Bi6-Lancaater Farming, Saturday, August 25,1990 Dairyman Jim Harper scored tops with his scrumptious tasting Ice cream called Pennsylvania Super Fudge Chunk. STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) Whether you chum it by hand with an antique ice cream maker or sit back and relax while a modem electric ice cream maker does all the hard work, making ice cream still has a way of bringing family members together even if it is just for the sake of that sweet, smooth delicious reward when that chum stops. Eight families gathered at the dairy promotion tent at Ag Prog ress Days Ice Cream Chum-off last week in Rock Springs to prove that not only is ice cream making a family affair but also that some original family recipes are just as rich, smooth, and creamy as the top premium commercial ice Tammy Balthazar Interviewed contestants while they churned great-tasting Ice cream. Wanda Yoder, last year’s winner and this year's judge for the event, is on the right. PA Super Fudge Chunk Ice Cream Churn- Off creams, The second annual ice cream chum-off was sponsored by the dairy promotion units of Pennsyl vania; American Dairy Associa tion and Dairy Council; Middle Atlantic Milk Marketing Associa tion; Mid East UDIA and the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program. ‘The chum-off contest creates an awareness of ice cream, espe cially of what can be done with homemade ice cream,” said Tam my Balthkser, promotions intern with Pennsylvania. “We were overwhelmed with the crowd we had here. The audience was much larger than last year’s and stayed throughout the entire contest.” Participants In the ice cream churn-off contest included from left, kneeling: Patrick Snook, Eric Smith, and Brent Rhine. Second row: Fay Relslnger, Jim Harper, imogene Gramley, Rick L. and Linda Lupoid, Andrea Snook, Carol Ritter, and Andrew Rhine. Back row: Jim Relslnger, Raymond Granley, Harold Geise, Roy Snook, Virginia Davis, and Elsie Smith. It was a tough job for the judges of the chum-off, but as they say - someone had to do it Charged with selecting three winners were Anna Marie Mitchell, Pennsylva nia State Dairy Princess; Wanda Yoder, last year’s Churn-off champion; and Tom Palchak, manager of Penn State Universi ty’s Creamery. Entries were received from across the state. The first eight were selected to compete for a first prize of $3OO, a second prize of $lOO and an honorable mention worth a new White Mountain Ice Cream Freezer. The contestants were Jim Harper of Pennsylvania Furnace; Andrea Snoke of Ship pensburg; Jim and Faye Reisinger of Loysville; Elsie Smith of Roar ing Spring; Virginia Davis of Petersburg; Linda and Rick Lupoid of Loganton; and Harold Geise of Watsontown. These amateur ice cream mak ers churned a variety of ingre- Creams Entries Jp dients for some ususual flavors. Of course there were the more common flavors of vanilla and chocolate, but made with some unusual ingredients for uncom mon richness and creaminess. From the category of unusual fla vors were pineapple and even a banana nut ice cream. But when the dust settled on the Rock Springs Park Wednesday afternoon the winner was Jim Bob’s Pennsylvania Super Fudge Chunk sounds like a mouthful and it was. Full of pecans, white chocolate chunks and walnuts, pudding, honey and 12 egg yolks, it was deemed the smoothest and the richest of the best Pennsylva nia’s amateur ice cream makers had to offer. “I wanted something different and I thought the walnuts and pecans with the white chocolate would be different People like to eat them, so why wouldn’t they be good in ice cream,” said the sur prised winner, Jim Harper. Harper lives on his parents’ 156-acre farm in Pennsylvania Furnace, near State College. His recipe was original, but the idea of making ice cream the old fashioned way came from Har per’s grandparents. “We would spend Sundays at my grandparents making home made ice cream. I enjoyed it and I just started making ice cream on my own, said Harper. This is his first winning recipe. His other homemade recipes include his own chocolate chip mint. Is this the beginning of another line of premium ice creams? “I don’t know,” said Harper as he pondered the idea. “Jim-Bob’s Premium Homemade Ice Cream, I think that sounds pretty good. Yeah, that’s got a good ring to it.” Harper took home $3OO for first place and said that money was going toward his fee .for Penn State’s ice cream course. Taking home $lOO for second place were Linda and Rich Lupoid with their peanut butter ice cream. In third place with chocolate ice cream were Jim and Faye Reisinger. rx^r\ *# Jim Bob’s Pa Super Fudge Chunk First Prize 1.5 quart cream 2 cups sugar 10 ounce instant pudding mix 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk 12 ounces evaporated milk 12 pasteurized processed egg yolks 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 teaspoons honey A pound walnuts 'A pound white chocolate chunks /* pound pecans. In your ice cream can, mix the fust eight ingredients vety well with a wire whisk. Put can in bucket and fill 'A full of ice, then put 'A lb. salt and more ice until you get to the top. When ice cream begins to turn hard, put in walnuts, white chocolate chunks and pecans and turn until ice cream is hard. Submitted by: Jim Harper, 5300 W. White Hall Rd., PA Furnace, PA 16865. Peanut Butter Ice Cream Second Prize 2 cups sugar 2 cans evaporated milk 4 pasteurized processed eggs 15-18 ounce “Jif’ peanut butter dash of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring 2-3 quarts whole milk Thoroughly mix all ingredients except whole milk. Add one quart of the whole milk and mix again. Put contents into freezer can and fill with more of the whole milk until can is V* full. Submitted by: Linda and Rick Lupoid, R.D. 2, Box 273-A, Loganton, PA 17747. Chocolate Ice Cream Third Prize 4 pasteurized processed eggs '/] cup cocoa 2 /, cups sugar '/• teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons imitation vanilla 1 can sweetened condensed milk 3 cups milk IVi pint whipping cream Beat eggs for two or three minutes. Add your cocoa and beat well. Next, add your sugar and continue beating until it is thick and creamy. Add vanilla, con densed milk and your homogen ized milk. Beat until well blended. By hand stir in whipping cream. Makes 4 quarts. Submitted by: Jim and Faye Reisinger, R.D. 1, Box 84, Loys ville, PA 17047.
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