14 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 20, 1963 or Farm Wife and Family Quantity Recipes x By Mrs. Richard 0. Spence It, it \om turn to plan a community dinner’ Pei haps a family get-togethei is in the oflmg. It you are tempted to use vom faionte small quantity lecipe and multiply it watch "out, the lesults may be unpiedictable The proportion ol m giedients usually changes as the recipe is increased. For example, in a quick ln ead the propoi tion of shor tening. flour, leavening agent and liquid is quite critical. You need just the light amount of each ingredient and you stir tery little just as little as possible to get a good pro duct In a tested quantity le eipe foi quick hi ead, the pio poition of ingiedients is alter ed Because there is a laiget imass ot mgiedients “to noik with in a quantity lecipe some leenai has to he limit m Af tei caielul testing, lecipe de i elopers inai find a need to change the amount ot an in giedient to get a tender pio duct In home testing, you mav liaie to go thiough long pie giaiation piocesses to find Hist the light continuation o£ mgie dients So saie time and eftoit hv using a lecipe that’s al jeady dei eloped L. H. BRUBAKERS ■m. SPRING W SALE DELUXE RANGE I 03 1 30 INCHES WIDE! AUTOMATIC CLOCK & TIMER! LARGE STORAGE DRAWER! ALL PORCELAIN! 1 52 I § Trade BUDGET SPECIAL! 30" ELECTRIC RANGE $149 r: L. H. Brubaker 830 Strasburg I'iUe - Dane. K. D. 3, Uitit/,, Va. l*li. Italic. 397-5179 Stiasbni}; 087-0002 Jatil/. 020-7706 OI’KV MOM) XV \\D FRIDAY TIIjIj 9:00 I'AI. A o Small quantity recipes usu ally appioximate the number of seivmgs Because a recipe may yield eight one-cup or one tablespoon servings, you can’t plan aocuiately for the num ber of portions expected when you multiply that recipe Quan tity iccipes state the exact number and size of servings ex pected for example 50 one half cup or 6-ounce poitions. All tihe ingredient propor tions aie caretully woiked out and rounded off in a tested quantity lecipe. Many small quantity leeeipes call lor dou btful or unusual amounts of ingredients 1847 Columbia Avenue One West Main Street (Drive-in Window) QUARRYVILUE State and Church Streets Established 1841 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Spices may be stated accurately as “Vs teaspoon” or doubtfully as “salt to taste ” If you mul tiply a recipe, you may be working with awkward am ounts ot ingredients. Good quantity recijjeS. ere easier and moie accurate to use. They list ingredients by weight or measure. This saves time and eneigy in huvmg ingred ients and gives you better pro duct quality. Mixing instructions are tim ed more accurately. Because of iccipe timing, you can plan work schedules and use of equipment more efficiently. HAMBURGER CREOLE WITH BISCUIT CAPS V (48 portions) pounds ground beef pounds diced onion (iy 2 quaits) garlic cloves ounces salt (Vs cup) teaspoon pepper No. 10 cans tomatoes (6V, quaits) pounds raw Julienne icivt carrots ('2 quarts) 'cup lemon iuice G IV2 IVa 2 Vs Vs 51/2 Combine giound beet onion, gaihc, salt and peppei in large MOUNT JOY Xiounds cooked diied or gieen Inna beans, di alli ed (3 quarts) ounces enriched flour (2 cups) PLORIX 801 Main Street kettle. Cook until meat is browned. Reserve 1 quart tom ato liquid. Add remaining liq uid and tomatoes, carrots and lemon mice to meat mixture. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat, simmer until carrots are ten der, 25 to 30 minutes. Add lima beans. Blend together fl our and lesened tomato liq uid. Add to meat-vegetable mixture M,i\ well. Heat to boil ing, stirring constantly. Cook until mixture thickens, 1 to 2 minutes Pom hot stew into two 12 x 20 x 2-moh steam tab le pans. Make Celery Seed Drop Biscuits as follows: OEDEBY seed DROP BISCUITS 3% pounds sifted flour (3% quarts) Vs cup baking powder 3 tablespoons salt % 'cup 'celery seed 10 ounces Shortening (Wz cups) IV 2 to I S A quarts milk 'Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Mix in celery seed Cut or rub in shqrtening until mixture is crumbly (by hand or with paddle attach ment ot mixer). Add IV2 qu- 9 iMftflh Spring - - 'fry -> *I tZ '* '*♦ Jr V'■* « T,’*: ' .V , ,- ’ r r - " ~" ALL ACCOUNTS INSURED TO $lO,OOO i first FEDERALI 'avinps and Joan ASSOCIATION OF LANCASTER Customer Parking in Rear arts milk and mix well. Add additional liquid If necessary to make a soft drop biscuit dough. Using: No. 30 scoop, drop 24 level scoop’fuls of bis cuit dough on top of each pan ot hot stew. Drop lemamnig biscuits on well-gieased baking sheets. Bake bis'quits-capped stew in veiy hot oven (450 de grees) 25 to 30 minutes, or until biscuits are golden brown. Bake remaining biscuits at same temperature for 15 to 20 minutes. CHEDDAR CARROTS (25 servings) pounds sliced carrots (4 quarts) cups Chopped 'onions 1 Vs 1 Boil carrots until tender. Brown onions m shortening 'and add to carrots Mix crumbs, salt, pepper and shredded ch (Continued on Page 15) 25 North Duke St. Phone 393-0601 pound shortening (1 cup) ounces saltines, crushed. (40 crackers) tablespoon salt teaspoon pepper pound Cheddar cheese, shredded (3 cups)