Meat end potatoes -
the way men like them
The men in our lives do so many
special things for us that every
once in awhile it’s nice to treat
them to a “favorite” meal just to
say thank you and pat them on the
back.
Although every man has his
favorite, most men would agree
that they like the simple, down-to
earth kind of meals that contain
hearty helpings of meat and
potatoes. Meals like pot roast,
spaghetti, pork chops and steak
topped off with apple or cherry pie
are sure encourage wide smiles
from the men in your family.
So go ahead. Cook up a dinner of
“favorites” and say thanks to your
men for all the little things they do
that often pass by without notice.
KITTY'S VENISON
Pound a deer steak with wooden
mallot. Roll in flour seasoned with
salt and pepper. Brown in skillet.
Add 1 large can whole tomatoes, 1
green pepper sliced in strips and 1
onion sliced in rings, and 1 clove
garlic, crushed. Simmer 1 hour.
Add Mt cup dry red wine and
simmer 10 minutes.
Mrs. Kitty Wagner
Elizabethtown
HAM AND VEGETABLE STEW
In Dutch oven brown 1 pound
fully-cooked ham, cut in 1-inch
pieces in 2 tablespoons shortening.
Remove ham and cook 3 4 cup
chopped green pepper, v 2 cup
chopped onion and 1 clove garlic,
minced in Dutch oven until tender
but not brown.
Add ham, 1 10-ounce package
frozen green beans, 3 medium
potatoes cut in 1-inch cubes, 1 28-
ounce can tomatoes, cut up, 1 cup
water and 1 teaspoon salt to Dutch
oven. Bring to boiling. Cover and
simmer 35 minutes or until tender.
Combine 3 tablespoons flour and
*4 cup cold water. Stir into stew.
Cook and stir until mixture
thickens and bubbles. Cook 1
minute longer. Serves 6.
PEANUT BUTTER AND
HONEY COOKIES
Vz cup shortening
‘ i cup honey
‘ z cup brown sugar
Vz cup peanut butter
legg
2 cups flour
*■2 teaspoon baking powder
Via teaspoon baking soda
Little salt
Mix all ingredients together.
Chill dough several hours. Roll into
balls and place 3 inches apart on an
ungreased pan. Flatten with fork
dipped in sugar. Bake until set 5
to 10 minutes at 375°F.
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March
9 Sandwiches
16 Eggs
23 Salads
Bone On The Range
BEEFSTROGANOFF
2 pounds top round steak, trimmed
4 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped onions
3 tablespoons flour
Salt and pepper to taste
110%-ounce can beef broth
1 can cream of mushroom soup
tfe cup sour cream
16-ounce can mushrooms
Hot cooked rice
Slice meat in te-inch wide strips,
cutting across the grain. In large
skillet, melt 1 tablespoon butter.
Add meat and cook over high heat
until browned on all sides. Remove
from pan. Add remaining butter
and onions. Cook until tender. Stir
in flour, salt and pepper.
Gradually add broth. Stir con
stantly. Bring to a boil, reduce heat
and simmer 5 minutes.
Stir in mushroom soup and sour
cream. Add beef and mushrooms;
cook stirring constantly until
heated through. Serve over hot
rice.
DEEP DISH APPLE PIE
19-inch pie crust
1 Vz cups sugar
*'z cup flour
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
*4 teaspoon salt
12 cups thinly sliced pared apples
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Heat oven to 425°F. Prepare
pastry. Stir together sugar, flour,
nutmeg, cinnamon and salt; mix
with apples. Turn into ungreased
baking pan, 9x9x2 inches; dot with
butter. Unfold pastry over fruit;
fold edges under just inside edge of
pan. Bake 1 hour or until juice
begins to bubble thorugh slits in
crust. Best if served warm. Makes
9 servings.
Betty Biehl
Mertztown
CHERRY BANANA PIE
19-mch baked pie shell
1 16-ounce can pitted red tart
cherries
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon butter
1 2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 medium bananas
Bake pie shell. In saucepan, mix
cherries (with liquid), sugar and
cornstarch. Cook, stirring con
stantly, until mixture thickens and
boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in
butter; cool. Stir in cinnamon and
almond extract.
Slice bananas in layers into
baked pie shell. Pour filling over
banana slices; chill until set.
Betty Biehl
Mertztown
Kathy Jessick
Elysburg
mgs - the way to a man's heart! The chicken pieces are browned and
the dumplings have the flavor of bread dressing.,
POT-ROAST WITH
SOUR CREAM GRAVY
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
'4 teaspoon pepper
2 *2-pound beef chuck pot-roast
1 tablespoon shortening
*4 cup water
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon dill weed
5 small potatoes, pared
5 carrots, quartered
‘z teaspoon salt
1 pound zucchini, quartered
l a teaspoon salt
Sour Cream Gravy (below)
Mix flour, 1 teaspoon salt and the
pepper; coat meat with flour
mixture. Melt shortening in large
skillet or Dutch oven; brown meat.
Add water and vinegar. Sprinkle
dill weed over meat.
Cover tightly and simmer about
3 hours or until meat is tender. One
hour before end of cooking time,
add potatoes and carrots; season
with tfe teaspoon salt. Twenty
minutes before end of cooking
time, add zucchini; season with '2
teaspoon salt. Serve with Sour
Cream Gravy. Makes 4 to 6 ser
vings.
Place meat and vegetables on
warm platter. Pour drippings from
pan into bowl, leaving brown
particles in pan. Return 1
tablespoon drippings to pan. Blend
in 1 tablespoon flour. Cook over low
heat, stirring until mixture is
smooth and bubbly.
Remove from heat. Measure
drippings and add water to
measure 1 cup liquid. Stir in flour
mixture. Heat to boiling, stirring
constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute.
Season with salt and pepper. Stir in
1 cup dairy sour cream and 1
teaspoon dill weed; heat through
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Sour Cream Gravy
HOT DOG MEAT LOAF
1 pound ground beef
‘z pound hot dogs
1 cup cracker crumbs
legg
Little salt and pepper
*2 cup brown sugar
*2 cup water
*2 teaspoon mustard
Mary Grim supplies the featured recipe this week, with a
chocolate cake which she describes as “really good, and really
moist.” Mary is president of the Pennsylvania Council of
Cooperative Extension Associations, and lives m East Berlin,
Adams County. She travels extensively in her position as president,
and with two children active in school and 4-H, she often finds
herself needing an easy dessert. This cake qualifies because it can
all be done in the mixer and the results are always good, with a high
cake. She cautions that it should not be overbaked, because it is a
really moist cake.
Mary says butter cream frosting is her family’s all-tune favorite,
but she uses almost any kind. The batter also makes delicious
cupcakes, and she will sometimes fill those with whipped cream for
a special treat.
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2/3 cups cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
I '2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
*'2 cup oil
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup hot coffee
Mix together dry ingredients with mixer. Add liquid ingredients
to dry ingredients and mix for a few minutes. The batter will be
thick and sticky. Add 1 cup hot coffee which will make a very thin
batter. Pour batter into two greased and floured 8 or 9-inch cake
pans, or one 13x9-mch pan and bake for 30 minutes at 350°F. Cake is
done when it springs back when lightly touched. Don’t overbake.
1 tablespoon vinegar
Mix all ingredients together
Shape into a loaf and bake at
350°F. until well done about ‘a to
1 hour.
Featured Recipe
Chocolate Cake
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Betty Biehl
Mertztown
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