B—Lancaster Farming,
Friday, Aug. 3, 1956
For the
Farm Wife and Family
This week we’re having a pic
nic—'with cole slaw dressing—
Molasses Coconut pie—Snow
flake Pudding
Such response we’ve never
seen A weekend at the shore,
and -what do we find on re
turn’ Stacks of letters Eph
rata, Manheim, Honey Brook,
Gordonville, Strasburg, Roth
ville, Lititz, New Holland,
Elm, Denver, East Earl, Mari
etta, St Louis, Kinzers, Coates
ville, ‘Stevens, Kirkwood, even
Willow Grove.
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It all started like this;* we
issued an appeal /for a recipe
for cole slaw dressing. Mrs.
A. H. Shissler of R 3 Eliza
bethtown requested a Molas
ses Coconut Pie recipe. With
two days the letters started
coming in. We ca.n’t acknowl
edge them all this week, so
we’ll just start from the top
and go as far as we con to
day then we’ll continue our
cole slaw "course next week.
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Mrs. Rebecca King of Box
210, R 1 Gordonville also started
a deluge of letters, requesting
a Snow Flake Pudding recipe.
So w'e’ll mix ’em all up, and
take them as they come
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Our free subscription this
week goes to Mrs. Walker M.
Martin of R 1 New Holland,
whose recipe for Cole Slaw
Dressing caught the eye of
the person making the request.
Its appeal is in the equal
proportions, the units of
three. f}ut here, let’s read her
letter together:
I saw in your paper you wanted
a recipe for COI3 Slaw Dressing.
COLE SLAW DRESSING
Fill a quart dish with diced
cabbage
Sprinkle
salt over it
Blend together
one-half teaspoon
Three heaping tablespoons
sugar
Three level tablespoons cream
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Three level tablespoons vine
gar N
‘ Three level tablespoons water
We like our dressing sweet
sour. If some folks want it more
sour, add vinegar to taste. ,
Here is another recipe we
like, Mrs Mai tin adds:
APPLE FRITTERS
Beat yolks of four separated
eggs
To the yolks, add one cup
sweet milk
Two cups flour
One heaping teaspoon baking
powder
Farm Women 15
Hear Speaker On
Sea Shell Hobby
Society of Farm Women No. 15
held the July meeting on the
lawn of the Groundhog Lodge at
White Rock. Mrs. Lewis E. Shoe
maker was hostess, assisted by
her daughters-in-law, Mrs Lewis
E. Shoemaker Jr, Mrs. Richard
Shoemaker and Mrs Kenneth
Shoemaker.
Mrs. Robert Weicksel, presi
dent, conducted the meeting, dur
ing which it was voted to donate
$5 to Lancaster General Hospital
A,nommating committee was
appointed to "select a slate of new
officers including Mrs Harold
Herr, Mrs Guy Miller and Mrs
Wiley Howett. Roll call was re
sponded to with an account of the
“worst cooking failures” of the
members and guests.
Mrs. Luella Girvin, a teacher in
Colerain Township schools, who
is noted as a collector of sea
shells, brought a small part of
her rare collection to the meet
ing and gave an informative talk
on them and the pleasure one can
have m pursuing such a hobby.
An auction of homegrown and
homemade articles was conducted
by the Ways and Means com
mittee, with Mrs Martin Green
leaf serving as auctioneer.
Devotions were in charge of
Mrs Lewis E Shoemaker Sr.
Guests included the County presi
dent, Mrs Robert Nolt, Society
4, the secretary, Mrs Kenneth
Eshelman, Society 2, and Mrs
Frank Walton, London Grove,
president of Society 1 of Chester
County.
Mrs. Haorld Herr, Mrs Martin
Greenleaf and Mrs Emory Wag
ner presented a skit, “The Gos
sips ” '
The August meeting will be in
the form of a family picnic, to be
held in the social room of Union
Presbyterian Church on Thurs
day, Aug. 16, gt 7 p. m.
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A pinch of salt
Three ripe apples, pared and
chopped fine
Beat one teaspoon sugar with
egg whites, stir them in last
Drop by teaspoonsful in hot
lard
Eat warm with molasses.
Back in May,.we had a similar
rush in the kitchen whipping
up Leb Kuchen, and Mrs. Mar
tin offers another similar recipe
this week for
LEP COOKIES
Three pounds soft white sug
ar or granulated
One pound shortening (any
kind of butter and lard pre
ferred)
Two tablespoons soda
One teaspoon powdered alum
in a little warm water.
Four pounds flour
One package chocolate chips
and
One cup raisins
One quart thick milk or but
termilk.
Two eggs
Blend shortening, sugar, eggs,
till , smooth
Put soda in buttermilk and
add to mixture, blend well and
add powdered alum Add flour
in four parts Drop on cookie
sheets, bake 'in fairly hot oven.
Eggs do not need to be added.
Makes 10 dozen.
Enjoy reading your paper,
so I thought I’d like to share
some recipes Thank you And,
thank you, Mrs Martin.
A couple nice notes this
week to help encourage the
column, one from our straw
bery-picking friend in St.
Louis, Miss Hilda, Porbeck,
who writes: “You know, I’m
always on-- the hunt for new
recipes, and I’ve found sev
eral I’d like to try. The Old
Fashioned Molasses cooky rec
ipe sent by Mrs. Clayton S.
Zimmerman, R - New Holland
June 29 sounds good, and
Beef Pot Pie and Bread Pud
ding are also on my list to
try.”
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The other is a “To Whom It
May Concern” note from Mrs
Abram B. Siegrist of R 4 Man
heim Thank you so very much
for naming me as winner of a
free subscription to Lancaster
Farming. I was surprised I
FARM WOMEN 4 PICNIC
Society of Farm Women 4
held their annual picnic Satur
day evening at the Salunga Fire
Company pavilion.
Three Bottle Tavern
Now headquarters for Ivy Angus Farms outside Mal
vern, Pa. is this 225-year-old tavern on Conestoga Road
Leaving the front gate are Mrs. Jackson ,H. Owen and two
sons of Lancaster County. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo)
didn’t expect to win I am only
a beginner ~in cooking, I think.
We are married five years I
still keep trying other recipes
and come across many good
ones. The Raspberry Cake rec
ipe I sent to you, my mother
made for years.”
To our other recipe subjects'
From Stevens, Mrs. E. W.
writes;
Having received sample cop
ies of Lancaster Fa r ming, I en
joyed reading them, so , I sub
scribed for it some time ago. I
had thought of sending in a
recipe for Molasses Coconut Pie
for some time, but always put
it off until I saw in last week’s
paper a request for a recipe for
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it Have been making this pie
for years, it is very good, ami
nice to put in lunches:'
MOLASSES COCONUT PIE
One cup sugar, any kind pie
ferred
One cup molasses
Two eggs
Five tablespoons flour
One teaspoon baking powdei,
added to flour
Pinch of salt
One cup coconut
Two cups water
One teaspoon vanilla
Bake at 400 degrees for ten
minutes, then at 350 degrees un
til brown. Please do not put my
full name in yoiir paper, just—
Mrs. E. W. '
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Mrs. Arlington Miller of
Elm has answered another re
quest: To the Homemakeis
Exchange in your Lancasflb
Farmirjg. I wish to try and
fulfill Mrs. King’s recipe foi
Snow flake pudding. Here it
is:
SNOW FLAKE PUDDING
„ One pint water
One cup granulated sugar
Two tablespoons heaping full
of coi n starch
Cook htese ingredients to
gether till slightly thickened
Beat two egg whites till they
stand in stiff peaks
Stir in one teaspoon 'vanilla
and mix with cooked part *
Pour this into serving dish
to cool the time you cook the
top part
Which is as follows
(Continued on page nine)
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