CB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 25,1981
Bay peaches by Hie pound.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Md -
Thinking about buying some of
those fresh and juicy peaches to
help celebrate “National Peach
Month” in July, or perhaps doing it
in August or September’
Perhaps you are in a quandry as
to how many peaches you’ll need
for various cooking and preserving
methods to stretch the peach
season. That is, if you and the kids
can keep from eating them out of
hand and all up, before you start
freezing, canning and pie making.
Helen Huber of the Maryland
Department of Agriculture's
Scarecrow
WASHINGTON, D.C. - From
their earliest efforts to protect
their crops from birds, American
farmers have relied on the
scarecrow.
Indians were using scarecrows
to guard their cornfields when
Columbus landed in the New
World. Colonists learned from the
Indians to drop five kernels into
each hill of com: “one tor the
woodchuck, one for the crow, one
for the cutworm, and two to grow.”
Crows and other birds can inflict
serious damage. According to
Arthur C. Reimherr, product
manager of the Stanford Seed
Company, in a field of corn planted
in 30-mch rows, a crow pulling only
one seed or seedling every feet
at planting time can trim the
harvest by 10 bushels of shelled
corn an acre.
The ragged sentinel posted by
early planters succeeded in
limiting this kind of crop loss.
A tale is told ot the farmer who
made a scarecrow so fearsome
that crows not only left his crops
pint and pie
Marketing Division says here’s a
handy guide in translating number
of peaches into various dishes
One pound of peaches - 4 medium
sized fruit - equal two cups of sliced
peaches.
Two pounds - 8 medium sized
peaches - are needed for a nine
inch pie
A bushel of peaches is 48 pounds
and equals 36-48 pints of frozen
peaches, or if you process them by
the quart, the bushel (48 pounds)
works out to 18-24 quarts of canned
peaches
lives on
alone but brought back corn they
had stolen years before.
Scarecrows have mostly
disappeared from American fields
replaced by methiocarb and other
remedies, but, as USDA Historian
Wayne Rasmussen says, “They
made a contribution, both to
folklore and to saving our crops. ’ ’
Crops treated with methiocarb
are bitter tasting to birds. And the
chemical’s effect—illness—quick
ly teaches these trespassers not to
come back tor a second taste.
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Lime Delight
1 can crushed pineapple
2 pkg. lime flavor gelatin
12/3 c. ginger ale
1 pint vanilla ice cream
1/2 c. chopped walnuts
fresh peaches
fresh blueberries
Dram pineapple, reserving
juice; set aside. Mix gelatin and 1
cup ginger ale in a 1-quart
saucepan. Heat over low heat,
stirring constantly, until gelatin is
dissolved. Remove from heat; stir
in remaining ginger ale and
reserved pineapple juice. Cool to
consistency of unbeaten egg
whites. Whip gelatin mixture until
light and fluffy; add ice cream and
continue beating until fluffy and
well-blended. Quickly fold in
pmeapple and walnuts. Spoon mto
a 5-cup mold. Chill until firm.
'Unmold onto serving plate. Serve
with peaches and blueberries.
Garber reunion
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reunion, featuring a cake walk,
will begin at noon Saturday,
August 1, at the Lititz Springs
Park.
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Rich Butterscotch Sauce
3 T. butter
1 c. firmly packed brown sugar
IT. water
1 can evaporated milk
Melt butter in small saucepan.
Add sugar and water; mix well.
Bring to boil; stirring constantly.
Cook and stir over low heat 1
minute. Cool 10 minutes. Gradually
stir in milk. Serve warm on ice
cream.
Answers to Cook’s Queston
Corner include two recipes:
Berry Pancake Syrup
2 c. blueberries
1 c. water
Cook berries till very soft. Press
through seive. Return to stove and
add 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup dark
com syrup. Bring to a boil, remove
from heat and add 1/2 teaspoon
lemon juice. Serve warm on
pancakes or waffles.
Joyce Huber, Leonardtown, Md.
Select fresh, tender, juicy corn
and hurry it from field to kitchen.
Remove husk and silks and
remove any bad spots. Wash ears
using a brush. Remove com from
cob by cutting about the center of
the kemals, then scrape cobs with
dull edge of a knife to get the
cream. Use pint jars only. Use raw
or hot pack.
RAWPACK Pack corn into
pint jars to within 11/2 inch of top.
Add 1/2 teaspoon salt to each jar.
Fill with boiling water to within 1/2
inch of top of jar. Remove air
bubbles. Add additional liquid if
needed to fill within 1/2 inch of top.
Seal following manufacturer’s
directions.
HOTPACK Add just enough
boiling water to cover com m pot.
Heat to boiling and boil 3 minutes.
Pack loosely in jars to within 1 inch
of top. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt to
each jar. Add cooking liquid or
boiling water to 1/2 inch of top.
Remove air bubbles and add more
liquid to within 1/2 inch of top it
needed. Seal as others.
Process either way you choose
for about 95 minutes at 10 pounds
pressure.
8’ cedar rails. Regular $3.50
Sale $2.77
10’ rails at $3.90
2 hole post $3.90
Also 6xB’ stockade fencing $24.88
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