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.
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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.
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quality forage
• Multiple pest resistai.ce (MPR) in
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• Excellent winterhardiness
• Fast recovery after cutting
• Dii lays superior - ilds in Penn
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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.