Refrigerator

Q. I enjoy eating pepper shooters, and I buy them by the pound at my local grocery store. This year, I am growing cherry peppers so I tried to make my own pepper shooters. I filled the peppers with provolone cheese and prosciutto, put them in a quart jar, and covered them with olive oil. After storing them in the refrigerator for a couple of days, the oil became thick and looked like cheese. When I left them at room temperature for a while, the oil went back to its original state. The grocery store shooters are in the refrigerated section, but the oil doesn't appear thick.

100 Years Ago Of-fensive neighbors In the Howard County courthouse column: "After the completion of the criminal docket, the civil docket was taken up and the first case on it was the one of Curtis vs. Thompson. This grew out of a dispute over a fence between respective properties. The original fence was an old worm fence and Mr. Curtis took a portion of the fence down. Then Mr. Thompson replaced that portion with a straight rail fence. Mr. Curtis claimed that Mr. Thompson trespassed on his property in doing so and entered suit against him. After the evidence was in and the jury had listened to arguments for each side by Mr. Rogers and Messrs.

Tired of those fruit-shaped magnets and sticky notes plastered all over the refrigerator? Well, clear the door! Amana comes to the rescue with a "talking" refrigerator. At the touch of a button (above the water dispenser), the Amana Messenger allows you to leave voice messages for yourself or other household members. The side-by-side freezer / refrigerator also keeps an eye on a variety of refrigerator functions, alerting you if the door is ajar, if the water filter needs to be replaced or if there has been a power outage.

My laptop was my most devoted companion during two months in a wheelchair with a broken ankle, so of course I took the opportunity to buy a new refrigerator. Online. It was actually easier than buying a bathing suit online. I know, because I did that, too. Anyway, I researched the most popular refrigerator styles, the best manufacturers and the best prices. I clicked on all the pictures and all the consumer reviews. I watched for the February appliance sales, and I read about the Presidents' Weekend tax holiday, and I printed out the form for the energy-efficiency rebate.

How to tell the difference between Penn and Teller: Penn is taller and Teller is paler. In public, Penn is talky and Teller is . . ."Excuse me, Teller is very pale, he is a bit paler than I. Neither one of us has ever been in the sun. Right now we are in a room with no windows, rehearsing the 'Penn & Teller Refrigerator Tour.' It is a schoolroom, like Michigan architects design to drive little children crazy . . . They graduate and they never have seen the sun. . . ."Am I surprised when people ask me why our tour is called the 'Refrigerator Tour'?

CHICAGO -- William Perry lumbers to his locker stall in Halas Hall and finds a note from a reporter seeking an interview. The note tells Perry the reporter understands he no longer talks to the media but wonders if he would make an exception.Attached is a copy of a story the reporter had written long ago, about Perry's family after a visit to the Perry home in Aiken, S.C.The Bears' larger-than-life defensive tackle takes only a moment to scan the note. He does not look at the attached story.

Q: I have a problem with bread going stale. I live alone and am rarely able to use an entire loaf of bread before it turns stale. I have tried storing bread in the refrigerator but find that once I do that it never tastes the same. What is it about refrigeration that ruins bread?A: Bread turns stale as its starch undergoes a change in structure. Although stale bread has a dried-out appearance, a loss of moisture is not the complete explanation -- a loaf will even turn stale in a well-sealed, never-opened package.

Innocently opening my icebox to get a glass of juice one day, I started to analyze the contents of my refrigerator. I decided that if a complete stranger looked in there, he would be able to tell a lot about me.He would know, for instance, that I liked hot food (seven bottles of Matouk's Hot Pepper Sauce from Trinidad). He would know that I'm somewhat of a pack rat (a dozen tiny containers filled with leftovers). He would surely know I had children (an empty milk carton, an ice cube tray with one cube in it)

COLLEGE PARK -- In addition to the refrigerator in Gloria Friedgen's homey kitchen, there are also two in the adjacent garage. With more than 20 people expected for Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow - including about a dozen hungry Maryland football players - there has to be a little extra storage room at the modest Friedgen home in Silver Spring. The dining room opens into the living room, where there will be enough seating to accommodate 25 to 30 people. Wake Forest@Maryland Saturday, 7:45 p.m., ESPN, 1300 AM, 105.7 FM Line: Maryland by 1 1/2

The drug-addicted mother of a 5-year-old girl who died after drinking methadone she mistook for a soft drink pleaded guilty yesterday to involuntary manslaughter, Baltimore prosecutors said.Jacquelyn Turner, 28, of the 900 block of Bennett Place entered the guilty plea before Judge Mabel H. Hubbard in Baltimore Circuit Court and was ordered to undergo a medical evaluation. Her sentence will be determined Sept. 3 after the evaluation is completed, said Assistant State's Attorney Denise Fili.

Many Americans make meals out of leftovers from their meals. And while everyone knows to refrigerate perishables, not everyone is taking all the proper steps to ensure the next-day food is safe, according to the Institute of Food Technologists , a nonprofit society of food science professionals from academia, government and industry. The group definitely supports leftovers, and even says some foods actually taste better the next day, such as those with spices, because the flavors have time to meld.

Joseph M. Bolewicki Jr., an appliance dealer who was recalled as the "last of the old-school Highlandtown retail giants," died July 21 of cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 84 and lived in Northeast Baltimore. "He ran a great neighborhood business," said Patrick Michael McCusker, owner of Nacho Mama's restaurant in Canton. "His store brought me back in time. When you bought an appliance from him, you also bought a piece of his character." Born in Baltimore, he grew up in Canton and attended St. Brigid's Parochial School and was a 1944 Loyola High School graduate.

It is rare that one can find a truly heartwarming story about icemakers. When we were first married, my husband and I lived in a renovated old high-rise in Virginia. All of the new appliances were specified as "builder-grade," which indicates that builders on the whole must be extremely content with minimal features in their home appliances. The dishwasher had two cycles: on and off. The refrigerator had only two or three gradations on its dials, and the freezer had no icemaker.

The woman sounded panicky and apologetic. "I forgot!" she hollered from the second floor of her North Baltimore rowhouse. What she forgot was to lug her ancient console television out the front door so it could be hauled away by the city's bulk trash pickup service. And now here was the big green city truck, idling outside on Oakland Avenue. Larry Eley, the easygoing 38-year-old crew chief, gazed up at her from the walkway. He wanted her to know there probably wouldn't be a next time.

Environmentalists and economists alike are hoping Maryland's version of the rebate program known as Cash for Appliances entices residents to invest in super-energy-efficient appliances — boosting the economy while reducing electricity use. The state's version of the federal stimulus-funded program begins Thursday — Earth Day — and it will continue until the $5.4 million has been distributed, which could take several months, depending...

Marylanders who wait until March to switch to certain energy-efficient electric water heaters, refrigerators and clothes washers will be eligible for a federal "cash for appliances" rebate, according to the Maryland Energy Administration. The U.S. Department of Energy approved Maryland's proposal for the energy-efficient appliances rebate program Thursday. The state's share is $5.4 million, paid for by stimulus plan dollars. Under the approved terms, consumers can apply for a $300 rebate after purchasing an electric heat pump water heater, which is more energy-efficient than standard electric water heaters.

A malfunctioning refrigerator has caused the loss of about $25,000 in vaccines for the Carroll County Health Department, officials said yesterday. Because the vaccines had to be destroyed, officials cannot schedule any more flu clinics this season and have postponed other inoculation clinics until supplies are replenished. The nursing staff, who check the refrigerator's recorded temperature and corresponding time twice daily, discovered the thermometer had dropped to extremely low temperatures Monday.

Many Americans make meals out of leftovers from their meals. And while everyone knows to refrigerate perishables, not everyone is taking all the proper steps to ensure the next-day food is safe, according to the Institute of Food Technologists , a nonprofit society of food science professionals from academia, government and industry. The group definitely supports leftovers, and even says some foods actually taste better the next day, such as those with spices, because the flavors have time to meld.

A Baltimore summer seemed to last forever when I was a child. Things were so languid during July and much of August that many of the city's downtown department stores would close early on summer Saturday afternoons. It was that dead downtown. City noise quieted. If you rode a transit bus, you avoided the rear seats over the motor. They heated up, and air conditioning in transit vehicles was a distant dream. The movie houses, which promoted their cool air, had a corner on cool comfort.