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Haveyoueverwalked into the kitchen to make your morning cup of cof- fee only to discover someone left milk on the counter all night? Or the ice cream? Often, in warm weather milk goes sour before it can be used. But don't throw it out, even if there is only a little bit left. Sour milk is a valu- able kitchen asset! Pour however much you have into a clean glass, and keep it in the fridge un- til you have accumu- lated one cup. Plan to use it as soon as it thickens, since milk becomes bit- ter if it stands too long. Note: Recipes using sour milk must include bak- ing soda. Sourmilkbiscuits • 2 cups flour • 1 tablespoon short- ening • 1 cup thick sour milk • teaspoon salt • teaspoon baking soda Preheat oven to 400 F. Sift the flour, salt and baking soda together. Rub in the shortening with a spoon. Add the milk, and stir lightly. The dough should be soft. Drop spoonfuls of dough into greased muffin tins, and bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes. Use that melted ice cream to bake a cake. The liquid ingredients, fat and flavor are already right in the ice cream. And if that ice cream just happens to have big chunks of choc- olate, pralines, cookie dough, cherries or nuts, that's all the better. Your cake will be filled with yummy goodness. Melted ice-cream cake • 1 package (18.25 ounces) cake mix • 2 cups melted ice cream, any flavor(s) • 2 large eggs Preheat oven to 350 F, and move the rack to the middle. Lightly mist a 12- cup Bundt or angel food cake pan with vegetable oil spray and dust it with flour. Shake out the ex- cess flour. Place the cake mix, melted ice cream and eggs in a large mix- ing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for one minute. In- crease the mixer speed to medium, and beat two minutes longer, scrap- ing the sides as necessary until the batter is thick and well-blended. Pour the batter into the pan, smoothing the top with the rubber spatula. Bake the cake un- til it springs back when lightly pressed with your finger and just starts to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 38 to 42 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven, and place it on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the cake, and invert it onto a small plate or rack, then again onto a sec- ond rack so that the cake is right side up to com- plete cooling — 30 min- utes more. Once it's cool, lightly dust with pow- dered sugar or your favor- ite icing. Notes: • You can melt the ice cream in the microwave. Select "defrost." Check it and stir it every few min- utes until it becomes liq- uid. • A pint of ice cream may not produce two cups of melted ice cream because some manufac- turers pump air in during the manufacturing pro- cess. • In a pinch, you can leave out the eggs. I did once by accident, and my German chocolate cake mix combined with Haagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream was awesome. • You can use any cake mix with any combina- tion of ice creams you might have on hand. Bor- ing flavors will produce a bland cake. Get cre- ative with flavors. I've used cake mixes with pudding, double pudding or no pudding, and ex- tra moist or ultra moist mixes — they all produce good results. I've mixed together several flavors and brands of ice cream — even the ice cream that was in the back of the freezer and is covered with ice crystals — to come up with 2 cups. Wouldyouliketosend a tip to Mary? You can email her at mary@ everydaycheapskate. com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Ste. B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. EVERYDAYCHEAPSKATE Don't throw that out SACRAMENTO The Bureau ofReclamationhasawarded a $5.5 million construction contract to TNT Industrial Contractors, Inc. from Sac- ramento for modifications to the fish ladders and fish screens at Eagle Canyon Di- version Dam and North Bat- tle Creek Feeder Diversion Dam on North Fork Battle Creek. The project will fully sat- isfy National Marine Fish- eries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Cali- fornia Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries re- quirements; Federal En- ergy Regulatory Commis- sion compliance require- ments and Pacific Gas and Electric Company opera- tions requirements. Battle Creek has the ge- ology, hydrology and hab- itat suitability to support threatened and endan- gered anadromous Chinook salmon and Central Valley steelhead. The Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Res- toration Project, one of the largest cold-water anadro- mous fish restoration efforts in North America, is restor- ing about 42 miles of habi- tat on Battle Creek and an additional six miles of hab- itat on tributaries to Battle Creek, while maintaining the continued production of hydroelectric power at the Battle Creek Hydroelec- tric Project, which is owned and operated by PG&E and licensed by FERC. By removing dams and constructing fish screens and ladders, the project is providing safe passage for anadromous fish to reach cold water and hab- itat needed for successful spawning and to increase their populations. The proj- ect is also preventing the mixing of North Fork Battle Creek and South Fork Battle Creek waters, through the construction of powerhouse bypass and tailrace con- nectors; protecting a trout hatchery from diseases car- ried by anadromous fish, through the construction of a fish barrier weir; in- creasing instream flows; dedicating water rights for instream purposes at dam removal sites; and imple- menting adaptive manage- ment to ensure fisheries ob- jectives are met. The project area is located within five miles of Manton in Shasta and Tehama counties. To date, a dam and ca- nal and pipeline system have been removed; two fish screens and fish lad- ders have been constructed; an approximate mile-long powerhouse bypass and a tailrace connector have been constructed; and a fish barrier weir has been con- structed, resulting in about 16 miles of stream habitat restoration. Remaining work includes construction of a fish screen and ladder; construction of a power- house tailrace connector; removal of a canal system; and removal of four diver- sion dams. Entire project construction is anticipated to be completed in 2021. "The award of this con- tract represents the con- tinuation of Reclamation's commitment to restoring the Battle Creek water- shed," said David Murillo, regional director Reclama- tion Mid-Pacific Region. "Protecting and improv- ing populations of Cen- tral Valley spring-run Chi- nook salmon, Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon and Central Valley steelhead is vital to ensur- ing that we can reliably de- liver water from Reclama- tion's Central Valley Project. As we move forward with the project, the collective ef- forts from all participating partners demonstrates the importance of reestablish- ing approximately 48 miles of salmon and steelhead habitat in the Battle Creek watershed." To learn more about the Battle Creek Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Proj- ect, visit http://www.usbr. gov/mp/battlecreek/index. html. For additional informa- tion, call Mary Marshall at 916-978-5248 (TTY 800- 877-8339) or write to mmar- shall@usbr.gov. BATTLE CREEK Contract awarded for salmon, steelhead restoration MINERAL U.S. Citizen- ship and Immigration Services Sacramento District Director Mon- ica Toro administered the Oath of Allegiance at Lassen Volcanic National Park Tuesday to 107 new citizens and two who de- rived citizenship from a parent. The ceremony is in rec- ognition and celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Ser- vice and Lassen Park. Holding the ceremony at Lassen saved most of those being sworn in a more than 300-mile round-trip to Sacra- mento. In 2006, the park ser- vice and immigration entered into an agree- ment to hold naturaliza- tion ceremonies in na- tional parks as a way of spotlighting the beauty and significance of both the parks and the citi- zenship process. These historic and often pic- turesque sites provide an ideal backdrop for citi- zenship ceremonies. The new citizens and their families and friends were invited to share the experience. The ceremony took place mid morning in the parking lot for the Lassen Peak Trail. For more information about immigration and its programs, visit www. uscis.gov. IMMIGRATION More than 100 sworn in as citizens at Lassen Park CONTRIBUTEDPHOTO More than 100new citizens are sworn in Tuesday at the base of Lassen Peak. 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