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
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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
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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
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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)
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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-
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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
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pound shortening (1
cup)
ounces saltines, crushed.
(40 crackers)
tablespoon salt
teaspoon pepper
pound Cheddar cheese,
shredded (3 cups)