—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 6, 1972 26 s;I ■\ \ By Doris Thomas, Extension Home Economist Potatoes: The Versatile Food Plentiful supplies of all purpose potatoes will be filling the produce counters at your food store this week, says the U. S Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service. Make these tasty tubers a highlight of your meals while they’re in such good supply; versatile potatoes are mighty good eating any time of the day or night' Here are some cooking tips while you're at it- No matter how potatoes are to be cooked, first remove the sprouts and cut off the green portions If you pare them, keep the parings thin To get the most food value from potatoes, cook "them whole in their jackets, boiling in as little water as possible saves the most vitamins Pared potatoes usually retain their whiteness better during boiling than potatoes cooked in their skins. If potatoes aren’t cooked immediately after paring, cover them with water to prevent darkening For cooking whole, select potatoes of uniform size so that all will be done at the same time The odd sizes can be used for potato salad or for scalloped potatoes or other dishes for which the potatoes are cut in pieces before cooking To speed cooking, cut potatoes in pieces and cook in as little water as possible in a tightly covered pan Although the larger amount of exposed surface tends to increase loss of nutrients, this may be offset by the shorter cooking time The smaller amount of water also causes less loss of nutrients Don’t overcook potatoes Cooked only until done, they are at their best in taste, food value, and appearance Try Sweet —Sour Fried Potatoes for a different touch at dinner 4 slices bacon 2Vi to 3 cups diced raw potatoes '/4 cup finely chopped onion 1 tablespoon sugar % teaspoon salt V 2 cup water Vi cup vinegar To Prepare: Cook bacon in fry pan until crisp, remove from pan, and crumble Using 2 tablespoons of bacon fat, cook the potatoes over medium heat, without turning, for 15 to 20 minutes, or until they are brown on the bottom. Turn potatoes; add onion and cook for 5 minutes more. Sprinkle sugar and salt over potatoes; add water. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Remove from heat and BAG SEWING MACHINES by FISCHBEIN Portable and Automatic e ales S His THE HANLINE CO. 4423 Belgrade St. Philadelphia, Pa. 19137 215-JE3-3737 Ladies, Have You Heard ? pour vinegar over potatoes. Cover and let stand for 15 minutes Add bacon, and reheat. Serves 4. If you’re concerned that your daughter will get the idea that me only thing girls can do in the way of a career is to keep house and raise babies, perhaps you can help by selecting the books she reads more carefully. Jim Van Horn, Extension family life specialist at Penn State, suggests you read the books you give your daughter thoroughly before you give them to her. Books for children often picture boys in exciting roles. The fireman, the policeman, the astronaut, a doctor, a scientist. But girls usually end up in only about three roles—a mother, a nurse or a teacher. There|s nothing wrong in any of these roles. But why not switch the scene a bit. Picture the girl as the astronaut, the doctor or the policewoman There’s a future for females in different job positions the same as there is for males these days. And little girls should be encouraged toward new ventures in their future, too. One way you can do this, is by selecting your daughter's reading material more carefully. Ask yourself if the books will stimulate your daughter's thinking toward the many careers open to her Or do they picture her only in the all too typical role of wife, mother, nurse or teacher? t—— I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ■ L Incineration is: Doris Thomas Teach Daughter About New Roles GAS & OIL FIRED INCINERATORS TODAY’S SOLUTION TO WASTE DISPOSAL PROBLEMS IN ANIMAL PRACTICES SANITARY — CONVENIENT THOROUGH- - Your friends and neighbors will notice no offensive smoke or odor. - Complete after-burning will be obtained at a minimum of operating expense. - Will pass state and local air pollution regulations. R.D.I, Willow Street Coke Baking and Decorating V* (Continued From Page 24) shaped tureen, a little jug, candlesticks, mugs, a dish shaped like a cabbage head and is mhking a corn with husk tureen. She made beautiful decoupage pictures. She made glass paper weights with dried flowers inside, dried flowers under glass pic tures, dried arrangements and arranges fresh and artificial flowers. She has beautiful housplants such as two large dieffenbac hi a plants, philodendrons, ferns and a piggyback plant. She is collec ting cups and saucers, also cut glass pieces. Not only does she like to cook and train young people to cook but she likes to share her dishes and recipes with others. She has a Shoo—fly pie that she makes so often that, just out of curiosity, she puts a stroke after the recipe each time she makes it. She used this recipe 116 times, making 232 pies. She sold about a dozen, donates to sales and gives them away to friends besides serving them to her family. This is the recipe; Pennsylvania Dutch Shoo-Fly Pie (Makes 2 nine—inch pies) Liquid mixture 1 egg, beaten Vz cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup molasses (2 or 3 tablespoons When trying to fill a small mouthed bottle (or even a larger one) and a funnel is not handy, use either a tooth pick or a kitchen match. Just insert the end into the bottle, pour the liquid down over the toothpick or match and you will not spill a drop. An old coffee percolator makes a convenient recep , E. M. HERR EQUIPMENT, INC. Happy Homemaking By BARBARA BAKER * V 717-464-3321 Brer Rabbit and rest King syrup) Crumbs • cups hot water cups flour cup brown sugar teaspoon baking powder IVz cups shortening Line two 9 inch pie pans with pastry. Combine egg, brown sugar, baking soda, flour, molasses, and hot water. Pour liquid mixture into bottom of pastry —lined pans. Mix flour, brown sugar, baking powder and shortening together to form crumbs. Spoon crumbs on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. XXX Never Fail Pie Crust (Makes four 9-inch crusts) cups flour cup shortening teaspoon salt egg, well beaten 5 tablespoons water 1 tablespoon vinegar Cut shortening into flour and salt. Combine egg, water and vinegar. Pour liquid into flour mixture all at once. Blend with a fork just until flour is all moistened. This is an easy crust to handle. (These crusts can be frozen and baked when you want to use them.) XXX Egg Cheese Scald 1 quart sweet milk Beat 4 eggs and add: 1 teaspoon flour tacle for grease that you want to use again. The cof fee holder serves as a good strainer and the spout en ables you to pour' grease without spilling it. All you have to do is clean out the percolator. GARBER OIL CO. TEXACO HEATING OIL BURNER SALES AND SERVICE MOUNT JOY, PA Ph. 653-1821 GERMAN BROS. 1 Mile North of Terre Hill or* Route 897 East Earl, R.D. 1, Pa. Phone 215-445-6272 1 teaspoon sugar y 2 teaspoon salt 1 cup buttermilk Stir into scalded milk and cook till curdly and cheesy (the whey and cured separate), stirring constantly. Remove from heat and leave stand five to 10 minutes. Pour into mold and leave cool. If you don't have a cheese mold, a sieve or colander could be used. Delicious served with molasses. Can be used as a side dish for a meal or served anytime. XXX Meat Loaf 2 pounds hamburg 1V«, cups dried bread crumbs 1 onion 3 eggs Vz cup milk (or more more) teaspoons salt Mix together and shape into loaf. Spread top with butter and sprinkle with flour. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour, then at 325 degrees for one—half hour.v - * Farm Women Calendar Saturday, May 6 Farm Women Society 6, entertain Society 20, Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren. Thursday, May II 6:30 p.m. - Farm Women Society 14, Mother-Daughter Banquet, Akron Restaurant. Friday, May 12 Farm Women Soiciety 13, home of Mrs. Merrill Miller, 1668 Old Philadelphia Pike. Saturday, May 13 12 Noon - Farm Women Society 25, entertain Society 8, Conestoga Methodist Church.
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