88-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 15,1990 ‘‘■ J V- .v<> v % :/'■'< • & <5/8 ;\q If you are looking for a recipe but can’t find it, send your recipe request to Cook’s Question Cor ner, 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 question, we will publish it as soon as possible. Answers to recipe requests should be sent to the same address. QUESTION Sue Baughman, Ronks, would like a recipe for cupcakes that are vanilla or coconut flavored and that form a bubbly crust on top when baked. QUESTION Jeannette Cooper of Upper Black Eddy would like a recipe for light, white fruit bread similar to that sold at Shady Maple. It can be made with straw berry, blueberry, peach and even spinach. QUESTION Verona from Virginia requests diabe tic recipes for vegetables, meat, fruit, and desserts. QUESTION Mrs. Harry Rauck Sr. of Strasburg would like a recipe to make onion rings that stay good and crisp and do not get soft. QUESTION— ArIettaS. Gregg of Landisburg is look ing for a Pennsylvania Dutch recipe called Stir About that her grandmother used to make. QUESTION Edith Moore, Pennington, N.J., would like to know how to use unsalted peanuts. QUESTION A Bird-in-Hand reader requested a recipe for broccoli soup to can. According to a Lititz reader, the one that was printed in the August 18 issue can be frozen, but is a flop if canned. Do any of our read ers have one that can be canned? QUESTION A subscriber would like a recipe for smear kase cheese using a gallon of goat milk and rennet tablets. QUESTION - Ethel Robinson, York Springs, would like a recipe for canning zucchini that tastes like pineapple. QUESTION A Cumberland County reader would like recipes for homemade cake mixes. QUESTION N.E. Koons, Lebanon, would like a recipe for a sponge or yellow cake that is moist. QUESTION Kendra Hilt of Barto writes that approximately 20 years ago, one of the major baking companies sold a chocolate pudding cake mix. It was a very moist cobbler-like mix that was probably 60-70 per cent pudding that actually baked between ancLJhrough the cake. She would like information on which company sold it or a recipe that tastes similar. She writes: "It would make my father an incredible, happy man.” QUESTION From time to time, readers request information on items that do not pertain to cooking. One of these questions comes from Naomi Becker of 4691 Maple Drive, Walnutport, PA 18088. She asks if a read er would share some old fashioned, not double, Holly hoke seeds with her. She’d like a mixture of pink, red, and yellow. QUESTION Mrs. Helene Zeager, Elizabethtown, writes that a few weeks ago a recipe for corn pie using Bisquick in place of pie crust had appeared in this col umn. She lost the recipe. Will someone send it, please? QUESTION An Elizabethtown reader requests recipes for Oreo cookies. ANSWER K. Lawson, Damascus, Md., wanted a recipe for grinding horseradish with apple cider or other ingredients to keep it hot and spicy. Thanks to Wilma Epler who wrote that she digs horseradish in the fall or winter as long as the ground isn’t frozen. She washes the roots, peels and chops them coarsely. She puts about 1 cup of the roots in the blender with enough white vinegar to process easily. Blend until very fine. Be care ful of the fumes when you take the lid off I Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator. “It will keep well for a long time.” ANSWER Martha Markle, York, requested a recipe called Mom’s Refrigerator Pickles. Thanks to Jean Troutman who wrote that these are her favorite pickle. She made six gallon this year that she keeps in a crock in the cool. Also, thanks to Audrey Coleman, Elmer, N.J; Lois*Miller, New Freedom; Helen Kalvya sinski, Portage: and Sandy Merwine, Ashland, for send ing recipes. It’s fascinating that so many different ver sions of recipes are circulated. Cook’s Question Comer Refrigerator Pickles 4 cups white vinegar 4 cups sugar 'A cup salt I'A teaspoons celery seed 'A teaspoon turmeric Mix ingredients and pour over sliced cucumbers and onions that have been packed in jars. Do not heat mix ture. Shake well and set in refrigerator. They are ready to eat in 10 days will keep indefinitely. Refrigerator Dill Pickles Boil together: 1 cup white vinegar % gallon water Fill gallon jar with cucumbers. Pour in 'A cup salt Vz can pickling spices 1 clove garlic, broken 1 teaspoon sugar Dill, handful of fresh After water is boiling, pour over pickles and spices. Let cool. Cover and put in refrigerator and let set for 7 days before eating. Thinly slice cucumbers and make 2 quarts. Add 1 sliced onion and sliced green and red peppers, if desired. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt not iodized. Let set for 2 hours. Don’t pour off juice. Pour vegetables and juice in containers and freeze. When needed, thaw, rinse and drain. Pour your favorite dressing or sour cream or vinegar over cucumbers and serve. Or you can rinse and drain and use plain in tossed salad. Refrigerator Pickles Pack onions, then cucumbers into jars 14-16 cucumbers, sliced thin 3 onions, sliced Green and red peppers, sliced 2 cups white vinegar 3-4 cups sugar % cup salt 1 tablespoon celery seed Vt teaspoon alum 1 teaspoon turmeric Slice cucumbers in a gallon jar. Shake down as you fill the jar. Pour the cold syrup over the cucumbers in jar. Shakedown in tumble motion for next three orfourdays. Do not seal. Keep refrigerated. Ready to eat after the sixth day. Sweet Refrigerator Pickle Wash pickles; leave whole. Day 1; Place 2 gallon pickles in crock. Boil 2 3 /« cups pickling salt in VA gallon water. Pour over pickles to cov er them. Day 2: Pour off salt water. Mix 3 ounces alum in boil- - mg water. Pour over pickles to cover them. Day 3: Pouroff alum water. Boil water. Pour over pickles to cover. Day 4: Pour off water. Bring to boil VA gallons white vinegar, 1% ounces pickling spices. Boil 15 minutes. Pour over pickles to cover. Day 13: Pour off vinegar. Slice pickles as desired. Place back in crock. Add 5 pounds sugar. Stir well. Let stand. Do not add water, for combining sugar and pick les will make its syrup. Do not can. Keep refrigerated. ANSWER Mrs. William Lucas Jr., Warfordsburg, requested a recipe for German Bratwurst. Thanks to Jack Hohmeier, Lincroft, N.J., for sending a recipe. German Bratwurst 1 pound pork, with a little fat 'A pound veal, lean 1 teaspoon salt 'A teaspoon pepper 'A cup cold water 1 teaspoon caraway seeds Pinch *of nutmeg Pinch of marjoram Pork casings Grind pork and veal together twice. Grind fine. Add nutmeg, marjoram, caraway seed, and mix well. Next add salt, pepper, and cold water. Mix with your hands as this is the only way to mix it thoroughly. When mixed, fill the casings 3 inches long and tie off in links. Keep in refrigerator overnight to season. To cook: Prick the sausages on all sides and place in a heavy skillet with a cover Add water to the skillet; just enough to cover the sausages. Cover the skillet, and bring to a boil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Drain off water; add butter to the skillet. Fry the sausages slowly until they are browned on all sides, about 20 minutes. Serve with apple rings that have been fried in the same pan as the sausages were cooked in. Make a brown sauce; add ''hopped onion, a little sugar and vinegar or ju Serve over boiled potatoes. Freezer Pickles (Turn to Pago B 12) Teach Your Children How To Work SCRANTON (Lackawanna Co.) Do you find yourself becoming frustrated with your four-year-old because she won’t pick up her toys? Are you and your teenager constantly bicker ing over the cleanliness of his room? Are you starting to believe that kids just don’t want to work anymore? Children actually have a natural desire to accomplish and master tasks - to feel competent. But sometimes children may not seem willing to help with household chores or take care of their person al belongings because of reasons not related to the work. For instance, your four-year-old may want your attention and delays collecting her toys because she wants you to help her with it. Your teenager may want to express his independence by having his room the way he wants it rather than the way you want it. Begin early to develop your children’s work habits. Make your home “child-friendly” by arrang ing things so your children can do many things for themselves. This helps them to feel competent, an important requirement for a good worker. Allow young children to help when they offer, even though it is often easier to do it yourself. Be careful to not criticize them for their efforts or to redo the job since this will discourage them from trying again. Show apprecia tion for their beginning efforts and remember that you’re teaching work habits, as well as trying to get a job done. As your children get older, increase their responsibilities. Besides putting away toys, young children of three and four can empty wastebaskets, clean finger prints from windows and walls, and put away clothes. Children of five or six years of age can dust and polish furniture or scrub pots and pans. Eight-to ten-year-olds can learn to prepare some food, put away groceries, and do the laundry. If you would like to get your children more involved in house hold work, begin by holding a family meeting. Choose a method of dividing chores. One method might be to have family members draw chore slips from a hat. If someone doesn’t care for a parti cular task, then they may be allowed to trade with someone else. Another method is to use a job chart to check off each child’s completed task. Whatever the method, children will be more interested in doing their share if they have a say in what their jobs will be. Also, involve the children in choosing some reward for the family when chores are done on time. Exam ples are a trip to the local park or a favorite dessert for dinner. It is important that children know how the task is to be done. Do the job along with the child the first time so they know what is expected of them. Don’t take over for the children who are not done on time, or who do not do the job up to your standards. Be sure to praise each child for his or her efforts. One of the most important things we can give our children is a good feeling about their ability to work. If we can give them opportunities to work that are challenging, but not overwhelm ing, and give them some freedom to work in their own way, they will find satisfaction from work.
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