Cook’s Question (Continued from Page B 8) Peanut Butter Topping Vi cup peanut butter 1 cup light corn syrup y 2 cup salted peanuts, coarsely chopped, optional. Place peanut butter and corn syrup in a medium sized mixing bowl. Beat until thoroughly mixed. Stir in peanuts; pour into jars and cover tightly. Makes IVzCups. Serve over cake or ice cream. Peanut Butter Topping y 2 cup peanut butter 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk V? cup peanuts, chopped coarsely, optional In a heavy sauce pan, place peanut butter and con densed milk. Cook over low heat until thoroughly mixed. Stir in peanuts. Serve over ice cream or waffles. Store in tightly cov ered container in refrigerator. Mint Topping 'h cup light corn syrup 1 teaspoon creme de menthe flavoring or y„ teaspoon peppermint flavoring and 2 to 3 drops green food coloring In a small bowl, mix the corn syrup and mint flavoring Store in tightly-covered container. Mint Sauce % cup light corn syrup Vt cup packed mint leaves 2 tablespoons lemon juice % teaspoon salt In a covered blender container, blend all ingredients at high speed. Stir before serving. Spoon over fresh fruit for salad or dessert. ANSWER—A reader from Greencastle requested a recipe for making boiled apple dumplings. Thanks to Eva Southard of Glen Rock for sending a recipe. GSI - *V * 'f'"**' ■ ' GSI GALVANIZED BULK BINS % QUALITY INSTALLATION I I i Ph: 717 - 274 - 3488 CONFINEMENT SYSTEMS INC. 608 E. Evergreen Rd., Lebanon, PA 17042 HONESDALE (Wayne Co.) The three types of sweet com com monly planted include: 1. Normal sugary kemals con tain moderate but varying degrees of sugar, depending on the variety. The sugars convert to starch rapid ly after harvest. This type of sweet com has the "traditionar com fla vor and germinates best when soil temperatures are between 55 degrees F and 60 degrees F. 2. Sugary Enhanced sweet com has a gene, when present, that modifies the normal sugary (su) gene. When this happens, the result is increased tenderness and, to a certain degree, the sweetness Roll out a large sheet of pie dough, rather thick, and cut in pieces large enough to cover an apple. Pare and core the apple without cutting in pieces. Fill the inside hole with brown sugar with a little lemon juice. Put one apple in a piece of dough and seal it. Dust them thickly with flour and put them in a pot of boiling water. Boil until the apples are soft when pierced with a fork. Serve warm with cream or a sweet sauce. CORRECTION Here is a correction for the apple frit ter ‘Sunday’ that appeared in the paper two weeks ago. “Eat slowly. It’s a Sunday made in heaven,” writes Betty Light of Lebanon. Apple Fritter ‘Sunday’ In a dessert dish, place: 1 to 2 Mrs. Paul’s hot apple fritters Top with: 2 scoops vanilla ice cream Drizzle with: 2 to 4 tablespoons butterscotch topping Top with: 'A cup whipped cream Finish off with: 1 maraschino cherry FINISHING BUILDING INSTALLATION ADJUSTABLE SOW DROP NURSERY INSTALLATION Sweet Corn For The Home Boiled Apple Dumplings * I. $ of the sweet com. The conversion of sugar to starch after harvest is slowed. No isolation from "nor mal" sweet com is necessary when planting an (Se) sweet com. A soil temperature of between 55 degree F to 60 degrees F will help in the germination of sugary.enhanced (Se) sweet com seed. 3. Shrunken (sh 2) sweet com seed is characterized by the shrunken or dry or wrinkled appearance of the seed. The gene involved in this type of sweet com creates greatly heightened levels of sweetness in the com and prom otes a slow conversion of the ker nal sugar (sucrose) to simpler 4 'r * n r '/ r ,/' a INSTALLATION Lancaster fanning, Saturday, May 2S, 19S1-611 1 Gardener sugar (such as fructose) after harvest. The common name for this type of sweet com is "Super Sweet” sweet com. Cross-pollination between a "super sweet" and a "normal" or n sugary enhanced" sweet com vari ety will result in tough, starchy kemals in both types. The seed of shrunken-type (sh 2) sweet com must be handled very carefully because this type of seed tends to be very brittle and can "fracture" or break-apart very easily if it is handled roughly. Broken or "frac tured" sweet com seed will not ger minate and the total number of sweet com plants in the field or garden wilt be drastically reduced. Shrunken-type (sh 2) sweet corns germinate best when the soil temperature is between 65 degree F and 70 degree F. Shrunken-type (sh 2) sweet corns must be isolated from other types of sweet com in order to protect their unique "super sweet" qualities. Try to separate this type of sweet com from other sweet corns by maintaining a 10 to 14 day variety maturity difference or by maintaining a barrier of at least 500 feet between unlike sweet corns. Sweet com plants like a well drained fertile soil with a pH range of 6.0 to 6.8. Sweet com seed should not be planted too deep about 1 to I 1/2 inches is Fine. The use of a good starter fertilizer like 5-10-5 or 8-24-8 is also recommended. For additional information about growing sweet com please contact the Wayne County Cooperative Extension Service by dialing 253-5970, extension 239. INSTALLATION POULTRY INSTALLATION Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7:00 to 4:30; Sat. 8:00 to 12:00