One of the challenges of experimenting with new recipes is finding all the ingredients in our rural setting. Please don’t let that stop you. I used ground turkey in place of ground chicken in this recipe, and because I could not find udon or plain ramen noodles, I chose a wheat noodle called Coil Fideo. All delicious! —KIM McKINNEY

AUSTIN—New pipeline safety rules adopted by the Railroad Commission of Texas prohibit natural gas-distribution pipeline operators from installing underground cast-iron, wrought-iron or bare-steel pipelines. Other new pipeline safety requirements require operators to more thoroughly assess the potential public safety risk of gathering lines. The amendments were effective Jan. 6.

Lou Jean (McAllister) Lovvorn, 95, passed away Monday, Feb. 3, in Stamford, Texas.

Mary Elizabeth Culbertson Johnson, of Manhattan, Kansas, died Saturday, Feb. 8. There will be no services. Cremation is planned, and her family will scatter her ashes, along with those of her beloved deceased dogs and cats, at a later time. Mary was born in Canadian on March