30 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 25,1974 Recipe Exchange... Home On The We’d like to thank everyone for their response to Dairy Month recipes. Watch for our special issue on June 1. This week we have a request for methods to prepare French Fries for the freezer, from beginning to end. Our reader would like to know what size fryer, oil, lard etc. and temperture. She tried to make them her way last year and something went wrong. Can anyone help? if so, drop us a line. Write to “Recipes”, Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 266, Lititz, Pa. 17543. We’ll send you a potholder for being so nice. XXX Meat Staffed Peppers 6 medium green peppers Vh. pounds ground beef Va cup chopped fresh onion Vt cup chopped celery Vi cup diced cooked potato 2 tablespoons chopped celery leaves Vi teaspoon dired leat thyme Vi teaspoon caraway seeds IVi teaspoons salt Va teaspoon pepper IVi cups sour cream 1 tablespoon flour Cut off tops of green peppers; scoop out seeds. Remove stems from top slice and chop the top. Reserve. Cook whole peppers un covered in boiling water 5 minutes. Drain and set aside. Break up groud meat in large skillet. Cook, stirring frequently with fork until browned. Add onion, chopped pepper, celery; cook until tender. Add potato, celery leaves, thyme, caraway seeds, salt and pepper. Mix sour cream with flour and stir, into meat mixture. Spoon into peppers. Place in baking pan and add one inch of water. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. Services 6. Mrs. Crystal Shrom RDI, East Earl. XXX Hugo Chocolate Cake Vfe cup shortening 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 3 /a cup cocoa 1 cup milk 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup coffee (1 teaspoon instant in boiling water) 1 teaspoon vanilla First mix sugar, flour, cocoa, shortening, baking powder, and soda. Beat milk, then eggs, and coffee to the rest. Bake at 350 degrees till finished. Ellen Martin RD2, Penn Yan, N. Y. XXX Chocolate Scotcheroos 1 cup sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1 cup peanut butter 6 cups rice krispies 1 6-ounce package semi- sweet chocolate morsels 1 6-ounce package but- terscotch morsels Combine sugar and corn PI Range syrup in three quart sauce pan. Cook over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until mixture begins to bubble. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter; mix well. Add rice krispies; stir until well-coated. Press mixture into buttered 13x9x2 inch pan. Melt chocolate and but terscotch morsels in top section of double boiler over hot but not boiling water, or in small sauce pan over very low heat, stirring constantly, until well mixed. Remove from heat. Spread evenly over rice krispies mixture. Cool until firm. Cut into bars 2xl inches. ■ Carolyn Fay Martin Denver RDI Graham Cracker Fruit Pie Make graham cracker crust. 8 ounce package of cream cheese 2 eggs Ms cup sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice Soften cream cheese in small mixing bowl. Add 1 egg at a time, beating after each addition. Blend in sugar and lemon juice. Put into unbaked graham cracker crust. Bake at 350 degrees 10 to 15 minutes. Watch carefully that crust doesn’t get too brown. Cool. Vi cup sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch or clear jel % cup water 1 tablespoon lemon juice V* teaspoon red food coloring Combine sugar and corn starch or clear jel in small saucepan. Gradually add water, lemon juice and coloring. Cook till thick and clear. Cool. Pour over 1 pint fresh, sliced strawberries, peaches, blueberries or cherries. Add coloring ac cording to choice of fruit. Pour on crust filling. Mrs. EliH. Stauffer RD2, Martinsburg, Pa. XXX Bar-B-Quc Roast Chicken 1-3 cup onions 3 tablespoons butter 1 cup catsup 1-3 cup vinegar 2 tablespoons brown sugar Vz cup water m 3 teaspoons mustard 1 tablespoon cesterahire Slowly cook onions in butter till soft. Add remaining mixture. Boil 15 minutes. Pour over chicken. Bake at 300 degrees until soft. Mrs. Wimer Martin RDI, East Earl. XXX Lemon Sponge Pie 4 to 5 eggs yolks 2 cups granulated sugar 6 tablespoons melted butter Beat together. Add and mix: Juice or grated rind of 2 lemons 6 tablespoons flour Add: 3 cups sweet milk Beat white of eggs and add last. Makes 3 pies. Marian Weaver R.D.I New Holland XXX Candy Cookies 2 cups granulated sugar V* pound butter or oleo 1-3 cup cocoa % cup milk Vi cup peanut butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 cups oatmeal Bring sugar, cocoa, oleo and milk to a full boil for 1% minutes. Remove from heat and blend in peanut butter and oatmeal, Mix thoroughly. Drop by spoon on waxed paper. Mary Ann Shirk RDl,Narvon. XXX Tender Layer Cake 2 2-3 cups sifted cake flour 1% cups sugar 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 % teaspoons salt 2-3 cup com oil 4 egg yoks % cup water 1 teaspoon vanilla We think you'll like them, so plan now to see us this month. Weekend of May and May 30-31 June 1 SPECIALISTS IN MAI MT. HOPE LOTI LOT 2 Rt. 72 Vz mile South 1 mile North of Pa. turnpike, Manheim of Jonestown on Rt 72 Phone 665-3528 Phone 865-6611 MON. THRU FRI. 8 to 9 - SAT. 8 to 5 2 teaspoons orange extract' V« teaspoon cream of tartar 4 egg whites Mix and sift together cake (lour, sugar, baking powder and salt Make a well and add in order • oil, egg yolks, water, vanilla and orange extract. Beat until smooth. Add cream of tartar to egg whites. Beat until whites form very stiff peaks. Gently fold first mixture into egg whites until well blended. Pour batter into ungreased 9 x IMt inch round pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. wor- Mrs. Chester M. Martin Narvon RD2 XXX Lep Cookie* 3 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 cup lard 1 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 1 teaspoon vanilla 5 cups flour Drop by teaspoons on baking sheet Mrs. Ivan M. Hoover New Holland RDI XXX Chape Nuts 4 cups whole wheat flour 3 cups buttermilk 1 ica spoon salt 1 teaspoon soda Bake till dry. Grind in food grinder. Miss Cora Burkholder R.D.I Kutztown XXX Poor Man’s Steak 2 pounds ground beef 1 cup cracker crumbs 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon salt V* teaspoon pepper - 1 chopped onion Mix together and shape in loaves. Chill overnight, cut in slices and roll in flour. Brown on both sides. Place AT TWO LOCATIONS; place* in router and cover with one can mushroom torn and one can water mixed. Bake at 100 degrees (or one and one-hall hours. Mm. H*rvey E. Martin LitltzßD2 Consumers’ Corner Trends In Credit Buying At the end of 1970 consumers owed more than $l2B billion in non-mortgage debt—an average of |6lO per person. Installment debt accounted for about 80 per cent of this total or $491 per person. A decade earlier per per son installment debt was $296 less than hall the 1970 level. Debts for automobiles, other consumer goods including pur chases made with bank credit cards and revolving charge ac counts, and personal loans, each accounted for about one-third of the increase. 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