WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 2008 News WWW.KANSAN.COM THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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》 DO IT YOURSELF
Revamp clothes with old buttons
Sachiko Miyakawa/KANSAN
A variety of buttons can be used to decorate alomst any part of a wardrobe. They can dress up any outfit for a night out on the town or just hanning out with friends.
If you've ever noticed the spare buttons sewn inside your button-down clothing, stop wasting that untapped potential and revitalize your dull old clothes by sewing on the buttons.
Gather a variety of buttons. Choose a purse, plain jacket, shirt or jeans to decorate. You can add spice with some unusually big buttons. Sometimes using contrasting colors works well. Ask Grandma if it would be all right to modify her ancient hand-me-downs.
Experiment with button placement before you start sewing. Photograph or sketch your final design to reference as a guide. There aren't many
rules for this, so be creative and have fun.
Repeat this three times for each hole. End with a secure double-knot at the inside of the clothing.
For each button, slide a half yard of thread through the eye of a needle. A needle threader makes this easy for you. Fold the thread in half and tie two or three firm knots at the end. Push the needle up through the back of side of the fabric and through one of the holes in the button. Then push the needle back down through the next hole and through the fabric.
A needle and threads are available at Hobby Lobby, 1801 W. 23rd St. You can find antique buttons at the lower floor of Lawrence Antique Mall, 830 Massachusetts St.
Enjoy your transformed clothes and wear them boldly!
》 COOKING ON A BUDGET
-Sachiko Miyakawa
Five ingredients for fast dessert
POOF PASTRY
Laura Kitzmiller, Prairie Village junior, shares her quick and easy recipe for getting a cheap sugar rush.
INGREDIENTS
1 can of Pillsbury crescent rolls
1 bag of marshmallows
1/8 stick of butter
Dash of sugar
Dash of cinnamon
DIRECTIONS
Place one marshmallow inside each crescent roll. Put each roll on a cookie sheet and bake for eight to 10 minutes.
"Watch and they'll poof up," Kitzmiller said, while taking a break from work at Pita Pit, 1011 Massachusetts Street.
Melt the butter in a bowl and dip the crescent roll in butter after taking rolls out of the oven.
With your pastry now saturated in butter, roll it in an already prepared bowl of cinnamon and sugar and enjoy.
"It's just ridiculously sugary and awesome," Kitzmiller said.
Kitzmiller swears she's a bit of a health nut at heart. But even she has succumbed to the Poof Pastry urge a time or two. After all, how can you resist the unusual combination of butter, sugar, cinnamon and marshmallows?
BRIEF
"It's just a good, cheap dessert if you're bored and you want a snack," she said. "It's pretty easy, pretty fast and fun. And it serves a lot of people."
Jesse Temple
Salmonella outbreak linked to uncooked tomatoes
ATLANTA — An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has now been reported in nine states, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
Lab tests have confirmed 40 illnesses in Texas and New Mexico as the same type of salmonella, right down to the genetic fingerprint. An investigation by Texas and New Mexico health authorities and the Indian Health Service tied those cases to uncooked, raw, large tomatoes.
Another 30 people have become sick with the same Salmonella Saintpaul infection in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Illinois and Indiana. CDC investigators are looking into whether tomatoes were culprits there, too.
At least 17 people in Texas and New Mexico have been hospitalized. None have died, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In Texas and New Mexico, raw large tomatoes — including Roma and red round tomatoes — were found to be a common factor in the 40 illnesses.
Associated Press
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