818-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 19, 1993
Recipe
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BEEF STROGANOFF
SANDWICH
2 pounds ground beef
'A cup onion, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
'A teaspoon garlic powder
Vi teaspoon pepper
1 loaf French bread
Butter, softened
2 cups sour cream
2 tomatoes, seeded and sliced
1 large green pepper, diced
3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
In a large skillet, brown ground
beef and onion. Drain. Stir in salt,
garlic powder and pepper. Cut
bread in half lengthwise; butter
both halves and place on cookie
sheet. Add sour cream to meat
mixture; after mixing well, spoon
onto bread halves. Sprinkle with
tomatoes and green pepper and top
with cheese. Bake at 350 degrees
for 20 minutes or until cheese is
melted (bake longer for crispier
bread). Yield: 8-10 servings.
Variation: After adding sour
cream to beef mixture, you can
also serve it over buttered noodles
with the bread on the side for a
delicious meal.
/ have been living in Illinois
since July 1992. Although I do live
in a rural area and it is very pretty,
it is nothing compared to the
mountains of Pennsylvania and the
countryside of Lebanon County,
where I grew up on a dairy farm.
Even though it was a hard decision
for me to make when I moved here,
I knew I was supported by my fami
ly and friends. One friend in parti
cular was my best friend and col
lege roommate for three years. We
both had our "oldfaithful” recipes
that we liked to make, and this was
the one that she enjoyed prepar
ing. I owe her a lot for sharing all
my ups and downs during our col
lege days. Thanks for everything,
Madge! You're a terrific friend.
Angie Bollinger
Morrison, IL
NICE AND EASY
CHEESECAKE
Yellow cake mix
4 eggs
16-ounces cream cheese
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
'A cup sugar
V/i cup milk
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 teaspoons vanilla
1 can pie filling.
Reserve 1 cup dry cake mix.
Add 1 egg and oil to the remaining
cake mix, mix together. Press on
bottom and sides of 9x 13-inch pan.
Blend cheese, sugar, 3 eggs, and
reserved cake mix. Beat one
minute on medium speed. Turn to
slow speed, add milk, vanilla, and
lemon juice. Mix until smooth.
Pour into pan. Bake at 300 degrees
for 50 minutes or until center is
firm. Chill top with pie filling.
/ hope you enjoy this recipe. We
like it with pineapple.
My husband Cloyd and I live on
a 300-acre dairy farm in Spring
hope. The farm has been in the
family for more than 100 years.
Even thogh we farm our land, the
surrounding land is apple trees.
You should see it in the springtime.
I was rased in the city and while
our 4 children were growing up, I
worked at other jobs. Now they
have jobs and have moved away. I
work full time on the farm.
Theresa Leppert
Schellsburg
Three-year-old Cole Nicholson likes to make sure things
get done on the farm. Here he Is with his father Mark and
grandfather Paul.
CREAMY CHEESY
POTATO SOUP
4 baking potatoes
Vi cup butler
% cup flour
6 cups milk
J /< teaspoon salt
'A teaspoon pepper
Dash garlic, optional
4 medium onions, chopped
12 slices bacon, cooked and
crumbled
114 cups shreded Cheddar
cheese
'/< cup Parmesan cheese
8-ounces sour cream
Bake potatoes until soft. Cut
lengthwise, scoop out pulp, and
slightly mash.
Melt butter in saucepan, add
flour and stir until smooth. Gradu
ally add milk, stirring until mixture
is thick and bubbly. Add potato
pulp, salt, pepper, onion, bacon
and cheese. Cook until thoroughly
heated, stir in sour cream. Add
extra milk for desired thickness.
Steamed vegetables such as broc
coli and cauliflower can also be
added, if desired.
My husband Mark and his
father, Paul, own and operate a
300-acre dairy farm, called Dar
lawn Farm. Mark and I have two
children, Cole will be three in July,
and Katie is one year old. Cole
likes to be with his father and
grandfather as much as possible.
Mrs. Mark Darling
Nicholson
LIGHTNING CAKE
I'/icups flour
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
'A teaspoon salt
'A cup butter
2 eggs
Milk
1 teaspoon flavoring
Sift together flour, sugar, baking
powder, and salt, three limes. Melt
butter in a one-half pint measuring
cup. Break in eggs and fill cup with
milk. Add flavoring and stir into
flour. Beat about five minutes until
light. Bake in a loaf tin in a 350
degree oven.
This cake may be baked in small
muffin pans. It is delicious with
boiled white, chocolate or maple
icing.
One egg only may be used if one
teaspoon of baking powder is
added in place of egg omitted.
We have a 360-acre dairy. It is
called Triple-M-Farms. My hus
band, Earl, and our two sons,
Frank and Earl, fanned it until my
husband died two years ago. Now
our sons farm it We have 60 Hols
tein milking cows and 60 young
cattle.
Marion Messersmith
New Albany
APPLE COBBLER
4 cups thinly diced and pared
apples
A cup sugar
A cup walnuts
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 egg
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup sugar
A cup cream or milk
1 cup flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking powder
'A teaspoon salt
'A cup walnuts
Place apples in a 2-quart but
tered casserole. Mix and sprinkle
'A cup walnuts, A cup sugar and
cinnamon over apples. Beat egg;
add cream and butter. Add dry
ingredients and 1 cup sugar all at
once.
Sprinkle with '/ cup nuts. Bake
at 325 degrees for 55 minutes.
Serve with whipped cream or ice
cream.
My husband Karl was a world
War ll veteran. We have been mar
ried 52 years.
After he came home from ser
vice, we movedfrom Hazen, NJ. to
Truxton, N.Y. and started farming
on a shoe string. We farmed about
40 years and raised four daught
ers. Time has sure changed since
we started farming.
Vera Scott
Cortland, NY
RHUBARB CHERRY
CRUNCH
1 cup flour
V< cup oatmeal, uncooked
1 cup brown sugar
'A cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 cups diced rhubarb
V* cup sugar
2 tablespoons flour
1 can cherry pie filling
Ice cream or milk
Mix until crumbly, flour, oat
meal, brown sugar, butter, and cin
namon. Press half of crumbs in a
large greased baking dish. Mix
together rhubarb, sugar, and flour
and put on top of crumb layer.
Spread pie filling on rhubarb. Top
with remaining crumbs. Bake at
350 degrees for 45 minutes. Serve
with milk or ice cream.
We are dairy farmers who live
near Elverson. My husband, Dave,
and I have two children, Yvonne,
almost 4, and Rochelle, 15 months.
With the help of Dave’s father, we
milk about 45 cows and farm about
100 acres.
Mrs. David Stauffer
Elverson
MOM’S SPECIAL LASAGNA
1 pound ground beef
Vi cup onion, chopped
10Vi ounces spaghetti sauce
2 teaspoons dried or sweet basil
2 teaspoons oregano
8 ounces lasagna noodles
1 tablespoon cpoking oil
Vi teaspoon salt
2 eggs
24 ounces small curd cottage
cheese
V* cup grated Parmesan or
Romano cheese
Vi teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons dried parsley
flakes
1 pound shredded mozzarella
cheese
4Vi ounces pepperoni, sliced
and quartered
Brown ground beef and onion.
Drain off fat. Stir in spaghetti
sauce, basil and oregano. Cook,
simmer for 15 minutes, stirring
often. Meanwhile cook noodles
until tender in boiling salted water
with cooking oil added to water.
Drain, rinse noodles. Beat eggs,
cottage cheese, Vi cup parmesan or
Romano cheese, parsley and
Vi teaspoon pepper. Layer half of
the noodles in a 13x9x2-inch bak
ing dish. Spread half of cottage
cheese mixture. Add half of moz
zarella cheese, pepperoni, and
meat sauce. Repeat layers.
Sprinkle remaining parmesan on
top.
Bake at 375 degrees for 30 to 35
minutes or until heated through.
Let stand 10 minutes. Makes 10
servings.
My husband Bob and / recently
started farming in July 1992.
Being formerly of Berks County,
we had what most young married
couples dream of: a new home,
good careers, and a happy mar
riage. Somehow something was
missing in our lives. We wanted to
start a family, but it never seemed
to be the right lime.
Bob grew up on a dairy farm
and remembered what it was like
being on the farm as a child. This
prompted him to have the dream of
someday farming himself.
Thanks to the Lancaster Farm
ing and a good Realtor, we found
Somerset County, where we now
reside.
Some people thought we were
crazy, but I can tell you we have
never been happier. That void in
and Lori Renno were never happier until they began
farming.
our lives has been filled and a
longtime dream has been fulfilled.
Lori Renno
Stoystown
Amanda Martin
CHOCOLATE CHIP
COOKIES
1 % cup flour, sifted
1 teaspoon baking soda
'A teaspoon salt
Sift together flour, baking soda,
and salt. Set aside. Cream together;
'A cup butter
'A cup peanut butter
Gradually add:
Vi cup sugar
'A cup brown sugar, firmly
packed
Cream well and add:
1 egg, unbeaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons milk
Beat well. Blend in dry ingre
dients gradually. Mix thoroughly.
Stir in one cup chocolate chips.
Shape by rounded teaspoonful into
balls. Roll in a dusting of sugar.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 37S degrees for about 8
minutes. Makes a soft cookie that
is best when eaten a little warm.
/ live on a dairy farm with my
parents, Kathy and Gene. / have a
sister Allison and a brother Andy.
I'm a member of No-So-Ann 4-H
Dairy Club. I have a cow named
Angel. She likes to produce milk.
Here, is my favorite recipefor cho
colate chip cookies. Please use
real dairy products when making
these cookies.
Amanda Martin
Lebanon
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