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October/November 1992
 
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Gobble Those Leftovers

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Thanksgiving is just around the bend—along with two monotonous months of turkey leftovers. However, there are those who strive for more creative concoctions, and now there's a forum for youngsters to showcase their recipes.

The National Turkey Federation (bet ya didn't know there was one) came up with "National Turkey Lovers' Recipe Contest For Teens:' Students, age 12 to 18, were asked to come up with original recipes using at least one pound of fresh-cooked turkey meat.

You may be surprised to know that over 540 entries were received. Recipes were judged by a panel of professional home economists, who the picked the top ten turkey treats. And the grand prize went to ... Matt McHargue of Kentucky. His "Lemon Turkey Stir-fry With Pasta" won this 15-year-old $2,000. Other prizes went to Sylvia Massenburg for her "Turkey Gyro Sandwich," to Tony Jacobson for his "Tasty Turkey Roll," and to Maribel delos Santos for her "Mexican Turkey Stew:'

To obtain a free copy of the top ten recipes, send a self-addressed, stamped, business-size envelope to : Teen Brochure, National Turkey Federation, 11321 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 22090.

Choose Your Droppings

It seems all things exotic are destined for greatness. Even dung.

Horticulturist Bill Bricker, of Georgia, maker of "Kricket Krap" fertilizer, is the first to agree. The guy is raking it in.

Right now cricket droppings are being swept off farms where crickets are bred to make fish bait—450,000 defecations to the pound to be precise. Bricker admits "people think that we're a bunch of wee little people with wee little shovels:' (dung elves, if you will.) Bricker insists that Kricket Krap is the best organic fertilizer in the United States. And he has 10,000 customers to prove it. If you wish to order, write: Bricker's Organic Farm, 824 Sandbar Theory Road, Augusta, GA. 30901; 706/722-0661. Prices are $6.95 for a four-pound box; $29 for a 35-pound box. The prices include postage.

Also big on the market (bigger than you know) are elephant and rhino droppings. Gardeners like it because it's twice as rich in nitrogen as cattle or horse manure.

According to Pierce Ledbetter, founder of Zoo Doo, a compost company in Memphis, "People just get a real kick out of using rhinoceros doo." Swept from a Memphis zoo, the manure costs $10 for a 15 pound bag, enough to cover 750 square feet of garden. For more information, call 1-800-I-LUV-DOO (really).

Editor's note: Do you have any news items you would like to share withMOTHERreaders? Send your newspaper clippings, photos, and true tales to "Bits & Pieces," Mother Earth News, P.O. Box 129, Arden, NC 28794.

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