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February. Huummnnnn. Let me
think.
There must be something good
to say about February.
No, no, no! Just kidding! Febru
ary is really a neat sort of month,
an optimistic pause after the post
holiday, end-of-year-wrap-up-lhe
farm accounting, pay-up-the—
annual-tax-estimates deadlines of
January. And it’s Just too pick
one: early, muddy, frozen, wet,
cold, snowy to begin outside
yard and garden work. ,
Besides, a month in which we
pay tribute to fat, furry rodents
whose key purpose in life is to not
see their shadows, and a month in
which we celebrate red hearts and
love is a month obviously
aimed at good humor.
In this brief, little month we
pause to appreciate special mid
winter pleasures. February, for
instance is for enjoying the
chickadees.
A pair of these diminutive, per
ky little forest birds has made
themselves at home at our back
yard birdfeeders this winter. In
past years, the “chicks” only
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arrived to dine on sunflower seeds
when the weather turned snowy,
but they’ve been regulars since
November. Tiny as they are, the
chicks seem to be some of the
most durable of our feathered visi
tors, dining in even the most bitter,
windy weather.
Their favorite feeder is the one
our son crafted a few years ago of
four-inch PVC drainage pipe. In
an ongoing show of aerial acroba
tics, the chicks have perfected fly
ing through the baffles of smaller
plastic pipe, snatching a black oil
seed cn route.
Feisty as they are, the chicka-
dees keep a respectable distance
when the red-bellied woodpeckers
arrive. Equipped with long, lethal
looking bills, the pair of red- •
bellies tolerates no other bird near
the feeder when they’re eating.
Their usual first choice is the ear
of com stuck on a spike up in the
maple tree trunk.
February, is for savoring the
crispness of outdoors, I’ll opt for
cross-country skiing under a clear,
star-speckled sky provided, of
' course, Mother Nature cooperates
with a little snow. While it's
tempting to snuggle up in the easy
chair after chores, a brisk evening
walk or glide makes us fitter crit
ters. And helps counter that weak
ness for late-night snack attacks.
February is for smelling the
flowers.
A half-dozen paperwhite nar
cissus bulbs planted in individual
pots last fall provide this wonder
ful sensory pleasure. By moving
the potted bulbs from cold storage
to kitchen, one at a lime, the
heavenly fragrance given off by
the successive clusters of liny,
white blooms can be stretched out
for weeks.
February is for studying the
seed catalogs. The first arrived
long before Christmas, with others
still trailing. They pile up until
February, when the slightly longer
afternoons of sunshine stir that
inevitable urge to droll over the
latest offerings of plants and
seeds.
February is when my common
sense annually gets suckered in by
poetic promises of perfect
gardens.
February is for the mountains.
For years, we’ve set aside a
weekend in February to spend at
the hunting club cabin. Purpose
i5....t0 loaf. Again, preferably with
snow to ski and sled on the snow
mobile trails and gravel roads that
crisscross the mountains around
the cabin. Minus snow, we hike,
take drives, read (seed catalogs)
and just enjoy sitting by the
window watching the birds and
squirrels.
February is for hot dogs roasted
in the woodstovc and hot choco
late from the microwave, for
cleaning out junk drawers, reading
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Finalists Prepare For
Pot Pie Cook Off
LANCASTER Six non
professional cooks from Lancaster
County have been chosen by Pen
nfield Farms to prepare their best
chicken pot pie recipes while
competing for cash prizes during
the Pennfield Farms Chicken Pot
Pie Cook-Off to be held Monday,
February 15, at the Lancaster Host
Resort, Rt. 30 East.
The first place winner will
receive $3OO. Second and third
place winners will receive $l5O
and $75 respectively. All of the
six finalists will receive coupons
good for Pennfield Farms chicken
products.
Finalists for the Pennfield
Farms Chicken Pot Pie Cook-Off,
which begins at 2:00 p.m.,
include: Mary Frey, Leola; Rober
ta Householder, Lancaster; Dar
lene Noll' Lancaster; Dolors
Oberly, Ephrata; Thomas Stand
ish, Lititz; and Ruth Wanner,
Narvon.
These finalists will prepare
their special chicken pot pie
recipes before seven guest judges,
the media and an eager general
public. An awards presentation
will be made by Pennfield Corpo
ration following the judges’
decision.
Guest judges include: Lancas
ter’s Mayor Janice Stork; Betty
Groff, nationally-acclaimed chef
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and author; C.S. Keys, WGAL
TV on-air personality; Robert
Fenninger, vice president and
executive manager at The Log
Cabin Restaurant; Sue Long, edi
tor of Lancaster County Maga
zine; Lloyd Esh, kitchen manager
at the Bird-in-Hand Family
Restaurant; and Mindy Rottmund,
home economist for Pennfield
Farms.
Judges will choose the best pot
pie based on flavor, ease of prepa
ration, appearance, texture, and
quality of ingredients.
The Pennfield Farms Chicken
Pot Pie Cook-Off is the kickoff
event for the Pennsylvania Dutch
Food Festival held throughout
Lancaster County from February
15-20. In addition to the Cook-
Off, special events include tours
of working farm bed & breakfast
inns, lectures and demonstrations,
PA Dutch specialties at area
restaurants, tours of food process
ing plants and a community dinner
at the Bird-in-Hand Fire Company
to benefit the Fire Company and
the Clinic for Special Children.
Free Pennsylvania Dutch Food
Festival brochures are available at
the Central Market (Spring Glen
Fresh Foods stand) and at the Pen
nsylvania Dutch Convention &
Visitors Bureau, 501 Greenfield
Road, Lancaster or by calling the
Bureau at (717) 299-8901.
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