas high school juniors and seniors are
getting ready to attend two-week M*A*S*H
camps at 30 locations throughout the state.
M*A*S*H stands for Medical Applications of
Science for Health. County Farm Bureaus in
partnership with health care providers and
community businesses and organizations
fund this effort, giving students interested in
a career in the medical field a hands-on view
of the many jobs in the medical profession.
High school students sponsored by
county Farm Bureaus will also be attending
the 57th Annual Harding University National
Leadership Forum the first week of June.
They’ll hone leadership development
skills they can take back and use in their
communities, schools, churches and homes.
And they’ll learn about the free enterprise
system, foreign policy, the environment,
building family values, team building and
other leadership issues. Go to www.harding.
edu/nlforum for more information. The
registration deadline is May 24.
Arkansas Farm Bureau’s 40th Annual Teen
Challenge is another county Farm Bureau
sponsored opportunity for high school
students held June 17-20 at the Arkansas 4-H
Center in Ferndale just outside Little Rock.
Our Safety Department focuses on leadership
and team-building skills (along with plenty
of fun) for the students who attend. Contact
your county Farm Bureau office if you want
your high school student to attend. The
registration deadline is May 31.
Throughout the school year, we’re
involved continually with a variety of
programs for all students. Our Ag in the
Classroom program distributed more than
53,000 pieces of educational material along
with donating 2,200 books as part of our Ag
Literacy Program. We also reached more than
33,000 people with 550 programs covering
safety and other important topics. And our ag
educational outreach efforts reached almost
200,000 people about farming and ranching.
Arkansas Farm Bureau is dedicated to
the success of the students in this state.
We believe it’s an investment that pays
back far more than can ever be calculated.
I know it’s worth it every time I’m around
our students.
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TAMALE TIME!Arkansas’ delicious, portable tradition
Story and photos by Keith Sutton
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“Two for a nickel, four for a dime
Thirty cents a dozen, and you’ll sure eat fine
I can judge by the way you walk
You gonna carry half a dozen off”
from “Molly Man,” by Red Hot Ole Mose,
1928
Sitting with Rhoda Adams in her Lake
Village restaurant, stuffing my sauce-covered
face with the best tamales I’ve ever eaten, I
listen intently as this endearing lady, a celebrity
in these parts, reflects on 39 years making what
some believe to be the Delta’s best example of
these culinary treats.
“My husband’s aunt got me started,” she
said. “I didn’t really want to do it. Making
tamales is lots of work. But she said it would be
a good way to earn some money, so I gave it a
try. We started out making a few dozen a day,
and soon it seemed everyone wanted some.”
“How many do you make now?”
“Oh, Lordy, I wouldn’t have no idea,
honey,” she replied, patting me on the
shoulder. “It’s so many I wouldn’t want to
count them, I’ll tell you that.”
Mrs. Rhoda, now in her 70s, tells me she
is the mother of 15 children, 11 of whom
survived to adulthood, including a daughter
who helps her and husband James run
the restaurant. Mrs. Rhoda has almost 60
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
“That’s my real family,” she said. “My
tamale family … well, that one numbers in
the thousands. Folks come from all over the
country to eat here, because they’ve heard how
good our tamales are. Then they come back
to eat again, because they like them so much.
Every day, folks from Little Rock drop in here.
After they get full on tamales eaten in the
restaurant, they buy a dozen or three dozen or
five dozen more to take home. Some people
even fly in to the local airport just so they can
come get some of our tamales. They like them
that much.”
I like them, too … love them. As I’m eating
the last bite from an order of a dozen, I’m
thinking I could probably eat a dozen more.
“Is there some secret ingredient that makes
your tamales special?”
“It’s no secret, darlin’,” she said, smiling.
“We make our tamales with love. That’s why
they’re the best.”
Visiting with Mrs. Rhoda in her
establishment on St. Mary’s Street is the
highlight of an on-going quest to sample
the best tamales made in Arkansas. When I
leave, two dozen of her corn-shuck-wrapped,
beef-and-chicken tamales swim in sauce in a
newspaper-wrapped food can in my truck’s
floorboard. They’re too good not to share back
home.
Driving back to Little Rock, I pass through
miles of cotton fields and am reminded of
people’s fascination with the history of the
tamale in this region. Many speculate these
portable bundles of meat and cornmeal, usually
associated with Mexican cuisine, made their
way to the Arkansas Delta in the 1920s and
1930s when migrant laborers were brought in
from Mexico to pick cotton and shared their
tamale-making secrets with share-cropping
African Americans. Familiar ingredients made
tamales popular, as did the practicality of taking
a warm, filling lunch into a cotton field.
It’s not hard to imagine two female farm
laborers (it was, after all, the women who
usually did the cooking and cotton picking)
having lunch together on a cool day during
harvest. One, of Hispanic descent, removes
from her lard-bucket lunch pail a bundle
of folded newspaper. Inside, a half dozen
tamales wrapped tightly in corn shucks are still
steaming hot. The cornmeal surrounding the
pork filling has helped them retain their heat
since they were warmed up that morning.
The Hispanic lady’s friend, a woman of
African American ancestry, also has a lunch
pail, but the food inside it — a slice of smoked
ham, half a baked potato and a leftover biscuit
— has grown cold. Her Mexican amigo shares a
taste of her hot lunch, then invites the woman
to her home to learn how tamales are prepared.
In the future, both women and their families
will eat hot tamales for lunch in the fields. And
when the cotton harvest ends, and the Hispanic
field hands return home to Texas or Mexico,
the African American continues making tamales
and selling them between harvests.
carry out The tamale has always been a portable food easily carried over long distances whether to sharecropper field or a modern-day home.
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Other stories about the origin of Delta
tamales persist, too. Some folks maintain U.S.
soldiers traveling south of the border during
the Mexican-American War in the 1840s
brought tamale recipes home. Others believe
Arkansas tamales may have a history going
back to indigenous peoples who had maize-
based agriculture. We know Mesoamerican
cultures were making tamales similar to
those we eat today as early as 8000 BC.
Mayans, Aztecs and Incas boiled or steamed
leaf-wrapped tamales made with a variety of
ingredients, including masa, chilies, turkeys,
eggs, fish, frogs, rabbits, fruits, squash and
beans. It’s not a stretch to imagine tamales
also provided food for Arkansas Indians long
before the Spanish visited the New World.
These are but hypotheses; however we
can definitively trace the history of Arkansas
tamales at least as far back as 1897, the year
Peter St. Columbia, a Sicilian immigrant,
brought his wife Maria and son Pasquale to
live with him in Helena. Peter had settled
there five years earlier and started a store.
When Pasquale was a teenager, he
befriended some Mexican farm laborers and
learned from them about tamales. He liked
the taste of tamales, and the Mexicans taught
him how to make the hearty, delicious food
they ate in the fields. Afterward, Peter, Maria
and Pasquale started making tamales at their
store and selling them daily at area farms
and sawmills. Their delicious tamales were
popular, and they built a pushcart from
which they hawked the treats on weekends.
As they pushed the cart down Helena’s
streets, they sang, “Two for a nickel, three for
a dime, would give you more, but they just ain’t
mine.”
Just before the Depression, Pasquale
formed a business arrangement with
a young couple, Maggie and Eugene
Brown, who had no money but wanted
to rent a building from him for a
restaurant. He told them he would
give them his tamale recipe, buy the
equipment and provide the building if
they would sell his tamales and split
the profits with him. The Elm Street
Tamale Shop, as the business was
known, was successful,
making money for both
families through the
1950s. By the 1960s,
however, after Peter St.
Columbia and the Browns
died, commercial tamale
making in Helena took a
hiatus until 1987. That’s
when Joe and Joyce St.
Columbia, Pasquale’s
son and daughter-in-law,
decided to resurrect the
old Elm Street tamale
recipe. They named the
new business Pasquale’s
Tamales, after Joe’s dad,
and it’s been doing well
ever since. Made with
fresh ingredients, their
beef tamales are hand-
rolled in corn shucks,
tied with corn-shuck
ribbons in bundles
of three, slow simmered
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and then flash frozen for shipping to
customers nationwide. But on Fridays
and Saturdays, Joyce St.Columbia
sells fresh tamales from the Pasquale’s
concession trailer on Highway 49 in
West Helena.
A visit with this friendly lady was
the second stop on my tamale quest.
Joyce shied away from my camera,
but served my wife and me a dozen
scrumptious, juicy tamales that have
made the stand one of our regular stops
on frequent jaunts to nearby Tunica.
McClard’s Restaurant in Hot Springs
is best known for its delicious barbecue,
but since the day Alex and Gladys
McClard opened the restaurant in
1928, hand-rolled tamales made from a
special family recipe have been on the
menu. Today, the fourth-generation
owners serve 3,000 of their beef-and-
pork tamales weekly, including a feast
called “The Spread” consisting of a
huge plate of hot tamales topped with
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Old world recipe Pasquale’s might be selling tamales made from the oldest tamale recipe in Arkansas, dating back from the late 1890s or early 1900s.
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sauce-soaked beef barbecue, beans,
Fritos, onions, special seasonings
and shredded cheese. Despite having
a reputation for always cleaning my
plate, I couldn’t finish half of it on
a recent visit, even though it was
among the most tasty, most original
tamale dishes I’ve ever put a fork to.
In Little Rock, Bob Isbell
capitalized on Arkansans’ innate
fondness for good tamales when, in
1985, he opened a little restaurant
called Izzy’s on the west end of
town. His Delta-style tamales, made
fresh daily using his own recipe,
became central Arkansas favorites
and remain so today in a bigger,
better Izzy’s now run by Isbell’s son
Robert. On a March visit, I sampled
their shredded roast beef tamales. I
usually prefer my tamales unadorned
with extras (McClard’s Spread is an
exception), but the fresh chili, corn
chips and cheese dip smothering
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these bundles of deliciousness made
a good dish even better. Being more
carnivore than vegan, I haven’t
tried them yet, but Izzy’s also offers
vegetarian tamales made with a black
bean/vegetable filling. Friends say
they’re fabulous.
While Rhoda’s, Pasquale’s, McClard’s
and Izzy’s tamales have thrived as
Arkansas favorites for generations,
sadly, many well-known tamale eateries
— Margie’s Tamales and Allen’s Hot
Tamales in Dumas, Lackey’s Cajun
Tamales in Newport and Doe’s Eat Place
in Hot Springs among them — have
gone out of business in recent years.
Fortunately for tamale lovers like me,
there are so many restaurants, roadside
stands and kitchens serving lip-
smacking-good tamales in Arkansas, it
would take months to sample them all.
And so my quest continues.
Tip-top tamalesWant good Arkansas tamales? These
eateries serve some of the best.
Rhoda’s Famous Hot Tamales714 Saint Mary St., Lake Village
870-265-3108
The name of Rhoda Adams’ café is
no lie. The tamales are delicious, and
well deserving of the fame they’ve
earned throughout the Mississippi
Delta. She makes them with a
combination of beef and chicken. The
meats combined with steamy cornmeal
are wrapped in corn shucks that, when
unfolded, emanate an irresistibly
appetizing aroma and are a joy to eat as
a snack or meal.
Pasquale’s Tamales1005 Highway 49, Helena-West Helena
877-572-0500 or 870-338-1109.
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Tamales made using Pasquale’s recipe
have been sold in Arkansas since the late
1890s or early 1900s. There’s a good reason
for that. Slow simmered in spicy cooking
liquid, these bundles of cornmeal, top-quality
beef and special seasonings are flat-out
wonderful. After watching their customers
slurp up the cooking liquid and chew on the
wrappers, the owners penned their slogan:
“Tastes so good you’ll suck the shuck.”
McClard’s Bar-B-Q505 Albert Pike, Hot Springs
501-623-9665 or 866-622-5273
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Savory barbecue covered in secret-recipe
sauce made McClard’s famous, but their
tamales are customer favorites, too. If you
decide to tackle “The Whole Spread” —
tamales smothered in barbecue, beans, Fritos,
onions and cheese — you better darn sure be
hungry. It’s enough to feed a small army.
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Izzy’s5601 Ranch Dr., Little Rock
501-868-4311
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This west Little Rock favorite offers
two types of special-recipe tamales:
beef and veggie. You can’t go wrong
regardless of which you choose. They’re
both blue-ribbon creations that will fill
you up and keep you coming back for
more.
Tamale Factory19751 Highway 33 South, Gregory
870-347-1350
The meaty, belly-filling tamales are a big
seller in this barn-turned-restaurant near
Augusta. It’s usually crowded, so if you’re
planning to make a road trip, you might
want to call ahead.
Doe’s Eat Placedoeseatplace.com
The original Doe’s in Greenville, Miss.
is one of the Delta’s cultural and culinary
icons. Top-shelf homemade tamales have
been on the menu since the 1940s, and
the tradition carries on at Doe’s in Little
Rock, Fayetteville, Bentonville and Fort
Smith. The extremely flavorful, spicy,
parchment-wrapped tamales cooked in
tasty broth are perfection on a plate.
Terri Lynn’s BBQ & Delicatessen10102 Rodney Parham Rd., Little Rock501-227-6371terrilynns.com
This grocery-turned-deli has been
serving up tamales that are made in house
from scratch for around half a century. Eat
them plain or topped with Terri Lynn’s
excellent chili. Either way, they’re mouth-
watering good.
Where is your favorite place in
Arkansas to get tamales? Let us know.
Tell us on our Facebook page at www.
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DHow to dry cornhusks for tamales
Did you know tamales date back to the
ancient Maya people? They are a portable
food, wrapped in either a cornhusk or other
leaf then steamed. If making your own
tamales, dried cornhusks are available in
most grocery stores with a Hispanic foods
section. However, making your own dried
cornhusks is fairly simple.
To begin, remove each cornhusk from its
ear of corn. Pull back gently on the cornhusk
to prevent it from tearing. Then, gently wash
each cornhusk in warm water making sure to
scrub off any dirt. Shake off any remaining
water from the cornhusks.
Place several cornhusks in an open
cardboard box, spreading them in single
layers and put the box outside in an area that
gets direct sunlight. Turn the husks regularly,
so both sides are exposed to the sun.
Bring the box of cornhusks inside at
night to prevent mold from dew or rain.
Repeat this process for several days or until
the cornhusks turn pale and brittle. Place in
plastic bags and store for up to one year in
the freezer.
If you’re looking for a delicious tamale
recipe, check out this issue’s In the Kitchen
column on page 24.
Where’s the beef?May is National Beef Month. Did you
know there are 29 cuts of beef that meet the
governmental guidelines for being considered
lean? Each cut has less than 10 grams of
total fat in one 3.5-ounce serving. In fact,
four of my favorite steak cuts are considered
lean: T-bone steak, flank steak, top sirloin
steak and strip steak. I almost always use
one of those four cuts when cooking a steak.
Try making a steak using this marinating
technique.
1. Sprinkle 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of kosher
salt or sea salt on each side of the steak.
Let it sit at room temperature for about
an hour.
2. If the steak is less than 1 inch, let it
sit for 30-45 minutes. If your steak is
1 inch thick, let it sit for one hour.
If your steak is greater than 1 inch,
increase your time accordingly. To
speed up the process, add more salt and
let it sit for less time. It’s all relative.
3. After your salted steak has “rested,”
water accumulates on the surface.
When the resting time is complete,
rinse the meat with cool water. Pat
both sides dry with paper towels. You
can add black pepper at this point, but
don’t add any more salt.
4. Grill to your preferred doneness.
I used to marinate steaks overnight in
some secret sauce, but now this is the only
way I prepare a steak for cooking. The meat
draws in some of the salt, breaking down
its proteins. The resulting steak is unusually
tender and delicious.
Tara Johnson is a contributor to Arkansas
Farm Bureau’s Taste Arkansas blog. For recipes,
videos and farmer profiles visit tastearkansas.
com today.
Taste Arkansas From farm to table
Aw … shucks Corn shucks are the traditional binder that holds all the goodness of a tamale.
Keith
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compiled by tara Johnson
1. Keep a separate cutting board for
things you don’t want flavored
with garlic and onion.
2. Before you chop chili peppers,
rub a little vegetable oil into
your hands and your skin won’t
absorb the spicy chili oil.
3. To keep potatoes from budding
in the bag, put an apple in with
them.
4. Keep scrambled eggs warm for a
couple hours by putting them in a
slow cooker on low.
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Rural ReflectionsPhoto Contest 2013
F arm Bureau members have the opportunity to spotlight their creativity, their perception and their flair for the dramatic — or the comical or even the tragic — in our fifth Rural Reflections Photo Contest.
This competition offers amateur photographers the chance to explore the many activities, seasons, triumphs, disappointments and faces of agriculture, our state’s key industry. The photos that win this competition will capture the image and spirit of agriculture, and Farm Bureau, in Arkansas.
The contest includes two divisions, High School (ages 14–18) and Adult (19 and older). The winner of each receives $250. In addition, one entry will receive a Grand Prize of $500. The winners and honorable mentions may have their works pub-lished, with credit, in Front Porch and Arkansas Agriculture magazines, on Farm Bureau’s website, arfb.com, and in other publications.
$1,000 in prizesComplete contest rules at:www.arfb.com/get-involved/contests
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Food, like nothing else, brings us together. After all, everyone eats. On Taste
Arkansas, a food blog by Arkansas Farm Bureau, this simple truth is connecting
those interested in food production with the farmers and ranchers who provide
us with an abundance of Arkansas agricultural products.
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II’m proud to be part of this country’s
agricultural heritage. My family has been
farming in America since the 1690s, and
my childhood memories of farm life are
reflected in what I’ve created at the Moss
Mountain Farm Garden Home. Farming
culture taught me about the importance
of family and community ties and land
stewardship.
There are some 50,000 farms in
Arkansas and 13.8 million acres of
farmland. There aren’t many degrees of
separation between the people and farming
here. Our three “king crops” are rice,
cotton and soybeans. While rice is still our
number-one producer, soybeans hold their
own. Almost 50 percent of our cropland is
planted with soybeans, which contributes a
billion dollars to our economy annually.
Soybeans are a relatively new crop for
Arkansas. Early in the 20th century they
were planted as a forage crop. George
Washington Carver discovered the value of
soybean protein and soybean oil, making
soybean planting more popular on U.S.
farms. However, it wasn’t until after World
War II when Arkansas farmers got serious
about soybeans. The attraction? Soybeans
are a useful rotation crop that add nitrogen
back into the soil and cost less to grow than
rice or cotton.
Supporting Arkansas soybean farmers is
as simple as choosing soy-based products
like lip balm and sunscreen. Most vegetable
oil is made from soybeans. I also like to put
my money where my mouth is literally by
cooking with soy. These soy nut cookies
are a tasty example. Similar to a peanut
butter cookie, these are
packed with soy power –
soy nut butter, soy milk,
soy flour and roasted soy
nuts. You’ll love them!
For more of Allen’s
favorite soy recipes, check
out the free eBook A
Taste of Soy, published
in partnership with the
Arkansas Soybean Promotion
Board. It features breakfast
and dinner recipes plus tips
for dressing up the table
with soy-based products.
Download it for free at
atasteofsoy.themiraclebean.com.
Super Soy Nut Cookies
Ingredients
1 ¼ cups firmly packed light brown
sugar
¾ cup soy nut butter
½ cup vegetable shortening
(hydrogenated soybean oil)
3 tablespoons soy milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup soy flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt
1 cup roasted soy nuts
Directions
1. Combine first five ingredients in a
large bowl and stir until blended.
2. Add one large egg and beat until
incorporated.
3. In separate bowl, mix together flour,
baking soda and salt.
4. Slowly add dry ingredients to the
sugar/egg mixture and beat.
5. Drop tablespoon-sized dollops of
cookie dough onto an ungreased
cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
6. Press roasted soy nuts into the
dough. These add a great crunch
and amp up the soy levels.
7. Place cookies into a preheated 375
degree F oven for 8-10 minutes.
8. Remove when golden brown and
place on a wire rack to cool. Makes
about two dozen cookies.
Garden Home Design
The versatile soybeanThis Arkansas crop has many uses
by P. Allen Smith
Smart cookie The soy nut cookie provides a tasty and healthy alternative dessert or snack packed with all the nutritional benefits of soybeans.
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IIt’s Les Reid’s job as a registered
forester to make sure he sees the whole
forest, because he’s taken the time
to pay attention to the individual
trees. That level of individual detail
allows him to assess the condition of
the present forest and prescribe the
necessary actions it will take to have a
more vibrant forest in the future.
Recognizing and seeing the details
of what exists now and their potential
results in the development of a
forest management plan — thinning,
fertilizing, harvest and replanting
— to ensure as best as possible,
healthy individual trees that, taken in
combination, create a productive forest.
Arkansas Farm Bureau’s President’s
Leadership Council is similar in its
approach. The organization identified
and assessed individual members who
possess the qualities that, combined
with a leadership training plan,
can ensure a vibrant, healthy and
productive future for the organization
and agriculture in the Natural State.
When Les Reid defines what a
leader is, he says it’s “a person with
character, having strong faith, who
is knowledgeable and communicates
well.”
The 30-year-old Reid didn’t have to
look far in finding a role model who fits
his definition of leadership.
“My father is a great leader, because
he has those qualities, and he raised
a great family,” Reid said. The acorn
hasn’t fallen far from the tree when
it comes to the qualities that make
the younger Reid a potential leader
for his generation. He was inspired to
seek training and take on leadership
responsibilities as his family grew.
“The birth of my children caused me
to understand the importance of the
need for good leadership, so they will
have a fulfilling life, even after I am no
longer around to provide leadership for
them,” Reid said. He and his wife, Tia,
have three children: Landon, 4, Luke,
3, and Lane, 1. The family lives in the
Monticello area, and Reid manages 180
acres of personal timberland, as well as
forestland for his clients.
Reid wanted to become part of the
President’s Leadership Council to gain
knowledge of Arkansas Farm Bureau,
meet new people who desire leadership
and to work together “to improve on
the resources provided to us.”
He says “doing more with fewer
resources” is the future for agriculture
in a world increasing in population and
demanding greater access to food and
shelter. Reid knows he’ll be involved
in resource development, management,
doing more with less and giving back to
those who come after him.
“Future generations deserve the
opportunity to manage the resources
we have. It’s important that they have
the knowledge acquired by previous
generations,” he said. “We must
communicate well from generation
to generation by giving back and
developing a true legacy.” b
Land&People
Tree man Forester Les Reid believes “doing more with fewer resources” is a must for agriculture in a world growing in population.
Keith
Sut
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Seeing the forest because of the treesGiving back and doing more with less
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CCombining boot holders
with a clothing rack and gear
shelf provides an all-in-one
storage area. The rack shown
has room for three pairs of
boots and plenty of space for
hanging clothing.
The boot holders are cut
from plywood using a saber or
jig saw, while the remaining
parts of the rack are made
from standard 1 x 12” soft
pine which is readily available
as shelving material at home
building suppliers.
This plan was designed
originally for waterfowling
gear so hip and chest waders
could drain and dry and be
stored without folding, which
causes cracking. The same
boot and gear rack also works
well for fishing boots and gear,
gardening boots, riding boots, or
farm and ranch storage. If not
used for waterfowling gear, you
may wish to lower the height
when wall mounting the finished
rack from that needed for hanging
chest waders.
For a schematic of the building
details of the boot and gear rack, go
to http://www.arfb.com/docs/boot_
rack_drawing.pdf.
Materials list:• Boot shelves, ¾” plywood, 6 x 12”,
three required
• Boot shelf supports, ¾ x 4½ x
4½”, three required
• Boot shelf horizontal support,
¾ x 4 x 70½”, one required
• Ends, ¾ x 11½ x 14”, two
required
• Top shelf, ¾ x 11½ x 72”, one
required
• Top shelf support, ¾ x 4 x 70½”,
one required
• 1½” wood screws, 39 required
• Coat hanger hooks to suit
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Rack ‘em up Mud room, utility room or garage storage rack holds boots up off the floor and open to air dry with space for hanging coats and a shelf for other gear.
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Rack ‘em up Mud room, utility room or garage storage rack holds boots up off the floor and open to air dry with space for hanging coats and a shelf for other gear.
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TThe tradition of making homemade
tamales runs deep in many Arkansas
Delta families, including the Stroh
family of Arkansas County. Wanda
Bellville Stroh, was raised at Ulm. Her
grandson, Steven Stroh, lives near the
family farm between Stuttgart and
DeWitt. Steven fondly recalls annual
family get-togethers to make tamales
using a generations-old process Mrs.
Wanda knew by heart.
“Each New Year’s Day, our extended
family would get together at my
grandparents’ home to make tamales and
watch ball games,” Steven said. “It was
a family tradition many years, one that
probably started to keep my dad and his
two brothers from staying out too late on
New Year’s Eve. Tamale making is a time-
consuming process, so we were expected
to arrive early in the morning to get
started. The tamale recipe wasn’t written
down. You had to watch and learn.”
For many years, Mrs. Wanda thwarted
the family’s requests for her to transcribe
the recipe for her delicious Delta-style
tamales. But eventually she succumbed
and wrote the recipe on family
stationery. One of her granddaughter’s
had copies of it framed for family
members.
“That framed recipe hangs on my wall
at home,” Steven said, “a reminder of all
those fun times our family spent together
preparing and cooking the most delicious
tamales you’ve ever eaten. No doubt,
those who try using the recipe will find
it difficult to follow because, like I said,
you have to watch and learn. But for
those who want to give it a try, here’s my
grandmother’s recipe just as she wrote
it.”
Learn by doing Mrs. Wanda Bellville Stroh finally reluctantly wrote down her tamale recipe, but always admonished that it was better to “watch and learn” how to make the beloved family treat.
by Keith Sutton
Grandma Stroh’s tamales
InTheKitchen
Hot tamales by guess and by gosh!
Ingredients
1 hen (large) (or more)
3 sections garlic
pepper
salt
cayenne pepper
corn meal
corn shucks
Gebhardt chili powder (2-3 oz.)
onion
Directions
Boil hen until very tender in ample
broth with salt and onion. Separate
chicken from bone and grind the chicken.
Add 1-½ oz. (approximate) chili powder,
and enough broth to make meat moist.
Add cayenne pepper. Chip the garlic. Mix
thoroughly.
In a large mixing bowl, use
approximately one quart or more corn
meal. Add salt and chili powder. Using hot
broth, mix to a soft spreading mush.
Trim corn shucks to about 4- or 5-inch
length. Rinse in cold water, then blanch in
boiling water. I put these in a container of
water and bring to boil. Keep corn shucks
in cold water. They spread better if wet.
Spread about 1/8 inch mush evenly on
shuck. Thru center of mush on shuck,
place meat in about ¾ inch roll.
Roll upper side of shuck toward roll of
meat. The mush on that side is supposed
to stick to roll of meat. Release that side
of shuck and roll in lower shuck through
upper side of shuck.
Use heavy cooking pot with tight
cover. Place something in bottom of vessel,
like a colander, to prevent sticking. Use
remaining broth or water. Keep 2-3 inch
water. They boil dry too fast. Arrange
tamales, crosshatch style (###). Steam 3
hours.
Place rolled hot tamales with fold of
shuck down so they won’t unroll. Should
make about 20. b
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Existing Farm Bureau Bank vehicle loans are excluded from this offer.*Rate disclosed as Annual Percentage Rate (APR) and are based on automated payments (ACH) and acquiring one of the following collateral protec-tion products: Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) or Major Mechanical Protection (MMP). Additional discounts do apply for purchasing more than one collateral protection product. Final APR may differ from the loan interest rate due to additional fees, such as a loan documentation fee, which may be applicable. For a $25,050 vehicle loan with a term of 36 months, a 45 day first payment due date and 2.99% APR, the monthly payment will be $727.76. The APR may increase during the term of the loan if automatic payments are discontinued for any reason. To qualify for the disclosed rate, customer must be a Farm Bureau member. Finance charges accrue from origination date of the loan. Rates and financing are limited to vehicles models 2004 and newer. All loans are subject to credit approval, verification, and collateral evaluation. Other rates and financing options are available. Non-member rates may be 1-3% higher than posted rates. Loans for RVs, motorcycles, trailers, ATVs, watercraft and commercial vehicle may be 0.50% higher. This offer is not available in all states and terms are subject to change without notice. Banking services provided by Farm Bureau Bank, FSB.
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