88-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 6,1990 If you are looking for a recipe but can’t aeem to find it anywhere, send your recipe request to Cook’s Question Corner, in care of Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. There’s no need to send a BASE. If we receive an answer to your ques tion, we will publish It as soon as possible. Answers to recipe requests should be sent to the same address. QUESTION Sherri Meily, Mt. Union, requests a recipe for making pepperoni sticks by using ground deer meat. QUESTION Linda Adam would like a recipe for making yogurt-covered pretzels and nuts like those you buy in grocery stores. QUESTION Dorothy McQuade, McConnellsburg, requests a recipe for a nut cake that has several kinds of nuts in it and is baked in an angel food cake pan. The cake is often used in place of fruit cake. QUESTION Phyline Northeimer of Narvon requests a recipe for preserving eggs in a “water glass solution.” She said that her mother kept uncooked eggs ‘ for many months in this solution. QUESTION Madison, NJ, resident Hazel Doherty recently visited Pennsylvania and was served a bone less rolled pork roast called porketta. She'd like to know the seasonings used on the roast. QUESTION Lewis Berkenstock of Emmaus asks how to make homemade scrapple. QUESTION Cindy Stahl of Lititz asks for a vanilla frosting recipe to ice sugar cookies. She wants the icing to be fluffy but to harden slightly on top so it does not stick to plastic wrap when covered or that it would not come off when the cookies are stacked loosely. QUESTION Bob Sullivan, North Wales, would like a recipe for pumpkin butter. QUESTION Karen Zimmerman, Myerstown, asks for a good recipe for split pea soup and other recipes using split peas. QUESTION Carol Hoch of Berrysburg writes that she tried the recipe for granola bars submitted by Karen Zimmerman. Carol said the mixture tastes delicious, but it did not harden and needed to be eaten with a spoon. Could Karen or someone tell her if the mixture needs to be cooked to create a taffy-consistency so that it stays in bars. FARM SHOW SPECIAL 120/Ft. For 8 Wire KENCOVE High-Tensile CALL 800-245-6902 Cook’s Question Comer These numbers add up to bigger yields. j& NEW! DK 622 CX 415 • Top yields, ideal for V • Very high yielding in its reduced tillage maturity • Excellent plant health and • Excellent emergence and stalk strength standability • 112-day relative maturity • Early Group IV maturity Stroni emergence, exci ANSWER V. Martin of Springfield, VA, asked where the pumpkin recipe cookbook can be purchased. “The Best of the Pumpkin Recipes” is sold through the mail only. Send $6.75 plus 95 cents for postage and handling to Sterling Cookbooks, P.O. Box 16, Penndel, PA 19047, Make sure you enclose your name and address. For additional information, call collect (215) 752-4422. ANSWER - Mrs. Donald Rettburg, Woodbury wanted a recipe for yams and apples. Thanks to Cindy Stahl, Lititz, for answering. Judy’s Spiced Apples & Sweet Potatoes 3 medium sweet potatoes 4 cooking apples that will remain firm 'A cup brown sugar 3 tablespoons butter Cinnamon to taste Dash of salt Peel potatoes and slice VA -inch thick. Peel and quarter apples. In a 9x13-inch glass pan arrange pota toes and apples so they do not overlap. Sprinkle salt on sweet potatoes and cinnamon on apples. Crumble brown sugar over entire casserole. Dot with butter. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until potatoes are done Contributor writes that she also adds one-inch cubes of canned or smoked ham to the mixture before baking CORRECTION Susanna Bicher of Bethel writes that her suggestion for cooking together equal amounts of turnips and sweet potatoes should have included cooking with your choice of meat. ANSWER Lillian Edgin of Sewell, NJ, asks what can be substituted for brandy in a recipe. Thanks to an unidentified reader who wrote to say that Joyce Battcher who writes Microwave Minutes said that % cup brandy can be substituted with 1 /« teaspoon ground cinnamon and Vi cup orange juice. Another suggested substituting apple juice. And Fern Leinbach of Narvon merely substi tutes water. ANSWER Thanks to Christine Schade of N. Hun tingdon who sent in a recipe for broccoli salad that had been requested by Estella Fink of Allentown. Sauce: 2 cups mayonnaise 4 tablespoons vinegar V* cup sugar Mix well and let set overnight in the refrigerator. Mix together: 1 pound bacon, fried and crumbled 1 red onion, sliced or chopped 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese 2 bunches broccoli 2 carrots, grated Pour sauce on broccoli mixture and refrigerate 2 to 3 hours. Keeps for 3 to 4 days. (Turn to Page B 9) lant health and su lenorstandabihl Broccoli Salad The all add DK 125 • Outstanding yield potential of high quality forage • Multiple pest resistai.ce (MPR) in cluding resistance to Verticillium wilt and anthracnose • Excellent winterhardiness • Fast recovery after cutting • Dii lays superior - ilds in Penn Law-Salt (Continued from Page BS) VEAL SCALLOFINI 4 veal cutlets 1 small clove gariic, quartered 2 tablespoons oil . 1 tablespoon flour a| Freshly ground black pepper 'A teaspoon nutmeg 1 small onion, thinly sliced 'A cup tomato juice 1 4-ounce can sliced mushrooms, drained; or 'A pound fresh mushrooms 'A teaspoon paprika 2 tablespoon coarsely chopped parsley Saute garlic in oil over low flame for S minutes. Discard gar lic. Brown cutlets in oil. Mix flour, pepper and nutmeg. Sprinkle over the browned meat. Add onion and tomato juice. Cover skillet and simmer about 20 minutes, turning the meat several times. Add more liquid if necessary. y Add mushrooms, cover an* cook 8 to 10 minutes longer. Serve on a warm platter with the sauce, garnished with paprika and parsley. Am. Heart Association OATMEAL COOKIES 1 cup margarine 'A cup granulated sugar 'A cup brown sugar 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour A cup whole wheat flour A cup egg substitute or 4 egg whites 1 teaspoon vanilla I teaspoon baking soda 3 cups rolled oats V* cup chopped walnuts or raisins In a large bowl, cream together margarine and sugars until well blended. Add egg substitute and vanilla and beat well. Mix together flours and soda; gradually blemU into creamed mixture. Stir in oats" and walnuts until blended. Cover bowl and chill about 4 hours. To shape cookies, roll a slightly rounded tablespoon of dough between the palms of the hands into a round ball. Place 4 inches apart on baking sheet Wet a fork and press cookie about 'A -inch thickness. Bake at 350 degrees for about 14 minutes. Place cookies on wire rack to cool. Makes about 5 dozen cookies. Am. Heart Assoc.
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