CB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 15,1981 NEWARK, Del. - What vegetable comes m a variety ot shapes, sizes and colors and produces like mad? Squash, ot course. Right now plants are cranking out this vegetable faster than most of us home gardeners can pick it—let alone eat it. What we need is some help in using it up. Of course, you can always try giving away the excess to your neighbors. But after a few armloads of overripe' zucchini, even they may throw up their hands in dismay, or try to hide when they see you coming. Summertime squash glut is such a common phenomenon among home gardeners that two home economists with the Delaware Cooperative Extension Service have decided it’s tune to come to the rescue. Sussex county home economics agent Sally Foulke and New Castle county agent Debbie Amsden put their heads together recently and came up with a cracker-jack collection of in “Pretty girls” parade at Montgomery County Fair GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Those with an eye for pretty girls are bound to find one that strikes then fancy at this year’s Montgomery County Fan:. Area 4-H’ers have been working hard to make sure their goats, cows and lambs are clipped, scrubbed and groomed to perfection. The occasion is 4-H’s annual Pretty Goat, Pretty Cow and Pretty Lamb contests. Exhibitors dress themselves and their animal according to a theme of their choosing. Prizes are awarded for the Most Original, Funniest and Yr s~< - Truck Spreading Service Of AG LIMESTONE AND ROYSTER BONANZA FERTILIZERS. UREA. AND AMMONIUM SULFATE OR TRACTOR SPREADERS AVAILABLE. 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All ot which helps explain why this is the fifth most popular vegetable m the U.S. One thing anyone who’s ever grown squash will agree on—it’s very prolific. “It can easily overrun your garden, and it you try to keep up with the yield, it can even take over your life,” says Foulke. Any gardener who’s made the mistake of planting too many hills of zucchini will understand what she means. Most Beautiful costumes. The event tests the ingenuity and cleverness great fun for fairgoers and alike. The only dissent seems to come from the animals, and that’s part of the challenge: how to get “Old Bess” into a dress. The Pretty Lamb contest will be held on Tuesday, August 25 at 7:00 p.m. The Pretty Cow Contest will be held on Wednesday, August 26 at 12 noon, and the Pretty Goat Contest will be held on Wednesday, August 26 at 5:00 p.m. Ml There are two basic kinds- obv squash—summer and winter. Winter squashes like acorn, but ternut and hubbard, remain on the vine until fully mature. They have a hard rind that makes them easy to store tor several months if properly cured. So there’s not the sense of urgency about using them up. Tender-skinned summer types are picked while they’re still immature and this explains the rush to keep up with them. They reqture refrigeration and aie best used within 3 to 5 days, says Amsden, though some people say they’ll keep until fall in a cool root cellar or basement. But this calls for a temperature around 55 degrees, plenty of humidity and good air circulation—conditions not easy to come by in the heat ot the summer in most homes. Varieties most responsible lor SERVING THE FARMERS FOR 108 YEARS HAMBURG SAVINGS FDIC i-KSGa TRUST COMPANY Hamburg, PA Phone: 215-562-3811 A FULL SERVICE BANK WE'RE EXPANDING AGAIN!!! Due to public demand for high quality brand name merchandise at low overhead prices, we’re increasing our stock to l A million dollars. 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Ms. Amsden suggests you try them with chopped fresh herbs such as thyme, parsley, basil or marjoram. Squash is also good with lemon, nutmeg, chih or currey powder, garlic, grated orange rind, tomato sauce, honey, chopped omon and grated cheese, she says. Even the blossoms of this prolific plant can be eaten Pick the male flowers-those without a tiny squash at their base. Open up each bloom and fill it with enough stuffing to allow the petals to close again. The filling can be a mixture of bread crumbs, ground meat, grated cheese, egg or melted butter and seasonings. Place the filled blossoms side by side in a greased baking dish m a 350 degree oven until thoroughly heated or cooked through. The blossoms can also be sauteed in butter or oil, or dipped in a batter and fried. The squash itself can be prepared m all sorts of ways in cluding appetizers, salads, mam dishes, soups, pickles, and desserts. Sally Foulke has been experimenting with ways to turn this bountiful vegetable into colorful, tasty, nutritious mam dishes. To try one ot the recipes Foulke and Amsden are featuring in their collection, look for Sausage-stuffed patty pan in the Home on the Range section. *238.00 348.00 498.00 388.00 598.00 748.00 26.50 49.50 138.00 139.50 268.00 88.00 118.00 66.00 78.00 248.00 298.00 148.00 78.00 468.00 88.00 178.00 129.95 978.00 898.00
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