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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 Loretta Zimmerman of Manheim
would like q recipe for tomato sauce that tastes like that
used by Chef Boyardee Raviola.
QUESTION Barbara Gaugler, Mansfield, would
like a recipe for canning garden salad mix like Hetty Fair
brand. It has cauliflower, carrots, onions, olives, celery,
and peppers. It is on the hot side.
QUESTION —Nancy Kramer, Newmanstown, would
like low cholesterol and low sodium recipes for
restricted diets.
QUESTION Becky Nelson, Dresher, would like a
recipe for George Washington cake. She recalls that it
has a pie crust base, cake with a mild spice center and
chocolate icing.
QUESTION Janet Speck, Hopewell, N.J., would
like a German recipe for pickling pigs feet in a gallon jar.
QUESTION A Glen Rock reader would like a
recipe for dill green tomatoes.
QUESTION Beth Coyne, Downingtown, writes
that she has a Chambers stove from the early 19505. Its
features include a soup well and a broiler/griddle. She
would like information on parts and operating instruc
tions. Send name and address only.
QUESTION—Debbie Hinton, Dayton, Va., is looking
for a cherry leaf mold and other fancy pastry molds or
ideas. If you can help, please contact Carl E. Allman Sr.,
Rt.l, Box 277, Dayton, Va. 22821.
QUESTION—A reader would like recipes for schnitz
and knepp, and for schnitz pie. ”
QUESTION Blanche Morgan, Hegins, would like a
recipe named The Cake of the Year, which appeared in
a woman’s magazine in the late 1940 s or early 'sos. She
recalls that it was an easy recipe with mostly 1 cup, 1
teaspoon and 1 tablespoon measurements.
QUESTION—SonjaZehr, Croghan, NY, would like a
good, heavy textured sour dough rye bread recipe. It is
unlike the commercial breads sold in stores. It is often
called Jewish rye. Also, she would like a pumpernickel
bread recipe.
QUESTION Samuel Cacciutti, Bala Cynwyd,
would like to show Boy Scouts how to make soap. He
needs a recipe for homemade soap.
QUESTION Marian Mosemann. Lehighton, would
like jam and jelly recipes for ground cherries and for
American persimmons.
QUESTION Mrs. Lewis Kofron, Claymont, De.,
would like a recipe for rice dressing used for Cornish
hens.
QUESTION—G. Snyder, Mechanicsburg, would like
the recipe for Joe Patemo’s wife’s orange bread. It uses
an entire orange in the bread and won a recipe contest.
QUESTION—G. Snyder, Mechanicsburg, would like
recipes for Cashew Nougats and for Peanut Butter Nou
gats that taste like those made by Archway and sold in
the stores during the Christmas holidays.
QUESTION Anne Van Allen, Woodbine, Md.,
would like a recipe for hermit cookies similar to those
made by Friehofer Bakeries.
QUESTION Cissy McKeon, Birdsboro, lost her
mother’s recipe for making pearl tapioca pudding. It's
her dad’s favorite recipe. She remembers the pearls
were soaked for a number of hours before being mixed
with other ingredients. Then the pudding was oven
baked.
ANSWER—For those who missed the correction for
the Baked French Toast recipe from Ruth and James
Horsch, here it is again. The recipe should include 5
eggs. Sorry, forthis error, but eggs were not included in
the original copy.
ANSWER A Lancaster readerwould like a recipe
for granola bars that are chewy like the Quaker's brand.
Thanks to Denise Wenger, Mitflintown, for sending a
recipe that she said is delicious.
Cook’s
Question
Comer
IVi pounds marshmallows, melted
% cup margarine, melted
Melt together marshmallows and margarine. Add
V* cup vegetable oil
'A cup honey
Y i cup peanut butter
In another bowl, combine:
9Vi cups rice crispy cereal
5 cups oatmeal
1 cup crushed peanuts
IVt cups raisins
1 cup coconut
1 cup graham crackers, crumbled in pieces
1 cup chocolate chips or M&M’s
Mix with marshmallow mixture.
ANSWER Fannie Landvater, Elizabethtown,
requested a persimmon cookie recipe. Thanks to Anne
Van Allen, Woodbine, Md., Evelyn Yoke, Dover; and to
Elizabeth Breneman, Millersville, for sending recipes.
Also. Marian Mosemann wanted recipes for for Ameri
can persimmons. Mrs. Allen, who harvests her own per
simmons. said that persimmon pulp can be substituted
for pumpkin and applesauce in cake and cookie recipes.
1 cup persimmon pulp (directions follow)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg, beaten
1 cup sugar
'A cup oil
8-ounces pitted dates, finely snipped
1% cups flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
V* teaspoon cloves
1 cup walnuts or pecans
Use fully ripe persimmons. Cut in half and scoop out
pulp with spoon. Discard skin, seeds, and stem. Blend in
blender, a portion at a time until smooth. For each cup,
stir in 1 % teaspoons lemon juice. Generally, three large
persimmons make a cup of pulp.
in large bowl, beat together egg, sugar, oil. and dates.
In another bowl, stir together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg,
cloves and nuts. Add persimmon pulp and baking soda.
Stir into date mixture just until blended. Spread mixture
on greased 10x15-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25
minutes. Let cool on rack 5 minutes. Prepare glaze to
spread over cookies and glaze. Let cool completely. Cut
into 2x2/2 -inch bars. Store covered.
Lemon glaze: Stir together 1 cup confectioners sugar
and 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
Persimmon Cookies
Vi cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup seeded persimmons
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon-vanilla
Vi teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
% teaspoon baking soda
Vi cup chopped nuts
Vi cup coconut
Cream sugar and shortening. Add egg and vanilla.
Beat well. Stir baking soda into persimmon and add to
sugar mixture. Blend in baking powder and salt. Add
nuts and coconut, mix well. Bake in 375 degree oven for
12 to 15 minutes.
ANSWER Gladys Foster, Towanda, requested a
recipe for sugar cookies that has vinegar as one of the
ingredients. Thanks to Codelia Wolfe, Seven Valleys for
sending a recipe.
VA cups sugar
1 cup shortening
3 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup vinegar milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 cups flour
Organ) shortening and sugar. Adcf eggs and beat
well. Mix baking soda with milk. Add to creamed mix
ture. Add vanilla. Sift'salt, baking powder and flour. Add
to creamed mixture. Drop by spoonfuls on baking sheet.
Sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12
minutes. (For a puffier cookie, chill the dough for several
hours before baking).
Granola Bars
Persimmon Bars
Sugar Cakes
(Turn to Pago B 9)
Codella Wolfe
Seven Valleys
Kitchen
(Continued from Pago B 6)
PILGRIM POT PIE
2 cups leftover cooked tuikey
1 cup tuikey gravy
'A cup frozen peas, thawed
14 cup sliced green onions,
divided
'A cup raisins
4-ounces sliced pimentos,
drained
1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
'/• teaspoon pepper
1 box com muffin mix
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
Paprika, as needed
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In
large bowl, mix turkey, gravy,
peas, /* cup green onions, raisins,
pimientos. thyme, and pepper.
Spoon into greased 9-inch square
baking dish; set aside. In medium
bowl, mix com muffin mix, egg,
milk, and the remaining '/ cup
green onions. Spread over turkey
mixture; sprinkle with paprika.
Bake about 30 minutes until tuikey
mixture is bubbly and pick inserted
into combread center comes out
clean.
Serves 4 to 6.
PUMPKIN PIE
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
3 cups cooked pumpkin
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 scant tablespoon flour
'A teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons vanilla
'/a teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
2 9-inch unbaked pie shells
Mix in order given and pour into
pie shells. Bake until set at 425
degrees for 10 minutes and then at
350 degrees for 30 minutes
approximately.
Elizabeth Auker
Manheim
Giving Thanks
Without
Gaining Weight
SOUTHAMPTON (Bucks Co.)
To reduce calories while enjoy
ing your Thanksgiving feast, try
the following tips;
* Serve raw vegetables and
fruits instead of high-fat crackers
for before dinner snacks. Use
yogurt, blended with cottage
cheese and Mexican salsa for low
fat dips.
* Champagne and wine,
blended with, respectively, juice
or club soda, have less calories
than cocktails.
* Remember that in most
recipes two egg whites can replace
one whole egg, and skim milk
works as well as whole.
• Don’t eat the turkey skin,
which contributes about one-third
the fat in a typical serving of
poultry.
* For low-fat pie crusts, used
crushed graham crackers mois
tened with fruit juice and then
baked.
The feast is derived from the
Latin “Festus” meaning joy, so get
up early to start oiganizing pots
and pans and ENJOY!
You are what you
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