20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 7.1971
Salads Feature of 'Favorite Recipes'Column
“Favorite Recipes” column
this week features a special pie
dough and several salads.
While Lancaster Farming will
continue to accept volunteer
recipes through the summer,
the recipe column has been das
continued as a regular feature
until fall, when the harvest rush
is over.
Write to Lancaster Farming
Recipes, P. 0. Box 266, Lititz,
Pa., 17543.
The pie dough, which is called
“Never Fail” pie dough, is from
Mrs. Robert K. Rohrer, Quarry
ville RDI, as follows:
“Never Fail” Pie Dough
Mix together:
3 cups flour
1% cup shortening
1 teaspoon salt
Mix together;
1 egg, well beaten
5 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon vinegar
Add the liquid mixture to the
dry mixture. It may be neces
sary to add a “little” flour -to
each crust as you roll it out.
Mrs. Rohrer notes, “I make
about three batches at one time,
roll out pie shells and put ir
tin foil plates and freeze. When
I want to make a pie, I thaw out
a pie shell, add a cooked mix
Ida’s Notebook
Hot and busy summer days. So many
things are ready to be harvested at the same
time. Always there are beans to be picked and
frozen
The tomatoes should be canned and sweet
corn gathered and sold to folks who appre
ciate “fresh from the garden” quality.
We are lucky if the work is finished in
time, to watch the children catch fireflies.
They put them in jars and then release them
before bedtime. It is a good excuse to stay up
later than usual.
Family reunions are usually happy gath
erings. We enjoy seeing how the children are
growing. We learn where the older ones plan
to go to college and who is getting married in
the near future.
As we take account of those
present, we notice some are in
capacitated. Good health seems
to be more important as we
grow older, and watch those
near and dear to us fight to re
gain physical well-being.
A common ancestry seems to
draw us together year after
year to enjoy the company of
others in our ever-growing fami
lies.
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ture of cherries or other fruit,
and put crumbs on top.
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Mrs. Rohrer also recommends
a topping for her pies as follows:
Topping:
2 cups flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch salt
Vi cup shortening (solid)
She notes, “I keep a jar of
crumbs in the refrigerator ready
to put on top of the pies.”
Mrs. Ira Davis, Quarryville
RDI specializes in salads and
she sent four of her favorites
along.
The first, a spinach or dande
lion greens salad, for six serv
ings, is as follows-
Spinach or
Dandelion Green Salad
4 cups chapped raw spinach or
dandelion greens
3 hard boiled eggs
3 slices bacon (cut in small
pieces and fried crisp)
Dressing:
Remove bacon from drippings.
To the drippings, add:
\Vi tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
2 tablespoons brown sugar
V 4 cup vinegar
By Ida Riuer
Certain foods and activities
become traditional and we look
forward to next summer’s re
union.
♦ * * *
Last month, while our
wheat was being combined, the
custom operator was called
home because his cows were in
the corn.
I know the feeling that caus
ed that woman’s call for help.
In past years, I’ve been con
fronted with the problem of
getting a whole herd out of a
full-grown field of corn when
they were determined to stay
in it
They dashed madly up and
down the rows and missed run
ning me down by inches as I
stepped aside into the next
row.
At a time like that, nothing
replaces having a man or some
big boys around to handle the
situation.
2 cups milk or water
Cook until thickened and cool
slightly. Pour dressing over
greens and mix. Garnish with
chopped eggs and crisp bacon.
The second is calied a Christ
mas Jello salad and is as follows:
Christmas Jello Salad
packages lime jello
package lemon jello
packages cherry jello
cup small marshmallows
2
1
2
%
1 medium can crushed pine
apple
1 8 ounce pack cream cheese
1 cup hot water.
Prepare lime jello. Let set.
Dissolve lemon jello in the cup
of hot water. Add marshmal
lows, one cup pineapple juice,
and cream cheese. Beat until
blended. Stir in pineapple and
cool. Fold in whipped cream.
(1 use a cup or so of Cool Whip
and it works fine.)
Chill until thickened some
what and pour over lime jello
and chill more. Make cherry
jello and let set slightly. Pour
over the white mixture and let
set.
Put in large cake pan, as it
makes a large salad. Cut in
squares. Serve on a lettuce leaf
or iust plain.
The third is simply a Christ
mas Salad:
Christmas Salad
1 package lime jello
Vz pint whipping cream
1 pack cream cheese
1 large can fruit cocktail
Bring juice of fruit cocktail
to boil and pour over jello to
dissolve. Let stand until slightly
jelled.
Break cheese into bits and add
to whipped cream. Beat until
stiff.
Combine with jello and blend
well. Add fruit, pour into dish
or mold, chill.
Serve with dressing made from
fruit cocktail, mayonnaise and
whipped cream.
Fourth is a Cour Cherry Salad
as follows:
Sour Cherry Salad
1 can red pie cherries, or
fresh
1 package cherry jello
Vz cup cold water
2 oranges, juice and pulp
1 small can crushed pineapple
1 cup sugar
1 envelope plain gelatin
Vz cup ibroken pecans (option-
Bring sugar and cherries to
boiling point. Add jello to hot
mixture.
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Wives Attend Regional Meeting
Forty-five wives of Lancaster
County Farmers Association
members attended Region One
Ladies Day Out at the Holiday
Inn, Allentown, July 21.
Mrs. Helen Wivell, Columbia
RDI, was master of ceremonies
for the entire program, which
.involved seven Eastern Pennsyl
vania counties.
The program included Dr,
Henry Fetterman, who spoke on
cancer in women; Miss Helen
Wright, Penn State University
clothing specialist who spoke on
fashion trickery, and Mrs. Ken
neth Bostwick, chairman of the
slate Women’s Committee.
A Lancaster County entry in
Dissolve gelatin in % cup cold
water. PJour jello mixture over
the gelatin. Cool. Add juice and
pulp cf fie oranges, pineapple
and nuts.
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the talent contest was judged
winner. The group is known as
the Milkmaids of Mount Joy. The
group includes: Mrs. Richard
Shellenberger, Mount Joy RDI;
Mrs. Richard Garber, Eliza
bethtown RDI, and Mrs. Dale
Hiestand, Bainbrldge RDI.
The Milkmaids are now eligible
to compete in the state contest
at Camp Hill in November.
They will also entertain at
the annual meeting of the Lan
caster County Farmers Asso
ciation October 22.
Equine Birthdays
The age of any horse is
calculated from Jan. 1, re
gardless of the time of year
it was actually born. A foal
becomes a yearling on the
Jan. 1 after its birth and
adds a year to its age every
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