B—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Dec. 14, 1956 For the Farm Wife and Family Christmas is coming, that’s for sure, and as a rule it means fam ihy dinners. 'However, we have a letter today from special wonder ful good friends out Kansas way, whose Christmas will be a bit blue. It’s from Mrs. Roy Huff man an Salma out m the wheat belt whose husband is on temporary duty with the Air Force m Europe until early Jan uary The base where he is stationed is sending ia special plane to take along family packages to the fa thers and husbands overseas, and in the package Betty is sending will be some chocolate chip cook ies and date bread. * ♦ ♦ Say, Betty continues, I have a recipe that perhaps your wives will enjoy. It has cer tainly been a boon to me. While I’m thinking of it, there are two more that will be nice in the Holiday season and are a snap to fix. To which we say, many thinks, Betty adding regards to Brian, ion and the Captain: PIE CRUST Mrs. Roy S. Huffman, Salina, Kan. Three cups flour, sifted One to one and one-half tea spoons salt One and one-half teaspoons salt the new for lp or city gas Paradise Gas Service Phone Slrasburg OY 7-5796 Box 89 mmm One egg One Tablespoon vinegar Five Tablespoons cold water Beat egg, vinegar, and water together and add to mixture of flour, salt and shortening. Will keep in lefngerator several days < a it PINEAPPLE BREAD Mrs. Roy S. Huffman, Salma, Kan. Two cups flour, sifted One teaspoon baking powder One-half teaspoon salt One-half cup sugar One egg Two tablespoons salad oil One teaspoon vanilla One No 2 can crushed pine apple, drained One teaspoon soda One-half cup chopped nuts One cup raisins Sift flour with baking powder, salt and sugar; make a well and add unbeaten egg, salad oil, van illa, and soda, which has been dissolved m a little of the pine apple juice. Add pineapple, rais ins and nuts. Stir until just mixed do not beat Pour into greased loaf pan and bake one hour m moderate oven, 350 degrees. Re move from pan and cool on wire rack. Loaf should not be sliced until thoroughly cool. Mrs. Koy S. Huffman, Salina, Kan. One cup chopped dates , One teaspoon soda One cup boding water One cup sugar One tablespoon butter, or oleo One egg Three-quarter cup chopped nuts One and seven-eighths cup flour One teaspoon baking powder pinch salt One teaspoon vanilla Mix dates, soda and boiling water, set aside and let cool. Combine all other ingredients to gether, add date mixture, place in loaf pan and bake in 350 de gree oven 40-45 minutes. Will probably be soft in the center yet, but is. done. Can be eaten as pudding with whipped cream, or as bread, with butter We've had lots and *avln(l J New utility I Operates fits m (if less space than • as an air circulator in conventional "spaca healers ’’ 2 *uromerlime. DATE PUDDING * * LEMON PIE Emma Fox R 3 Ephrata PARADISE, PA. Supervisor i < v <***■*■ "VJ-tw- n- SUPERVISING the cutting of cane in Puerto Rico is a tropical helmeted worker. Cane looks much like com common in the Garden Spot, except its tassel is much more feathery. (Pan Am erican World Airways Photo). MERINGUE Three egg whites Six tablespoons sugar Beat egg whites until stiff; gradually beat in sugar until mix ture stands in stiff peaks. A reader from R 1 Lancaster who wishes to be known as “Mrs. S” says in her letter; Enclosed is one dollar for our subscription to Lancaster Farm ing. I enjoy the Farm Wife and Family Column. I am send-, ing some recipes which I made up myself. These recipes can Today 9 s Pattern NEW Printed Pattern Easier to cut Sew and fit f|§ ia\ , M/ «WSal# * vr /a)@j Printed Pattern Printed Pattern 9078 Half Size* HIS* 1616, 18%, 20%, 22%, 24% Size 16% Jumper, 4% yards 39- inch fabric, blouse, 2% yards. Send Thirty-five cents in coins for this pattern—add 6 cents for each pattern if you wish Ist-class mailing. Send to 170 Newspaper Pattern Deit., 232 West 18th St. New Yorft H. N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS with ZONE, SIZE and STYLE NUMBER. be made anytime of the year, not just in season, SPAM FELLING OR SPAM CASSEROLE Three or four medium sized potatoes Bread filling enough for 6 or 8-pound fowl One can Spam Dice potatoes as tor soup Add a tiny pinch of salt, and just enough water to boil nearly soft While they are cooking break bread for filling. Put butter and lard or other shortening into a large pan or skillet. When hot add bread and stir tall lightly browned Add two or three beat en eggs, a little salt and pepper and milk enough to make good and moist Use just a little salt or it will be too salty as the Spam is salty. Drain potatoes, remove half ot filling from pan if you use the same pan. If not, grease a large casserole With a littfle butter to keep from sticking. Add half of potatoes, remove Spam from can, scrape off fat and jelly. Cut half of Spam in cubes on top of pota toes. Add remainder of filling, potatoes and Spam in laveis Then stir or flake it just enough to mix through each other. If it is not moist enough add moie milk. Bake uncovered in a mod erate oven one half hour or until brown (Do not use potato watei if any is left or you will have a soggy filling. This is very good especially with cobbler potatoes If you use late potatoes use a lit tle scant.) Mrs. S- adds: If someone at your house does not care for fish try these sal mon patties axid see what hap pens: (Continued on page 9> m Si ~ 1 Both •*'» $l59 95 Yoo save price of train This is a factory-sponsored pre-Christmas offer. We have been allotted only * limited number of Ameri can Flyer trains and there fore urge that you act promptly. So hurry. Phooe and ask us to set aside a train for you* 78 ■24 V 4 Lester A. Singer RjpNKS Ph. Strathurg, OV7-3226 ? » •