—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Sept. 7, 1956 8 For the Farm Wife and Family Labor Day’s over young sters will soon be back in school, and'before long there’ll be frost on the And the letters have been coming in, which makes us happy as can be. However, if your letter does not appear immediately, don’t be discouraged, for we’ll get around to it in time It may not be the best way to start off the week, but we’ve got to print a CORRECTION I want to thank you for the free subscription to Lancaster Farming, writes Mrs- Clarence Nolt of Bird-in-Hand. I saw the Lemon Pie recipes and also Lemon Tart recipes in the paper which I had sent in. However, I think there has been a mistake somewhere, as Make A Point , * To Visit Our Animal Health Department THE QUARRYVILLE DRUG CO. quarbyville, pa. PHONE 1 O O FARMERS! We hqve it!^ 51% Longer Lug Wear No Increase in Price thanks to Double-Braced Bars, the greatest development in lug design since the open center' fw ikinm Slp&L GRIP MASTER passer tyP ES'R^ WHEATLAND AUTO CO; 136 S. Free To Women... One yeat charter subscrip tion to LANCASTER FARM ING to ohe housewite eacn week who submits tne ness letter . . . recipe . . . home making hint. Send your letter to LANCASTER FARMING, Qnarryvilie, rau the two-crust lemon, pie re cipe gives two pies instead of four, which 1 think is meant following the recipes in the paper. Perhaps we erred and hoped too far, stretched our in gredients into a couple other pans, and wound up with a skin ny pie. We’re sorry, Mrs. Nolt. Suppose we were counting crusts instead of pies’ Our free recipe this week goes over, Sadsburyville way, to Mrs. Mary Klinovski, PO Box 12, who says she’s let’s read her letter instead: The many nice recipes I find in your Lancaster Fanning, en joy it very much. They all come out good for me.' Mrs. Klinovski wants to share sev eral of her recipes this week, so we’ll start with DEVIL’S FOOD CAKE From Mrs. Mary Klinovski Sadsburyville Two cups flour I use Gold Medal One-fourth teaspoon salt One and one-fourth teaspoon baking powder Twp cups white sugar Two eggs One cup sour cream Three-fourths cup cocoa (k prefer Hershey) PRINCE ST. Or See Your Neighborhood Implement or it T Sharp-Bite Spearhead point* on lugs cut cleaner, deeper. Wide Grip puts more tire "face" on ground, grabs more earth Smooth Rolling—with extra cushioned padded center. Self-Cleaning. Mud, dirt are shucked out automatically. Tough Body. High-tensile cord*, >gether against impacts. DISTRIBUTOR Mammouth blossoms, usually found in the tropics, along the Nile or in the Orient, flourish on the aquatic plant and fish farm of Nolt’s Ponds west of Lancaster, Three-fourths cup boiling water One teaspoon vanilla extract Heat oven to 350 degrees, bake about 30 to 35 minutes. * * * That last line reminds ns, were properly prompted for including several recipes that fail to give the baking time or temperature. You know with some of today’s push-button cooking, recipe books and files, most cooks prefer de finite figures on temperature and time. A sad iron’s hot enough, we know, if a drop TRUCK S^aa. Phone 7-6279 Lancaster County Lotus of water sizzles on its up turned bottom, but some_j>f our readers are more exacting. Hate to see the end of the day of “a pinch of this, a dash of that and a speck of this,” but seems it's here. EASY CANNED BEETS (Mrs. Mary Klinovski) Cook" beets until done and slip off skins. Pack in sterilized jars, set in pan of hot water. If beets are large, cut in cubes. To each quart, add one teaspoon salt, one tablespoon vinegar, the rest hot water. Seal tight and stow away. je * * CANNED PEACHES One cup sugar Two cups water Boil five minutes to make syrup Slice or cut small, and pack peaches in jars. Pour hot syrup over, then put m hot water bath 20 minutes. Seal tight. (Pour hot water over your peaches to take skins off first and I make jelly sometimes from clean peach skins). V —' t- Here’s something mom used to make, and we’re more than happy to pass on Mrs. Khnpv ski’s recipe for an operation described in this edition ot Lancaster Farming. Here, arms loaded with blossoms, are Barbara and Mary Nolt. Five medium cucumbers Three medium • onions One-fourth cup ( salt One cup vinegar One cup water One-ha]f teaspoon celery seed One-half teaspoon mustaid seed Three-fourths cup (or less) sugar One-fourth teaspoon tumeric Wash your cucumbers, cut in -thin slices. Peel and slice onions, combine onions and cucumbeis. Add salt Let stand two hours. Drain Heat vinegar and water, celery seed, mustard seed, sugar and tumeric to boiling. Add cucumbers and onions. Boil un til tender. Pack while hot in freshly sterlized jars. Although this is Pennsylvania Dutch Country, we’re most glad to include Mrs. Klinovski’s re cipe for POLISH DILL PICKLES First clean your pickles, then boil your water and pour over your pickles. Let stand for a few minutes covered, then have your jars clean and sterlized. BREAD AND BUTTER PICKLES (Small Amount) (Continued on page 9)
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