Story times are in full swing at the library

Story times at the Delaware County Dis­trict Library are back in full swing, with dozens of pro­grams for kids of all ages at all four library loca­tions. For spe­cific infor­ma­tion on each pro­gram, visit delawarelibrary.org or pick up the lat­est edi­tion of “Check It Out!”, our quar­terly newslet­ter. Here are some of the great pro­grams com­ing up in the next week that you won’t want to miss.

At the Delaware (Main) Library on Wednes­day, Sept. 12, the eBook Lab will be open from 1 to 2:30 p.m., giv­ing you the oppor­tu­nity to explore dif­fer­ent devices and learn more about down­load­ing eBooks from the Library. Also on that day, teens are invited to a gam­ing tour­na­ment begin­ning at 4 p.m.

If you’re in the Pow­ell area, stop by at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17 for the fam­ily pro­gram, “Clif­ford Vis­its the Library.”

The Ostran­der Branch will host Mad Sci­ence Fam­ily Night at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11 and on Sept. 14, the Home­school Book Club will dive into a dis­cus­sion of fairy tales (pre-registration is required for this program).

At the library’s Orange Branch, Book Bud­dies will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 13 to talk about Touch the Sky by Alice Coach­man. This pro­gram is for kids ages 5–7 and their parents.

Each loca­tion will also be pre­sent­ing story times through­out the week, for babies, tod­dlers and preschool­ers, too. Even though your kids will thor­oughly enjoy these story time ses­sions, they will also be learn­ing valu­able pre-reading skills to pre­pare them to enjoy books and lan­guage. Check the web­site, cal­en­dar or call the library for spe­cific days and times.

It seems as if there is never a dull moment at the Delaware County Dis­trict library. And, I think that is wonderful!

What is the dif­fer­ence between con­densed and evap­o­rated milk?

Accord­ing to Food Lover’s Com­pan­ion, evap­o­rated milk is milk that has had about 60 per­cent of the water removed. It is then homog­e­nized, rapidly chilled, for­ti­fied with vit­a­mins and sta­bi­liz­ers, pack­aged, and ster­il­ized. Stan­dards require whole evap­o­rated milk con­tain at least 7.9 per­cent milk fat and 25.5 per­cent milk solids. Sweet­ened con­densed milk goes through less pro­cess­ing than evap­o­rated milk. Sixty per­cent of the water has also been removed from con­densed milk, but it dif­fers in that sugar has been added. Con­densed milk con­tains 40 to 45 per­cent sugar, and at least 8 per­cent fat and 28 per­cent milk solids. Gov­ern­men­tal reg­u­la­tions require that vit­a­min A be added to con­densed milk, but no other nutri­ents are required by law although they may be added. Unsweet­ened con­densed milk is a redun­dant term; it is sim­ply evap­o­rated milk.

What is “Judge’s Tongue” or “Tongue of the Judge”?

It is an Iraqi dish, Lis’an El Qa’thi (Ara­bic for “Tongue of the Judge) that is fun­da­men­tally egg­plant stuffed with ground beef or lamb. The dish is so named because as a respected mem­ber of Iraqi soci­ety, the judge would expect his food stuffed with meat, while the com­mon­ers would stuff theirs with rice. The com­plete recipe can be found in Larousse Gas­tronomique.

How much as Ben Cur­tis earned as a pro­fes­sional golfer?

An arti­cle in Golf Digest notes that Ben Cur­tis has won to date $2,342,874, win­ning money in South Car­olina, West Vir­ginia, Mary­land, Florida, North Car­olina, Louisiana, Texas, Puerto Rico, Eng­land, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

From this amount, Cur­tis would have to pay taxes (fed­eral and local), travel, caddy fees, entry fees, instruc­tors, train­ers, and his agent, lawyer and busi­ness man­ager, to name a few antic­i­pated expenses that golfers have. Thanks to Ref­er­ence Librar­ian Sara Kennedy for research­ing the answer to this question.

If you have a ques­tion that you would like to see answered in this col­umn, mail it to Mary Jane San­tos, Delaware County Dis­trict Library, 84 E. Win­ter St., Delaware, OH 43015, or call 740–362-3861. You can also email your ques­tions by vis­it­ing delawarelibrary.org or directly to Mary Jane at mjsantos@delawarelibrary.org. No mat­ter how you con­tact us, we’re always glad you asked!

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