Lifestyle

It is no secret that education during a pandemic has been brutal. No one knows how to successfully navigate through sickness, quarantine, school closures, and online learning, but our educators in the Corning School District are certainly giving it all they have for our students. Although we’ve been bombarded with sickness and quarantine, I have seen a remarkable perseverance from all of our staff. I want to express my sincere appreciation to all who have helped us keep school open during the past few weeks. Even though we had to close for a few days, we have made the best of the situation. Our staff has been willing to help cover classes, cook lunch, sweep floors, drive buses, and basically anything we asked them to do while we were short-staffed. This is truly an amazing group of people to work with!

Children at Noah’s Ark PreSchool take care of birds during the winter using peanut butter, bird seed and toilet tissue rolls. .

16 servings 3 pounds lean ground turkey 3 medium green peppers, chopped 3 medium onions, finely chopped 21/4 cups ketchup 3/4 cup water 3 tablespoons white vinegar 3 tablespoons spicy brown mustard 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped 1/2 teaspoon pepper 16 whole wheat hamburger buns, split In a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray, cook the turkey, green peppers and onions over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink and the vegetables are tender; drain. Stir in the ketchup, water, vinegar, mustard, jalapeño, and pepper.

Makes 6 1/2 cup unsalted butter, plus 1 tablespoon 2 celery ribs, minced 1/2 yellow onion, minced 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, preferably toasted, plus more as needed 1 teaspoon plus 1 tablespoon hot sauce 2 pounds smoked jumbo lump crabmeat 6 tablespoons heavy whipping cream 3 large eggs 26 Ritz crackers, crushed Vegetable oil, for pan-frying 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 2 lemons, cut into wedges for garnish Heat a stick of butter in a small pot over low heat until the solids separate. Skim off the white foam that rises to the top with a little ladle and pour the clear butter aside to cool.

It’s that time again for my honest and unbiased critique of the fall viewing season. As a retired teacher, I will give it an overall grade of C-.

Clay County Courier readers may send in their favorite recipes to be published in our What’s Cooking Clay County? section of the newspaper. Please mail, bring your recipes to the newspaper or email to pamlowe@claycountycourier.com.

Shayna Casinger and Zack Brown are happy to announce their engagement to be married. The couple became engaged on January 8 while on vacation in Cancun, Mexico. They have set their wedding date for March 1, 2022 at the Oaks Downtown. The ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m.