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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, Litltz, 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. Cyril Cassner, Newburg, requests
a recipe for seafood salad that tastes like that served at
Caesar’s Palace in Atlantic City, N.J.
QUESTION - Edith S. Moore, Pennington, N. J., is
very fond of pineapples and would like recipes using
canned pineapple. Readers, please continue sending in
pineapple recipes and we will feature them in a “Home
on the Range” column in January.
QUESTION - Florence G. Nauman, Manheim,
requests a recipe for homemade noodles made without
egg yolks. She would also like a recipe for apple
cinnamon bread.
QUESTION - A reader from Dry Run would like to
know what is wrong with an English Walnut tree that
bears fruit but drops it prematurely?
QUESTION - Dianne Aiscott, Honey Brook, would
like a recipe for glazed chocolate donuts that have a
cake texture, if possible, similiar to those of Farmer
Brown’s in Morgantown.
QUESTION - Mrs. Harvey Shoemaker, Mt. Joy,
would like a recipe for bagels.
QUESTION - Anna Mae Harmon, Harrisonburg, Va.,
requests a recipe for onion jelly and one for garlic jelly.
She said she bought some while vacationing which
looked clear with flecks of tiny onion bits or parsley in it.
QUESTION - Madeline Cable, Grampion, lost the
recipe to make sweetened condensed milk. The recipe
appeared in Cook’s Corner several months ago. Would
someone please submit it for print again.
QUESTION - Marla Stauffer, Ephrata, would like a
recipe for making angel food cake in the microwave.
QUESTION - Jean Mitchell, Lewisburg, requests a
recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie, a custard pie.
QUESTION - Marie Sarver, Millerstown, requests a
recipe for the red candy coating used for candy apples
that are sold at fairs and carnivals.
QUESTION - Marie Sarver, Millerstown, requests a
mincemeat recipe.
QUESTION - Edith M. Stauffer, Loveville, Md., would
like some good candy recipes.
• QUESTION - Mrs. G. Slocum, Towanda, requests a
recipe for jelly filled doughnuts.
QUESTION - A recipe for chocolate shoo fly pie was
printed in this paper on October 24. It did not list the
amount needed for serveral ingredients. Does someone
know the correct measurements and directions for cho
colate shoo fly pie?
QUESTION - Mrs. Perma Kemmerer, Danielsville,
would like a recipe for Monterey Pie. She said she
bought one at a roadside stand near Ephrata.
QUESTION - Barbara Seneku, Harleysville, requests
the recipe for Cinnamon Raisin Bread that Jeanne Ken
na, Ottsville, had mailed to the column this past spring.
ANSWER - Mrs. Harvey Shoemaker, Lancaster, has
a correction to make in her salsify casserole that
appeared several weeks ago. Instead of cooking the
salsify in 2-inches of water, cook it in water that is two
inches above the salsify. Do not use % teaspoon of pep
per, use 2 sprinkles of pepper from a shaker.
ANSWER - Estella S. Fink, Allentown, requested a
recipe for chicken corn soup made with crushed corn.
Thanks Vernon C. Martin, Atmore, Al., for sharing yours.
Chicken Corn Soup
4 chicken legs or thighs
2 medium onions, chopped
VA pounds frozen or crushed corn
Salt and pepper to taste
4 quarts water
% teaspoon cayenne pepper
% cup alphabet noodles
Vz stick butter
Cook chicken in water, salt and pepper until tender.
Discard skin. Chop chicken into small pieces and put
back into broth.‘Add remaining ingredients and cook
slowly for 1-2_hours, r ‘, ofter
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Nutrition And Fitness Break
Just The Facts
Do you sometimes have the
feeling that ever) thing you eat or
drink could be a contributor to
cancer? Newspaper, radio, and
television feature almost weekly
headlines on one mote “scare.”
What do we know about carcino
gens in food? Is it necessary to
react to every media message?
Although the evidence is still
being gathered, here are some of
the facts:
• A carcinogen is a substance or
agent that is believed to cause
ANSWER - Mrs. Linda Claar, Woodward, requested
a recipe for Peach Pot Pie. Thanks Nancy Kramer, New
manstown, for the following' recipe.
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
% teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
1 egg
A cup milk
A cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter
Combine flour and baking powder, cut butter into mix
ture. Stir in beaten egg and milk. On floured pastry
board, roll as thin as possible. Cut into 2-inch squares.
Pare 6 peaches, cut into quarters. Into kettle containing
1 cup water, put a layer of peaches and sprinkle with A
cup brown sugar and 1 tablespoon butter. Cover with
pot pie squares. Repeat until all peaches and dough are
used. Cover tightly and steam for 20 minutes. Serve
with cream.
ANSWER - E. Burkholdar, Ephrata, requested a
recipe for three layer cheese cake. Thanks Mrs. Joseph
Harman, Halifax, and Betty Biehl, Mertztown, for shar
ing the following cake recipes.
Banana Split Cake
First layer:
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
Vi cup butter
Mix together and put in 9x13-inch cake pan.
Second layer:
2 cups powdered sugar
2 sticks butter
2 eggs
I'A teaspoon vanilla
Beat 5 minutes and layer atop first mixture.
Third layer;
2 cups crushed pineapple, drained
Fourth layer;
4 banannas, sliced
Fifth layer;
8-ounces non-dairy topping or whipped cream
Sixth layer:
'A cup chopped peanuts
Seventh layer:
1 can cherry pie filling
Place in refrigerator for at least two hours before serv
ing. The cake is colorful and tasty for Christmas. Leftov
ers must be refrigerated.
2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
4 eggs
1/4 cups buttermilk
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda '
1 cup raisins
3 A cup coconut
1 cup chopped nuts
Cream shortening, sugar and eggs. Sift flour and bak
ing powder together and add alternately with buttermilk
in which the soda has been dissolved. Fold in raisins,
coconut and nuts.
Bake in 9x12x2-inch*pan or in 3 round 9-inch pans.
Bake at 350 degrees, oblong pan for 50 minutes; layer
pans for 35 minutes. Frosting:
2 pups sugar
1 cup milk
Vi cup ground or chopped nuts
'A cup raisins
'A cup coconut
Stir all ingredients together and boil until a teaspoon
of the mixture forms a soft ball when placed in a glass of
cold water. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes or until
frosting starts to stiffen. Spread on cake.
cancer. This definition is used by
government regulatory agencies.
However, there are more questions
than answers. According to the
American Council on Science and
Health (ACSH), since most studies
are done on animals, the evidence
is scarce on potential human
carcinogens.
• Some potential carcinogens
occur naturally in food. These
include nitrosamines, aflatoxins,
and such well known components
as alcohol and tannin.
• Bruce Ames, Ph.D., Universi-
Peach Pot Pie
Holiday Cake
ty of California at Berkeley sums it
up by saying, “There are large
numbers 0f... carcinogens in every
meal, all perfectly natural and trad
itional... it should be emphasized
that no human diet can be entirely
free 0f... carcinogens.”
The Great Holiday Plan
Every holiday you make that
great plan! Included are such
thoughts as not overeating,
remembering to exercise, and get
ting enough rest. Come the end of
December and there you are, five
pounds heavier and exhausted.
This year, try to be more realis
tic in your planning. Studies have
shown we are more apt to stay with
a plan when the goals are
attainable.
Plan to exercise at least 3 times a
week for at least 20 continuous
minutes. Walking briskly around
the mall before the shopping will
do it! Just don’t stop at the cookies
for a rest break.
Bank your calories. Deciding
you will not eat any sweets is
unrealistc. When you know some
high calorie eating is on the hori
zon, watch what you eat prior to
the temptation. Save of “bank”
some calories.
Leant to say no to the tendency
to “graze.” Extra calories add up
even when the pieces of food are
small!
Enjoy the holidays., now and
later!
Labels:
Translation Please!
Food labeling is designed to
assist us in making decisions.
However, a whole new language
has evolved including lite, imita
tion, and extra lean. Here is quick
course in translating some of the
more common terms.
In reference to meat products,
the following terms are defined by
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture:
Extra Lean -5% or less fat than
comparable product
Lean/Low Fat -10% or less than
comparable product.
Light/Lite/Leaner/Lower Fat -
25% less fat than comparable
product.
For most foods, the terms
“light” or “lite’ ’ may refer to col
or, flavor, or texture, not necessari
ly the calorie content. These terms
are defined by the Food and Drug
Administration:
Low calorie - 40 calories or less
per serving; or no more than .4
calories per gram. Food naturally
low in calories cannot be labeled
low calorie.
Reduced calorie, dietetic - 1/3
less calories than the food it
replaces (A comparison must be on
label)
Low sodium -140 milligrams or
less per serving.
Unsalted, salt-free - No salt was
' added during processing, but could
contain significant amounts of
sodium naturally or from other
ingredients.
Low fat - 0.5 to 2% milk fat in
dairy products, less than 10% by
weight for meat.
Low cholesterol - 20 milligrams
or less per serving.
Reduced cholesterol - '/< the
cholesterol of the food it replaces.
Sugar-free or sugarlcss - no
sucrose (table sugar), other
sweeteners may be present includ
ing honey, com syrup, fructose or
sorbitol.
Imitation - Not “the real thing,”
nutritionally inferior to the food it
is imitating.
Substitute - Not “the real
thing,” nutritionally equivalent in
the leader nutrients to the food it is
imitating.
Sources: FDA, USDA, Land
O’Lakes.