88-Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 26, 1993 If you are looking for a recipe but cant find it, send your-recipe request to Lou Ann Good, Cook’s Question Comer, in care of Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 609, Eph rata, PA 17522. There’s no need to send a BASE. If we re ceive 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 Mae Pugh would like a recipe for chicken rice soup like that served at Ponderosa. QUESTION Mrs. Kenneth Ulmer, Waymart, wants a recipe to can a mixture of mushrooms, onions, green pep pers, and oil in pint jars. QUESTION Patricia Corkell, Henderson, Md., would like a recipe for pickled garlic. QUESTION Patricia Davis, Dillsburg, wants to know where to buy pasteurized egg whites. QUESTION —Sherry Craner, Bridgeton, N.J., would like a recipe for chocolate pasta, made with wheat flour. It is used for a dessert topped with sauteed strawberries and white chocolate. QUESTION Lisa Kerrigan, Bath, would like a recipe for Kosher Dill pickles that taste like the Claussen pickles that are stored in the refrigerator. QUESTION Melanie Koziowski, Kingsby, would like a recipe for mousse such as- that served at Ponderosa. QUESTION Jeanette Babson, Ottsville, would like a recipe for salt pickles, which uses rock salt and grape leaves. The original recipe was made in a barrel and the pickles were very crisp and sour. QUESTION —Jessie Mayall, Mansfield, would like a good recipe for a potato bun that has frosting drizzle on top. Jessie remembers when she was little, a friend’s mother always had a big plate of these on the table. QUESTION —Eleanor Hertzog, King of Prussia, would like a recipe for 7-grain bread using sesame seeds, caraway seeds, and it looks like rye bread. QUESTION Estella Fink, Allentown, would like a recipe for Apricot Crumb Pie. QUESTION Pauline Fox, Bangor, wants a recipe for Lobster Bisque such as that served at the Nittany Lion Inn at State College. QUESTION Geraldine Long, Elkton, Md., would like recipes for cooking October beans. Also, how should they be planted and cared for. QUESTION Mrs. Norman Brown, Clementon, N.J., would like to know where to purchase dried mushrooms in bulk. QUESTION —Helen Hess, Washington Boro, writes that a recipe for a fermented fruit sauce to top desserts had appeared in this column some months ago. She thought she clipped it but cannot find it. If any readers have the recipe to which she is referring, please send a copy. QUESTION—Louise Graybeal, Renick, W.Va., would like a recipe for bread sticks such as those served by Pizza Hut. QUESTION—Louise Graybeal, Renick, W.Va., would like to know if Red Seal Lye is still on the market and where she can find it. QUESTION Debra Shultz, Halifax, would like a recipe with main ingredients of tortellini or pasta, spinach, red cab bage, and Ranch Dressing. Is anyone familiar with this salad? QUESTION Marie George, Churchville, is looking for a recipe for peach or apple long cake. It is made with raised dough but rolled very thin. QUESTION Joan Powers, Townsend, Del., would like recipes for turkey sausage and for using ground turkey. QUESTION Bette Lawrence, Honesdale, would like a recipe for strawberry rhubarb custard pie that uses tapioca. QUESTION Bette Lawrence, Honesdale, would like a recipe for pineapple pie using cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk. QUESTION Marie George, Churchville, would like jam and jelly recipes using grape juice to replace all the sugar in the recipe. QUESTION Martha Weaver, East Earl, would like a recipe for graham crackers that taste like real honey grahams. She writes that this is a favorite bedtime snack with milk for her children. She sends this tip for adding more fiber to your diet replace half of the white flour with whole wheat when baking chocolate cake. Cook’s Question Comer Dairy Drawing Recipes Melt butter in baking dish, pour macaroni into melted butter, stir, until butter coats macaroni. Slice cheese and cut each slice into fourths. Add salt, pepper, cheese and cold milk to macaroni. Bake covered at 325* foV 114 hours. Stir while baking. (Continued from Page B 6) EASY MACARONI AND CHEESE 3 tablespoons butter 2/4 cups uncooked macaroni 1 teaspoon salt * '/< teaspoon pepper 1 quart milk Vi pound Velveeta cheese ANSWER Karen Yourga wanted to know how to can strawberries in a glaze. Here are two recipes from Ephraim Zook, Lititz, and from Naomi Miller, Christiana. Canned Strawberries 6 cups water 4 cups sugar 3 tablespoons Clear jel 1 box Danish dessert 6 quarts strawberries Cook water, sugar, Clear jel, and Danish until thick. Pour over strawberries. Makes 7 quarts. Cold pack 10 minutes or boiling water bath. Strawberry Glaze To each quart of berries add: % cup sugar '/« cup tapioca Water, as needed Cook 15 to 30 minutes and put in jars to seal ANSWER Elsie Austin, Columbus, wanted some good coffee cake recipes. Thanks to Fran Shertzer, Willow Street, for sending what she calls the best recipe that she has ever found and also quick and easy to make and to Martha Weav er, East Earl, for sending her favorite. 2% cups light brown sugar IVa cups butter 3 cups flour Mix together brown sugar, butter, and flour. Set aside 1 cup of mixture for crumbs on top of the cake. To the remaining mixture, add the following: 1 ’/a tablespoons vinegar VA cups milk I’/a teaspoon baking soda Mix well. Pour into greased and floured 9x13-inch pan. Top with crumbs and cinnamon. Nuts or coconut is optional. Bakf at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. German Coffee Cake 2 cups flour I’/sCups sugar 3 eggs Vi cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla Vi teaspoon salt 1 quart fruit pie filling Combine flour, sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla, and salt and beat. Reserve 1 cup batter for top. Pat remaining batter into bottom of 9x13-inch greased cake pan. Pour pie filling on top. Dot with reserved batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. ANSWER —Here is a recipe in time for the strawberry sea son. Thanks to Chris Griffith, Lothian, Md., for sending it. Strawberry Crown Trifle Cake 1 cup sifted cake flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Vi teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter Vi cup milk 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 8-inch round cake pans. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. Heat butter and milk; set aside. Beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla. Add flour mixture. Stir in milk, blend well. Bake 20 minutes. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Pudding: 'A cup sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch '/* teaspoon salt 1 cup milk 2 eggs, beaten 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon vanilla 'A cup whipping cream In pan, combine sugar, cornstarch, salt, and milk. Cook until thickened. Add eggs. Cook 2 minutes. Remove and add butter and vanilla. Cool. Whip cream and add to pudding. 2 cups strawberries 3 tablespoons sugar Crush strawberries and add sugar. Cut each cake layer in half; making four pieces. Fit one layer in a dessert bowl. Top with 1 cup strawberries. Add another cake layer and top with pudding. Add remaining cake layer and top with remaining strawberries. Add final cake layer. Sprinkle with confection ers’ sugar. Top with whipped cream and sliced strawberries. Coffee Cake SCALLOPED POTATOES 3 pound potatoes 4 medium onions, thinly sliced Boiling water 3 teaspoons salt 3 tablespoons butter or margarine Donna Bollinger Lititz TA cups milk 2 tablespoons chopped parsley Preheat oven to 400‘F. Lightly grease 2-quart casserole. Wash, pare, and thinly slice potatoes, measure 8 cups. Cook potatoes and onions, cov ered, in small amount of boiling water with 2 teaspoons salt, about 5 minutes, or until slightly tender. Drain. Melt butter in saucepan. Remove from heat Stir in flour, pepper, paprika, and remaining salt until smooth. Blend in milk. Cook, stirring over medium l ieat, to boiling point, or until Jiickened and smooth. In prepared casserole, layer one bird of potatoes and onions. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon pars ey, top with one third of sauce. Repeat. Then add remaining pota oes and onions, and top with emaining sauce. Bake uncovered 35 minutes, vlakes 6 to 8 servings. My husband and / were both aised on a farm. We now live in the country but not on a farm. Bob (my husband) just loves reading Lancaster Farming every week. I always read the recipes. He is employed in construction and I work in a flower shop. Combine in saucepan and heat on low until it bubbles. Remove from heat and add: 2 cups sugar 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons flour 'A teaspoon pepper '/• teaspoon paprika Rose M. Becker Spring Grove PEANUT BUTTER | MELTAWAY CAKE 1 cup butter '/< cup cocoa 14 cup buttermilk 1 cup water 2 eggs Beat with mixer until smooth. Pour into greased and floured cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes and cool. Peanut butler center: ’ 3 /< cup peanut butter % teaspoon vegetable oil Mix together and spread over cake. Put in refrigerator for 20 minutes. Icing: Heat together; 14 cup butter 14 cup cocoa 6 tablespoons buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 pound confectioners’ sugar Combine ingredients and beat until smooth. Spread over peanut butter layer and refrigerate. Very delicious and goes fast! I live on a dairy farm neat Somerset with my husband, KuH, and 3-year-old son Daniel. I think it’s important to show people what farm life is really lite- We have 175 school children planning on coming to our farm to learn a little of what it'sou about. It's something I feel form families need to do so non-farm folks understand where we are coming from in relating to polities’ laws, etc. Lucinda Walker Somerset (Turn to Pag* B 14)