18—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. A| For the Farm Wife By Mra. Richard C. Speoce, Food Editor The How did the bunny ever get mixed up with eggs and Easter anyway? Easter customs are a mixture of Christian celebration and old pagan spring festivals. In India and China, the rabbit and egg were sym bols of the new spring birth of crops and cat tle. It did not take long for these symbols to be included in a Christian festival that came at the same time of the year. Other lands have had customs that sound strange today. In Old Russia even the'lowliest peasant might greet the Czar on Easter Sun day by giving him a kiss on the cheek while saying “Christ is Risen.” In some countries the hearth fires would be put out at sunset of Holy Saturday to be relit with candles blessed tract and 3 teaspoons water combined. SPENCE by the church, Easter customs are associat ed with foods, too. Rich foods have been absent during Lent, which makes an Easter feast aH tne more welcome In this coun try we traditionally sene ham. usually deeoratively glazed and garnished. Special Easter cakes and breads are a delicious fea ture of the season. What could be more tradition al than Hot Cross Buns? Thex can easily be made from a hot roll mix Add 1 teaspoon cin roman, Vj teaspoon allspice. teaspoon cardamom and I 2 cup seedless white raisins to the flour mixture Prepare as di rected on the package, shape into 18 balls and let rise until doubled on a greased baking sheet Bake 15 minutes in a 400 degree o\ en , When cool, frost the top of the buns in the shape of a cross with % cup powdered sugar, % teaspoon lemon ex- DON’T BURN MONET Save money this winter by letting us install a Texaco Jet Flame Booster on your oil burner. Texaco research and tests in homes prove this new flame-control de velopment can increase burner efficiency by as much as 42 %. Ton get more heat-use less oil. 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SPRING South Railroad Ave,, New Holland, Pa. Phone 354-0851 teaspoon grated orange peel and Vi cup chopped pecans. Cook, stirring constantly, over medi um heat until pecans are glazed. Flatten refrigerator biscuits on baking sheet, and spoon the pe can mixture over them. Bake as directed on package. Hard-cooked eggs are a must for a traditional Easter break : fast. They will be much more tender and flavorful if the heat is carefully controlled. Cover the eggs with water at least one inch above the eggs. Cover the pan and bring eggs rapidly to a boll, immediately remove from the heat and let stand for 15 minutes. Cool promptly and thoroughly to prevent dark sur face on the yolks and to make the shells easier to remove. If desired, instead of allowing the eggs to stand 15 minutes with out heat, after bringing the eggs rapidly to a boil, they may be kept in water which is just be low simmering for 20 minutes. Decorating with eggs is a col orful way to greet spring. Al though hard-dooked eggs may be decorated, emptied egg shells could be used for more perma CONCRETE t BLOCKS I METAL I WINDOWS I ■ i 354-2114 I NEEDS • Seed Potatoes • Lawn Seed Scotts Old English • Vigoro • Tobacco Seed • Tobacco Muslin • HyGro • Garden Tools • Lawn Mowers Hardware nent arrangements. To empty raw eggs, carefully make a small hole with a largo needle in each end of the egg. Pierce the egg yolk before blowing. Hold the egg over a bowl and blow gently. When empty rinse the egg with cold water and al low to dry. Let your imagination run riot when you are decorating eggs. Dye them, of course, but do not atop there. For easy but artistic results, use flowers, ribbon, se quins, beads, buttons, rick-rack, colored cellophane tape, small candy, or colored sugar. Egg trees will display the beauty of decorated eggs most effectively. They can be made bare twigs or branches, depending on the final size wanted. For a small tree an in verted funnel works well as a base. 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Easter dinner is the high point of the day... smell the promise of that gorgeous ham coming from the kitchen? But. leave it to Mom, she has a real surprise in store. There on the dinner table, serving as a centerpiece for the moment, is an elegant, luscious • looking Easter Egg Roll. It's frosted a soft pink and dotted all over with Jellybeans in an array of dainty colors. And, when it’s dessert time and this beauty is cut.... look at what’s inside! Bright red. tart and tasty cranberry sauce .... that's what! EASTER EGG ROLL cup all-purpose flour teaspoon baking powder teaspoon salt eggs cup granulated sugar (Continued on Page 26) ROOM BEAUTY BEGINS with a visit to IRIS Drapery Shop 9 South Duke St., Lancaster Throw Covers non-slip foam back, fringed on ail 4 sides, easy care, ma chine washable. Brown, Blue, Green and Gold 72x60 $3.59 72x90 $5.89 72x120 $6,89 Window Shades 87c Hoorn darkening, washable, cut free while you shop. 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