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the box heated rapidly and cooked in no time
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graphical errors, errors in publication, or omission in or from an ad, Tidbits liability will be limited
to the reprinting of the ad. By placing an ad in Tidbits, you waive any claim for consequential, • The technology used in a microwave oven to
incidental, or other damages. All items listed are subject to prior sale. Tidbits considers it’s ad- cook food is with the use of high frequency
vertisers reliable and verifies as much data as possible. However, readers using this information radio waves (electromagnetic wave energy)
do so at their own risk. It is suggested that investors contact the appropriate consumer agency trapped in a metal box, transmitted by a
before sending payment. Although persons and companies mentioned herein are believed to be magnetron. The waves penetrate food,
reputable, neither Tidbits nor its’ employees accept any responsibility whatsoever for their actions exciting water, fat and sugar molecules
or claims. For more information to help you avoid rip-offs and exercise your consumer rights, causing them to vibrate at such a high
write: FTC, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20580 or log on to http://www.ftc. velocity, the friction creates heat, which
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1. What national • When using electromagnetic waves to
team dominat- heat and cook food, certain precautions
ed the Fed Cup should be taken. Let’s look at a few safety
women’s tennis measures when using a Microwave oven:
competition from
2011-18, winning • Because microwaves excite a foods
six championships molecules, not all these molecules heat
during that span? at the same rate. This is how microwaved
2. What Utah Jazz player broke the NBA food can end up with hot and cold spots. In
single-season slam dunk record with poultry, meat and eggs the cold spots may
306 in 2019? not be taken above the temperature required
3. Name the former college football to kill bacteria. One solution is covering food
coach who won Alabama’s U.S. senate with a vented lid. This method builds up hot
election in 2020. steam under the lid, raising the temperature
4. In what sport do the Adelaide Strik- enough to kill any bacteria and helps cook
ers, Hobart Hurricanes and Perth food more evenly. A meat thermometer can
Scorchers of the Women’s Big Bash also be used to ensure that food is cooked
League (WBBL) compete? to the right temperature.
5. Nicknamed “The Ginger Assassin,”
what teenage bowler successfully • Microwaves can heat your body by adding
cleared a 7-10 split at the 2021 U.S. thermal energy to the water molecules
Open semifinals? in you. This heating can be damaging if
6. What National Baseball Hall of Famer it’s not controlled. Most of your body is
-- and his various conspiracy theories protected from slow heating because blood
-- was profiled in a 1994 “Philadelphia” carries heat away from any local hot spots,
magazine article by Pat Jordan? but the cornea of the eye has no cooling
7. Name the ESPN baseball analyst who blood flow making it prone to overheating
also wrote the book “I’m Fascinated by when exposed to microwave radiation so
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point (100C or 212F), causing a boiling delay. • During World War II, U.S. draft-dodgers
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erupts - spitting water everywhere which can strong anti-German feeling within Britain caus- dodgers escaped to the U.S. Authorities
es sensitivity among the royal family about its hired to track them down had trouble
result in sever burns. German roots, King George V orders the British telling Canadians from Americans.
royal family to dispense with German surnames. But there was one small difference. In
• Solid foods cooked in the microwave can build He changed his own family’s surname from America, children are taught the alphabet
up pressure (in the form of steam), from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor. with the final letter Z pronounced ‘zee’;
water molecules heating to a boil. When the but Canadians learn it as ‘zed’. When
steam escapes, it can causes food to pop and * On June 18, 1923, the first Checker Cab rolls suspected draft dodgers were asked to
explode. This pressure can continue to escape off the line at the Checker Cab Manufacturing recite the alphabet, the last letter would
even after the microwave turns off. It is advisable Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan. America’s clearly tell their nationality. The same
to let food stand in the microwave for one minute version of the London taxi would continue to be technique was used to identify draft
before removal to avoid burns. built until 1982. dodgers during the Viet Nam war.

• Plastic containers should not be used in the * On June 14, 1968, a Federal District Court • In the 1200s the French occupied the
microwave unless they are marked microwavable jury in Boston convicts Dr. Benjamin Spock of island of Sicily. Their controversial
safe. Glass is preferable. Never use plastic wrap conspiring to violate the Selective Service Act. governing methods caused the Sicilians
as a cover - it melts and contaminates the food Spock, a doctor and the famous author of “The to revolt many years later, and the
with plastic toxins. Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care,” French were massacred. However,
supported draft resistance during the Vietnam many of the French had learned the
• Metal can produce dangerous arcing in a War. local Italian language well enough
microwave oven so don’t put metal objects, that it was hard to tell them from the
containers or cooking utensils in the microwave. * On June 17, 1972, five men are arrested for natives just from their accents. The
Also don’t use cups or plates with metal breaking into the Democratic National Com- Sicilians asked all questionable people
decorations, recycled paper products (they mittee offices at the Watergate Hotel in Wash- to pronounce “cicero ceci” which means
may contain metal fragments), Styrofoam cups, ington, D.C. Senate investigations eventually “chickpeas from cicero.” In Italian, the
aluminum foil, twist ties and ceramics with a lead revealed that President Richard Nixon had been phrase is prounounced with four “ch”
based glaze. personally involved in the subsequent cover-up sounds in rapid succession. However,
of the break-in. in the French language, the “ch” sound
• Never operate a microwave without food or had been replaced by the “sh” sound. If
liquid inside. If your oven is empty and there is * On June 20, 1980, in a match in Montreal, it was said as “cheechero chechee” the
nothing to absorb the microwave energy, (glass Roberto Duran outpoints “Sugar” Ray Leonard person walked away, but those that said
and microwavable containers don’t absorb to win the welterweight title. Yet, five months “sheeshero sheshee” were imprisoned.
microwaves) the energy can feed back to the later in a rematch, with less than 30 seconds left
microwave oven itself. This can permanently in the eighth round, Duran looked at the referee • When U.S. General MacArthur was
damage the magnetron. and famously uttered the words “no mas” or “no in the Philippines during World War II,
more,” giving up. Japanese spies would pose as Chinese
or Filipino citizens in order to penetrate
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All Rights Reserved asked to pronounce the word “hula-hula.”
Chinese and Filipinos have no trouble
pronouncing the “l” but Japanese do
not have the “l” sound in their language
and would therefore pronounce it “hura-
hura.” thereby betraying their nationality.
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of the six children on “The Brady
Bunch”? (continued)
2. GEOGRAPHY: Which of the Earth’s • In the Bible in the Book of Judges, the
oceans is the smallest?
3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the Gileadites are at war with the Ephraimites.
lowest rank in the U.S. Air Force? The Ephraimites looked the same and
4. LANGUAGE: What is the American spoke the same language, so when the
version of the British plimsolls? Gileadites had them trapped, it was hard to
5. LITERATURE: Which one of Shake- tell friend from foe. A Gileadite leader had
speare’s plays is the longest? every person pronounce the word for an ear
6. MEASUREMENTS: What time period is of corn, which was pronounced “shibboleth”
a decennial? by the Gileadites, but “sibboleth” by the
7. MOVIES: Which actor played him- Ephraimites. Those who pronounced the
self in the movie “Zombieland”? word wrong were put to death.
8. ANIMAL KINGDOM: How many eyes
does a bee have? • In the 1800s the Turks and Egyptians were
9. ANATOMY: What are rasceta? at war. The Egyptians invaded the Turk’s
10. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which 20th-cen- province of Syria, where many Egyptians
tury president’s Secret Service code were captured. The Turks did not want to
name was Timberwolf? kill any of their Syrian fellowmen, even if
they were wearing the Egyptian uniform. Of
(c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc. course, all of the prisoners claimed to be a
Syrian. Both Syrians and Egyptians speak
Arabic. This time the password was “gamal”
meaning camel. The Syrians say “jamal”
and the Egyptians say “gamal.” Only those
who pronounced it correctly lived.

• In 1851, during Napoleon III’s coup d’etat,
an aide reported to Count de
St. Arnaud that a mob had
gathered outside. The Count,
who had been troubled with
a cold, replied, “Ma sacrée
toux!” meaning, “my damned
cough!” The aide thought he
said, “Massacrez tous” which
means “massacre all.” The
phrases sound identical in
French. The order to fire was
given and hundreds lost their
lives.

• In World War II, when
Truman, Churchill and Stalin
called for the Japanese to
surrender, they responded
with the word “mokusatsu”
which meant they were
reserving comment: “We’re
thinking it over.” However, an
inaccurate translator thought
that “mokusatsu” meant they
were ignoring it. On July 28,
the Allies decided to drop
the bomb on Hiroshima as a
result.

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By Lucie Winborne FABULOUS FLOPS
* The word hundred is derived from the
word “hundrath,” which actually means 120 Some products make it and others don’t.
and not 100. Tidbits takes a look a few fabulous flops.
* New Yorkers went through a bizarre phase
of wearing chameleons as living ornaments • Studebaker Dictator. Not exactly “the
in 1894. They were fastened to cushions, heartbeat of America” when it was
scarves and women’s bodices with tiny introduced in 1934. According to one auto
chains and collars as little “jeweled play- industry analyst, “after Hitler and Mussolini
things,” but thankfully the trend was shut came to power, a name like Dictator was
down by the SPCA, which banned their sale downright un-American.” But that didn’t
-- though not until over 10,000 of the crea- stop the nation’s number five automaker, in
tures were already running loose in the city. fact the Dictator was in production for three
* The microwave was invented after a years.
researcher walked by a radar tube and a
chocolate bar melted in his pocket. • Bic Perfume. What every woman wanted -
* Any photo you’ve ever seen of the Milky perfume in a lighter. At least that’s what the
Way from space is either of another galaxy company had hoped. Why wasn’t the $5
or an artist’s rendition, since we’re inside the perfume a hit? According to one industry
galaxy and can’t take an aerial view. expert, “it looked like a cigarette lighter.” Bic
* Kangaroos hop because their leg structure lost $11 million.
doesn’t permit them to walk independently.
* A 6-year-old Chinese boy named Ming • Chilly Bang! Bang! Juice. Not the best
Ming fell from an eight-story window, only packaging idea - The kiddie drink came
to catch his ears in a metal grate, thereby in a pistol-shaped container. Kids drank
saving his life. it by putting the barrel in their mouths and
* In 2019, the Wendy’s fast-food chain re- squeezing the trigger. Outraged parents,
leased a tabletop board game titled “Feast of and complaints from officials, got it yanked
Legends.” It’s played in a similar fashion to from the shelves.
Dungeons and Dragons, with Wendy as the
Queen and main character. • Hop ‘N’ Gator. The inventor of Gatorade sold
* Bananas are a natural source of radioac- his original drink to a major corporation in
tive isotopes. Just a few can often trigger ra- 1966. Then, in 1969, he used the money
diation sensors used at U.S. ports to detect to create another can’t miss product:
smuggled nuclear material. a mixture of Gatorade and beer. The
Pittsburgh Brewing Company sold the drink
for a couple of years but unfortunately sales
never took off. People didn’t want Gatorade
in their beer.

• Zartan the Enemy Action Figures. Hasbro
promoted the first version of this soldier
doll as a “paranoid schizophrenic with
multiple personalities.” After mental health
organizations complained, Hasbro made a
second version that doesn’t reference either
mental disorder.
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room nicknamed the “Room of Tears.” This is
where the new Pope is taken after winning
the election, to relieve the emotion of that
process.
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thing is that I can still use these
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regularly.” -- M.L. in Virginia

* Great ways to remove stuck
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* Have a stained coffee pot, but
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Career Retraining

If you’ve lost your job due to the pandemic, to the extent that you know you need a different career, TriviaAnswers
the Department of Veterans Affairs might be able to help.
1. Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan,
The Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program is in place and accepting applications for educa- Bobby and Cindy
tion and training from veterans who are out of work. 2. Arctic
3. Airman basic
There are a number of qualifications for eligibility: Over age 22 but not older than 66, out of work 4. Sneakers
because of COVID, not eligible for GI Bill or VR&E benefits (or you transferred your GI Bill bene- 5. “Hamlet”
fits to family members), not disabled, not in a federal or state jobs program, and not getting unem- 6. 10 years
7. Bill Murray
ployment (including CARES ACT benefits). 8. Five
The education and training offered covers VET TEC (Veteran Employment Through Technology 9. Deep creases at your wrists
Education Courses) at the associates degree level, non-college degree, or certificate level. These 10. George Herbert Walker Bush
courses are accelerated and are in fields such as health care, education, media, engineering and
high-tech. The VA, working with the Department of Labor, came up with a list of 208 potential ca-
reers that can spring from those high-demand occupations, ranging from electrical and mechanical
engineers to web developers and graphic designers to commercial drivers, carpenters and machin-

ists. Plus cost estimators, special-ed teachers and clergy.
If you’re eligible, you can get up to 12 months of tuition and a monthly housing allowance. There is

a specific list of schools that have been accepted into the program, although that list is very long.
The caveat: If you’re considering this, don’t delay. There’s a time limit (December 2022), a money
limit in funding and a participant limit of 17,250 veterans. Once one of those is reached, no further

applications will be accepted.
Call the VA at 888-442-4551 with questions. Or go online to va.gov and put Veteran Rapid Retrain-
ing Assistance Program (VRRAP) in the search box for the whole list of potential careers and the

schools.

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What You Can Do About Rising Food Prices Sports Quiz Answers
1. Czech Republic.
According to the Consumer Price Index, food prices from one year ago have gone up 2. Rudy Gobert.
3.3%. It’s not going to stop there. Non-food prices are going up as well, as companies 3. Tommy Tuberville.
struggle to find the raw materials and manpower they need to produce everything else. 4. Cricket.
Fitness equipment, furniture, lumber, gas, electronics -- it’s all going up. What we have 5. Anthony Neuer.
6. Steve Carlton.
to be concerned with, however, is our most basic need: food. 7. Tim Kurkjian.
Even if you’ve never felt any urgency before, check into your local food bank. Keep the

information handy, just in case you need it later.
Look at store brands. Many are even better than the name brands.
Make every dollar count. Sign up for a grocery store rewards card, if it’s available. Use
a private throwaway email address, the one you use to sign up for things that might
generate too much junk mail. You’ll likely get emails about sales with coupons. (At my
store, I log in at the checkout and get cash back at the end of each quarter.)
Look to your own vegetable garden or farmers markets as ways to save. If you want to
do canning this summer, one heads up: Be certain you can get the jars, lids and rings

at the same time. They might be in short supply.
Freezing meals is another option and ensures that food is always available. Double a

stew or soup recipe and buy in bulk when it makes sense to.
Shop from a list to the extent you can, knowing that stores can be out of things you
want. Consider having breakfast for dinner one night a week, and one meatless dinner.

Plan meals around what’s on sale each week.
It bears repeating: Find out about your local food bank.

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FABULOUS FLOPS ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Lots of possi-
bilities begin to open up by midweek. Some
(continued): seem more appealing than others. But wait
for more facts to emerge later on before you
• Pepsi A.M. Why not get your morning caffeine from cola instead of coffee? The consider which to choose.
world’s first breakfast soft drink didn’t get far. It didn’t take long for Pepsi to find TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Bravo to the de-
out that most consumers didn’t want a breakfast soft drink, and for those who termined Bovine. While others might give up,
did drink Pepsi in the morning - “still preferred the taste of plain old Pepsi.” you continue to search for answers. Expect
your Taurean tenacity to begin paying off by
• Hands Up! Kid’s soap in an aerosol can, introduced in 1962. The spray nozzle week’s end.
was a plastic gun . Kids got soap out of the can by pointing the gun nozzle at GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might want
themselves or bath partner and squeezing the trigger. The Hands-Up-slogan: to consider stepping back from the task at
“Gets kids clean and makes them like it.” hand for a while. This could help you get a
better perspective on what you’ve done and
• Colgate Kitchen Entrees: Colgate tried to market a variety of food products with what still needs to be done.
the Colgate name. The products never took off. Colgate may have thought this CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your keen
a clever idea - eat Colgate food then clean the food off your teeth with Colgate Cancerian insight should help you determine
tooth past. Sounds appetizing right? whether a new offer is solid or just more fluff
‘n’ stuff. The clues are all there, waiting for you
• Cocaine Energy Drink: Cocaine is a high-energy drink, containing three and to find them.
a half times the amount of caffeine as Red Bull. The FDA declared that the LEO (July 23 to August 22) Being ignored is
manufacture, Redux Beverages, were “illegally marketing their drink as an difficult for any proud Leo or Leona. But push-
alternative to street drugs.” It was pulled off U.S. shelves in 2007. Despite the ing yourself back into the spotlight might be
controversy, Redux Beverages still sells the beverage in Europe and a few unwise. Instead, let things work themselves
stores in the U.S. out at their own pace.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Trying to
• The DeLorean Car: John DeLorean quit General Motors in 1973 to start his uncover a colleague’s secret under the pretext
own auto company. The car debuted in 1981, but failed two years later due to of showing concern is ill-advised. Control your
lack of sales. The car may have been too space age in design for the times, with curiosity in order to avoid raising resentment
it’s unpainted, stainless-steel exterior and gull-wing doors. Only 9,000 vehicles in the workplace.
were manufactured. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Expect
to hear good news about a loved one. Also,
be prepared for some changes in several fam-
ily relationships that could develop from this
lucky turn of events.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21)
Some surprises are expected to accompany a
number of changes that will continue through
part of next week. At least one could involve a
romantic situation.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to Decem-
ber 21) You might be upset by some of your
critics. But most of your associates continue
to have faith in your ability to get the job done,
and done well.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19)
A workplace goal that suddenly seems out of
reach is no problem for the sure-footed Goat,
who moves steadily forward despite any ob-
stacles placed in his or her way.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18)
Uncertainty about who is right and who isn’t
might keep you from making a clear-cut de-
cision. Wait until you know more about what
you’re being asked to decide.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Be careful
to keep your emotions in check when deal-
ing with a demanding personal situation. You
need to set an example of strength for others
to follow.
BORN THIS WEEK: You have an extraordi-
nary ability to rally people to do their best. You
would be a treasure as a teacher.

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1. Is the book of Lot in the Old or New BIBLE TRIVIA
Testament or neither? ANSWERS: 1) Neither; 2) 4; 3) Ehud; 4) Eli-
2. How many beasts rising out of the sha; 5) Adoni-Bezek; 6) Malachi
sea did Daniel have a dream about?
4, 7, 13, 20
3. From Judges 3, who was the
left-handed Benjamite that killed Eg-
lon? Geshem, Agag, Ehud, Joram
4. In 2 Kings 4, who purified a pot of
deadly stew with flour? Josiah, Eli-
sha, Jehu, Hilkiah
5. From Judges 1:6, what king had
his thumbs and toes cut off? David,
Adoni-Bezek, Josiah, Herod
6. Whose biblical name means “mes-
senger”? Aaron, Moses, Samuel,
Malachi

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ture with Wilson’s Casey’s latest
book, “Test Your Bible Knowledge,”
available in bookstores and online.

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Photo Credit: The Asylum/Syfy Films
Photo Caption: Ian Ziering in “Sharknado 4”

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts an-
other surging storm season for 2021, with a whopping 13-20 named
storms and three to five major hurricanes in the Gulf and Atlantic. The
hurricane season started officially on June 1, although we’ve already
had a named storm in the Atlantic in May.
Are you making preparations? Along with medicines, canned food, water and flashlights for that inevitable power failure, grab some
DVDs to prepare for an internet outage. Need some inspiration? How about 2012’s “Alien Tornado” -- featuring electrical windstorms
and an unusual group of heroes that includes a farmer and a blogger? Or 2010’s “Burning Bright,” in which a girl and her autistic
brother are trapped in their house during a hurricane -- with a man-eating tiger that was purchased by their no-good dad! Here are
some more mainstream choices:

“Crawl” (R) -- Haley (Kay Scodelario) is a small-town Florida girl sitting in the track of a monster hurricane. Under evacuation orders,
she find her dad trapped in the crawlspace of his home. Injured and vulnerable, the rising waters threaten their lives -- but that’s not
even the worst thing. There, in the brackish maelstrom, lurk giant alligators.

“The Perfect Storm” (PG-13) -- A tropical storm meets cold front, creating 100-foot waves that pound a fishing boat in the North Atlan-
tic in this terrifying true tale of the Andrea Gail, starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.

“Sharknado” through “The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time” (NR) -- Whether you indoctrinate with the original, featuring the City of
Angels under siege, or skip with to the sixth and final installment, relax with hero Ian Ziering as Fin Shepard. This tragedy of cheese
keeps giving and giving.

“Adrift” (PG-13) -- Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin star in a tale of disaster, resilience and romance on the (literally) high seas. In
the path of their yacht sailing from Tahiti to San Diego, a category 5 hurricane develops, which they miraculously survive. Against all
odds and adrift in the middle of nowhere, they must survive. It’s inspirational nightmare that is based on a true story.

“Hours” (PG-13) -- Paul Walker plays Nolan, a young father whose wife gives birth to a baby girl just hours before Hurricane Katrina
hits New Orleans. The mother dies, the baby is struggling and requires a ventilator as the hospital loses power and staff. Nolan is
left alone to fend for his child, keeping her alive by hook or crook. It’s surprisingly poignant for a thriller, with Nolan overcoming an
endless string of adversities.

“Geostorm” (PG-13) -- A series of natural disasters prompt scientists to develop a satellite protection system that basically shuts
down bad weather. But things go haywire, as they sometimes do, and satellite designer Jake Lawson (Gerard Butler) is sent through
the back door of the space station to figure out what’s what.

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Cupcake-Making Tips from Betty Crocker

While Betty Crocker is often associated with 1950s happy homemaking, she originally belonged
to a different generation. Created in 1921 as a “friend to homemakers” for the Washburn Crosby
Company (a forerunner to General Mills) in Minneapolis, her purpose was to answer consumer
mail. “She” was actually the women of the Home Service Department who signed Betty’s name.
Eventually, Betty Crocker’s local radio show on WCCO expanded, and audiences around the na-
tion tuned her in, tried her money-saving recipes and wrote Betty nearly 5,000 fan letters per day.
“Your talks ... have given me hope,” wrote one listener to the Betty Crocker radio program during

the Depression.
A fascinating book, “Finding Betty Crocker” (Minnesota Heritage, 2007), by author and documen-
tary producer Susan Marks, offers a unique look at the culinary and marketing history of Ameri-
ca’s First Lady of Food. According to Marks’ largely chronological “biography” (there was no real Betty Crocker), it was human connections like
this one that made Crocker one of the most successful marketing tools ever. Filled with treasures from the General Mills archive -- including
letters sent to Crocker during World War II, reprints of famous recipes and advertisements, and portraits updated through the years -- Marks’
book introduces readers to the people who breathed life into Crocker’s image as the happiest of homemakers.
With these basic items and tips courtesy of the Betty Crocker website (www.bettycrocker.com), you can bake and decorate a batch of beautiful

cupcakes in a snap.

CUPCAKE MAKING TIPS

Staples:
* Betty Crocker boxed cake mixes in a variety of flavors
* Ready-to-spread frostings
* Decorating icing, assorted colors
* Decorating gels, assorted colors
* Food colors (liquid, gel or paste). Try paste food color for more vivid color frosting
* Assorted colored sugars and edible glitters
* Assorted candy sprinkles

Equipment: PHOTO CREDIT: Depositphotos
* Cupcake pans (mini and regular)
* Paper baking cups, available in a variety of colors and prints. Find them in supermarkets, party,
craft or specialty cake decorating stores.
* Resealable food-storage plastic bags for piping icings and glazes.

Tip: Baking Pans
A box of cake mix makes 24 to 30 cupcakes in regular-size cupcake pan. There also are pans that have mini, large and jumbo cups. If you have
only one pan and a recipe calls for more cupcakes than your pan will make, just cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first
batch. Cool the pan about 15 minutes, then bake the rest of the batter, adding 1 to 2 minutes to the bake time.
An easy way to fill baking cups is to use an ice cream scoop. Use one that measures out 1/3 cup batter when filling regular-size cups. Use one
that measures out 2 tablespoons batter when filling mini cups.

Frosting Tips:
* Carefully dip tops of cupcake into the frosting, give a slight twist and remove. Finish off with a swirl of a knife if needed.
* Dip frosted cupcakes into bowls of nuts, colored sugar, sprinkles or other decors for easy decorating.

Storing Cupcakes:
1. Cool cupcakes completely before covering to keep tops from becoming sticky (about 30 minutes).
2. Loosely cover cupcakes that will be frosted later so the tops stay dry. If covered tightly, they become sticky and difficult to frost.
3. Store cupcakes with a creamy-type frosting loosely covered with foil, plastic wrap or waxed paper, or under a cake safe or inverted bowl
4. Refrigerate cupcakes with whipped-cream toppings or cream fillings.
5. Frost cupcakes with fluffy frosting on the day they are to be served.
6. Freeze cupcakes two to three months, tightly wrapped.
7. To keep frosting on frosted cupcakes from sticking, freeze cupcakes uncovered 1 hour, then insert a toothpick in the top of the cupcake, and
tightly wrap.
8. Thaw cupcakes in the refrigerator or on the countertop.
9. When thawing on the countertop, loosen or remove wrapping to prevent condensation.
10. Decorating gel, hard candies and colored sugars do not freeze well because they tend to run during thawing.

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