816-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 6 1993 Cook’s Question (Continued from Page B 8) QUESTION—Here is a non-cooking ques tion from a reader. She wants to know the name and address of a seed company that has a good variety of non-hybrid garden seeds. QUESTION Maria Cook, New Castle, Del., would like a recipe for honey mustard chicken. QUESTION—BIanche Holenbaugh, Carli sle, would like to know how to start yeast to bake bread. QUESTION Trudy Brubacker, Mt. Pleasant Mills, is looking for a chocolate chip cookie recipe that stays soft after they are baked. QUESTION A Bedford County reader would like a recipe for Danish (cheese and fruit filled) similar to those made by Sara Lee and one that can be frozen. QUESTION S. Jones of Limerick would like a recipe for chocolate chip cookies that are made with shortening instead of butter or margarine. The cookies are very chewy. ANSWER Carol Grove, Sommerville, Va„ wanted a cake recipe using applesauce in place of vegetable oil. Thanks to a Bedford reader, for sending a recipe. Moist Cake 1 box Super Moist cake mix 1 tablespoon flour Applesauce Mix cake mix according to directions on box except substitute an equal amount of apple sauce for vegetable oil and add 1 tablespoon flour. Bake according to package directions. ANSWER Willard Hooker, Abingdon, requested a recipe for a good sweet pickle and for dill pickles. Thanks to A. Sauder, Den ver, and to Mrs. Victor Woerner, Gettysburg, for sending recipes. Sweet Dill Pickles 2 cups vinegar 3 cups sugar 2 cups water Cut cleaned cucumbers in 'k -inch chunks. Fill quart jars to the neck. Add to each quart: 'A teaspoon garlic salt 1 teaspoon dill seed Put in hot water bath until just boiling. Remove and allow to seal. Ready to eat in two weeks. Dill Pickles 4 pounds cucumbers 3% tablespoons salt I'A tablespoons mustard seed 2 cups white vinegar 4 cups water 6 cloves garlic (2 per jar) 6 bay leaves (2 per jar) 1 spray dill or stalk 2 teaspoons dill seeds Wash and cut cucumbers in long strips. Pack in jars with cloves of garlic, bay leaves, and dill. Heat to boiling, add salt, mustard seed, vinegar, and water. Pour boiling solu tion l-inch from top of jars and seal. Boil for 5 minutes in canner. Makes 6 pints or 3 quarts ANSWER Alice Steere, Chepachet, Rl, wanted the recipe for the gravy McDonald's serves on its biscuits and gravy around the Columbus, Ohio area. Nobody sent in the recipe, but Sandry Anglemyer of Gilbert writes that the following recipe for sausage gravy is far better than McDonald's and she is certain that Alice will be pleased with it. Thanks to Sandra, who calls herself an expert on saus age gravy, for sending ihe recipe that comes from Walt Disney World. Pioneer Hall Biscuits And Gravy 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk 3 breakfast sausages Salt and pepper, to taste (use more pepper than salt) Hot baking powder biscuits Heat butter in a medium saucepan. Add flour and cook over low heat, stirring constant ly for Bto 10 minutes. Do not allow mixture to brown. Gradually add hot milk to butter-flour mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk, until sauce is thickened and smooth. Simmer for 5 minutes. Strain and keep warm. Remove skin and cut the sausages into small pieces. Brown in skillet until cooked. Drain off fat and add sausage to strained hot gravy. Reheat. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Serve over split, hot biscuits. mmmm I Ijl HAPPENINGS Clover Bunch 4-H Prep Club The Clover Bunch 4-H Prep Club met at the Rutgers Extension Center on February 5. The club elected the following officers: president - Louis Hribik of Neshanic; vice president - Melanie Martin of Ringoes; trea surer - Matt Snyder of Fleming ton; and reporter • Julianne Martin of Ringoes. The program was given by Mrs. Snyder. She distributed the even ing’s activity instruction sheet entitled Earth X-Press’ to each member. The preppeis tore pieces of old newspapers to shreds to make peat pots. This form of recycling uses scraps of news printed paper, hot water, electric hand mixer, strain- Open for Business Milking starts two months early at Cal Poly SLO’s new showplace dairy. By Dennis Halladay After five years of planning and $4 3 million in building costs, even balky cows and the usual parlor start-up ‘surprises' couldn’t put a damper on the festive mood June 4 when the first cows were milked at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s new dairy. It did take some pushing and dragging to load several reluctant Jerseys, and it didn't help that the university and student herds were moving from a 19405-era flat barn to a computerized, state of the art double-8 hemngbone But the Holstems Items Installed By Westfalia Systemat Exit Indexing Herringbone stalls Mclatron 12 milk meters, version "C Slimopuls M stimulating pulsalors Portal Automatic Cow I D Baclron group backflush package CIP Backflush Valves Wide Body Milker Units Receiver Groups Milk Level Controls RPS 5600 vacuum pumps Dual Level Vacurex 10,000 regulator Air Injectors CIP system Computerized Feed System Dairyplan herd management software ///u, Bucket milkers, pulsators, vacuum pump ''fit;. and control for fresh cow bam SHARTLESVILLE FARM SERVICE WALTON’S DAIRY SERVICE Dale Wenger, Craig Luckenbill Gary Walton 717-352-7606 215-488-1025 LEOLA. PA FISHER & THOMPSON, INC. Amos Fisher, Rick Thompson Mark Ressler, 717-656-3307 er or colander, and a paper drink ing cup to form the peat pots. When all this was finished and the peat pots were formed, the members planted seeds in their newly formed planter cups. The business discussed included Prep Camp on April 2-4 at L.G. Cook Camp, Stokes Forest 4-H Horse Clubs Plan Tack Swap Backpackers & Plainfield 4-H Horse & Pony Clubs of North ampton County are sponsoring a tack swap to be held on Saturday, April 10. from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Northampton County 4-H Center located on Bushkill Center Rd., Nazareth. The tack swap is open to any- mostly cooperated and there was LOTS of extra help on hand if needed, so all in all things actually went pretty well Cow comfort is an obvious priority at the new dairy The parlor is spacious and airy, and features rapid-exits and extra wide return lanes Cow traffic alleys are wide and deeply grooved, with high curbs that serve as excellent flush lanes. The two ffeestall bams feature generous standing area and they open into outside exercise lots. There are stalls for 500 head, more than twice the current number of milking cows, and computer feeders are provided I £ ' ' (left photo) Main cow alley Is alto main flush lane from parlor and freestalls. Water flows to solids recovery area, then Into holding pond for reuse as flush.(middle photo) Double-B herringbone parlor Is a showplace. Almost evarythlng that Isn’t tiled Is stainless steel, (far right photo) Computer feeders are Rrovloed for entire herd at rate of 23 ead per station. * INTERSTATE DAIRY micci iwmior da EQUIP. CO. INC. MIFFLINBURG. PA Richard Strite 800-662-6559 WEHR’S DAIRY EQUIPMENT 301-271-7344 Mark Wehr 717-966-1396 /> // •*w/ 'PRPMpm i'TmSt 1 1 J.S. BAKER AGRI-SYSTEMS SEGA John Baker 814-623-2113 717-4 one who wishes to come to sell or to buy various horse related items and apparel. Sale areas will be offered to the public at a cost of $lO per table area. Anyone wishing to sell dur ing the tack swap is encouraged to preregister, because spaces are limited. Any item from small to large may be sold. No live animals will be allowed to be sold at this event. Persons with large equip ment to sell are welcome to dis play it on the open grounds for the registration fee. Food will be available during the tack swap. Anyone wishing further infor mation. direction or registration for this event should call (215) 837-7294. m at the rate of one station per 23 head Situated between the parlor and the frccstall barns is a fully covered maternity and 'individual attention' barn which contains calving pens and mini-corrals that can be used, for instance, to separate cows into research treatment groups. This area also has its own simple two stall milk ing area, complete with a vacuum line and *T"'* electrical service ft/ , W Westfalia Milking Equipi jkt H» *"*' a MW*"* mm * \ SSsw**; m
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