South Still a Hot Spot

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Coronary Heart Disease Rates Are Down, But South Still A Hot Spot | Fox News

Coronary Heart Disease Rates Are Down, but South Still a Hot Spot
Published October 14, 2011
| The Wall Street Journal

Fewer people in the U.S. report having angina or a heart attack, though the South continues to be a hot spot for heart troubles.

So says the CDC in its latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The percentage of adults surveyed who report being told by a health professional that they have coronary heart disease ? which happens when the blood vessels to the heart narrow, causing chest pain or heart attack ? fell to 6 percent last year from 6.7 percent in 2006.

There?s been a concerted public-health effort over the past two decades to better prevent and treat heart disease. Fewer people are smoking, and hypertension and high cholesterol are better controlled. The payoff has included a sharp drop in the heart-attack rate among older Americans.

But cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death in the U.S. ? according to the CDC, it kills more people than cancer, lower respiratory diseases and accidents combined. And according to the new stats, prevalence of CHD varies by age, gender and ethnicity. Just 3.9 percent of Asians and Pacific Islanders report having CHD, compared to 11.6 percent of American Indians and Alaska natives. (Prevalence rates were 5.8 percent for whites, 6.5 percent for blacks and 6.1 percent for Hispanics.)

Geography matters, too, with 3.7 percent of Hawaiians reporting CHD versus 8 percent of West Virginians. In general, the South has a greater prevalence of heart disease.

The last thing I heard on last night's news was a mention of this report and a warning Texas & W. VA had serious problems. Follow the Fairs selling deep fried sticks of butter and you will find the troublespots.

How to Make Deep Fried Butter
How to Make Deep Fried Butter | Appetizers | FireHow.com

Ingredients needed for Butter Center of Deep Fried Butter:

Butter center:

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup powdered sugar

3 tablespoons cream cheese

3 tablespoons berry jam, flavor of choice

Directions for making butter center for Deep Fried Butter:

Step 1: Cream butter, sugar, cream cheese and jam together with an electric mixer until smooth.

Step 2: Using a melon baller or a small scoop to form 1-inch balls of butter mixture and arrange them on a parchment-lined sheet pan.

Step 3: Freeze until solid, at least two hours.

Ingredients needed for Batter for Deep Fried Butter

Batter:

1 cup flour

3 tablespoons powdered sugar

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1 cup chilled club soda, plus up to 1/4 cup additional if batter is too thick

Directions for making Batter for Deep Fried Butter:

Step 1: In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients.

Step 2: Fold chilled club soda into dry mixture. Do not over mix; batter will be slightly lumpy and thick.

Step 3: Heat 3 1/2 cups peanut oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat, to 350 degree F.

Step 4: Using frozen butter balls, skewer frozen balls one at a time and dip in batter.

Step 5: Place battered butter ball in hot oil and remove skewer, using a second skewer to dislodge.

Step 6: Fry for 30 to 45 seconds and turn with slotted spoon.

Step 7: Allow battered butter to fry for an additional 30 to 45 seconds or until lightly browned.

Step 8: Remove fried butter balls from oil with slotted spoon and cool on a rack for at least 1 minute. Step 9: Careful, contents of fried butter will remain hot.

Tips:

Garlic Fried Butter: Omit sugar and jam from butter center; add 1 tablespoon garlic powder. Omit sugar from batter.

Plain Fried Butter: Omit jam from butter center.

Warning:

Use caution when eating the butter inside will be hot.

[HiHood]

That's what ya might call, "three axe handles wide" ain't it? Ya'll 'mon back nah, heah?

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Originally Posted by HiHood

That's what ya might call, "three axe handles wide" ain't it? Ya'll 'mon back nah, heah?

Scary when you see the size of some kids. It's our responsibility to guide kids, not set bad examples that can harm them. I noticed this cow on the Today Show & on Dr. Oz yesterday so I'm guessing infotainment news has embraced deep fried butter as a "good thing".

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