88-lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 7, 1992
If you are looking for a recipe but can’t find it,
send your recipe request to Lou Ann Good, 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 Bonnie Lour Koons, Harrisburg,
would like a recipe for Shoo-fly Bread, that has a texture
similar to pumpkin bread. If we do not receive an answer
to this request within the next two weeks, we will drop it.
QUESTION Evelyn Sutton, Middlebrook, Va.,
would like to know how to make Little Debbie Apple
Delights like those made by McKee Baking Co. of Tenn.
QUESTION Mabel Hammond, Chambersburg,
would like a recipe for dancing snowballs. Please, make
sure the ingredients cause the mothballs to bounce as
some are ineffective because the mothballs’ ingredients
have been changed in recent years.
QUESTION Melva McElwain, White Hall, Md.,'
would like a recipe for potato stuffing like that served at
Miller’s Restaurant in Lancaster.
QUESTION —Connie Frame, Glenmoore, would like
a recipe for a Kentucky Derby Pie.
QUESTION—EIIa Rissler, Port Irevorton, would like
a recipe for blackberry freezer jam for diabetics.
QUESTION Ginny Atkinson, Bridgeton, N.J., was
given some large pieces of ginger root. She would like to
know how to preserve them and'how it can be used.
QUESTION Helen Marks, Pottstown, would like a
recipe for Bear Claws.
QUESTION A diabetic reader requests some
diabetic dessert recipes. She can not use artificial
sweeteners due, to the after taste so she would like
recipes using natural ingredients.
QUESTION Florence Nauman, Manheim, would
like a recipe for mulled cider angel food cake.
QUESTION Nancy Martin, Newburg, would like
several varieties of fudge recipes instead of the usual
chocolate or peanut varieties.
QUESTION Jane Heckman, Effort, would like a
recipe for a white cake that has sour cream in the batter.
After pouring the batter in the baking pan, it is drizzled
with melted chocolate chips and baked. When you eat
the cake, you find swirls of thick chocolate.
QUESTION Jane Heckman, Effort, would like a
recipe for V-8 juice that really tastes like store-bought
V-8 juice. She said that the recipe that appeared in the
paper a few weeks ago did not taste at all like V-8 juice
when she made it.
QUESTION Eppie Eberly, Arbovale, W.V., would
like a recipe for sweet gherkin pickles.
QUESTION E. Hoover, Stevens, would like a
recipe for honey mustard chicken.
QUESTION Anne Good, Lititz, would like a recipe
for sesame chicken soup.
QUESTION Audrey Queitzsch writes that her
daughter who lives in Saudi Arabia wants a soft pretzel
recipe.
QUESTION Kay Whitmore, Damascus, would like
recipes for tea biscuits and chocolate peanut butter pie.
QUESTION Georgia Bond, Gandeeville, W. Va.,
would like a recipe for canning strawberries with epsom
salts.
QUESTION Georgia Bond, Gandeeville, W. Va.,
would like a recipe for chicken pot pie, pepper cabbage,
and funnel cakes like those made by the Grange at the
Reading Fair.
QUESTION Georgia Bond, Gandeeville, W. Va.,
would like a recipe for apple fritters.
QUESTION Mary Ellen Spotts, Boyertown, would
like a recipe for sweet potato pie.
QUESTION Virginia Snyder, Brodbecks, would
like a recipe for caramel popcorn that is made in the
oven. It tastes-like Cracker Jacks.
' ANSWER Mrs. Margaret Kihler, Woodstock, Va.,
wanted a recipe for hominy. Thanks to Rhoda Conover,
Gettysburg, for Sending a recipe for preparing hominy.
Cook’s
Question
Comer
4 ears com, shelled
Simmer shelled corn in water for approximately three
hours with 2 tablespoons baking soda. Cook until shells
come off. Put mixture underneath spigot and run water
over the hominy until shells are off.
ANSWER Bill Stock, Plymouth, wants a recipe for
breakfast sausage and a recipe for smoked Kielbasi.
Sauerkraut and Kielbasa
1 large can sauerkraut, drained
IVt pounds Kielbasa, cut in 3 or 4 slices
2 medium onions, diced
% teaspoon pepper
'A pound bacon
Vi teaspoon caraway seeds
2 cans (sauerkraut-size) water
Fry bacon, remove from skillet and fry onions in
bacon fat. Fry until light in color. Drain and cut in small
pieces.
In large pot, add sauerkraut, caraway seeds, and
pepper. Add onions, bacon grease, and bacon. Fry kiel
basa until brown. Add to sauerkraut. Add water, cover,
and cook for about 2% hours. Serve with mashed pota
toes. Serves 4.
• ANSWER Lori Spigelmyer, McClure, wants a
recipe for Chicken Parmesan, using boneless, skinless
chicken breasts. Thanks to Judi Schaffer, Fogelsville,
and to L Seymore, York Springs, for sending recipes.
Chicken Capri Parmlglana
4 whole boneless chicken breasts
1 cup Ricotta cheese
8 slices mozzarella cheese
1 cup crushed tomatoes
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
% teaspoon salt and pepper
'A teaspoon oregano
Vi to 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Blend ricotta cheese with salt, pepper, and oregano.
Set aside. Rub chicken breasts with garlic powder and
brown in skillet with oil for approximately 12 minutes on
each side. Remove and cool. Place cooled breasts in
baking dish side by side. Spoon Vi cup ricotta cheese,
% cup crushed tomatoes in center of each breast. Top
with two slices mozzarella cheese and cover with Ragu
spaghetti sauce or marinara sauce. Bake in 350 degree
preheated oven 'for 20 minutes. Makes 4 servings.
Chicken Parmesan
1 cup flavored bread crumbs
Vi cup grated parmesan cheese
'A cup margarine, melted
2 teaspoons Oijon mustard
1 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce
Vt teaspoon salt
2% pounds chicken, cut up or boneless chicken
breast
Combine crumbs and cheese in bowt. Combine but
ter, mustard, Worchestershire sauce, and salt; mix well.
Put pieces of chicken in butter mixture then roll in
crumbs.
Place chicken in shallow pan. Pour butter mixture
over chicken. Bake 350 degrees for 1 hour. Baste once
or twice with pan drippings.
ANSWER Marion Huffman, Jonestown, wanted a
recipe for Wm. Penn Chili for hot dogs. Thanks to Rhoda
Conover, Gettysburg, who sent the following recipe. I'm
not sure this is what Marion wanted. If anyone has a
recipe called Wm. Penn Chili for hot dogs that is different
than the following recipe, please send it.
Coney Island Sauce For Hot Dogs
Vi pound ground beef
6 ounce can tomato paste
2'A cups water
V< cup pickle relish
. 1 tablespoon minced onion
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
Vi teaspoon chili powder
% teaspoon sugar
In medium saucepan, cook meat. Crumble with fork
until it loses its color. Add remaining ingredients. Sim
mer. Stir occasionally for 30 minutes. Pour sauce on
grilled hot dog. ,
ANSWER A Bedford County reader wanted a
recipe for Pumpkin Sauce. Years ago her mother-in-law
made it and it was eaten like applesauce. Thanks to
Doreen Schuman, Denton, Md., who writes that any
pumpkin pie recipe can be used to make pumpkin
sauce. Instead of pouring pumpkin pie mixture into a pie
shell, pour into saucepan and cook mixture over
medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook until mixture
starts to bolt. Eat warm or cold. Good over buttered
pancakes.
Hominy
Breads
(Continued from Peg* B 6)
CHEESE BREAD
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon butter
'/ cup honey
1 tablespoon dry yeast
V* cup warm water
'A teaspoon sugar or honey
VA teaspoons salt
1 egg
4 cups white flour
2 cups sharp Cheddar cheese,
grated
Scald milk, stir in butter and
honey; let set to cool to lukewarm.
In large bowl, dissolve yeast
with water and sugar. Wait until
foamy. Add milk, salt, and egg and
mix together. Stir in VA cups flour
and beat for 2 minutes or 200 hand
strokes.
Stir in cheese and gradually add
more flour until it can be kneaded.
Turn out on floured board,
knead until smooth and elastic.
Place in buttered bowl. Turn ball
until greased all around. Cover and
let raise to double in size. Punch
down and let raise again. Butter an
oval casserole dish and shape
dough for dish, brush top wkh but
ter and cover, let rise again until
double.
Bake 350 dgrees for 40 to 45
minutes.
Take out of baking container
and bake on wire rack for last 5
minutes.
LIGHTER BANANA BREAD
3 ripe bananas
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 cups flour
VA teaspoons baking powder
1 h teaspoon baking soda
A teaspoon salt
A teaspoon ground nutmeg
'A teaspoon ground cloves
1 egg
2 egg whites
V* cup sugar
'A cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons buttermilk
Spray a 9xS-inch loaf pan with
vegetable cooking spray. Line bot
tom of the pan with wax paper and
spray lightly again. Puree the
bananas with lemon juice. Sift
together flour, baking powder,
baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and
cloves.
With an electric mixer, beat
together the egg, egg whiles,
sugar, oil, and buttermilk on
medium speed. Beat in bananas.
Slowly add the flour mixture, beat
ing until blended.
Transfer the batter to the pre
pared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for
1 hour. Let cool in pan for 5
minutes before unmolding. Cool
on rack before cutting.
Fern Schlegel
Dalmatia
DINNER ROLL
2 cups milk, scalded
1 tablespoon sajt
1 cup potato flakes
2 eggs, well beaten
'A cup warm water
% cup sugar
'A cup shortening
1 cup cold water
2 tablespoons yeast
B'/> -9 cups Hour
Pour scalded milk over sugar,
salt, and shortening. Dissolve
flakes in water. Add beaten eggs
and flakes. Add yeast and about 7
cups flour with mixer. Add
remaining flour by hand, knead 10
minutes (important). Let rise until
double. Shape into rolls. Let rise 1
hour. Bake at 300 to 325 degrees
for 25 minutes or until golden
brown. Cover with wax paper
while cooling.
Tammy Fox
Myerstown
BJ. Light
Lebanon