{"id":10836,"date":"2014-07-10T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=10836"},"modified":"2014-07-10T12:12:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T16:12:21","slug":"iron-rich-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourgrandmotherskitchens.com\/?p=10836","title":{"rendered":"Iron-Rich Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The clams, egg, and, parsley in these fritters are high in iron.<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday I visited my friends at the television program Mass Appeal<\/em><\/a>. We were originally scheduled to make simple appetizers and an even simpler dessert.<\/span><\/p>\n

The producers decided to devote the entire episode to the worthy cause of donating blood, however, and asked me whether I would change the menu to feature foods with a lot of iron.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I know about iron in food. (I started to tell this story on the air but got distracted; I\u2019m still learning how to work on TV!)<\/span><\/p>\n

My great-grandfather died of pernicious anemia in 1917 at the age of 56. He was a physician\u2014but in 1917 even physicians didn\u2019t know that iron could help with anemia.<\/span><\/p>\n

His granddaughter, my mother, was understandably worried about anemia. When my brother and I were growing up, our mother served us liver on a fairly regular basis in order to make sure we had enough iron in our diets. <\/span><\/p>\n

It was NOT my favorite food, and my mother learned to watch me carefully as I ate it to make sure I didn\u2019t surreptitiously feed most of my portion to the dog.<\/span><\/p>\n

As I grew older, I realized (and quickly informed my mother) that the liver was unnecessary. As this chart from the Red Cross<\/a> illustrates, any number of foods\u2014most of them tastier than liver, in my opinion\u2014contain that mineral.<\/span><\/p>\n

So of course I told\u00a0the producers\u00a0at Mass Appeal<\/em> that I would be delighted to whip up a little iron.<\/span><\/p>\n

We began by making clam fritters and spinach salad. Here is the video.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And here are the recipes<\/a>.\u00a0The fritter recipe is (slightly) adapted from Narragansett Beer<\/a>; the company kindly provided me with this formula for an upcoming book!<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, we made Kate\u2019s Fantastic Ginger Snaps from my Pudding Hollow Cookbook<\/a><\/em>. The Kate in the recipe is Kate Stevens of Charlemont, Massachusetts, who generously\u00a0shared her recipe with me.<\/span><\/p>\n

These cookies get iron from both molasses and ginger\u2014and I have never served them to\u00a0anyone who has not fallen in\u00a0love with them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the video.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And here is the recipe<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be back on Mass Appeal<\/em> in a couple of weeks playing with zucchini. In the meantime, I hope my readers will make sure to eat foods with lots of iron\u2014and of course to donate blood.<\/span><\/p>\n

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