November 2019

Page A32 NOVEMBER 2019 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A Woodmiller Fine Woodworking Style and Quality WoodmillerUrns.com 410-354-0575 Call for Wholesale Price List (Memories of Jack’s Recipes) Original Recipes from Dottie and Jack Frediani Shared by Kate Frediani-Gorman Cremation Products Inc. 800-837-0701 www.cremationproductsinc.com 4 Tbs unsalted butter 1 pound ground sirloin 2 cups diced onion ¾ cup diced carrot 2 tsp minced garlic 1 tsp dried basil ¼ cup all-purpose flour 1½ cup milk 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth 2 cups russet potatoes, peeled and diced 2 cups sharp Cheddar, shredded Salt and black pepper to taste Ketchup Prepared yellow mustard Chopped dill pickles Melt butter in a sauté pan over medium heat. Add sir- loin; cook until meat begins to brown. Stir in onion, cel- ery, carrot, garlic and basil; cook 5 minutes. Add flour, stirring to coat meat; cook 1 minute. Stir in milk until mixture is smooth. Bring mixture to a boil; cook 2 minutes. Transfer soup to a 3-4 quart slow cooker. Stir in broth and potatoes. Cover soup; cook until po- tatoes are tender, on low-heat setting for 3-4 hours. Add cheddar just before serving, stirring until cheese melts. Season soup with salt and pepper; garnish each serving with ketchup, mustard and pickles. Memoires des choix des Jacque Good Eating! MO C H A MA LT S L OW - C O O K E R C H E E S E B U R G E R S O U P 1½ cups milk 1/3 cup malted milk powder 3 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder 1½ tsp instant espresso powder 1 carton vanilla ice cream (1½ quart) Whipped cream, optional Combine milk, malted milk powder, cocoa and espresso pow- der in a blender. Add ice cream; blend on high speed until mix- ture is smooth. Serve malts immediately. Garnish malts with whipped cream, if desired. This popular cheese soup relies on a mirepoix [mihr-PWAH] – onion, celery, and carrot sautéed in butter – for added flavor. National Funeral Directors Association Launches “A Brush With Death” Podcast Selected Independent Funeral Homes Educational Trust Offers Matching Gift Opportunity for September News Association “It is a great incentive for our donors to dou- ble their impact to the independent funeral ser- vice profession with ev- ery dollar they donate.” Donations to the Trust help support the best ed- ucational opportunities for the advancement and support of all who work within and for the inde- pendent funeral service profession. “The Trust BROOKFIELD,WI— The Nation- al Funeral Directors Associa- tion (NFDA) has launched A Brush With Death, a podcast to help funeral professionals be more responsive to the evolving needs of fami- lies and better respond to the issues shaping their businesses. “Many people enjoy podcasts because they allow them to learn about the world around them while on- vice president of commu- nications Troy Blewett. “With ABrushWithDeath, we’re excited to offer a new way for funeral directors to get fresh ideas for how they can build their businesses and meet the needs of to- day’s funeral consumers.” The podcast is hosted by Gabriel M. “Gabe” Schauf, a licensed funer- al director who worked in funeral homes in Min- nesota and Wisconsin. Shauf currently serves as the program coordinator and instructor for the fu- neral service education program at Milwaukee Area Technical College in Milwaukee, WI. The first episode, titled “Hospice is Where the Heart Is,” features NFDA education manager Sara Moss. Schauf and Moss, who also is a licensed fu- neral director and hospice volunteer, discuss the re- markable end-of-life care hospice professionals pro- vide to patients and their families and how funeral directors can better work with hospice profession- als to support patients and families at the end of life. New podcast episodes will be released on the sec- ondTuesday of each month. Episodes can be found on iTunes, Google Play Music, Spotify, Stitcher and oth- er apps (e.g., Pocket Casts, Overcast) through which podcasts can be download- ed. Funeral directors can also visit the NFDA website, www.nfda.org/abrushwith- death, to listen to episodes. In October’s episode, “Staying Out of the Courtroom,” Schauf talk- ed with funeral direc- tor and attorney Michael Sharkey, CFSP, CCO, about how funeral direc- tors can reduce the poten- tial for lawsuits and dis- cover best practices that can help keep them out of court. Lacy Robinson, CFSP, NFDA director of mem- ber development, will be the guest for the Novem- ber episode. She will talk with Schauf about how funeral homes can com- municate the added value they bring to the crema- tion discussion. Robin- son believes any meaning- ful cremation discussion should be a conversation about honoring the life of a loved one. NFDA is the world’s leading and largest fu- neral service associa- tion, serving more than 20,000 individual mem- bers who represent near- ly 11,000 funeral homes in the United States and 49 countries around the world. NFDA is the trusted leader, beacon for ethics and the stron- gest advocate for the pro- fession. NFDA is head- quartered in Brookfield, WI and has an office in Washington, DC. For more information, visit www.nfda.org. DEERFIELD,IL— Selected Independent Funeral Homes Educational Trust has received a Matching Gift Grant from Passare who matched dollar-for-dol- lar all gifts made to the Trust during the month of September up to $5,000.00. “This is a marvelous opportunity for the Trust,” said Bea Pedersen, the Trust’s director of development. funds scholarship research, workforce development and educational opportunities which provide lifelong learning for all independent death care practitioners,” said Pedersen. “This matching gift is a great way to enhance awareness of what the Trust can do for these practitioners and this profession. We are very grateful to Passare for this show of support in our work.” the-go,” said NFDA senior Association Officers: PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 Fax 1-800-321-9040 Email info@nomispublications.com FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS We welcome news of the industry. Send us information on your association today! Send Us Your News!