Carroll County Times
LIFE & TIMES
Kitchen safety
important
during holidays
As the holiday season
approaches, Safe Kids
Carroll County reminds
parents and caregivers to
check the kitchen for pre-
ventable hazards and to
supervise children at all
times in the kitchen.
It’s important to keep
cabinets closed and
locked, and to store haz-
ardous substances out of
reach. However, the most
important safety precau-
tion in the kitchen is con-
stant, close and attentive
supervision. Simply being
in the same room as a
child is not necessarily
supervising. An actively
supervised child is in
sight and in reach at all
times.
Burns — from spills,
steam, hot surfaces and
flame — can be especially
devastating injuries. Be-
cause young children have
thinner skin than adults,
they burn more severely
and at lower tempera-
tures.
Scald burns from hot
liquid or steam are the
most common type of
burns among children
ages 4 and younger. A
child will suffer a full-
thickness burn (third- de-
gree burn) after just three
seconds of exposure to
140- degree water, and will
need surgery and skin
grafts.
Keep these precautions
in mind to prevent
kitchen burns and acci-
dents:
■ Never leave a hot
stove unattended. (Unat-
tended food on the stove
is the number one cause
of home fires.)
■ Never hold a child
while cooking or carrying
hot items.
■ Cook on back burners
whenever possible and
turn all handles toward
the back of the stove.
■ Don’t allow loose- fit-
ting clothing in the
kitchen.
■ Keep hot foods and
liquids away from the
edges of counters and ta-
bles. Be especially careful
around tablecloths be-
cause children can pull
hot dishes down onto
themselves.
■ Tie up electrical
cords of small appliances.
A toddler playing with a
dangling cord can pull a
Bear
From Page C1
“Kids understand being
hungry and wanting more of
your favorite food,” Bird says.
“It’s kind of a wish fulfill-
ment. Imagine having a pot
as big as yourself filled with
your favorite food. Like a big
pot of cake.”
Honey gingerbread
cookies
½ cup sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground gin-
ger
2 teaspoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground
cloves
½ teaspoon ground nut-
meg
1 cup butter or margarine,
cut into dots and brought
to room temperature
½ cup honey
In a large bowl, sift to-
gether the sugar, flour, bak-
ing soda, salt, ginger,
cinnamon, cloves and nut-
meg.
Use your fingertips to
work the butter into the dry
ingredients. When thor-
oughly worked in, add the
honey and stir until
blended.
Cover the bowl and re-
frigerate the dough for at
least 1 hour. Line a baking
sheet with parchment
paper.
When the dough is
chilled, heat the oven to
350 F.
On a lightly floured sur-
face, roll the dough out
about Ã-inch thick. The
dough also can be placed
between sheets of parch-
Wednesday, November 17, 2010, Page C3
Maggie Rauser
Health Department
Because
young AP PHOTO
children have custard can be done a day ahead of time and the candy coating for the top can be quickly made as dinner
Fresh ginger creme brulee is shown. Shake things up for Thanksgiving dessert with this tasty recipe. The
thinner skin dishes are cleared.
than adults,
they burn
more
Dessert shakes up expectations
severely. Creme brulee good replacement for pie oven, roasting pan. Set the pans in the
then pour enough boiling
water from the kettle into the roast-
toaster or microwave BY JIM ROMANOFF densed milk ing pan to come halfway up the side
down from a countertop. ASSOCIATED PRESS 3 large eggs of the baking dish.
In addition to hot sur- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, or until
faces, hot liquids and Though Thanksgiving traditionally
à teaspoon salt set around the edges but still slightly
sharp objects, the other is a holiday of pies, a creamy, sweet
Ð cup sugar wiggly at the center. Remove the
major hazard in the and crunchy creme brulee — essen-
1 pint fresh raspberries custard from the water bath, set on
kitchen is poison. You tially a candy- coated custard — is an a rack and let cool to room tempera-
should store potentially appealing way to shake things up.
Heat the oven to 325 F. ture. Once cooled, cover and refrig-
hazardous goods, such as The custard for this fresh ginger- erate for at least 4 hours.
cleaning products and al- infused creme brulee can easily be In a medium saucepan over
medium-high, heat the half-and- When ready to serve, heat the
cohol, in cabinets that are prepared a day or two ahead and kept broiler. Remove the custard from the
locked and out of reach. covered in the refrigerator. half, stirring constantly, until steam- refrigerator, uncover and blot off any
Also, install a carbon Then, while some of your helpers ing but not boiling.
monoxide detector to excess moisture from the top with a
clear the table, you sprinkle some Remove the pan from the heat and paper towel.
alert everyone to get out
sugar on top of the pre- made custard, add the ginger. Cover and set aside Sprinkle the sugar evenly over the
of the house in the event throw it under the broiler for a few
of a buildup of the odor- to steep for 20 minutes. top, making sure the edges are cov-
minutes to create the caramel crust After the half-and-half and ginger ered. Broil at least 6 inches from the
less toxic gas given off by
fuel- burning appliances. and you are ready to serve it topped have steeped, bring a kettle of water heat source until the sugar is melted
Children who can fol- with fresh raspberries. to a boil. and caramelized, 8 to 10 minutes,
low directions may be This dish also can be cooked in in- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk rotating the dish as needed to en-
ready to help out in the dividual ramekins using the same together the sweetened condensed sure even browning. Let cool for a
kitchen with tasks that do technique. The cooking time will be milk, eggs, vanilla and salt until few minutes. Serve immediately
not involve knives, appli- roughly the same. (best within 2 hours so the crust re-
slightly frothy. Slowly whisk in the
ances or heat. mains firm), garnished with the
hot half-and-half and ginger mix-
You know your own Fresh ginger creme brulee raspberries.
ture. Pour the mixture through a
children. Don’t give them 2 cups half-and- half mesh strainer into a shallow 1- or
knives or let them handle Start to finish: 1 hour 10 minutes
4- inch piece unpeeled fresh 1½-quart baking dish. Discard the (15 minutes active), plus 4½ hours
anything hot until they
ginger, coarsely chopped solids in the strainer. cooling
have shown the maturity
14- ounce can sweetened con- Set the dish in a larger, shallow Servings: 8
and coordination to do it
safely. Some children ma-
ture faster than others, so
it’s up to parents to use
good judgment about each
child’s capabilities.
For more information
Discounts given for getting flu shot
about kitchen safety and
burn prevention, call 410-
Getting a flu shot is at Karen Silverman the information. store and when I got there,
the top of most people’s The Renn Fest will no all of the Cupcake
876-4448 or visit www.usa. “to do” list this time of Coupon Corner longer mail postcards, so Plungers had been sold.
safekids.org/fire. year, but there are several even if you were previ- Even worse, when an em-
things to consider before
Maggie Rauser is the you choose where to get it. lar coupon, but it was good ously on the mailing list, ployee looked online to
for a $24.99 flu gift card. you won’t receive a notice see if other stores had any,
Safe Kids Coordinator for Some questions you may or coupons unless you sign the product didn’t show up
the Carroll County Health want to ask yourself in- (The coupon is valid
through Nov. 20, 2010.) up online. at all. He said that meant it
Department. clude: Does your insur-
When my husband trans- was probably a one- time
ance or Medicare cover Cupcake plunger
the price of the shot? Will ferred a prescription, he shipment, so you may or
was given a regular $25 gift A recent Bed, Bath & Be- may not find the plunger
ment or waxed paper,
then rolled out.
you have to make an ap-
pointment or can you sim- card, which he gave back yond circular featured a at other Bed, Bath & Be-
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Use 3-inch cookie cut-
incentives, such as store ceive a free flu shot. which removed the cores
ters to cut cookies from No appointment is nec- from the cupcakes so the Karen Silverman lives
discounts or gift cards?
the dough, rerolling the Right now, Rite Aid has essary to receive a flu shot centers can be filled. in Eldersburg and can be
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