■Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 8,1986
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If you are looking for a recipe but can’t seem to find it
anywhere, send your recipe request to Cook's Question
Corner, care of Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 366, Lititz,
Pa. 17543. There’s no need to send a SASE. If we receive
an answer to your question, we will publish it as soon as
possible.
Answers to recipe requests should be sent to the same
address.
QUESTION - Carolyn Strait, Neshamc Station, N J.,
would like a recipe for baked corn using cottage cheese.
QUESTION - J. Hackman, Mill Hall, would like a recipe
for glycerine soap.
QUESTION - Marcella Mitchell, Glen Mills, would like to
know how to clean an old brass bed. She writes: “It looks
like brass. How can I tell the difference between brass and
iron. If iron, what and how can that be cleaned?
QUESTION - Mrs. B. Rohrer would like a tartar sauce
recipe that is similar to Hellmann’s.
QUESTION - Leen Jones, Pen Argyl, would like to know
how to dry apples without using a dehydrator.
QUESTION - Jean Entnken, West Chester, would like
recipes for Apple Cider Jelly and Brandied Apple Cider
Jelly which ran in the Good Housekeeping magazine last
fall.
QUESTION - Charlotte Copeland, Stockton, N J., would
like a recipe for a “Miracle Fruit Cake," (a dark one). It was
printed on the jar of Dromodery's Candied Fruit Pieces
QUESTION - Mrs. Carl Picket, Felton, would like a recipe
for making tongue souse and souse made from pig’s feet
QUESTION - V. Martin of Springfield, Va , would like a
recipe for oleo margarine using the basic ingredients of oil,
powdered milk, water, etc
QUESTION - Althea Fetherolf, Hamburg, would like a
recipe for fish cakes similar to the kind sold in
delicatessens She would also like to know what kind of fish
to use, how to prepare the fish for cakes and what holds
the cakes together
ANSWER - E Hoover, Ephrata, requested a recipe for
homemade instant pudding mix Thanks go to Carolyn
Strait, Neshamc Station, N J , and Eva Nolt, Ephrata, for
the following recipes
3 cups sugar
2 cups cornstarch
'/> teaspoon salt
In a large bowl, mix all ingredients well Store in airtight
container in cool, dry place Use within 4 months Makes
4Vi cups
Omit egg yolk if you prefer a lighter pudding For pie
filling, reduce milk to 1% cups
1 egg yolk
V 2 cup pudding mix
2 cups milk
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Mandarin orange segments (optional)
In medium bowl, stir egg yolk, set aside In medium
saucepan, combine mix and milk Stir over medium heat
until mixture thickens and bubbles. Stirring vigorously,
add a third of hot mixture to yolk Return mixture to
saucepan Cook and stir 1 minute, remove from heat Stir
m butter and vanilla until blended Pour into 4 dessert
dishes or custard cups Cover with plastic wrap,
refrigerate 1 hour or until set Garnish with orange
segments
Note: Almond, lemon or other extract can be sub
stituted Amounts may vary Add to taste
Variations; Follow directions for vanilla pudding omitting
egg yolk and substituting ingredients indicated for vanilla
Chocolate Pudding; Substitute ‘A cup semisweet chocolate
pieces Butterscotch Pudding: Substitute 'A cup but
terscotch-flavored pieces Coffee Pudding: Substitute 1
tablespoon instant coffee powder Raspberry Pudding;
Substitute 'A cup raspberry (or other fruit) jam
Instant Pudding
3 A cup instant clearjel
3 A cup white sugar
1 large tablespoon cocoa
Vanilla, to taste
Add this mixture to a quart of cold milk
imagination for flavor variations
ANSWER - Shirley A Koontz of Bedford requested a
recipe for popovers Thanks go to Sarah Keeny, New
Freedom, for the following recipe She writes “These
always turned out well in my mother's wood-burning
kitchen range, but I've not had as nice popovers since I
Cook’s
Question
Corner
Pudding Mix
Vanilla Pudding
was married and no longer have a kitchen range oven to Tnho Tim** fhit
bake them in.” IUKC KUiUZ
1 cup sifted flour
Vi teaspoon salt
2 eggs, well beaten
Sift flour and salt. Add eggs and milk. Beat hard for 2
minutes, then pour into hissing hot (pre-heated in oven)
small muffin pans. Have oven ver hot (450° F.) for a few
minutes, then reduce to 350° F. as popovers rise and
brown. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Makes 6 to 8 popovers.
' CORRECTION - E. M. Herr's recipe for Apple Fritters
which appeared in the Oct. 25 issue contained an error.
Mrs Herr writes: "After cutting the fritters, allow to raise
again before deep frying.” The corrected version of the
recipe appears below
Apple Fritters
2Vz cups mashed potatoes
VA cups sugar
3 cups warm water
3 packages yeast
6 eggs, beaten
I I A cups butter, melted
2Vz teaspoons salt
5 pounds bread flour
1 tablespoon cinnamon
Dissolve yeast in warm water with sugar. Add all other
ingredients using only half of the flour. Add 5 cups apples
and 1 to IVz cups raisins that have been cooked, cooled
and drained. Add remaining flour. Dough will be sticky. Let
rise until double in size. Roll out to '/? inch thick. With
doughnut cutter or pizza cutter, cut into oblong slices.
Allow to raise again before deep frying. Fry at 350° F
Glaze while hot; lay on racks to cool and dry
Glaze
11/?I 1 /? cups confectioner's sugar
IV2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon softened butter
Mix together and add hot water until of dipping con
sistency
Use your
Popovers
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To Count
Your Blessings
As Thanksgiving Day ap
proaches homemakers are busily
planning their holiday meal,
shopping for a turkey and con
tacting family members to make
sure all will be present at the
dinner table.
But pause for a moment from
holiday preparations to consider
the purpose of this national holiday
giving thanks to God. Too often
we become engrossed in our daily
struggles and spend more time
complaining about what’s wrong
with our government, family and
neighbors than counting the
blessings that enrich our lives.
So take a minute or two from
your busy schedule and jot down
the things you are thankful for this
Thanksgiving. You may be
thankful for a crisp autumn day,
the brilliant colors of a sunrise, a
healthy body, a loving family or
the opportunity to live in a free
country.
But no matter what is on your
list, we at Lancaster Farming
would like you to share it with us.
Please send your list of blessings to
us for publication. We’ll feature
them in our pre-Thanksgivmg
issue on Nov. 22.
You can send your responses to
Sue Keene, Lancaster Farming
Newspaper, 22 East Main Street,
Lititz, PA 17541 by Nov. 17.
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