B6—Lancaster Farming, Saturnay, February 27,1982
Borne On The Range #1
Microwave a
quick, easy dish
Quick and easy dishes become
even more handy when they are
prepared in the microwave oven.
According to Barbara Lockner,
microwave consultant from
Allentown, microwaves are one ot
the best purchases you can buy for
your home, she said at the recent
Porkette program held in con
junction with the PA Pork
Congress.
Correct use of a microwave oven
- meaning, using it to its fullest
potential produces delicious,
quick meals. Don’t limit the-oven’s
use to thawing and heating up
those leftovers.
Some suggestions for your
microwave oven are:
—microwaves cook from the
outside to the center so watch
cooking time the outside edge
will cook faster and will cook
longer;
—always pierce food with skin on
it even hotdogs or it will burst in
the oven,
—always undercook food and
check it as you go along ;
—place the temperature probe
away from the bone or you will get
an incorrect reading;
Now, try some of these
microwave favorite 0 ■
Cook’s
Question
Comer
ANSWER Cooks, y/e have lots of answers in response to a
request for corn pone recipes. Find two at the end of the Home
on the Range section. "Thanks” for these recipes go to M.
Martin, Ephrata, Anna Keens of Lrtitz, Mrs. Elwood Duncan
from Landisburg, Mrs. Chester Coby of Felton and Martha
Gerber of Dover.
QUESTION I was wondering if any of your readers could
supply me with a yogurt recipe that uses gelatin to keep it from
separating.
Emma Martin, Ephrata
QUESTION Does anyone have a crazy crust apple pie
recipe?
ANSWER Here is another Sweetened Condensed Milk
recipe to add to your files. This one is short and easy, so if you
don't like the ones published previously, try this one:
in electric blender, combine 1 cup instant nonfat dry milk
solids, 2/3 c. sugar, 1/3 c. boiling water, and 3 T. melted butter.
Blend until smooth. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
Recipe Topics
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Uncommon cake recipes
OVEN BAG MANICOTTI
IT. flour
8 manicotti shells
1 lb. ground beet
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
11. parsley
11/2 1. oregano, divided
3 cans tomato sauce
IT. sugar
11. basil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Shake flour in large size oven
cooking bag and place in baking
dish. Cook manicotti shells ac
cording to package directions.
Brown ground beef; dram fat. Stir
in onion, garlic, egg, cheese,
parsley and 1/2 t. oregano. In
small bowl, combine remaining
ingredients; pour 1 c. sauce in bag.
Carefully stuff manicotti with
meat mixture; place in bag and
pour remaining sauce over top.
Close bag with rubber band; make
8 half-inch slits in top. Micro-cook
10 to 12 minutes, turning dish once.
Makes 4 servings.
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Jean Entriken, West Chester
SAUSAGE-MACARONI CHEESE
DINNER
8 oz. pkg. brown n serve sausage
links, cut in halves
7 1/4 oz. box macaroni and cheese
dinner
It. salt
3 c. hot water
1/2 stick butter
1/4 c. milk
Mix together macaroni, salt and
water in a 2 quart glass, baking
dish. Cover and cook on high tor 15
minutes. Stir after 10 minutes.
Place sausages on a paper plate
and cook on high for 11/2 minutes.
Dram macaroni and stir in
butter, milk and contents of cheese
packet until well blended. Add
sausage.
Cover and cook on high lor 2 to 3
minutes.
CREOLECHOPS
4 pork rib chops
1 medium onion, chopped
1 small green pepper, sliced
1/2 c. chopped celery
21. parsley flakes
11. salt
1/21. pepper
1/81. garlic powder
16 oz. stewed tomatoes
dash bottled hot pepper sauce
Place pork chops in baking chsh.
Top with omon, green pepper, and
celery. Cook, covered with clear
plastic wrap at medium high for 7
minutes, giving dish half a turn
once. Sprinkle chops with parsley,
salt, pepper and garlic. Add
tomatoes and hot pepper sauce.
Cook, covered at medium high lor
8 minutes or till pork is done,
giving dish half a turn once. Makes
4 servings.
SMOKED SAUSAGE *N BEANS
4 slices bacon
3/4 lb. smoked sausage
1 can pork and beans
1/2 c. molasses
2 T. packed brown sugar
2 X. prepared mustard
IT. dehyrated minced onion flakes
IT. Worcestershire sauce
Place bacon between paper
towels on paper plate. Cook at high
for 3 minutes; set aside for top
ping. Combine all other
ingredients in 11/2 quart casserole
dish. Cook, covered with clear
plastic wrap at medium high for 12
mmtues or till heated through,
giving dish halt a turn once. Stir,
scraping edges. Lay bacon atop
and cook, covered at medium high
Sausage-Macaroni and Cheese Dinner
tor 2 minutes. Makes 4 to 6 ser
vings.
EASY PEANUT BRITTLE
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. white corn syrup
' 1 c. roasted, salted peanuts
11. butter
It. vanilla
It. baking soda
In 1 1/2 qt. casserole stir
together sugar and syrup.
Microwave at high four minutes.
Stir in peanuts. Microwave at high
3 to 5 minutes until tight brown.
Add butter and vanilla to syrup,
blending well. Microwave high 1
1/2 minutes. Peanuts will be lightly
browned and syrup very fapt. Add
baking soda and gently stir until
foamy and light. Pour mixture
onto lightly greased cookie sheet.
Let cook 1/2 to 1 hour. When cook,
break into small pieces and store
in airtight container.
l>. Bair, Gettysburg
COCKTAIL MEATBALLS
1 lb. ground beet
1/2 c. dry bread crumbs
1/3 c. chopped onions
1/4 c. milk
legg
IT. parsley
It. salt
1/41. pepper
1/21. Worchestersture sauce
12 oz. chili sauce
10 oz. grape jelly
Mix together tirsl nine
Oven Manicotti
ingredients. Gently shape into one
inch balls. Arrange 12-15 balls in a
circle m a 9 or 10 inch pie plate.
Cover with wax paper. Microwave
at high 6 to 8 minutes, rotating dish
1/2 turn alter 4 minutes until done. f|
Combine chili sauce and jelly in
a two-quart casserole. Microwave
high 6 minutes, stirring every 2
minutes or until jelly is melted.
Add meatballs and stir until
thoroughly coated. Microwave at
•high 1 to 2 minutes until hot.
-1). Bair, Gettysburg
Following are recipes for Com
Pones as requested by a reader in
Cook’s Question Corner.
CORNPONE
butter or lard size of an egg
11/2 c. sugar
2eggs,
Ipt. thick milk
Ipt.commeal
11. salt
IT. soda
Ipt. flour
Mix shortening and sugar.
eggs. Mix, then alternating add
dry ingredients with the milk. Beat
well after each addition. Bake at
350 degrees tor 1/2 hour. Eat with
sugar, milk or molasses.
Mrs. Elwood Duncan, Landlsburg
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