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JCC Banter: November 2013
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Monday, November 25. As we approach the holiday, it is important to make sure you know all the safety precautions for the food you plan to prepare. There are three safe ways to thaw food: refrigerate, submerge in cold water, and microwave. You must plan ahead if you are going to thaw your turkey in the fridge. Allow for approximately 24 hours for each 4 to 5 pounds. Cold water thawing times:. 4-12 pounds: 2-6 hours. 12-16 pounds: 6-8 hours. 20-24 pounds: 10-12 hours. 4-6 pounds: 1 ½ - 2 ¼ hours. The Dece...
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JCC Banter: August 2013
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Tuesday, August 27. Exercise of the Month: August. EXERCISE OF THE MONTH:. The traditional burpee is great for those seeking a single move that burns big calories and offers a full body workout with each repetition. The BOSU push-up burpee is a new spin on this classic exercise that should become a part of your regular routine. Pick up BOSU ball with soft/round side facing away from your body. Hold it with a firm grip. Quickly hop both feet towards the ball then stand, lifting the BOSU ball up to chest.
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JCC Banter: April 2014
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Monday, April 28. Turning Over the Spring’s Hard Ground. After laying down fresh compost from last year’s garden, I turned over with a pitchfork the slowly softening dirt in our middle bed. I drove into the ground the points of the fork, pushed them in deep with my foot, and leveraged upward soil that had not seen the sun for many months. With the right nutrients, sufficient water, good soil contact, attentive weeding, protection from rabbits, and sun, this bed will be good enough for them. The quirky, s...
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JCC Banter: January 2014
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Tuesday, January 28. By Richard S. Kordesh. Fresh snow covering the ground and fluttering in the air casts a dream-like haze over our garden on this late January afternoon. I can barely discern the outlines of raised beds that- only four months ago- teemed with red onions and surged with slender, green beans. Terra cotta pots, then brimming with red and yellow peppers, are barely distinguishable under the round, white cloaks that settled over them through the morning. It makes me feel alive differently, ...
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JCC Banter: June 2014
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Tuesday, June 24. Knowledge you need to enjoy the life you want. So my journey continues ( you can read about its start in an earlier article. I continue to work to lose weight, meet our members and learn about all that the JCC has to offer. Over the past month I have done a couple of new and different things to focus on my weight loss:. I met with a personal trainer. And this was very helpful. My session was only for 30 minutes. I sat down with a nutritionist. We'll be talking about how to shop for food...
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JCC Banter: June 2013
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Thursday, June 27. Exercise of the Month: June. EXERCISE OF THE MONTH:. How to do it. Stand with feet together and squat so your knees are at a 90-degree angle. Jump off of the ground horizontally. For all jumps, land softly and absorb impact with your quads. Jump side to side with both feet and move quickly. Perform 20-30 jumps, repeat 5 sets. Jump side to side as high as you can. Perform in sets of 5-8, repeat 5 sets. Quads, Glutes, Calves. Thursday, June 13. By Katherine Matutes, Ph.D. Thursday, June 6.
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JCC Banter: August 2014
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Wednesday, August 27. Each gardening season blossoms differently. After this year’s extended winter, we faced a halting start with a few of our traditionally reliable vegetables. Perhaps because the cold had lasted well into April, fewer bugs turned up as food for the birds in May and June. To compensate, our winged friends ate seedlings that, in past years, they had left alone. Beets sown in May barely saw the light before being nipped to the ground. Kathy planted roses, astilbe, peonies, and hydrangea:...
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JCC Banter: As Seasons Pass
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Wednesday, August 27. Each gardening season blossoms differently. After this year’s extended winter, we faced a halting start with a few of our traditionally reliable vegetables. Perhaps because the cold had lasted well into April, fewer bugs turned up as food for the birds in May and June. To compensate, our winged friends ate seedlings that, in past years, they had left alone. Beets sown in May barely saw the light before being nipped to the ground. Kathy planted roses, astilbe, peonies, and hydrangea:...
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JCC Banter: September 2013
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Thursday, September 19. One Gift Left Behind. The potato harvest was in…or so I had thought. Out from five burlap sacks had rolled several dozen red and white spuds, some small, some peculiarly shaped, and others bulky, but yet smoothly contoured. I spread the spilled dirt from the bags, now free of potatoes, over the base of our raised bed from which just a few days previously I had pulled this summer’s now spent cucumber plants. All seemed settled, with the ground prepared for a rest. In a garden where...