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QUESTION - Beverly Reiner, Pitman, would hke a recipe
for Duchess soup (a type of cheese soup) and a recipe for
Chicken Montrey using deboned chicken breasts with a
type of barbecue sauce.
QUESTION - Rhea Rhinehart, Akron, would like recipes
for snapper soup to can.
QUESTION - Donna Lencoski, Latrobe, would like a
recipe for "Chunkies," a type of sweet-tart pickle that
have seeds removed, allowing you to use older cucumbers.
ANSWER - Ronald Kannoda, Monongahela, requested a
recipe for meadow tea syrup. Thanks go to Janice
Burkholder, Quarryville, for sharing her recipe.
Meadow Tea To Freeze
4 quarts water
4 cups sugar
4 cups fresh tea leaves
Bring water to a boil. Remove from heat and add tea
leaves. Let stand 15 minutes. Remove leaves Add sugar
and cool. Put m quart boxes and freeze To serve, combine
1 part concentrate with 3 parts water.
Utensils: kettle to cook the water, cloth to strain the
syrup and remove leaves.
ANSWER - Martha Oberholtzer, Mifflmburg, requested
recipes using fresh and canned pears. Thanks go to Naomi
Blank, Kmzers; Alverna Martin, Wellsboro; and Annabelle
Fegley, Emmaus, for sharing their pear recipes.
Under-The-Sea Salad
1 3-ounce package lime gelatin
V* teaspoon salt
1 cup boiling water
11-pound can pear halves
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 3-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1/8 teaspoon ginger
Dissolve gelatin and salt in boiling water. Dram pears,
measuring V* cup syrup; add water if necessary Dice
pears and set aside. Add pear syrup and lemon juice to
gelatin Measure IV* cups into a 1-quart mold. Chill until
set but not firm. Gradually add remaining gelatin to sof
tened cream cheese, blending until smooth Add ginger
Chill until thick Fold in pears Spoon into mold. Chill until
firm. Unmold on crisp lettuce Makes about 4 cups or 8
side salads.
Pear Crisp
6 cups sweetened fresh or canned pear slices, drained
l A cup flour
1 cup quick uncooked oatmeal
Vz cup brown sugar
Vi teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Vi cup melted oleo
Place pear slices in greased baking dish Combine dry
ingredients. Add melted oleo, mixing until crumbly
Sprinkle on top of fruit. Bake in preheated oven at 375° F
for 30 minutes. Serve with milk.
Note: This recipe works well with peaches too.
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r/2 cups salad oil
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups chopped canned pears (well drained), save syrup
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Combine oil, sugar, and eggs and beat well. Mix in 3
tablespoons pear syrup. Sift together flour, salt, baking
soda and cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture. Add vanilla;
fold in pears and nuts. Grease and flour a 10-mch tube or
bundt pan. Spoon in batter. Bake at 325° F. for 1 hour and
20 minutes or until done. Let cool in pan for 20 minutes
and remove to cake rack for complete cooling. Drizzle
white glaze over cake and let some run down sides.
White Glaze:
1 tablespoon soft butter
11/?I 1 /? cups powdered sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons syrup from canned pears
Blend butter and sugar with enough syrup to make a
smooth, slightly runny frosting.
NOTE: If you have fresh pears, peel, cure and cook in
enough water to cover.
CORRECTION - Last week's Question Corner included a
recipe for Pineapple Cream Pie. However, an error was
made in the directions. The corrected recipe appears
below. Lancaster Farming regrets this error.
Pineapple Cream Pie
2 cups skim milk
4 tablespoons cornstarch
V* teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
Vz teaspoon vanilla
V/z teaspoons pineapple flavoring
Equal brand sweetener to equal */« cup sugar (6 packets)
2 cups unsweetened crushed pineapples, very well
drained
19-mch graham cracker crust
Place drained pineapple in bowl and add sweetener to
equal 1 tablespoon sugar and pineapple flavoring. Set
aside
In non-stick pan or double boiler scald V/z cups milk. Mix
together Vz cup cold milk, cornstarch and salt. Add slowly
to hot milk, stirring constantly until slightly thickened. Add
a little of hot mixture to yolks and then stir into hot mix
ture. Continue cooking and stirring until thick. Remove
from heat and add vanilla. Cool slightly and add rest of
sweetener. Add pineapple. Pour into shell. Sprinkle lightly
with cinnamon. Chill. Serve within 2 to 3 days.
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TOWANDA This year’s Troy
Fair Home Arts Show displayed
almost 500 quality handmade
items at the Linda B. Hulslander 4-
H Building. Exhibitors from all
corners of Bradford County won
honors and premiums at the third
Home Arts Show.
Of the total 120 exhibitors, 100
won over $1,340 in premiums. Joel
Crayton, Towanda, and Dawn
Landis, Monroeton, received the
highest total amounts for their
entries. Like Crayton and Landis,
many had multiple entries. Six
persons entered over 20 items each
in the competition.
Entries were made in three
departments, Canned Foods;
Clothing, Needlecraft, Afghans,
Quilts and Rugs; and Traditional
Handcrafts and Household Fur
nishings.
Eight outstanding exhibits
received Best of Show awards. The
winners and their entries follow:
Knit Two-Ptece street length dress Lisa
Roberts Canton Canned Bread and Butter
Pickles Jean Robinson Milan Loom woven
afghan Mane Hvezeda. Towanda Loom woven
rug Mane Hvezeda Towanda Hand quilted
apphqued quilt Vera Hoover Gillett Hand quilted
Christmas tree skirt Karen Gilliland Troy Hand
crafted grandfather clock Robert Kendall Troy
Star pattern seat weaving in an antique rocker
Joseph Taylor Sayre
The names of the blue ribbon winners from
various parts of the county are
Troy area • Johann Dickerson Robert Kendall
Edward Salmon June Hicks Tern Packard
Beverly Stolarski Kathy Luckey Gmny Davis
Marion Luckey Dons Saxton Sharon Cottnll Amy
L Packard Bob Sherman Karen Gilliland, Carol
Zuber Joan Gilliland Esther Everts Marianne
Everts Marilyn Packard Gail McClure Christine
Dunbar Kathy Luckey Gmny Davis Marion
Luckey and Colleen Marr
Towanda Area Joan Daha Beverly DeWitt
Patricia McLmko Mane Huezeda Ellen Maryott
Jayne H Willows Joel Crayton Peggy Violette
Marge Elliott RayHerner
Canton Area Kathy Hansen Reta Coats Jane
M Looney Ronda Leonard Sharon May Karen
Kilmer Bonnie Crawford
Sayre Area Joseph Taylor Myra Taylor Jean
Robinson LisaM Roberts Bonnie Roberts
Columbia Cross Roads Area Yvonne Castle
Diane Andrus Charlene Aber and Lavma Chap
man
Gillett Area Betty Lou Harkness Vera Hoover
Arlene Sterling Shirley Cronwell JoAnn Avery
Regina Inman and Helen Northrup
East Smithfwld Area Janice Brown Drusilla
Luckey Mary Jean Ayers Amy Ayres
Burlington Area Sheila Wnsley
Ulster Area Judy Husted and Anna Mane Cole
Monroeton Area Shawna Wright and Dawn
Landis
Wjrsox Area Barbara Grimes and Monica Peiffer
Granville Summit Area Spring Crest Farm
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