t22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Fabruary 2,1980
Recipe Swap
Question; Is there a recipe available for the potato
donuts made with potato granules as are served at the
Farm Show by the Potato Growers Association?
Mrs. Donald M. Herr, Lancaster
Question: I would like to have a recipe for Sour
Buckwheat pancakes, which you allow to raise over
night. My mother would put them in a crock, used
potatoes for yeast and never emptied the crock.
Robert H. Peters, Easton
HONEY DROP COOKIES
V* cup goat butter
1 egg, beaten
% cup honey
2 tablespoons goat milk
2 cups sifted flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
Ms teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts
Vz cup chopped dates or figs
Mt cup chopped candied pineapple
Cream the butter and honey, then add the well-beaten
egg to the mixture. Add the nuts and fruits, then add the
sifted flour and dry ingredients alternately, adding the
goat milk a little at a time. Drop on a cookie sheet and
bake in a moderate oven for about 10 minutes.
Mrs. John Gochnauer, Columbia, wrote m response to
the request for goat milk recipes. She said she simply
substitutes goat’s milk m her regular recipes, but she
included some goat milk recipes from Dairy Goat Jour
nal.
USD A seeks comments on programs
LANCASTER - The U.S.
Department of Agriculture
j. seeking comments from
"he public on seven
proposals the department
nas made for possible
:hanges in the nation’s soil
and water conservation
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January 28 is the begin
ning of a 60-day review
period on those proposals
and the findings of a two
year study and appraisal of
the nation’s soil and water
that USDA conducted.
In its resource appraisal,
USDA found that the nation’s
cropland and forestland has
been decreasing at a rate of
two and a half million acres
a year. Those acres are
being converted to housing
and industrial develop
ments, highways, and other
nonagncultural uses.
The appraisal also shows
that 2 billion tors of topsoil
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erode from the nation’s
farmland each year, and
that nearly half the sediment
m the nation’s waters is soil
that has eroded from
cropland
Included in USDA’s
proposal for changes in the
conservation programs is a
possibility of federal and
state laws that would require
farmers to control soil
erosion. Also included is a
suggestion that farmers
might be required to protect
their land from excessive
erosion before receiving
crop insurance, price sup-
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Three eggs separated and beaten. To the yolks, add 1
tablespoon flour, % teaspoon baking powder and salt.
Then add Vz cup goat milk, beat well and add whites. Have
pan hot and pour in omelet and place in hot oven. Bake un
til firm,
2 eggs, separated
1 cup goat milk
2 cups corn
M: teaspoon salt
dash of pepper
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon flour.
Beat together yolks, salt, pepper, butter and milk. Add
com and flour. Fold in beaten egg whites. Pour into
casserole, set in hot water m oven. Bake until set, about 45
minutes.
In response to the reader request for Black Walnut
Cake, we received the following from Ethel D. Zimmer
man, Lancaster, who says, “I have been baking this cake
for several years. We enjoy it and hope others will too.”
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
V* teaspoon salt
6 egg whites
Cream butter and sugar lightly. Sift flour and baking
powder together and add with milk to first mixture. Add
nuts and vanilla. Fold in beaten egg whites, add salt. Bake
in three eight or nine inch cake pans, greased and floured,
m moderate oven at 350 degrees until done. It can be bak
ed m a 10" x 13” pan.
3 cups confectioners sugar
Vi lb. butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix together sugar, butter and vanilla. Add a small
amount of milk to desired stiffness and cover with chop
ped nuts.
port payments, low interest
loans and other assistance
from USDA’s farm
programs
Another of USDA’s
alternative strategies is that
farmers could be offered
stronger incentives to
practice soil conservation.
Such incentives could in
clude tax reductions, cash
bonuses, and low interest
loans.
More information about
the.*- proposals is available
in USDA field offices.
Written comments can be
sent to the RESPONSE
FEEDING SYSTEMS
ZIP.
STATE
GOAT MILK OMELET
CORN PUDDING
BLACK WALNUT CAKE
Frosting
ANALYSIS CENTER,
USDA, Box 888, Athens,
Georgia 30603.
The resource appraisal,
the proposals for changing
conservation programs, and
the provisions for public
comment are all results of a
1977 law, the Soil and Water
Resources Conservation Act.
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December red meat
production off 8%
HARRISBURG - Com
mercial red meat production
in Pennsylvania during
December totaled 81.2
million pounds, down eight
percent from a year earlier.
Cattle slaughter at 53,300
head was down 19 percent
while calf slaughter at 19,000
head dropped 26 percent
from last year.
Hog slaughter at 301,000
head increased eight percent
from December 1978.
Sheep and lamb slaughter
at 11,800 head was up seven
percent from a year ago.
Nationally, commercial
red meat production during
December totaled 3.08 billion
pounds, down one percent
from December 1978. Beef
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production at 1.69 billion
pounds was down 11 percent
while v?al output at 30
million pounds was down 25
percent.
Pork production totaled
1.33 billion pounds, up 18
percent and the 7.64 million
head killed was up 19 per
cent. Lamb and mutton
production declined four
percent to 23 million pounds.