B—Lancaster Farming, Friday, August 29, 1958 For t! Farm Wife and Family Select Good Meat Products; Prepare Properly For Tasty Dish For broiling over a charcoal fire, meat experts say, you should select a well-marbled steak. By marbling they mean steaks of fat interspersed within the lean. A well marbled steak will usually be tender and juicy when broiled —if it comes from a young ani mal. The food shopper has no way of judging this last point but Federal meat graders do —and the shopper can take advantage of their knowledge by using U. S. grades as a guide in picking her picnic steak. USD A Prime and Choice grades provide steaks which are best for broiling. You can easily tell if beef is Federally graded. On the fat covering you will find one or more purple shield-shaped stamps enclosin the grade name and the letters USDA. This shield grade mark is registered in the U. S. Patent Office for your protection. In addition to knowing the grades of beef that are good for broiling, it is important to know what cuts are appropriate Porterhouse, T-bone, sirloin and club steaks are the best. However, a rib steak compares favorably with these in tender ness and flavor, and usually costs less per pound. Do you ever hesitate when selecting round steaks at the meat market 9 The entire slice with 8 1 § ROOM HEATERS WATER HEATERS \\ ♦♦ tx i GAS STOVES GAS CLOTHES DRYERS p H H H Many Other Gas Appliances \\ H :: Priced Low to Sell Our Service the Best g vl ♦♦ H Our green tanks match shrubbery :: ♦♦ ♦* | WARD BOTTLE GAS, EPHRATA, PA. I ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦* TO KEEP COWS IN CONDITION AND THE MILK PAILS FULL Ru&Raaß^M Dairy Feeds \W Add Red Rose Dairy Feeds or Red Rose Supplements to your roughages and home grains. Then you’ll be sure that you are providing your cows with all nutrients and proteins they need to keep them well fed and in good condition. BUY YOUR FEED FROM THESE RED ROSE DISTRIBUTORS REICH POULTRY FARM A. S. GROFF R D.l. Marietta, Pa. 21 S Queen St Lancaster, Pa. CHAS. E. SAUDER & SONS E. MUSSER HEISEY RD2 East Earl, Pa. RD.2. Mt. Joy, Pa. MUSSER’S WARREN SICKMAN The Buck RD 1, Quarryville, Pa RDI Pequea, Pa. J. C. WALKER & CO. AMMON E. SHELLY Gap, Pa. RD 2. Lititz, Pa. its small round bone is a hearty meal for a large family, but a section of the steak might be a wiser purchase for the family of two or three.. If you have a freezer and find' the whole steak too much for one meal, divide the steak; freeze one section and cook the other. Store the fresh meat loosely wrapped in waxed paper in the refriger ator for use within two days. Wrap the meat for freezing tightly in moisture-proof wrap, such as laminated paper, alumi num foil, or any of the special freezer papers Be sure and label the package with the con tents, number of servings (allow ing 14 pound for each serving), and date of freezing. The meat can be stored three to four months. Round steak is usually divided into two portions, called top or inside and bottom or outside round steak To divide the meat at home, leave the bone in the larger section of the meat and cut crosswise just under the bone. The top portion then con tains the round bone and large section of meat with additional section of meat around the bone. The boneless, bottom portion has three areas of meat outlined by connective tissue. When you purchase round steak at the meat market, the choice of top or bottom depends upon your preference and use v , v > X v-f *■ * vX, w " # - »V< A I® '"-"I v w» 5 vr| This nippy sour cream sauce goes well can use dairy products in many ways with cold sliced meats for a summer buffet. alone or in combination with nearly all Easy and quick to prepare, the sauce is other foods to make a meal tasteful and another example of how the homemaker complete. The top portion is slightly more tender than the bottom portion. Both pieces are more succulent and tender when braised—cooked slowly over low heat with a little liquid. If the top round steak is well marbled with streaks of fat and surrounded by a good outside layer of wite or cieamy fat, the meat is tender enough to broil or pan-fry. In this recipe, top round steak is cut into finger-size pieces and simmered in a tomato mixture to which sour cream is added. The saucy entree is, delicious—good enough for-a party SPECIAL BEEF STROGANOFF Two pounds top round steak, cut in short, thin strips One-fourth cup laid or dripp ings Two medium onions, finely chopped Two cans (8 ounces each) tomato sauce Two cans (4 ounces each) sliced mushrooms Two teaspoons salt One teaspoon Worcestershire sauce One-eighth teaspoon pepper One cup sour cream Brown meat m hot fat m a large heavy skillet Pour off any excess liquid which might accum ulate Push meat to one side of pan and add onions, cook 5 min utes Add tomato sauce, mush rooms with their liquid, salt, Worcestershire sauce, and pep per Cover pan and cook over low heat one hour or until meat is tender. Blend in sour cream and heat through; do not boil Serve over hot rice and garnish with chopped parsley. Makes 8 servings. Here’s a recipe that calls for either portion of round steak. Stnps of carrot and green pepper stick out jauntily from rolled stnps of steak. One and one-half pounds round steak, cut %-mch thick One and one-half teaspoons salt One-fourth teaspoon pepper Two carrots, cut in strips One large green pepper, cut m strips Three tablespoons flour Two teaspoons paprika Three tablespoons lard or drippings One medium onion, chopped One cup bouillon Cut round steak into 6 long strips. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place carrot and green pepper strips m center of each meat strip; roll and fasten with skewers. Mix flour and paprika, rub into surface of meat. Brown in hot fat Add onion and bouil lon, cover pan and cook over low heat IV2 hours or until meat is s , * ' V „ * Vf - % $ s \ * A • # * ROUND STEAK ROLL -eV<. v A * \ A T* * . \ This nippy sour cream sauce goes well with cold sliced meats for a summer buffet SOUR CREAM HORSE-RADISH SAUCE FOR MEAT 1 cup sour cream, whipped Vz teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons sugar 6 or 8 tablespoons grated horse-radish To the whipped cream, add the salt and sugar, then gradually stir m the horse-radish Serve vv>th meat (pot lost, baked ham) or fish The next time you purchase alamb shoulder ask the meatman to bone and roll the meat Boned Our Community is Our Business Always we are thinking of how we can be of greater constructive service to our depositors and to the community. We know our continued prosperity depends upon the steady progress of our customers and the area we serve. 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