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What's Coo00:in'?
Pat, pets going strong after 20 years
-- I, ..... &
PAT NEELY, a founding member of Adopt-a-Pet, is seat-
ed in front of one of the displays at 210 Grove Street
where the nonprofit group holds monthly garage sales
to support its kennels and spay-neuter clinic.
you open more often?' but the se-
cret is, if we were open, they'd
just spread themselves around
but here, they think 'What are
they going to have this month?'
and they all come on the one
day," she suggests. "We don't
have the volunteers to be open
more than one day. We still rely
on people to donate and they are.
It's so amazing."
Going back to the early days of
the group, Pat says, "We started
with kennels. I was voted presi-
dent, but it was only a title be-
cause like I said, everybody had
a job and I could run around. We
got a lady, she has since passed
away, and she and her kids and I
built the first kennels," Pat
states.
"AND WE FOUND a place to
pfit them. We've always had
caretakers. We started taking in
one, two, three, four dogs and we
started listing other people's
dogs," she continues. "Each
family cabin.)
She was joined by a second, un-
accountably mild-natured scotty
for whom the whiskery image of
kindly gentleman would have
been in keeping, but of all the
Aberdeen terriers whose whiskers
I've observed, his were the least
imposing. More recent scotties in
the extended family included a to-
tal space cadet and the current
bewhiskered curmudgeon.
And certainly, in his case,
those whiskers aren't compatible
with the current resident scotty's
love for drinking water. (I'm sure
week I'd take a dog down to The
Journal for the picture. Now we
take pictures at our kennels."
The "Lookin' for a Home" col-
umn still appears each week in
the paper.
"We don't have a lot of mem-
bers but the members we have are
good," Pat notes. "We have a
meeting the second Saturday of
every month at Burgermaster,
9:30 to 11 in the morning." Mem-
bership fees for Adopt-a-Pet are
quite low, she adds, but the group
has a number of lifetime mem-
bers. Dues for single adult mem-
bers are $10; it's $5 for a junior or
senior citizen membership and
$15 for a family. Lifetime dues
are $100.
As the need for services has
grown so has the need for money
to support the clinic and kennels.
Pat explains, "We take all our
animals, of course, to the vet to
make sure they're healthy before
coming to the kennels." Then,
By MARY DUNCAN
Adopt-a-Pet will be 20 years
old on February 9 and Pat Neely
has been with the group since its
inception. "That's when we were
incorporated as a nonprofit char-
ity," she reports with a sense of
pride.
"There were seven of us and I
am the only one still involved in
the group. Some have moved
away; some have passed away
but I am the only one of the origi-
nal seven that's stuck with it and
I can't believe it's 20 years," Pat
marvels with an easy laugh.
The idea of a nonprofit group
to care for stray animals was
really the brainchild of Jan
Danford, former society editor
for The Journal who still writes
her "Passing Fancies" column,
and Dr. Douglas Larson, a long-
time local veterinarian, Pat ex-
plains. "And I happened to be the
new one in town," she continues,
referring to the move she, her
husband and children made
from California two decades
ago.
PAT RECALLS that she did
not want her daughter's dog un-
less it was spayed or neutered.
That's how she ran into the vet
and learned of the effort to sup-
port a kennel and spay-neuter
clinic.
"They had a thrift shop and I
love junk so I got involved in the
thrift shop. And I got the little dog
spayed and that's how I got into
it.
"They also needed a sucker,"
she laughs, then adds, "not a
sucker but I had time. I was new
and they needed somebody to do
the legwork." At the time, the
group was called Lookin' for a
Home Team.
In order to provide services,
Pat says, the volunteers knew
they had to make some money.
Another group that offered hu-
mane-society services had
closed down, and so had Lookin'
for a Home's thrift shop. "So
there was nothing here," she re-
calls. "We had a garage sale.
We all just scrounged, seven of
us and our friends, and we had a
garage sale right out here in my
garage•
"WE HAD JUST built this
house, and my husband said to
me, 'Why do you think we built
back in the woods? Do we want
everybody visiting us?' " she re-
members. "We had a great ga-
rage sale." That fund-raiser has
continued to be a major source of
funds for Adopt-a-Pet, which
holds a sale on the second Satur-
day of every month at 210 Grove
Street downtown. Pat is enthu-
siastic about the following the
group has developed for its once-
a-month sales.
"Everything is donated. It's a
nice rummage sale. We don't
have as much room, so we can't
take all the furniture, but we
have a dry spot, a heated spot,"
Pat notes. "Of course, everything
is cleaned and we don't keep a lot
of junk. We have people who
have been coming for 15, 20
years.
"People say, 'Well, why aren't
it's only water because nothing
more interesting is on offer.) Wet
whiskers may make cute names
for watering holes but they're not
real wonderful for cuddly canines.
However, I've finally gotten the
drift. The resident Scottish terrier
has demonstrated the efficacy of
his elaborate facial whiskers as
an aid to smuggling. Who can tell
what he's bringing home from his
walks, disguised under all that
facial foliage?
Only the person who finds the
splintered remains later in the
living room.
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If form follows function, then
I've finally figured out why Scot-
tish terriers have those immense
whiskers,
In several pieces of fiction I've
read, scotties were staid, stuffy
little dogs whose demeanor went
with stiff whiskers, but I haven't
known any like that.
The Scottish terriers in my life
included a mean-spirited bitch
who hated me when I was born
and intruded on the domestic con-
stellation in which she played the
sun, my parents the planets, (And
after all, it was she who brought
them together by stealing a pot-
roast off the table at my father's
Page 6- Sheon-Mason County Joumai - Thursday, Janus,/28, 1999
there are shots too, and all Adopt-
a-Pet animals over 6 months old
are spayed and neutered.
Then the group came up with
the idea of making apple
dumplings for OysterFest.
"Gwen Skelsey had a recipe and
it was a secret," she says lower-
ing her voice, "but she shared it
with us."
THE PROJECT continued for
six or seven years, Pat adds. The
last year of the dumplings, she
remembers making about 2,000
dumplings from scratch. "The
group of women making them
kept getting smaller and the ap-
ple quantities kept getting big-
ger. So we just decided we
couldn't do that any more," she
says. "We sold all our pans and
now we do cheesecake. We don't
make as much money but we're
getting older. I think I am, age-
wise, next to the youngest of our
members, and I'm 65," Pat re-
flects.
Another fund-raiser for the
group is the annual Paws Walk,
now in its fifth year. "Some
young lady came to a meeting
and suggested it and offered to
start it up. Well, she's long gone.
We have so much fun with that
and each year we're getting a lit-
tle better with it. Last year we
made more money," Pat reports.
"This year we have some whole
new ideas to do."
Besides memberships and
fund-raisers, Pat says, "We get
an awful lot of financial dona-
tions. We don't charge for the
dogs; there's no fee. People just
send money, and say 'I got this
dog.' We get cute letters with pic-
tures from the dogs." She smiles.
"We're a no-kill," she notes.
"We don't put the animals down.
We've had them grow up in our
kennels. We've had them like
four years and still found them a
home. It's a good thing."
RECENTLY Adopt-a-Pet add-
ed another tool for matching pets
and owners. 'Tou know we're on
the Internet now. Our dogs are
going all over. They're going up
to Seattle, to Redmond. It's been
just wonderful," she gushes. The
Adopt-a-Pet Web site is at
www.aap.worg
Pat explains. "We don't pay
for it. All our money has always
gone to the animals. It's given to
us as a gift. These young people
do all the work for us. Isn't that
something?"
Pat remembers when she first
became involved with the group
that her husband Glenn was con-
cerned that they would be over-
run with animals and urged her
to keep a low profile• "We were
both from Los Angeles. We just
wanted a quiet, little place. I
think though he knew that once I
got involved," she offers, "I
would really get involved be-
cause I've always loved ani-
mals."
PAT CONCEDES she has al-
ways felt a kinship with ani-
mals. "My dad had hunting dogs
and it was kind of sad. He didn't
want us playing with them. I was
the only one who would sneak out
and bring them treats and pet
them," she confesses.
While she has had stressful
moments over the last 20 years,
this compassionate woman has
never lost her commitment to
Adopt-a-Pet. "In the beginning, I
took the listings and someone
donated an old car and I picked
up the animals. I did all that be-
cause I had the time. Then I got
burned out. I just couldn't hear
about any more sad dogs," Pat
admits. "I wasn't sleeping at
night. I was killing myself to go
out on the highway to rescue ani-
mals."
She praises the volunteers who
man the kennels as "wonderful.
They are there enough, along
with Elsie and Bill Skipworth the
caretakers, to know the person-
alities of the dogs. I've heard it
said, 'I'm sorry, this would not be
the dog for you.' " And fenced
yards are required, she notes,
"because they are strays and they
do wander."
THOUGHTFULLY, Pat com-
ments, "A lot of people I know
think that we waste our time
when there are so many humans
that need help. But there's a lot of
people helping the humans and
not many helping the animals. I
think we can't do it all, but I
think our group does a pretty
good..." She pauses and adds, "I
think we do an excellent job."
Pat enjoys living in Shelton.
"I just wish I had grown up in a
small town. I love small towns. I
think they're just the place to be.
"I like the people. I like what
you can do in a small town. Can
you imagine doing something
like this?" Pat says of Adopt-a-
Pet. "You couldn't do it in a big
city. You wouldn't get the support
from the community."
When the couple retired here,
Pat says her husband was con-
tent with the new house and his
garden. "I needed more so this
animal thing just fell right in
for me. And I think I was sup-
posed to be there at that time.
Twenty years later, here we are
and we're going as strong as
ever," she declares.
Pat says her friends think it's
a riot she's cook of the week. "I
said, 'I know how to cook.'
They're wondering what recipes
I'll give you." With a laugh she
adds, "I go in the freezer - a
handful of veggies, a handful of
shrimp and I have big quantities
of rice, put it all together and -
dinner."
Over the holidays Pat had a
houseful of 12 people. This is one
of the dishes she made for the
crew.
Che00e thing
1 lb. penne rigatte or any tubular
pasta
,/ lb. sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 lb. mild cheddar cheese
1 28-oz. can tomatoes and pure6
u lb. butter
2 Tbsp. sugar
I tsp. salt
Cook penne al dente, about
eight minutes. Cut both cheeses
into u-inch cubes. Drain cooked
pasta and return to pot. Add but-
ter and stir until almost melted.
Then add cheeses, tomatoes, su-
gar and salt. Stir well. Pour into
a two-quart glass or ceramic
dish with low sides.
Cheese thing should set for 12
to 24 hours in the refrigerator be-
fore baking. It can be stored, un-
cooked, in the refrigerator for
three days or frozen at this point.
Preheat oven to 400." Bake on a
middle rack in the oven for one
hour - the top should be brown
and bubbly. Let stand about five
minutes before serving.
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Pat's pet recipes
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Pet's 20th anniversary, Pat and break into bite-size
Neely thought it would be fun
to share some recipes just tbr
pets. She tbund them in Dr.
Pitcairn's Conlplete Guide to
Natural Health for Dogs and
Cats.
Kitty or doggie crunchies
This recipe, an adaptation
of a tried-and-true kibble creat-
ed by Joan Harper, is nice for
an occasional treat or to kelp a
confined kibble-eater make the
transition to home cooking. It
is nutritionally complete for
both cats and dogs, with 35
percent protein, 14 to 15 per-
cent fat and a calcium Iptlos-
phorus ratio o[ 1.3:1.
1 lb. chicken necks and giz-
zards or other poultry,
ground
1 (16-oz.) can of mackerel,
chopped
2 C. full-fat soy flour
1 C. wheat germ
1 C. powdered skim milk
1 C.cornmeal (dry)
2 C. whole-wheat flour
1 C. rye flour (or another cup
of wheat flour)
3 Tbsp. bonemeal (or 5,400 to
6,000 milligrams calcium)
v., tsp. iodized salt
or
3 Tbsp. kelp
4 Tbsp. vegetable oil (half can
be meat drippings or butter)
1 Tbsp. cod-liver oil (or up to
25,000 1U vitamin A)
/, C. alfalfa powder or trace
mineral powder
3 cloves garlic, minced
/z C. chopped onions (optional)
400 IU vitmnin E
1 qt. water
/ C. nutritional yeast
Mix all the ingredients ex-
cept the yeast and knead into
a firm dough. Roll it out on a
cookie sheet about /z- to u4-
inch thick. (Using a pastry cut-
ter to divide it into strips will
make it easier to break into
chunks. Sprinkle with the
yeast and store in airtight con-
tainers. Refrigerate whatever
amount will not be consumed
in 3 days.
Year round bird feed
(especially appreciated in the
winter)
,/ C. bacon drippings
1 C. flour
1 heaping Tbsp. sharp sand
2 C. cornmeal, scalded
2 C. molasses
'/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. red pepper
Enough water to thicken
Nuts and raisins
Combine all of the ingredi-
ents; place in small foil pie
pans and bake at 400" until
brown.
Hang the pans in a tree.
(If you make more than you
can use right away, you can
freeze it for use later.)
Kitty catnip cookies
1 C. whole-wheat flour
2 Tbsp. wheat germ
/4 C. soy flour
/: C. powdered milk
1 Tbsp. kelp
/ tsp. bonemeal
1 tsp. crushed dried catnip
leaves
1 Tbsp. unsulfured molasses
1 egg
2 Tbsp. oil, butter or fat
/ C. milk or water
Mix the dry ingredients to-
gether. Add the molasses, egg,
oil, butter or fat and milk or
water.
Roll out fiat on an oiled
cookie sheet and cut into nar-
row strips or ribbons. Bake at
350 ° F for 20 minutes or until
lightly toasted. Break into pea-
size pieces, suitable for cats.
Good for treats, exercising
gums and cleaning teeth, but
too low in protein to use for
regular fare.
MGH Auxiliary
plans card
Mason General Hospital Aux-
iliary's fourth annual card party
is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday,
February 8, at Saint Edward's
Parish Hall located at 322 Third
Street in downtown Shelton.
Bridge, pinochle and other
games will be offered and prizes
will be awarded. A choice of des-
sert or a fruit tray will be served.
A $10 donation will cover the af-
ternoon of card playing.
Proceeds will benefit
Guard, a program which
people who live independently
call for help in emergencies
pressing a button on a devi
worn around their necks.
Reservations must be made
Friday, February 5. Those
ning to attend can call
Rice, auxiliary president, at
3431.
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What's Coo00:in'?
Pat, pets going strong after 20 years
-- I, ..... &
PAT NEELY, a founding member of Adopt-a-Pet, is seat-
ed in front of one of the displays at 210 Grove Street
where the nonprofit group holds monthly garage sales
to support its kennels and spay-neuter clinic.
you open more often?' but the se-
cret is, if we were open, they'd
just spread themselves around
but here, they think 'What are
they going to have this month?'
and they all come on the one
day," she suggests. "We don't
have the volunteers to be open
more than one day. We still rely
on people to donate and they are.
It's so amazing."
Going back to the early days of
the group, Pat says, "We started
with kennels. I was voted presi-
dent, but it was only a title be-
cause like I said, everybody had
a job and I could run around. We
got a lady, she has since passed
away, and she and her kids and I
built the first kennels," Pat
states.
"AND WE FOUND a place to
pfit them. We've always had
caretakers. We started taking in
one, two, three, four dogs and we
started listing other people's
dogs," she continues. "Each
family cabin.)
She was joined by a second, un-
accountably mild-natured scotty
for whom the whiskery image of
kindly gentleman would have
been in keeping, but of all the
Aberdeen terriers whose whiskers
I've observed, his were the least
imposing. More recent scotties in
the extended family included a to-
tal space cadet and the current
bewhiskered curmudgeon.
And certainly, in his case,
those whiskers aren't compatible
with the current resident scotty's
love for drinking water. (I'm sure
week I'd take a dog down to The
Journal for the picture. Now we
take pictures at our kennels."
The "Lookin' for a Home" col-
umn still appears each week in
the paper.
"We don't have a lot of mem-
bers but the members we have are
good," Pat notes. "We have a
meeting the second Saturday of
every month at Burgermaster,
9:30 to 11 in the morning." Mem-
bership fees for Adopt-a-Pet are
quite low, she adds, but the group
has a number of lifetime mem-
bers. Dues for single adult mem-
bers are $10; it's $5 for a junior or
senior citizen membership and
$15 for a family. Lifetime dues
are $100.
As the need for services has
grown so has the need for money
to support the clinic and kennels.
Pat explains, "We take all our
animals, of course, to the vet to
make sure they're healthy before
coming to the kennels." Then,
By MARY DUNCAN
Adopt-a-Pet will be 20 years
old on February 9 and Pat Neely
has been with the group since its
inception. "That's when we were
incorporated as a nonprofit char-
ity," she reports with a sense of
pride.
"There were seven of us and I
am the only one still involved in
the group. Some have moved
away; some have passed away
but I am the only one of the origi-
nal seven that's stuck with it and
I can't believe it's 20 years," Pat
marvels with an easy laugh.
The idea of a nonprofit group
to care for stray animals was
really the brainchild of Jan
Danford, former society editor
for The Journal who still writes
her "Passing Fancies" column,
and Dr. Douglas Larson, a long-
time local veterinarian, Pat ex-
plains. "And I happened to be the
new one in town," she continues,
referring to the move she, her
husband and children made
from California two decades
ago.
PAT RECALLS that she did
not want her daughter's dog un-
less it was spayed or neutered.
That's how she ran into the vet
and learned of the effort to sup-
port a kennel and spay-neuter
clinic.
"They had a thrift shop and I
love junk so I got involved in the
thrift shop. And I got the little dog
spayed and that's how I got into
it.
"They also needed a sucker,"
she laughs, then adds, "not a
sucker but I had time. I was new
and they needed somebody to do
the legwork." At the time, the
group was called Lookin' for a
Home Team.
In order to provide services,
Pat says, the volunteers knew
they had to make some money.
Another group that offered hu-
mane-society services had
closed down, and so had Lookin'
for a Home's thrift shop. "So
there was nothing here," she re-
calls. "We had a garage sale.
We all just scrounged, seven of
us and our friends, and we had a
garage sale right out here in my
garage•
"WE HAD JUST built this
house, and my husband said to
me, 'Why do you think we built
back in the woods? Do we want
everybody visiting us?' " she re-
members. "We had a great ga-
rage sale." That fund-raiser has
continued to be a major source of
funds for Adopt-a-Pet, which
holds a sale on the second Satur-
day of every month at 210 Grove
Street downtown. Pat is enthu-
siastic about the following the
group has developed for its once-
a-month sales.
"Everything is donated. It's a
nice rummage sale. We don't
have as much room, so we can't
take all the furniture, but we
have a dry spot, a heated spot,"
Pat notes. "Of course, everything
is cleaned and we don't keep a lot
of junk. We have people who
have been coming for 15, 20
years.
"People say, 'Well, why aren't
it's only water because nothing
more interesting is on offer.) Wet
whiskers may make cute names
for watering holes but they're not
real wonderful for cuddly canines.
However, I've finally gotten the
drift. The resident Scottish terrier
has demonstrated the efficacy of
his elaborate facial whiskers as
an aid to smuggling. Who can tell
what he's bringing home from his
walks, disguised under all that
facial foliage?
Only the person who finds the
splintered remains later in the
living room.
OPEN MONDAY
• Baskets
• Custom Candy Bouquets
• Fine Chocolates
• Bulk Candy
• Applewood Bath Products
Hours: Mercantile Mall
Mon-Fri I 0-6
Sat 10-3 ZZl West
Open Railroad Ave.
Valentine's For delivery call
Day 432 -8492
If form follows function, then
I've finally figured out why Scot-
tish terriers have those immense
whiskers,
In several pieces of fiction I've
read, scotties were staid, stuffy
little dogs whose demeanor went
with stiff whiskers, but I haven't
known any like that.
The Scottish terriers in my life
included a mean-spirited bitch
who hated me when I was born
and intruded on the domestic con-
stellation in which she played the
sun, my parents the planets, (And
after all, it was she who brought
them together by stealing a pot-
roast off the table at my father's
Page 6- Sheon-Mason County Joumai - Thursday, Janus,/28, 1999
there are shots too, and all Adopt-
a-Pet animals over 6 months old
are spayed and neutered.
Then the group came up with
the idea of making apple
dumplings for OysterFest.
"Gwen Skelsey had a recipe and
it was a secret," she says lower-
ing her voice, "but she shared it
with us."
THE PROJECT continued for
six or seven years, Pat adds. The
last year of the dumplings, she
remembers making about 2,000
dumplings from scratch. "The
group of women making them
kept getting smaller and the ap-
ple quantities kept getting big-
ger. So we just decided we
couldn't do that any more," she
says. "We sold all our pans and
now we do cheesecake. We don't
make as much money but we're
getting older. I think I am, age-
wise, next to the youngest of our
members, and I'm 65," Pat re-
flects.
Another fund-raiser for the
group is the annual Paws Walk,
now in its fifth year. "Some
young lady came to a meeting
and suggested it and offered to
start it up. Well, she's long gone.
We have so much fun with that
and each year we're getting a lit-
tle better with it. Last year we
made more money," Pat reports.
"This year we have some whole
new ideas to do."
Besides memberships and
fund-raisers, Pat says, "We get
an awful lot of financial dona-
tions. We don't charge for the
dogs; there's no fee. People just
send money, and say 'I got this
dog.' We get cute letters with pic-
tures from the dogs." She smiles.
"We're a no-kill," she notes.
"We don't put the animals down.
We've had them grow up in our
kennels. We've had them like
four years and still found them a
home. It's a good thing."
RECENTLY Adopt-a-Pet add-
ed another tool for matching pets
and owners. 'Tou know we're on
the Internet now. Our dogs are
going all over. They're going up
to Seattle, to Redmond. It's been
just wonderful," she gushes. The
Adopt-a-Pet Web site is at
www.aap.worg
Pat explains. "We don't pay
for it. All our money has always
gone to the animals. It's given to
us as a gift. These young people
do all the work for us. Isn't that
something?"
Pat remembers when she first
became involved with the group
that her husband Glenn was con-
cerned that they would be over-
run with animals and urged her
to keep a low profile• "We were
both from Los Angeles. We just
wanted a quiet, little place. I
think though he knew that once I
got involved," she offers, "I
would really get involved be-
cause I've always loved ani-
mals."
PAT CONCEDES she has al-
ways felt a kinship with ani-
mals. "My dad had hunting dogs
and it was kind of sad. He didn't
want us playing with them. I was
the only one who would sneak out
and bring them treats and pet
them," she confesses.
While she has had stressful
moments over the last 20 years,
this compassionate woman has
never lost her commitment to
Adopt-a-Pet. "In the beginning, I
took the listings and someone
donated an old car and I picked
up the animals. I did all that be-
cause I had the time. Then I got
burned out. I just couldn't hear
about any more sad dogs," Pat
admits. "I wasn't sleeping at
night. I was killing myself to go
out on the highway to rescue ani-
mals."
She praises the volunteers who
man the kennels as "wonderful.
They are there enough, along
with Elsie and Bill Skipworth the
caretakers, to know the person-
alities of the dogs. I've heard it
said, 'I'm sorry, this would not be
the dog for you.' " And fenced
yards are required, she notes,
"because they are strays and they
do wander."
THOUGHTFULLY, Pat com-
ments, "A lot of people I know
think that we waste our time
when there are so many humans
that need help. But there's a lot of
people helping the humans and
not many helping the animals. I
think we can't do it all, but I
think our group does a pretty
good..." She pauses and adds, "I
think we do an excellent job."
Pat enjoys living in Shelton.
"I just wish I had grown up in a
small town. I love small towns. I
think they're just the place to be.
"I like the people. I like what
you can do in a small town. Can
you imagine doing something
like this?" Pat says of Adopt-a-
Pet. "You couldn't do it in a big
city. You wouldn't get the support
from the community."
When the couple retired here,
Pat says her husband was con-
tent with the new house and his
garden. "I needed more so this
animal thing just fell right in
for me. And I think I was sup-
posed to be there at that time.
Twenty years later, here we are
and we're going as strong as
ever," she declares.
Pat says her friends think it's
a riot she's cook of the week. "I
said, 'I know how to cook.'
They're wondering what recipes
I'll give you." With a laugh she
adds, "I go in the freezer - a
handful of veggies, a handful of
shrimp and I have big quantities
of rice, put it all together and -
dinner."
Over the holidays Pat had a
houseful of 12 people. This is one
of the dishes she made for the
crew.
Che00e thing
1 lb. penne rigatte or any tubular
pasta
,/ lb. sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 lb. mild cheddar cheese
1 28-oz. can tomatoes and pure6
u lb. butter
2 Tbsp. sugar
I tsp. salt
Cook penne al dente, about
eight minutes. Cut both cheeses
into u-inch cubes. Drain cooked
pasta and return to pot. Add but-
ter and stir until almost melted.
Then add cheeses, tomatoes, su-
gar and salt. Stir well. Pour into
a two-quart glass or ceramic
dish with low sides.
Cheese thing should set for 12
to 24 hours in the refrigerator be-
fore baking. It can be stored, un-
cooked, in the refrigerator for
three days or frozen at this point.
Preheat oven to 400." Bake on a
middle rack in the oven for one
hour - the top should be brown
and bubbly. Let stand about five
minutes before serving.
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Neely thought it would be fun
to share some recipes just tbr
pets. She tbund them in Dr.
Pitcairn's Conlplete Guide to
Natural Health for Dogs and
Cats.
Kitty or doggie crunchies
This recipe, an adaptation
of a tried-and-true kibble creat-
ed by Joan Harper, is nice for
an occasional treat or to kelp a
confined kibble-eater make the
transition to home cooking. It
is nutritionally complete for
both cats and dogs, with 35
percent protein, 14 to 15 per-
cent fat and a calcium Iptlos-
phorus ratio o[ 1.3:1.
1 lb. chicken necks and giz-
zards or other poultry,
ground
1 (16-oz.) can of mackerel,
chopped
2 C. full-fat soy flour
1 C. wheat germ
1 C. powdered skim milk
1 C.cornmeal (dry)
2 C. whole-wheat flour
1 C. rye flour (or another cup
of wheat flour)
3 Tbsp. bonemeal (or 5,400 to
6,000 milligrams calcium)
v., tsp. iodized salt
or
3 Tbsp. kelp
4 Tbsp. vegetable oil (half can
be meat drippings or butter)
1 Tbsp. cod-liver oil (or up to
25,000 1U vitamin A)
/, C. alfalfa powder or trace
mineral powder
3 cloves garlic, minced
/z C. chopped onions (optional)
400 IU vitmnin E
1 qt. water
/ C. nutritional yeast
Mix all the ingredients ex-
cept the yeast and knead into
a firm dough. Roll it out on a
cookie sheet about /z- to u4-
inch thick. (Using a pastry cut-
ter to divide it into strips will
make it easier to break into
chunks. Sprinkle with the
yeast and store in airtight con-
tainers. Refrigerate whatever
amount will not be consumed
in 3 days.
Year round bird feed
(especially appreciated in the
winter)
,/ C. bacon drippings
1 C. flour
1 heaping Tbsp. sharp sand
2 C. cornmeal, scalded
2 C. molasses
'/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. red pepper
Enough water to thicken
Nuts and raisins
Combine all of the ingredi-
ents; place in small foil pie
pans and bake at 400" until
brown.
Hang the pans in a tree.
(If you make more than you
can use right away, you can
freeze it for use later.)
Kitty catnip cookies
1 C. whole-wheat flour
2 Tbsp. wheat germ
/4 C. soy flour
/: C. powdered milk
1 Tbsp. kelp
/ tsp. bonemeal
1 tsp. crushed dried catnip
leaves
1 Tbsp. unsulfured molasses
1 egg
2 Tbsp. oil, butter or fat
/ C. milk or water
Mix the dry ingredients to-
gether. Add the molasses, egg,
oil, butter or fat and milk or
water.
Roll out fiat on an oiled
cookie sheet and cut into nar-
row strips or ribbons. Bake at
350 ° F for 20 minutes or until
lightly toasted. Break into pea-
size pieces, suitable for cats.
Good for treats, exercising
gums and cleaning teeth, but
too low in protein to use for
regular fare.
MGH Auxiliary
plans card
Mason General Hospital Aux-
iliary's fourth annual card party
is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday,
February 8, at Saint Edward's
Parish Hall located at 322 Third
Street in downtown Shelton.
Bridge, pinochle and other
games will be offered and prizes
will be awarded. A choice of des-
sert or a fruit tray will be served.
A $10 donation will cover the af-
ternoon of card playing.
Proceeds will benefit
Guard, a program which
people who live independently
call for help in emergencies
pressing a button on a devi
worn around their necks.
Reservations must be made
Friday, February 5. Those
ning to attend can call
Rice, auxiliary president, at
3431.
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