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HCook ’s
Question
Corner
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 - Mrs. Richard Wells, Waymart, would like a
recipe for a cheese cake that is not baked and has a
graham cracker crust.
QUESTION - Maude Burns, St. George, W. Va., would
like recipes using pearl tapioca without milk.
QUESTION - Mrs. Edwin Rissler, New Enterprise, would
like to know how to make cheese with rennet tablets that is
good enough for guests. She adds, ‘‘When you cure it two
weeks in the refrigerator, what do you wrap it with?
QUESTION - Charles Dively, Spring Run, would like
recipes for homemade ice cream.
QUESTION - Marian Guyaux, McDonald, would like
recipes for Belgian waffles and for tomato pie.
QUESTION - Mrs. Clyde Utt, Kempton, would like a
recipe for homemade steak sauce using pizza sauce.
QUESTION - Darlene Kates, Mauncetown, N.J., would
like a recipe for arrowroot cookies like Nabisco makes for
little children.
QUESTION - Betty Biehl, Allentown, would like a recipe
for a good beef vegetable pie made with pie dough.
QUESTION - Turla Hogg, Slippery Rock, would like a
recipe for the apple dish served on Shoney's Restaurant
Buffet. The apples are sliced with cinnamon, etc.
QUESTION - Mrs. Edith Rader, Holmes, would like a
recipe for pan pudding that is not gummy.
ANSWER - A reader in New York requested suggestions
for using whey. Thanks go to Mrs. Edwin Rissler, New
Enterprise, for the following recipe.
Lemon Whey Pie
IVi cups whey
1 cup sugar
3>/3 tablespoons cornstarch
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
V/2 tablespoons butter
Vz teaspoon salt
V* cup lemon juice or 1 teaspoon extract
18-mch baked pie shell
2 egg whites
V* cup sugar
Bring to boil 1 cup whey. Mix sugar and cornstarch and
add to Vz cup whey. Then mix with boiling whey. Cook until
thickened, stirring constantly. Mix the next 4 ingredients
and add to first mixture. Pour into a baked pie shell. Beat
egg whites until stiff; add sugar. Put on top of pie and bake
until golden.
ANSWER - Fred Suppe, Mt. Jackson, Va., requested a
recipe for making sweet creamy butter using an electric
churn and unpasteurized fresh cream. Thanks go to Mrs.
Ray Keeny, New Freedom, for the following response
“I have made butter from sweet cream many times. The
cream should be at least one or two days old. (It can be
kept in refrigerator several days before it sours.) Take it
out of the refrigerator and let it warm at room temperature
a couple hours before churning. I used to have a dairy
thermometer that showed the ideal temperature for
churning, but it broke, and I have never found another. I
suppose they are available somewhere. If the churn's
motor is under the jar, he can start with the cream at a
cooler temperature, because the heat from the motor
warms the cream, and it might get too warm before it
makes butter His churn might not have enough blade. I
once had an electric churn that had such a little blade on
My son added another blade to it, and it worked much
better I now churn m my mixer or food processor, which
works very well If you use the mixer, you should fasten a
towel or something around the bowl, as it splatters badly
It can be churned in a blender too, or even shaken in a
jar "
She adds - "It might be necessary to add ice water after
the cream thickens, if churn or blender motor makes it too
warm/'
ANSWER - Last week’s cook’s question corner included
a sugar rock candy recipe for Joan Coale of New Milford
Here's a slightly different version from Brenda Johnson,
Middlebury Center
2 cups white sugar
l h cup white corn syrup
l h cup water
Stir until well mixed. Place on fire. (If using a ther
Sweet Butter
Hard Rock Candy
on Tax
STATE COLLEGE - The new
tax laws include restrictions on
how much tax-free income
children can have and eliminates
some benefits of transferring
property to children.
Prior to passage of the Tax
Reform Act of 1986, the “Clifford”
trust was a tax management tool
commonly used to transfer in
come-earning property to children.
Those who were in a position to do
so could transfer property to their
children, who then collected in
come from the trust property. This
reduced the parents’ taxable in
come and resulted in the income
being taxed at the child’s marginal
rate.
The trust was typically designed
so ownership of the property
reverted to the original owner
after 10 years and one month. The
practice saved income tax in an
amount equal to the earnings from
the trust property times the dif
ference in the marginal tax rate of
the child and that of the parent.
The new tax law eliminates the
use of Clifford trusts effective for
property transfers after March 1,
1986. An exception applies for
transfers that were in process and
subject to binding property set
tlement agreements entered into
before that date. The change in law
does not apply to those cases that
were in process but not concluded
prior to March 1,1986.
Unearned income (interest or
investment income) of minor
children is also subject to new
rules because of the 1986 tax
legislation. The new rules are
exceedingly complex and will not
be completely understood until
regulations are issued by the
Treasury department. In general,
the new law taxes the net unearned
income of a child at the parent’s
top marginal rates. Net unearned
income is unearned income ad
mometer, cook until 300° F.) or until it reaches the string,
by taking a sampling by spoon, or crackling stage, by
placing sample in cold water. Remove from fire and put in
desired oil flavoring and cake coloring. Cover quickly and
let set one minute. Pour onto cake pan until cool, then
crack and shake in bag of one teaspoon of powdered sugar
to keep it from sticking.
Flavoring and coloring suggestions: Vz teaspoon pep
permint and no coloring; 1 teaspoon spearmint flavoring
.and green coloring: Vz teaspoon clove, blue 1 teaspoon
anise, yellow: Vz teaspoon cinnamon, red; 1 teaspoon
sassafras (root beer), brown; or 1 teaspoon wmtergreen,
pink.
ANSWER - The Jan. 17 cook's corner offered several
recipes using scripture references. The recipes kept
pouring in, many of which were variations of the Scripture
Cake printed previously. However, the Easter Scripture
Bars below, submitted by Shirley Strohecker, Herndon,
was a bit different. Our thanks to Shirley and to’ all the
others who shared their recipes.
Easter Scripture Bars
(Use Bible for reference)
2 Jeremiahs (chapter 17, verse 11)
1 cup Jeremiah (chapter 6, verse 20)
1 tablespoon melted Psalm (chapter 55, verse 21)
Vi cup First Kings (chapter 4, verse 22)
% teaspoon Leviticus (chapter 2, verse 13)
% cup chopped Numbers (chapter 17, verse 8)
1 cup chopped Nahum (chapter 3, verse 12)
V? teaspoon Galatms (chapter 5, verse 9)
1 teaspoon liquid Numbers (chapter 17, verse 8)
In case you are not accustomed to using your Bible in the
kitchen; begin the recipe by taking 2 parts of the
ingredient you will find mentioned in Jeremiah (chapter
17, verse 11) Add a cup of the ingredient mentioned in
Jeremiah (6,20) and so on If there is more than one
ingredient mentioned, always use the first Another point
is in biblical days some ingredients do not appear in
modern form, such as baking powder, which is used when
in Galatms (5,9) they suggest a word to make dough rise
Beat Jeremiah (17,11) until light, add Jeremiah (6,20)
and Psalm (55,21). Blend well, sift dry ingredients
together; and all chopped ingredients and flavoring and
blend well. Pour into greased shallow cake pan; bake in
slow (300° F ) oven about 25 minutes. Cut into bars and
roll in Jeremiah (6 20) Makes 24 bars
Tax law Places Limits
New
Free Income Of Children
justed for a standard deductions
related to the production of
unearned income. Earned income
of a child is taxed at the child’s
marginal rate.
The features of the new
legislation are as follows:
• A standard deduction is used to
adjust the income of a minor child.
The standard deduction is equal to
the child’s earned income. If there
is no earned income, the standard
deduction is the smaller of
unearned income or $5OO. If there
is no earned income and the
standard deduction offsets
unearned income, there is no
federal tax liability if unearned
income is $5OO or less.
• If a child has both earned and
unearned, the standard deduction
is allocated first to offset unearned
income (up to $500) and the
balance is allocated first to offset
earned income. If unearned in
come is completely offset and the
only remaining income is earned
income, tax on earned income
exceeding the amount offset by the
standard deduction is computed at
the child’s marginal rate.
•If NET unearned income
(defined below) is $5OO or less, it is
taxed at the child’s marginal rate.
Any excess above $5OO is taxed at
the parent’s marginal rate.
Net unearned income of a minor
child is a child’s unearned income
minus $5OO and the greater of: (1)
$5OO from either the standard
deduction or itemized deductions,
or (2) the amount of allowable
deductions which are directly
connected with the production of
unearned income.
The above changes are only part
of the impact of the new law on
children’s tax benefits. After
passage of the new legislation,
children who are claimed as
dependents on their parents’ tax
returns may not claim exemptions
for themselves on their own
returns. Prior law permitted a
dependency deduction on the
parents’ return in addition to a
personal exemption on the child’s
return (thus two exemptions) if the
child were under 19 years of age, or
at any age if the child were a full
time student.
The new law requires each
taxpayer to include chi his tax
return the taxpayer identification
number of each dependent claimed
on the return who is 5 years of age
or older. This new requirement is
effective for returns due on or after
January 1,1988. There is a penalty
of $5 for failing to report the tax
payer identification number or for
reporting an incorrect iden
tification number.
Also, the Internal Revenue
Service is permitted to continue
the current practice of denying a
deduction for a dependent if it
cannot be established that it is
proper to claim the dependent on
the return.
The new law includes a special
provision for taxpayers who,
because of their religious beliefs,
are exempted from social security
self-employment taxes. These
taxpayers and their dependents,
who traditionally have secured
their taxpayer identification
numbers from the Internal
Revenue Service or through
special arrangements with the
Social Security Administration,
are permitted to continue this
procedure.
They are exempt from the
general requirement of obtaining a
social security number from the
Social Security Administration.
Alternatively, if their established
practice has been to secure the
taxpayer identification number
under special procedure with the
Social Security Administration,' ‘
that practice may be continued. *
Add Fruit
To Brown Bag
Lunches
MEDIA - Parents know that
fresh fruit is one of the best
desserts for their children. And
most children like it. Fresh fruit
packed in school lunches is often
another story. The orange comes
home because it was too hard to
peel: the banana doesn’t get eaten
because it got knocked around so
much on the way to school that it
go “mushey.” The apple you so
carefully sliced is reported by your
suspicious third grader as “looking
rotten.”
What to do? Here are some
suggestions from Delaware County
Cooperative Extension Home
Economist Maryetta Dorricott, to
help solve the problem.
An orange can be peeled,
separated into segments and
packed into a small plastic bag for
eating anytime. Don’t worry about
vitamin C loss. The membrane on
the orange segments will keep it
intact.
Choose bananas that are slightly
underripe. They travel best, and
most children prefer their firmer
texture. If your child likes yogurt
or cottage cheese, fold some sliced
fruit into one of these and pack in a
sealed plastic container.
Use the plastic containers to
packed canned fruit, too Ap
plesauce is especially popular H
you choose canned pears, peaches,
or cherries, avoid those that come
in heavy syrup.
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