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Article: In the kitchen with Rusty Straub. (includes recipes; and 2 related articles on nutrition tips and Louisiana cooking)
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- Scholastic Choices
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- October 1, 1985
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Rusty Staub is a big guy. Really big. Six feet 2-1/2 inches. At least 240 pounds. (The official New York Mets information Guide puts his weight at 230, but can you blame them for fibbing a bit?) And though one would like to believe that this great baseball player's bulk is really all muscle, the truth is quite a bit different. Rusty Staub likes to eat. A lot.
He is, in fact, almost as well known for his talent in the kitchen as he is for his skill in the batter's box (he's got a .282 lifetime average). He's nearly as famous for his highly trained taste buds as he is for his unusually long baseball career (Rust Staub, 41, has been playing pro for 24 years). ...