o—Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 5, 1957 1 For the ■' T Farm Wife and Family (Continued from nage 9) PLAIN CHOCOLATE FROSTING 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon shortening 1, tablespoon cocoa, slightly GREATER PRODUCTIVITY IS THE KEY TO PROGRESS assured top production complimented with good type to assure longevity. Breeding service is as near as your tele phone and .costs so little you’ll be amazed. All this is pos sible through “Farmer Cooperation”, the best “off-the-farm tool” to assist you gain higher profits. ALWAYS A CHOICE OF SIRES Southeastern Penna. Artificial Breeding Cooperative P. 0. Box 254 Lancaster, Pa. Phone Express 2-2191 Pasture, Small Grain MATHIESON Increase your yield* and your profits. Easily applied. Saves Time. Save* labor. HIESTAND INC. ‘ MARIETTA RDI, Ph. HA 6-9301 CLARENCE RUTT NEW HOLLAND Ph. EL 4-8797 MATHIESON ®Q<i)Aißy heaping 2 tablespoons cream Vz teaspoon vanilla 1 egg 3" cups confectioners sugar Bring butter to a golden brown, add shortening, then co- CONCRETE PRODUCTS Haw Holland, Pa. Elgin 4-2114 tt and Corn ANHYDROUS AMMONIA 82% NITROGEN DEALERS L. H. BRUBAKER 350 Strasburg Pike. Ph. Lane. EX 3-7607 Lititz RD3. Through - Proven Mrs Robert Lefever, R 1 Quar ryville has sent us some short cuts for filling a pie crust by using the basic Vanilla Cream filling She says - I always' keep a couple crusts baked ahead. Then here is the -receipt for the filling. Change one thing for Butterscotch pie and for other kinds add what you want. Sires The Ph. MA 6-7766 coa. Remove from stove and add cream and vanilla. Add egg and beat well. Add sugar. It won’t be too long 'until fresh asparagus will be available so our friend from Gordonville has included a recipe for ASPARAGUS AND KNEPP Place two or three <■ cups asparagus in four or six quart kettle with one cup warm water and Vz teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil and add knepp. : KNEPP Beat one egg; add Vs cup milk' and one cup flour mixed with two heaping teaspoons baking powder. Drop by spoonfuls on asparagus. Bring to a boil; then simmer for about 15 or 20 minu tes or until water is cooked up. Remove from pan at once. Top with brown butter and serve. Makes about eight. Other vege tables taste good, too. We’ve had one recipe for noodles today and here is anoth er from this same friend from Gordonville. NOODLES 10 large eggs or 2 cups 4% cups flour Beat eggs, add three cups flour; mix; add rest of flour and mix by hand till flour is all mix ed in. Divide in five equal parts. Roll out like pie dough, only about twice* as large (about 16 to 18 inches). Lay on flat sur face to dry for two hours at room temperature or until dry enough to slice. Roll together and sice thin. The thinner you roll and slice them, the finer your noodles will be. Scatter out and let dry good. Then they’re ready to use. Makes about 2 ¥2 pounds. VANILLA CREAM PIE Mis. Robert Lefever, v R 1 Quarryville V cup granulated sugar One-third cup flour Vs teaspoon salt 2 cups milk, scalded % teaspoon vanilla flavoring 2 tablespoons butter 2 eggs Use three eggs instead of two. Break one whole egg and two yolks in bowl for the cream filling Save two whites for meringue. MERINGUE Beat the whites until stiff but not dry. Add pinch of salt and two tablespoons of sugar and beat a little more. Pile on top of pie. Bake 20 minutes at 325 degrees PINEAPPLE CREAM PIE Prepare cream* filling Add one cup well-drained crushed pine apple ' BANANA CREAM PIE Pre pare cream filling Slice bananas on botom of crust and pour in filling Serve with sliced bananas on top. ' COCONUT CREAM PIE Prepare cream filling and add one-half cup coconut. CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE Melt one square of chocolate and add to mixture in bowl before stirring into the milk. Or add three tablespoons of cocoa to the mixture before stirring into the milk. BUTTERSCOTCH PIE Use dark brown sugar in place of granulated sugar Put milk in a saucepan and put on stove. Add the butter Break eggs in bowl and beat well Add sugar, salt and flour. Mix so as to make a pas f e, stir into milk When thick remove from stove and l«t cool a little Add vanilla and pour into crust Serve with whipped cream. Or make a mermgue for on top. Does your cookie jar need re- filling? Mrs. Lefever sends along a recipe for Soft Ginger Cookies which your family might like. SOFT GINGER COOKIES Mrs. Robert Lefever, R 1 Quarryville 7 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt , 1 and % teaspoons cannamon V* teaspoon nutmeg 2 tablespoons ginger '1 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 egg 2 cups Brer Rabbit molasses 2 tablespoons vinegar 4 teaspoons soda 1 cup boiling water Sift flour with salt and spices. Cream shortening and sugar. Add egg. Beat all together until light. Add mwolasses and vine gar, then sifted dry ingredients Lastly add soda dissolved in'boil ing tyater. Drop by teaspoons on greased cookie sheet. Beat an egg and wash the tops, using a pastry brush., Bake-8 to 10 minu tes in oven 350 degrees. Makes about 100 plump, spongy cookies. fi V * t The Better Way.. • , To Handle Your Hay With The MEYER HAY CONDITIONER Your Best Buy in Hay Conditioners . . . Proven By Over 200 Satisfied Users In Our Area Since 1950 See Us Today! J. PAUL NOLT Lincoln Highway at GAP Ph. HI 2-4183 'WnM Eastern States seed sure grows! Yes! You get better crop production with Eastern States seed But seed with big crop potential does not just happen Eastern States seed is the result of careful research and controlled produc tion. In the Eastern States seed bag you get seed which is true to variety, high in germina tion and disease resistant. Eastern States seed is the best foundation for profitable crops on your farm Talk to your Eastern States representative or warehouseman about your seed needs now' Eastern States Farmers 7 Exchange || ROBERT BAR& P Washington Boro ENOS R. BUCKWALTER Bird-in-Hand EVAN E. DINGER Reinholds MAURICE GOOD Gordonville HENRY HOOVER Ephrata MARK HOSLER Manheim & Lititz JACOB L. KURTZ Elizabethtown EASTERN STATES SERVICE CENTER Quarryville Phone STerling 6-3647 EASTERN STATES SERVICE CENTER Lancaster Phone Express 4-3755 Put a marble in tee of nylon stockings when 'you wash them and they won’t wrap the line un less it is teal windy. Write name on a clip clothes pm and let your child keep it to clip his rubbers or boots togeth er. He will always get his own. Thank you, rMs. Lefever, for your recipes and household-hints. That’s about all we have for you today. We’ll be back,next week with more recipes. HOME CALENDAR Timely Reminders from Pennsylvania State University College of Agriculture Firm Gelatin Fresh pineap ple can’t be used in gelatin salads, since it keeps the gelatin from coming firm, Louise W. Hamilton, Penn State extension nutritionist reminds. Color Needed When children walking along the road are dress ed in bnght colors, motorists see thembetter, says Mae B. Bar ton, Penn State extension clothing specialist. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Mrs. Robert Lefever, R 1 Quarryville iff STEPHEN M. KUiITZ Joanna & Conestoga JOHN S. MARTIN Bareville JOHN MELHORN Mount Joy WILSON SCOTT Willow Street LESTER SCHULTZ Willow Street MARTIN WANNER Gap DAVID H. WEAVER New Holland tsusin
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