Cook’s Question Comer
When serving, pour some of the reserved broth over
portions. Pies can be reheated. When doing so, make a
hole in top and pour balance of the broth into the pie
before reheating.
ANSWER - Rose MHMarkley, Williamsport, asked for a
recipe for easy-to-make, cut-out sugar cookies. Thanks to
Rita Kline, Hastings, for the following recipe.
Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
4 cups sifted flour 2 teaspoons baking powder
V* teaspoon baking soda x h teaspoon salt
1 cup soft margarine 2 cups sugar
2 eggs l A cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla */« teaspoon nutmeg
Cream together margarine, sugar and eggs. Add vanilla
and mix. Sift together all dry ingredients Add alternately
with the milk to creamed mixture. Refrigerate dough 2
hours for easier handling. Roll out on a floured board and
cut with cookie cutter. Bake at 375° F. for 10 to 12
minutes
Powdered Sugar Icing
1 pound powdered sugar Vi cup butter-flavored
Milk vegetable shortening
Dash of salt 2 teaspoons vanilla
A few drops food
coloring
Beat all ingredients together. Gradually add enough milk
to make smooth and spread on cookies.
ANSWER - Mrs. Galen Gockley, Mohnton, requested a
recipe for Johnny Cake. Thanks to Mrs. David Weaver,
Newville, for the following recipe, and to all the others who
shared Johnny Cake recipes.
1 cup corn meal
Vz teaspoon salt
legg
Vi cup oil or
shortening
(When using sour milk or buttermilk, use 1 teaspoon
soda and 3 teaspoons baking ppwder.) Mix and bake in
greased cake pan. Serve hot with fruit and milk.
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Johnny Cake
1 cup sifted flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup milk
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Kisser
In the days before I leave on a
trip there are many things to do.
Part of the fun of a trip is the an
ticipation-and getting ready to go.
As my husband is tied down with
his dairy herd, he doesn’t feel that
he can get away for ten days. So, I
spend most of the day before I
leave making meals for him that
he can reheat. Casseroles, soups
and frozen hamburger patties are
easy for him to prepare. If left on
his own, I think he would live on
toast, cheese and eggs, plus lots of
carrot sticks.
I received a list of things to do in
advance from the travel agency.
And, among the 34 things listed are
such items as purchase batteries
for camera, pay bills due while
you’re away, put valuables in safe
deposit box, arrange kennel for
pets, purchase travelers checks,
label luggage, wrap houseplants
with plastic and purchase trip
insurance. Now not all of these
apply tome.
On this sheet from the Rural
Route Tours is also a list of 15
things to pack and that doesn’t
include any clothes. This time I
purchased a travel clock dhd a
folding umbrella as previously I’d
always borrowed them from my
children. An extra pair of glasses
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is good insurance since a near
sighted person like myself would
surely miss a lot without glasses.
Depending on where one goes, sun
glasses and suntan lotion are also
necessary.
Another long list contains 18
items to carry in your purse or
flight bag. Suitcases do not always
arrive with you at your
destination. So it is suggested that
you carry personal items and a
change of clothes and shoes in case
your bag is late in reaching you
after your flight. On one trip a
woman waited three days for her
suitcases and was given $lOO the
first night by the tour director to
buy clothes at one of the shipboard
shops for a party.
So I’d better be sure everything
is packed that I’ll need before my
husband drives me to the
Philadelphia Airport for my plane
to New Orleans.
My husband drove me to the
Philadelphia Airport to catch a
plane to New Orleans at noon on
Friday. Due to fog, the plane and
its 100 passengers left an hour late.
Therefore, we arrived quite late
and got out of heavy clouds only as
we neared Louisiana.
It was 74°F. in New Orleans and
we have been enjoying the camelia
and azalea blossoms. Our Royal
Sonesta Hotel in the French
Quarter was quite elegant. But I
definitely would not recommend
walking Bourbon Street at night
for conservative people as it could
be called a “red light” district.
Cars are barred in the afternoon
and evening so crowds can walk on
the street and watch clowns,
musicians and dancers perform.
New Orleans is three to 10 feet
below sea level; therefore, all of its
cemeteries have the coffins and
marble markers placed high above
the ground because flooding is a
problem.
This area gets 60 inches of rain
each year, but our tour group has
been lucky to have only sunshine so
far. People here are already
mowing their lawns and the live
oak trees are covered with Spanish
moss. We saw one 600-year-old
tree. On a walking tour we saw
many ornate cast iron balcony
railings and we had lunch in
Jackson Square.
We have eaten in many famous
restaurants and are served lots of
shrimp, Jambalaya, crayfish and
crab meat. Last night we ate at the
“Court of Two Sisters” and were
seated outdoors under purple
wisteria. The food was good and
the setting elegant, but so was the
price.
We crossed the Mississippi River
on a ferry and walked through an
oyster factory and visited a net
maker. A tour through Jungle
Gardens to see thousands of snowy
egrets and watch an alligator
being fed a frankfurter ended our
busy day.