22—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. November 22.1969
Cl! I®? FOR THE
FARM
WIFE
FAMILY
Mrs. Ray Bushong Provides
Turkeys Ready For The Oven
Our Pilgrim fatheis wisely Anyone who has evei dressed
saw fit to set aside a day at the poultiy knows that handling a
end of the harvest season to 25 to 30 pound tom turkey isn’t
give thanks to God fo the boun- easy and getting all the p.nfea
tiful yield of crops and vegetables thers out of a duckling isn’t easy
For them and for us today either The Bushongs employ one
it means a time of feasting and neighbor man and in the even
enjoymg the fruits of our labors mgs two school boys Mrs Bush
for the past seven or eight ong does the drawing and then
months As traditional as Thanks- son Neal helps in the evenings
giving Day itself is the xoasted Bushongs get their turkey
turkey that giaces our Thanks- poults three or foui times dur
givmg dinnei table Now theirs, mg the year, starting in April
we’re told, was the American Thus they have tuikeys to mai
wild turkey Today’s tuikey, due ket just about anytime during
to improved bleeding, bettei the yeai with the exception of a
feeds and the use of modem tech- month or two in the spang They
meal skills of oui poultry men, have been going to Green Diag
is a meatiei moie tendei and on Mai ket eveiy Fiiday since
ilavorful bud 1950 and Mi Bushong runs a
A couple who piovides the icute thiough Lititz on Satui
fowl fOi a gieat many Thanks- days and sells eggs, vegetables
giving dinneis as well as other and poultiy They also have a
holidays and specal occasions is madside stand in fiont of then
Mr and Mis Ray Bushong who home in the summer
live on Pine Hill Road near They bought this twenty acie
Bumneiville They stalled iaiS- faim m 1948 and also lent some
mg tuikeys in 1945, about 200 a giound Tneu mam ciop is foui
then, but meieased the acies of cantaloupes They grow
numbei eventually to 2200 They Burpees hyond melons A lot of
have cut back now to 1100 but them aie sold to a laige local
they also dress all of them That fmit stand as well as a lot of
is, with one exception Last year their sweet coin They grow sev
a certain individual, who went e n acies of white and yellow
nld tuikey hunting in the moun- sweet corn One of then- favorite
tains and was unsuccessful in vaneties is Silvei Queen which
shooting one, came and bought ls white corn Favoute yellow'
one of their tuikeys and shot it varieties aie Wonderful and
so he would have a tuikey to Spring Gold They get up at 5
fake home He said his wife a m to pick com Mi Bushong’s
would never know the difteience patents and Mis Bushong’s
The Bushongs laise the Bioad molhei help fiseze gieat quanti-
Bieasted Bronze and white tui- ties of the coin and all share in
kejs They also laise 100 capons the finished pioduct as well as
and 700 to 800 roasting chickens their childi en
The chickens aie ot the Hubbard They glow ei3ht acies 0 f field
White Mountain sham A veter- coin w t licn i 3 f ec j to the turkeys
inanan capomzes the loosteis an( j so , ne vnulticolored Indian
Besides diessmg the tui keys and coin an;; j a ji jj; in( j s of gouids for
chickens they anywheie ga j e They also raise lots of pick
fiom 35 to 100 ducks a week es f or canmn o an d all kinds of
ONE OF MRS BUSHONG’S corner cupboards full of fine china that includes Saw
tooth and Tulip sherbets. L. F. Photo
MRS. RAY BUSHONG has just finished dressing one of their Broad Breasted turkeys
and is holding a smoke cured half turkey. L- F. Photo
vegetables, rhubaib and stiaw- piasteung for a firm in Yoik on hei cut-work at Ephrata Fann
berries Besides selling the veg- Right now they are plastering Show “I like to collect cook
elables they freeze a lot for the vo-technical schools in Lan- books and recipes” She has a
their own use and can a lot foi caster County lot of cook books and a collec
use in making chow chow. Mrs Ajed, the youngest, lives at tion of at least 40 iron tuvets.
Bushong makes between 1500 Milford, Pa , is a graduate fiom She also has a lot of antique
and 2000 quarts of chow chow a Eas t stioudsburg State College dishes and glassware Many of
yeai Her mothei, Mis Lavina Hs 1S head wrestling coach and them have been handed down in
Seibeit, and her cousin help physical education teacher at the family but some pieces have
with this job This is beautiful in Delaware Valley High School, be- been purchased at sales to com
the jais and just as delicious as tween Milford and Matamons plete the sets She has quite a
it is pietty It is one of the toui
ists atti actions at the Gieen Dra
gon
Did you eier heai of smoke
cuied tu.keys’ The Bushongs
have them cuied and they aie
qu'te sunJai to cuied ham in
taste They lose a lot of weight
in the pi ocess and change in
coloi, becoming quite pink They
die most delicious Anothei pio
duct of their tuikeys is giound
fiesh meat Some of this is sold
to a local duve-in restaurant for
tu. key-burgers Mrs Bushong
makes tuikey scrapple and they
have tuikey sausage made at
the butchei’s
Mi and Mrs Bushong have
foui grown childien Nevm lives
neai Bnckerville, is marued to
the foimer Caiol Moigan who is
a wonderful seamstiess He
works at Howinet Aluminum
Company
Barbaia Ann manned William
Hazlett They live at Lititz R 1
She formeily taught sixth grade
at Manhemi Central School She
gives piano lessons and is organ
-st at the United Chuich of
Christ at Lititz They have two
sons, IV2 and 3 years old
Neal lives at home He does
A LARGE KITCHEN TABLE with her old butter bowl
of gourds and Indian corn arrangement and the warmth of
her fireplace bespeak the inviting hospitality Mrs. Bushong
extends to everyone. Her old churn and potbellied stove on
either side of the fireplace and the Home Sweet Home
sampler above, plus the Pilgrim fall arrangement on the
mantel remind us of the charm of bygone days when home
was more than a place to eat and sleep. L. F Photo
He is married to the foimer
Lynda Kneznich, Philadelphia
She teaches fourth giade at Ma
tamons and is good at sewing
All four children weie in 4-H
The boys belong to the Lincoln
4-H Club and raised steei s Neal
also had capons and pigs Bai
bara belonged to the Buckei
ville 4-H Sewing Club Then
father, Ray, was in 4H m the
1920’5.
Bushongs aie membeis of
Bnckerville Emanuel Lutheran
Chuich and Mis Bushong be
longs to a circle there Church
sei vices and cncle meetings are
about all the meetings she at
tends She is not one to belong
to organizations and attend club
meetings but thoroughly enjoys
her home
Mrs Bushong, Anna Maiy, is a
wondeiful cook and a pioficient
housekeeper She says “I’d lath
er sit and read a good book, cio
chet or sew than go to meetings
I love to bake I enjoy having
the children home tor meals I
enjoy cooking It’s fun, leally
fun to cook foi them when they
come home ”
She has ciocheted afghans for
three of hei childien and wants
to make one foi the othei one
She says “I like to cross-stitch, I
have a tablecloth to do I like to
do cut-work.” She took first prize
collection of Sawtooth and Tulip
design glasswaie and a lot of
ironstone china She also has
some nice antique pieces of fur
niture such as tables, chans and
locking chans She and hei hus
band like to go to an antique
show now and then
It would be woith youi while
to get some giound tuikey ]ust
to make this loaf as it is so moist
and delicious
TURKEY-BURGEE LOAF
2 lbs. ground fresh turkey
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup chopped celerj
Vi cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
3 eggs
Vi cup red, gieen and >ellow
peppers chopped (optional)
2 to 3 cups fresh bread crumbs
Celery and onions may be
chopped in blender Mi\ all to
gether and form into 3 small
loaves Bake IV2 houis in 350
degree oven
Heie's a nice lelish to comple
ment youi Thanksgiving tuikey.
CRANBERRY RELISH
1 lb. cranbeiries
3 apples
2 oranges
2 cups granulated sugar
Put cianbemes, apples and
oranges thiough food chopper.
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