Rice Krispies

If you like Rice Krispies squares, you missed a big treat. The aroma of burning wood filled the air, rock music blared, and students wearing shorts and jeans scurried back and forth. "Make way for another load," they yelled. And, "Here comes another batch. " In keeping with their annual Spring Weekend tradition, students at Ursinus College tried to set another world record Saturday. In past years they have tried building the world's largest banana split and playing the world's largest Twister game.

John Hadfield may not be a rocket scientist, but he sure can make learning about gravity and electricity fun. Hadfield turned his interests in science and comedy into a one-man Science Show, which he brought to an assembly at Reeceville Elementary School this week. On Tuesday, students sat on the gym floor and watched him weave scientific concepts into a show complete with juggling, magic, music and a large dose of comedy. Hadfield, 39, even looked the part of an absentminded science professor, wearing a tweed sport coat, a bowtie and round glasses.

A nice, crisp day and Rice Krispies snacks bring Katharine Conklin (left) and Sarah Hojsak out to Laurel Acres Park in Marlton. The sun was so bright yesterday, they even had to wear shades.

A modest life, with modest dreams. Still, there are things left undone, and the years pass. Just once, I want to make marshmallow squares from the recipe on the back of the Rice Krispies box. I should explain - or try to, at any rate. A family-size box of Rice Krispies stays around my house for a good long while. This comes, I suspect, from having as small a family as law or mathematics allows. The box also stays around because - I admit it - I'm not really a Rice Krispies regular.

Governor, I have another question about your admitted use of marijuana in the past. " "I thought we had put that behind us. As I explained, I tried it once many years ago. Took two puffs, didn't like it and haven't tried it since. " "Yes, Governor, but there are still some points that should be cleared up to satisfy the public's right to know what the New York media believe they have a right to know. " "Such as?" "Was the marijuana Maui Wowee?" "I have no idea where it came from.

Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats Cereal. $3.89 per 14.8-ounce box. Bonnie: Sugar could be the primary ingredient in this new Rice Krispies Treats cereal, but there's no way of knowing from the ingredients panel, which lists the sweeteners sugar, maltodextrin and corn syrup separately. Unfortunately, the new food labels aren't going to be of much help. The proposed food regulations included a provision requiring manufacturers to combine all sugars and to position sugar in the ingredient list accordingly.

Wayne resident Sandy Greene got a surprise early last week when she tuned in to her usual a.m. round of televised news and chatter. Her entry in Good Morning America's recipe contest was announced among five entree finalists in what had been promoted as a sort of calorie-cutting cook-off. By week's end her creation - Oven-Fried Chicken With Andouille Sausage - was named number one by noted chef-judges Emeril Lagasse and Wolfgang Puck. "I watch some cooking shows and I collect cookbooks, but I've never entered a recipe contest before," Greene responded during a phone interview Friday, shortly after learning of her win and scheduled TV debut.

MELINDA'S ORIGINAL HABANERO PEPPER SAUCE. Hot sauce, extra hot sauce and XXXtra hot sauce. $2.29 to $2.65 per 5-ounce bottle. BONNIE: Melinda's pepper sauce, like other hot pepper sauces, adds a zip to Buffalo chicken wings, bloody Marys, and creole and Cajun foods. Melinda's, Durkee's Red Hot and Tabasco are all made without preservatives and are all natural. What makes this hot sauce different is the type of peppers used and the three different varieties, based on degrees of "heat.

In the Northern Liberties section of the city, kids used to knock on the door of a 96-year-old man they called "Officer Pete. " That's because Officer Pete, a retired city police officer, had a habit of passing out pennies to kids. He also was good for jokes and stories about his days in the Navy, his career as an amateur boxer, his years on the police force and his job as a crossing guard at Ludlow Elementary School, Sixth and Master Streets. Officer Pete, whose real name was Peter F. Osman, died Monday at Episcopal Hospital.

At what moment does a grain of rice become a snowflake? When the winter winds blow, it happens in Walapa Suksapa's kitchen at Amara Cafe. Grains of fragrant jasmine rice, like droplets of rain, stew until they burst, turning chicken broth into an exotic whiteout. A flurry in a soup bowl, touched with ginger and little crispies. Gruel, did you say? I prefer the term "porridge. " Though even that, admittedly, has a grim Dickensian ring. No. Snowflake soup has an allure the other mushes don't.

The casting call stipulated that no one should show up more than three hours before the doors opened at 10 a.m. yesterday. But 27 gung-ho competitors, unwilling to take any chances, arrived the night before, camping just outside the borders of the NBC10 parking lot in Bala Cynwyd to guarantee themselves a place at the head of the line. Taking turns making trips to the port-a-potties and to gather rations from McDonald's and Wawa, they supported one another through the long, chilly hours until dawn.

Wayne resident Sandy Greene got a surprise early last week when she tuned in to her usual a.m. round of televised news and chatter. Her entry in Good Morning America's recipe contest was announced among five entree finalists in what had been promoted as a sort of calorie-cutting cook-off. By week's end her creation - Oven-Fried Chicken With Andouille Sausage - was named number one by noted chef-judges Emeril Lagasse and Wolfgang Puck. "I watch some cooking shows and I collect cookbooks, but I've never entered a recipe contest before," Greene responded during a phone interview Friday, shortly after learning of her win and scheduled TV debut.

At what moment does a grain of rice become a snowflake? When the winter winds blow, it happens in Walapa Suksapa's kitchen at Amara Cafe. Grains of fragrant jasmine rice, like droplets of rain, stew until they burst, turning chicken broth into an exotic whiteout. A flurry in a soup bowl, touched with ginger and little crispies. Gruel, did you say? I prefer the term "porridge. " Though even that, admittedly, has a grim Dickensian ring. No. Snowflake soup has an allure the other mushes don't.

A nice, crisp day and Rice Krispies snacks bring Katharine Conklin (left) and Sarah Hojsak out to Laurel Acres Park in Marlton. The sun was so bright yesterday, they even had to wear shades.

"I haven't been on a bike in 30 years," I say. The salesman at the bike shop doesn't even try to suppress a patronizing little laugh. He's maybe 25 years old, stomach flat as a Marine crew cut. I hate him instantly but manage to keep this to myself while he's helping me pick out my new bike. I've got a new CD player, too, and a pair of small speakers, and as I take possession of the bike, I see myself pedaling contentedly down woodsy paths early in the morning while Miles blows his horn.

economy Jobless rate remained steady during October The nation's unemployment rate held steady at 4.6 percent in October despite sluggish growth in employers' payrolls and the seventh consecutive job decline at factories in nine months. The unemployment rate held at 4.6 percent for the second month in a row, though employers added just 116,000 positions to payrolls, the Labor Department said. Though the payroll figure was at least 80,000 smaller than economists had anticipated, they said the report showed the American economy was holding up fairly well against the slump in Asia and other developing nations.

John Hadfield may not be a rocket scientist, but he sure can make learning about gravity and electricity fun. Hadfield turned his interests in science and comedy into a one-man Science Show, which he brought to an assembly at Reeceville Elementary School this week. On Tuesday, students sat on the gym floor and watched him weave scientific concepts into a show complete with juggling, magic, music and a large dose of comedy. Hadfield, 39, even looked the part of an absentminded science professor, wearing a tweed sport coat, a bowtie and round glasses.

Kellogg's Apple Cinnamon Rice Krispies. $3.59 per 16.2-ounce or $4.45 per 21.1-ounce box. Bonnie: Rice Krispies has copied the successful Apple Cinnamon Cheerios and introduced its snap-crackle-pop cereal with the same flavors. Rice Krispies added natural apple flavoring; Cheerios, dried apple pieces. Both include lots of sugar to sweeten the cereal, specifically about 3 to 4 teaspoons per serving. Instead of adding preservatives to the cereal as in Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, Kellogg's treated the bag that holds the cereal.

Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats Cereal. $3.89 per 14.8-ounce box. Bonnie: Sugar could be the primary ingredient in this new Rice Krispies Treats cereal, but there's no way of knowing from the ingredients panel, which lists the sweeteners sugar, maltodextrin and corn syrup separately. Unfortunately, the new food labels aren't going to be of much help. The proposed food regulations included a provision requiring manufacturers to combine all sugars and to position sugar in the ingredient list accordingly.