' B—Lancaster Farming/ Saturday. October 31. 1959 For the 'j V t Farm Wife and Family Pumpkin Pie Tiftie by Mrs. Rivard C. Spence PUMPKINS GOOD FOR MORE THAN JACK-O-LANTERNS If the kids haven’t used ail the pumpkins for jack-o -' lanterns you, may want to cat or freeze some for piemaking. -- With the moSera basements-too warm for storage, it 1 isn’t easy Jo'keep pumpkins' for very long. If you have the freezer space you’ll find it easy Jo, put up pumpkin. Cook up' pumpkin pieces | in a pressure sauce pan until 'they are soft.-This saves, par ■ ing the pieces -and tutting ip. •-cubes. You ’ San steath or, ■'cook in Boiling water but It j takes longer- - -- jput the, cooked pumpkin •through a food mill or strain-, '-or. If-you plan to freeze the r pulp choose 'good / moisture -- vapor proof containers. It will :"jsave time if you package-the ; amount you need for one or two pies, - - - Be sure' to cool the pump kin quickly by putting the pan in cold water. Stir often and keep the water cold with ice cubes. ,When - you t package the ■ pumpkin remember to leave -fiead space so the. pumpkin can expand =during .freezing without pushing lids off. If you plan to can the pumpkin just put the hot strained pulp into a pan and reheat it to simmering. Don’t boil it. You’ll need to stir -often to keep it from stick ing to the pan. Pack in hot clean pint jars. Without add ing salt or water seal the jars and process in a pres •sure cooker at 10 pounds for 65 minutes. * * Using fresh, frozen or can ned pumpkin we’re sure you will like the flavor of the following pumpkin pie. PUMPKIN PIE W-2. cups pumpkin 2 tablespoons melted but ter i 1 teaspoon cinnamon [ Perfect for | Christmas | L Giving 9 \i » FASTER HEATING •-Hot In 20 second* • LIGHTER WEIGHT —Weighs only 2 tbs. ♦ THUMB-TIP CONTROL —for perfect Ironing results every time. Give Sunbeam—the Beet Electric Appliances Made tISUNBEAM, IRONMASTER GROFF’S HARDWARE NEW HOLLAND 1 cup raisins 1 cup chopped nuts 1 teaspoon lemon extract Cream, shortening and sift ed sugar throughly. Add eggs pumpkin and-seasonings. Blend well. Sift flour and baking powder together-, stir in raisins and nuts. Add flour mixture to the creamed mix ture and beat. Blend in lem on extract. Drop from tea 'spopn onto "greased cookie -The recipe tot Old-Fashion- sheet--Bake 15 minutes at 400 ed- -Soft - Molasses Cookies degrees- Makes about 3 doz which appeared in last en * week's issue should include CORRECTION 1 teaspoon ginger Is one -o! A p ump ki n chiffon pie its ingredients. We-regret makes a 'delicious ‘ fall and this ommission. The pro- winter dessert, ceduxe for-making the cook- PUMPKIN CHIFFON FIE les is the same. i envelope plain gelatin V* cup cold water 3 eggs, -separated 1 cup sugar* 114 cups canned or cooked fresh pumpkin % cup milk Vz teaspoon each of ginger nutmeg,,cinnamon & salt 1 teaspoon ginger - Dash of cloves 2 eggs' 2 tablespoons flour V£ cup white sugar Vi cup brown sugar 1 cup milk Mix together the pumpkin, e SS yolks shghtlj melted butter, cinnamon, gin- sdd Vi cup of sugar, pump ger and> cloves. Beat the eggs milk and seasonings until - frothy. Then add the Cook in double boiler until flour,- sugars and milk. Add Custard consistency, stirring pumpkin mixture and stir constantly. Soften gelatin in lightly. Bake at 450 degrees cold - water and dissolve in for 10 minutes; reduce heat custard, Cool, and when to 375 degrees and bake for mixture begins to thicken, 35 minutes more. stiffly beaten egg * • • whites, to which has been What could be better than of sugar. Turn into a baked a pumpkin flavored cookie? pie shell (a deep one) and See what your family has to place in refrigerator for a say .about these. few hours. Top with light HERR’S BULK BIN SERVICE Builders of Feed _ v f and Grain Bins - ALL SIZES TO FIT EVERY NEED GOHDONVILLE, PA- Ph. SO 8-3931 Need ... HAY-STRAW-EAR CORN Buy Now and Save! More and more farmers are buying from us for better value and all around satisfaction. Delivered any quantity Phone Strasburg OV 7-3211 ESBENSHADE TURKEY FARM PARADISE, PA. PUMPKIN COOKIES Vz cup shortening 114 cups brown sugar 2 eggs IVfc cups cooked, mashed pumpkin V 6 teaspoon salt V* teaspoon ginger Vz teaspoon nutmeg' 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 2Vs cups cake flour 4 teaspoons baking pow der ♦ ♦ added the remaining }A cup layer of flavored whipped Speaking of appi es> l cream. news In the salad hn e festive Apple-Cheese » - , .. ... nn-n This mold is a gelatin sai. A FEW FACTS ABOUT but not typid. APPLES the usual water, appi 6 . With a bumper crop of ap- is used- Rathe r than 0T J pies this year and favorable £a i ad dressing, rich and, prices on the market, this an t dairy sour cream is! is the year for you to buy de d in- FinaUy, f or a and use lots of apples. Jiearty flavor, protein lad. Find a cool spot in your Cheddar cheese comes to basement to store your -ap- fore. Blend in diced cu j pies or else put them in your ber and celery, a tone refrigerator. If you buy grated onion, dainty C aM them in a plastic bag, leave shreds, fresh bright a them in the bag - when you wedges and you have a put them in the refrigerator, ique aalad indeed. This < Then they stay crisp and is especially good with won’t dry out quickly. ken, ham, or pork chops When you store apples in your basement, wet down an APPLE • CHEESE MO old blanket or bag and put i tablespoon (1 envelc over the fruit. This lowers unflavored gelatin the temperature and keeps 2 cups apple Juice * * ♦ apples from drying out. Vi cup dairy sour crei You should try to keep the_ % teaspoon salt temperature down around 32 Vi cup diced cucumbe degrees and the relative hu- 1 Vi cup diced celery midity about 80 to 85 pen 1 cup shredded-Chedds cent. ' -• cheese' Don’t try to store apples -1 teaspoon -grated onio with vegetables. The waxy, Vi cup shredded cabbi coating on. the skin of apples . M cup chopped unpetl absorbs odors. ' re d apple If you grow your own ap- - Soften gelatin in Vz cv pies, pick them a little on juice.' Heat remaining the green side. Don’t wait cups v apple juice to bo for them to drop and bruise, and stir, into softened ge The earlier the apple rip- "until .dissolved.. Chill errs, the shorter the. storage mixture begins to set ’ •life, and the later the apple fold in-sour cream, salt ripens, the longer the storage cumber, celery, Che life. This should guide you cheese, onion, cabbage in selecting the variety of ap- apple. Pour into a l-( pie that stores the best mold or individual m Open An Insured Savings Account This Wei m ACCOUNTS INSURED TO SIO.OO j n C-T vT7 FIRST FE avingsan MStIMDON IP ' 25 North D Gilbert H. Hartley Emlen H. ZeDers Treasurer Secretary Geo. L. Diehl James N. Esbensbad# Asst. Treasurer Asst. Secretary CURRENT DIVIDEND PER ANNUM Paid On Savings
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