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“With the. long cold nights _
approaching its soup. time.

-. Everyone enjoys a-hearty soup on:
-achilly night and I have one for
you that served. with french bread
and a salad can serve as the main .

. course of the meal. It takes a little
time to prepare but it is well worth .
-the ‘effort. 1 usually double the’
quantity as it freezes well and it is .
great to have on. hand for those
busy days (or lazy ones) when
making. a meal is one chore too

Lentil Soup
1% cups Lentils ° ..
5 cups. water
4 slices Bacon
Ya cup sliced. carrots -- we
Y cup diced green sweet pepper.
.1 cup sliced onion:
1 cup canned Tomatoes
--3 tbsp. butter’ **
3 tbsp. flour.
2 cups beef, stock (beef, cubes can:
be used):
1 to 2 tsp. sik (according to taste)
2 tbsp. red wine vinegar.
YA tsp. ground black pepper a
Wash lentils. and put. in large.
; saucepan . with “water. Cover. cand"

cool and.’ crumble: in: hands" ‘and.
put ‘aside. Add. all the: vegetables.
to'the bacon: ‘drippings: ‘and saute -
over: low: heat - for. five. ‘minutes.

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pounds, some -

the furniture: -

». Transparent eyelids and ¢ car rand .
nose valves make. life under the
water a pleasure for. the. beaver. It

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‘teeth that keeps. water. out of its
mouth» during ~. submerged
chewing. The’ well... groomed

its fur and ‘picking ‘its teeth
.after a hard day, jaw-wise,. |”

: .700-pound monster,
Today’ s beaver: contrasts: with
its. 700-pound’» ancestor. ‘that
“nibbled its way around the world

“word *heafor” but reference ‘to
time: of Egyptian jhieroglyphies.
“The: beaver's.importance. to

Canada: was -in- starting’ New

deed, beaver. skins. were ‘at’ one
time the | official» currency © and

: the fur trade,

2 Lonise: Dickinson. Rich.

followed : strange. rivers..to. their

- Mountain - ranges, crossed «wide
praries’ and ‘nameless =

penetrated . deep . into. pathless

Me 1

soup to nuts -
cold weather treats

- slowly blend: in. stock. Add to-
lentil pot.: Bring the soup to the

small quantities; in soup es

_2 cups raw potatoes diced

~ “may be used)
; Salt (to: taste).

bring .to- boil. Reduce heat and:
“cook. slowly: ‘for: -1hour:: During © :
“this: period. fry. bacon. till crisp, : ”

“pedchine: 60. .
pounds, it “has: ‘been called’ clumsy on
“but “peisare. ‘claimed. ‘by: ‘their.
“= owners to.” -be : agile ‘enough. to”:
.dance '— “and. are downright’ ef-":
“fectionate. : Also; they. do. not eat. |

also has a fold of skin just behind |
wevery sharp and ever-growing front

“beaver makes a good use of two
‘inside: nails on. its. webbed “hind.
fect that. are split.for combing out.

__ one million years ago. Its name is.
derived from the old Anglo-Saxon.

them is: found as far back:as the .
World trade. for their pelts; ine
Wars: were fought for control of ©:

In -her book, The Fur Trade,
writes

sources; struggled over towering . -

lakes, °

‘bacon and vegetables to the lentil
pot, melt butter-in bacon pan,
remove from heat and blend in
flour. Stir-and cook for | one
minute. Remove from heat and

boiling point, ‘stirring constantly. -
Reduce heat to simmer, cover and
cook for.35 minutes, ‘stirring
frequently. Add ~ pepper © and
vinegar. Stir and cook for mee
minutes.
Asa prelude toa. hearty dinner,

“there ‘is ‘nothing more. delicious

than Vichysoisse. It is French.
peasant - potatoe soup refined to _
join the gourmet dishes of French
cuisine. This one is quick and easy.
to make. It should be served in

itis rather rich.
.Vichysoisse
1 cup onions - chopped: .

“2 leeks (white part only)’ hopped a

Ys cup melted butter.
1 qt: chicken stock (chicken’ cues :
Ys tsp white pepper”.
A cup light cream: ©
till “soft... and. yellow. Do : not

“Salt and | pepper. Cook about 20 to
aa ‘till. potatoes: are: “soft.

: wilderness.

wildernes: Through © ‘their. ex-
‘-plorations, °

“shave been: “They. opened the way
-for settling, the-West.”?" =

strong, smooth: felt for hats made
‘of. the. -beaver’s \-underfur:
“the. result that: by the late 19th:

~ beaver,: the peak being” a half-

the hard- -pressed_ tail slapper gota
reprieve.

‘Strict controls. on ‘trapping in”
following decades . allowed the ,

beaver: populations to recoup so
that their trapping is once again
big business in’ Canada.” The

season's: harvest in 1975-76 was
almost 335,000: pelts: worth. over: .
$6,700,000,- The problent now. is

in keeping their nuntbers to a level

out of house and home,
The beaver’s worth. ta
-énvironment: is incaleulably more

rivers ind streams, this carpenter:

helps stabilize water flow, creates

Opinion divided:

raise the . water ~ table, thereby

“improving. land fertility; other ~
“farmers . spend their time. un-

‘slirring constantly. To serve hot,

served cold. To. serve cold

before adding cream. 1. usually

“to beat it in. Makes two. quarts. |
Garnish with chopped ‘chives or

-2 tbsp. butter or margarine

blend

“Saute onions and leeks in ‘putter. ba

‘brown. ‘Add: ‘potatoes, and: ‘stock,

=the: ‘geography. . cof we
: North. America was known. 100.
“years. before it might ‘otherwise ©

. The trade gota big boost when.
French hatmakers came up witha

~ century large areas of the: con--
-tinent.were completely depleted of.

million, killed. in: just. one ‘year.
Along: came. the silk topper:and::~

where they don't eat each other 27
‘the be
“than the price oftheir. skins. By.
“working at’ the headwaters | of

~Aumber-jack:= architect engineer to

trout ponds: and improves: the ~~
“habitat of other forms. of wildlife,’ me
“The old fur traders and trappers”

_ gave more than they ever Intended .
ar dreamed to America... they”,

“Human. opinion, on, the Giher’©
hand, is divided over the beaver’s ~
“worth: Some farmers like to have
them around because. their dams.

just add cream. at this point.
However, Vichysoisse.is at its best
it
should be thoroughly chilled
make it -a day ahead. and add

cream before serving using a wisk

parsley.

~ Salmon with Granola.
4 ‘fresh or frozen Salmon Steaks, ~
cut approximately 1”’ thick:

‘Tl medium: tart apple, peeled and
chopped

l-cup granola. *.

% tsp. salt. ~

r -Ytsp: cinnamon:
; Dash of-pepper —

Wipe steaks with a damp cloth.

» Place «in single layer in foil-lined -
. shallow. baking dish. Melt. butter.
_.in’smalk pan. Add’ apple and ‘cook...
-. for 2° minutes: Add g ‘granola, salt, . ©
Stir to -

cinnamon: ‘and: pepper.
nd *. well: “Place -_ Steaks in:
preheated :450 degrees F. over: for

--".§ minutes. Remove from oven and.
.top with ‘the granola. mixture...

Return to oven and reduce heatto” -,
. 350 degrees F: for a: further 7. to 8:0:
“minutes. ©

‘Serve immediately ;

trees die from’ the. ‘foodie’: :

get | rid of beavers short of calling
in: > trapper.

salmon steaks that Seems {0 appeal to con femporary taste buds.

Competely sy
: eliminating them froman area can.

SALMON WI TH GRA NOLA DRESSING —a different v way of serving -

Everybody agrees’ it’s hard a -

have sconsequences | worse: than:

their “presence,
especially -where «the:

water tables. ;

AN: instance when the beaver! <
‘help was: actually sought occured
‘at Canada’s ‘Chalk River atomic
energy’ plant. T

“than man — and much cheaper.
Many trappers. believe © the
_beaver's intelligence ‘and
‘sonality’. are underrated,
scientific viewpoint
“careful observations made. over

~The

have demonstrated that their-urge

to work-is of a purely mechanical:
nature, ‘and is still: labourionsly
carried out, even. when the ob-
‘jectives. are unattainable)
A third: opinion is. enough to.) °
and: :
Te oe
Recent efforts to bring the beaver
back to England after 700 years of
not. Castor |
“canadensis. but. ‘Castor fiber, the
; Ruropean: version, imported from :

emake’. Canadian. beavers”
supporters alike chew thet

extinction: involved .

France.
How did- the Canadian beaver

“best? Because, — said
“repopulation project's leader, the
~Canadian- beaver is. “backward

cutting.”

‘Two. beaver soon. >.

“made the project’s leaking storage ~'
dam watertight. They, apparently |.
odo a better job of dam: building

per-
holds. that:

V long period oti ‘captive beaver. :

which . 4s honoured:on coats. of"
arms and: coins, end- “up. second.
the

and particularly wasteful, md tree.

however,
. beavers’: -
" “danis’. help: maintain: ponds: and be
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