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By LESLYE MICHLIN BORDEN

Chocoholics take heart. If
you've been fighting a constant urge
for high-fat chocolate desserts, hope
springs eternal. You can substitute
prune puree for butter, margarine, or
shortening in a number of baked
chocolate dessert recipes. The
result is rich, moist, and delicious,
very similar to the original versions,
and contains almost no fat or
saturated fat. Just what you've been
dreaming of.
Prune puree is easy to prepare.
All you have to do is combine pitted
prunes, vanilla, and water in your
food processor, turn it on, and a few
seconds later, you have ready to
use prune puree. Its delicious, tangy
flavor of prunes combines well with
that of chocolate.
Besides the benefits of
dramatically reducing the fat,
saturated fat, and cholesterol
content of many desserts, using
prune puree instead of butter,
margarine, and shortening has a
few unanticipated benefits. Prunes
are very high in fiber, iron,
potassium, and beta carotene.
So rejoice. Enjoy chocolate
desserts again. Replace the fat with
prune puree. This way, you'll give
up the guilt usually associated with
rich, delicious chocolate desserts
and gain in health benefits. Just
what the doctor ordered.

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PRUNE PUREE
2 cups pitted prunes
4 teaspoons vanilla
3 /4 cup water
Place prunes and vanilla in
food processor bowl. Begin
processing, adding the water
through the feed tube. Continue

The First Man

In the hour when the Holy One,
blessed be He, created the
first man,
He took him and let him pass
before all the trees of the
Garden of Eden,
and said to him:
"See My works, how fine and
excellent they are!
Now all that I have created for
you have I created.
Think upon this, and do not
corrupt and desolate My
world;
for if you corrupt it, there is no
one to set it right after you."
Midrash
Trans. by Jacob Sloan

processing until the prune mixture
is a fine puree. Substitute 1/2 cup of
prune puree for 1/2 cup butter,
margarine, or shortening in some
recipes. Makes 2 1/2 cups.
Per 1/2 cup portion: 154
calories; 1.7 grams protein; 40.4
grams carbohydrate; 0.33 grams fat;
0 milligrams cholesterol. 2 percent
of total calories come from fat.

vegetable spray. Drop batter by
rounded teaspoonful onto the
prepared sheet. Bake 10 minutes.
Cool on wire rack. Makes 36
cookies.
Per cookie: 47 calories; 0.9
grams protein; 11 grams
carbohydrate; 0.3 grams fat; 0
milligrams cholesterol. 5 percent of
total calories come from fat.

(PRUNE) BROWNIES
Wcup egg substitute (equivalent
to two eggs)
3 /4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 /2 cup prune puree
3 /4 cup cocoa
2 /3 cup flour
1 /4 teaspoon baking powder
1 /4 teaspoon salt
1 /2 cup almonds
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Place the almonds in a non-
stick fry pan. Toast them, over high
heat, until they begin to brown,
about 5 minutes. Chop coarsely and
set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, beat
egg substitute. Add sugar and
vanilla. Combine well. Stir in the
prune puree. In another bowl,
combine the cocoa, flour, baking
powder, and salt. Add this into the
egg mixture. Fold in the nuts.
Spray a 9-inch square baking
dish with vegetable spray. Pour the
batter into the prepared dish. Bake
25-30 minutes. For chewy brownies,
bake less. For cake like brownies,
bake longer. Cut into squares.
Makes 16 squares.
Per square: 98 calories; 2.8
grams protein; 18.5 grams
carbohydrate; 3 grams fat; 0
milligrams cholesterol. 24 percent of
total calories from fat.

(PRUNE) CHOCOLATE
BUNDT CAKE
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup cocoa
3 /4 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 /4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 /2 teaspoon salt
2 /3 cup prune puree
1 cup buttermilk
1 /2 cup egg substitute (equal to 2
eggs)
1 teaspoon vanilla
Heat oven to 350 degrees.

(PRUNE) CHOCOLATE DROP
COOKIES
1 /2 prune puree
1 cup sugar
1 /4 cup egg substitute (equal to 1
egg)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1 /2 cup cocoa
1 /4 teaspoon salt
1 /4 teaspoon baking powder
1 /4 teaspoon baking soda
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
In a medium mixing bowl,
combine the prune puree, sugar,
egg substitute, and vanilla. Beat
until light and fluffy. In a small bowl,
combine remaining ingredients,
mixing well. Add these to the egg
mixture.
Spray cookie sheets with

In large bowl of electric mixer,
combine flour, cocoa, sugar, baking
soda, cream of tartar and salt. Add
prune puree and 3/4 cup buttermilk.
Beat on low speed to combine
ingredients. Beat two minutes. Add
remaining 1/4 cup buttermilk, egg
substitute and vanilla. Beat an
additional two minutes.
Spray a bundt pan with
vegetable spray. Pour the batter into
the prepared pan. Bake for 55-60
minutes, or until a wooden pick
comes out clean. Cool on rack 10
minutes. Then remove from pan.
Serves 16 generously.
Per serving: 113 calories; 3.4
grams protein; 25 grams
carbohydrate; 1.3 grams fat; 0.56
milligrams cholesterol. 9 percent of
total calories comes from fat.

Leslye Michlin Borden is a former
Detroit resident who specializes in
healthy kosher cooking.

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‘4110si e' Geller A Platinum Name
P1 / 4 "

By BETTY PROVIZER STARKMAN

Family Names In Israel, by
Hanina Eshel lists over twenty five
hundred Ashkenazic surnames
which stem from geographic
locations in Russia, Poland and
Germany. Some examples are:
Tarnow, Jaslow, Tuchow, Rybnik,
Umanski, Brody, Lesko, Opatow,
Krosno, Chalupski.
The family name Geller is a
descriptive one. It was adopted by a
man with blond or yellow hair. In
Yiddish "gelle" means "blond."
The name Koppe is a
diminutive of the Hebrew paternal
given name, Yaacov. It means "son
of Jacob."
Dacher, a name of
Yiddish/German root is of
Ashkenazic origin. In German
"dach" means "roof." This name
was chosen as an occupational one,
by an ancestor who was a roofer.
Another family name of
occupational origin is Zoref. In
Hebrew tsoref means "goldsmith."
Orlov is an ornamental name of
Russian origin. In Russian oryal
means "eagle."
Seiden is an Ashkenazic family
name adopted from an occupation.
In German/Yiddish seide means
"silk." This name was taken by an

ancestor who was either a dealer in
or manufacturer of silk.
An Ashkenazic ornamental
family name is Abendroth. In
German abendrot means "sunset."
Another surname of
occupational origin is Webberman.
In Yiddish this name means
"weaver."
Hutiner is a name of Eastern
Ashkenazic root. It comes from the
geographic location of Hotin,
Romania.
A grower or seller of pears
adopted the family name, Grushko.
In Polish grusha means "pear."
Wiener is a family name
indicating prior residence in Vienna,
Austria. In German Wien is the
name for Vienna.
Someone who was very good at
singing the prayers in the
synagogue adopted the name
Leiner. "Layner" in Yiddish means
"reader."
The name Tolstoy was used by
both Russian and Jewish people. It
was adapted from the Russian
nickname for a plump man —
"tolstoi."

Betty Provizer Starkman is the past
president and founder of the
genealogical branch of the Jewish
Historical Society of Michigan.

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