A8 Thursday, November 24, 2011
NATION/OBITUARIES
Roswell Daily Record
Cranberry in a can sacred on many holiday menus CHICAGO (AP) — Nicholas Mackara isn’t about to drive over to his parents’ house for Thanksgiving to sit down to a dish of some fancy homemade cranberry sauce that Martha Stewart might serve. He’s so determined that his cranberry sauce come from a can that he assigns himself the job of bringing it. It’s a thing of beauty on his holiday table, a log-shaped gelatinous roll with ridges that signal to purists like himself that no one is trying to put an imposter on the menu. “I think the ridges are the most important part,” said the 21-year-old resident of Clementon, N.J. “Then you know it definitely came from a can and our mom didn’t make her own (cranberry) sauce and put it in a cylinder shape before we got there.” If Thanksgiving is a time for a family meal, it’s also a time for a recurring debate: Should the sauce come from the can or a time-honored family recipe? Though it’s impossible to tell how many others have drawn that line in the stuffing over this Thanksgiving staple the way Mackara has, it’s clear he’s got a lot of company. Ocean Spray, the nation’s largest producer of cranberry sauce, reports that of the 86.4 million cans it sells a year, 72 million of them are sold between September and the end of December. On Facebook, groups devoted to canned cranberry sauce have popped up — from the one Mackara and a friend, Alexandra Shephard, launched a few years back called “Cranberry Sauce in the shape of the can makes my Thanksgiv-
ing” to “When Cranberry Sauce comes out of the can with ridges.” There’s also one called “Cranberry Sauce is only good if it’s in the shape of a can,” which includes the motto: “If it ain’t from a can, it’s garbage.” In an era where there are television networks devoted to home cooking and dietitians warn against the dangers of processed foods, the love of canned cranberry can seem like a bit of a dietary discord. Devotees of canned cranberry sauce say the reasons begin and end with the past, and that the sight of the glistening can-shaped tube of jelly conjures up memories of Thanksgiving meals of long ago. “It looks like a log of happiness,” said Shannon Ervin, a 24-year-old mother of three in Harahan, La., who can’t remember a Thanksgiving when canned cranberry sauce wasn’t served. Sandy Oliver, a food historian, said it would be hard to overstate the importance of canned cranberry sauce to some families, particularly for a holiday in which even the slightest change in the menu is viewed as a treasonous offense. “You don’t mess with Thanksgiving,” said Oliver, co-author of “Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving Recipes and History, from Pilgrims to Pumpkin Pie.” “If you grew up with canned cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving, that is what will taste right for you at the table and if you do something else it is going to be at variance with your childhood memory.” As a result, normally sophisticated eaters load up their plates with the same green bean casseroles, Jell-O salad —
heavy on the mini marshmallows — and the white bread stuffing their parents piled on their plates when they were busy kicking their brothers and sisters under the table. “My aunt one year brought over the homemade kind and nobody but her ate it,” said Heather Hoffman, a 24-year-old Chicago teacher, who has had canned cranberry sauce since her grandmother served it when she was a little girl. Robert Sietsema has heard those kinds of comments before. The New York writer recently included canned cranberry sauce among his five worst Thanksgiving dishes for a blog on the Village Voice and can’t believe anybody would eat canned cranberry sauce if they didn’t have to. “I hate it, it’s just awful,” said Sietsema. “To begin with, nobody eats things from cans any more if they can afford not to.” Especially, he says if it’s “some kind of freak Jell-O.” Maybe so. But Alexandra Shephard arrived at her parents’ house in Williamsburg, Va., from her home in Orlando, Fla., this week fully expecting the familiar sight of cranberry sauce sliding from the can to a dish. “I remember how intrigued I was at the lump of red jelly stuff that retained the shape of a can,” said Shephard, who started the Facebook page with Mackara a couple years back. “I don’t remember actually eating it (but) I remember it was always at the table.” Her father, she said, would only eat the canned sauce so eventually she got her courage up and tried homemade cranberry sauce even though she knew she didn’t
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Nick Mackara poses for a photograph with cans of Ocean Spray cranberry sauce, in Clementon, N.J., Wednesday.
like the taste of the bitter little red berries. And she liked them, precisely because it didn’t taste like cranberries. She looks at it as a feat of engineering that the can-shaped sauce can keep its figure for hours. And she eats it because, just as Oliver suggested, she likes the uncranberryness of sauce, from the texture to the sweet taste. For Bruce Scheonberger, presentation is everything. That helps explain why the 54-year-old Toledo attorney was eager to share a technique that ensures the cranberry sauce he puts on the table this Thanksgiving will look exactly the same as it always has. After completely opening one end of the can, he makes a small opening in the other end. “You blow in it gently and it slides out and retains all of its ridges,” he said. “I have it sitting straight up like a can.”
NM rancher takes pride in properly raised turkeys
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A flock of turkeys at Talus Wind Ranch near Galisteo, Saturday.
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — At Talus Wind Ranch in Galisteo, the turkeys are a work of art. Their feathers give off a lustrous sheen that appears almost metallic — a mix of white and chocolate with swaths of orange
OBITUARIES
Elizabeth Gutierrez
April 2, 1964-Nov. 21, 2011 A rosary is scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, at St. Jude’s Catholic Church in San Patricio, with Mass following at 11 a.m., for Elizabeth Renee Gutierrez 47, who passed away on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, at her home in Hondo, surrounded by her loved ones. Burial will follow at Hondo Cemetery. Elizabeth was cremated according to her wishes. Elizabeth was born April 2, 1964, in Ruidoso, to Manuel G. and Emilia Sutherland Torrez. Her parents preceded her in death. She is survived by her loving husband of 30 years Joe Gutierrez Jr.; son Manuel Lopez; daughters, Josephine Gutierrez, Shania Gutierrez and Anna Gutierrez Chavez and husband Jimmy; brothers, Larry Torrez, Ricky Torrez,
that, depending on the light, glint yellow and green. It’s not so surprising, then, to learn that Talus Wind’s owner is an art dealer -tur ned-rancher who sees similarities between his two seemingly
David Torrez and Joseph Walter Torrez; sisters, Patsy Miller, Tina Vasquez, Della Dutchover, Diana Vasquez, Debbie Torrez, Gretchen Torrez and Anitra Wilheight; and granddaughter Quiawna Chavez. Elizabeth lived in Hondo, all her life. She was of the Catholic faith. Elizabeth worked at the Hondo Schools for 14 years and was working on her bachelor’s degree to become a school teacher. She really enjoyed watching her daughters, Josephine and Shania, compete in barrel racing. She also enjoyed spending time with her granddaughter and her family. Elizabeth was a loving mother and wife. She will be missed by all knew her. Honorary pallbearers will be Patsy Miller, T ina Vasquez, Allan Godfrey, Manny Lopez, Angelica Valenzuela, Jimmy Chavez and Anna Gutierrez. Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory. An online registry can be accessed at ballardfuneralhome.com.
Ronny Reyes
Ronny Reyes passed away on Monday Nov. 14, 2011, from a long term illness at St. Catherine’s Rehab Center in Albuquerque. He was born in Roswell, on Nov. 28, 1958, to Joe and Patricia Reyes. He was preceded in death by his father Joe Hernan-
disparate careers. “My focus now is really, rather than nurturing the creative soul, I’m trying to nurture the human body through traceable food sources and keeping it all local,” T imothy Willms mused during a recent tour of his 460-acre property. Besides being pretty, the turkeys are friendly. The feathers on Willms’ slew of heritage Standard Bronzes and Rio Grande Wilds were barely ruffled when visitors entered their enclosure on a recent Saturday. “They’re very curious,” Willms said. Willms’ turkeys wander freely in an enclosure strewn with grass and water bowls. They can fly, if they choose, into a larger area, also fenced in. It’s part of Talus Wind’s commitment to humanely rais-
ing healthy animals. “One of the best ways to engage people with food is to reveal the story of the animal’s life and the life of the people who raise it,” Willms said. Eventually, the turkeys will make their way to Willms’ slaughterhouse in Mountainair. This Thanksgiving, Willms expects to sell about 175 birds. Most of the turkeys, thanks largely to a recent Sunset magazine feature on Talus Wind, are going to individual households this holiday, though a few chefs are serving them in local restaurants. Willms said his birds have a unique, delicate texture. The white meat isn’t “that kind of pasty white,” but rather has “a soft almond tone to it.” “When you’re eating these turkeys, they taste like turkey. There’s a taste
dez Reyes and his brother, Thomas Edward Reyes. Ronny is survived by his mother Patricia Vigil Neatherlin; two sisters, Agna Bravo, of Farmington, and Sharon Hoskinson and her husband Gene, of Albuquerque; and four brothers, Joe Reyes and his wife Emma, of Aztec, Stanley Reyes and his wife Ramona, of Oklahoma City, Mike Reyes and his wife Trudy, of Irving, Texas, and Patrick Vigil, of Albuquerque; and many cousins, nephews and nieces. Ronny served with the U.S. Army and had a general discharge in 1978. He was a resident of Roswell, and worked in construction. Ronny enjoyed visiting with his many relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted by the Riverside Funeral Home in Albuquerque and memorial services will be held at the Assumption Catholic Church, in Roswell, on Monday Nov. 28, 2011, at 12:10 p.m., by the Rev. Joseph Pacquing, with burial at the Assumption Columbarium. A military honor guard will be present for the burial. Ronny will be greatly missed by his numerous relatives, friends and all who knew him and loved him. The family would like to extend its appreciation to the staff and healthcare team at St. Catherine’s Rehab Center and Hospice of the Sandia’s team for the
compassion and health care given to Ronny. The spirit of our loved one has not left us, but has moved inside our heart to live, never to be forgotten.
Roberto Puentes
Roberto Puentes, 31, de Hagerman, NM, fallecio el Lunes, 21 de Noviembre, en Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Un Rosario se llevara acabo a las 7pm el Jueves, 24 de Noviembre, 2011, en
to it. It doesn’t just get mixed up with chicken or some other sort of poultry,” he said. Among other things, the ratio of white meat to dark meat is more evenly distributed in a heritage turkey than in the Broad Breasted White turkey, the most dominant supermarket breed today. Broad Breasted Whites’ large size, due to selective breeding, prevents them from flying and makes mating and even walking troublesome. Massive, tightly controlled “factory farm” operations have made them relatively cheap, however, and certainly less expensive than the average heritage turkey. Willms’ birds grow to between 10 and 15 pounds — that takes about six or seven months — and cost about $5.95
la Iglesia San Juan. La Santa Misa se celebrara el Viernes, 25 de Noviembre 2011, a la 1 p.m, tambien en la Iglesia San Juan, con el Padre Juan Antonio Gutierrez, OFM, officiando. Roberto sera sepultado en el Cemeterio South Park. Horas de visitacion seran el Miercoles, 23 de Noviembre, 2011, de 1-7 p.m., en la Funeraria Ballard, y el Jueves, 24 de Noviembre 2011, de 12 p.m., hasta la hora de el Rosario en la Iglesia San Juan. Roberto nacio el 20 de Julio 1980, en Roswell, a el Sr. Ricardo Puentes y la Sra. Herminia Puentes. El era un joven bien alegre y amigable. Roberto le gustaba de todo Corazon, escuchar musica, cantar, bailar y divertirse. Cuando El estaba contigo era puro bromear, jugar y reir, nunca estaba uno aburido. Aunque muchas veses le gustaba hacer renegar a todo mundo (en especial a sus familiares) terminaba con los dichos favoritos de el “No te aguites,” “Puro Pedo”…. “No Pasa Nada Ma”…… y “Neeners Forever.” Roberto lo sobreviven sus Padres Ricardo y Herminia Puentes de Hagerman, sus hijas, Anahi y Karina Puentes, Graciela Puentes y su hijo Sergio Sebastian Puentes; sus her manos, Ricardo Puentes Jr. y su esposa Sara de Hagerman y Juan L. Puentes y su esposa Stacy de Newport News, Va.; sus hermanas,
per pound. For now, Talus Wind turkeys remain mostly a holiday special, though Willms said he hopes to eventually make them available year-round. “Wild turkey just isn’t on a lot of menus expect at Christmas and Thanksgiving,” he said. “I’m hoping to change that.” Willms said he sees animals raised for slaughter as a gift. “That’s why I feel at peace with thanking them for their transition from pasture to plate. Because I revere them and I know that they are a living being,” he said. “In their sacrifice, I should be cognitive of the fact, ‘Well, when am I going to do good today?’ rather than it just being a self-serving commodity.”
Araceli Puentes y Alvaro Florez de Roswell, Sandra Delgado y su esposo Luis de Dexter, Elizabeth Puentes Pantoja y su esposo Gustavo de Hagerman y Minerva Puentes y Enrique Moncayo de Atlanta, sus sobrinos y sobrinas, Sonia y Juan Carlos Sotelo, Sandra E. Delgado, Luis y Cynthia Delgado, Ricardo A. y Denise Puentes, Elizabeth y Thalia Pantoja, Ricardito Puentes Jr. y Karla Puentes, Juan L. Puentes Jr., Marco Antonio, Monica, Alex y Alexis M. Puentes; y Milagros D. Sotelo y Xadrian K. Puentes, sus tios y tias, pero muy en especial su Tio, Jose Puentes y su T ia Especial Hortencia Gonzalez y su Cunada Favorita Sara Puentes. Tambien tenia muchos primos, primas, amigos y amigas tantos para nombrar pero a todos se les recordara siempre por su Amistad con Roberto, especialmente a Banelly Dominguez. Lo proceden en muerte sus Abuelos Mater nos y Abuelos Paternos y el Sr. Octaviano Talamantes. Los portadores seran Ricardo Puentes Jr., Juan Lorenzo Puentes, Juan Carlos Sotelo, Ricardo Puentes III, Ricardo Adrian Puentes y Luis Delgado. Arreglos estan bajo la direccion de la Funeraria Ballard. Para firmar el registro puede acerlo en el correo electronico en ballardfuneralhome.com.