.ancaster Farming, Saturday, July 3, 1993
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, Eph
rata, PA 17522. There’s no need to send a SASE. If we re
ceive an answer to your question, we will publish It as
soon as possible.
Answers to recipe requests should be sent tothe 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 Kozlowski, Kingsby, would like a
recipe for mousse such as that served at Ponderosa.
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 —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 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 _ substitute half of the white flour with whole wheat when
baking a chocolate cake.
QUESTION Anne Nolt, Reinholds, would like a recipe
for mint lemonade made with spearmint or peppermint mea
dow tea and lemonade.
ANSWER Jeanette Babson, Ottsville, wanted a recipe
for salt pickles, which uses rock salt and grape leaves.
Thanks to Anne Nolt, Reinholds, for sending a recipe.
100 medium-sized cucumbers
'h cup salt
4 quarts water
Cherry or grape leaves
Dill
10 quarts water
1 quart vinegar
2 cups- salt
Garlic
4 small hot peppers
Wash cucumbers and leave whole. Make a brine by adding
'A cup salt to each 4 quarts water.
Cover cucumber with brine and soak overnight. Combine
Cook's
Question
Comer
Winter Dill Pickles
vinegar, water, and salt; bring to a boil. Let liquid stand
overnight.
In the morning, drain the cucumbers and pack them in
stone or glass jars between layers of grape or cherry leaves.
Add dill, garlic, and a hot pepper to each jar. These may be
kept indefinitely without sealing them.
ANSWER Elsie Austin, Columbus, wanted some good
coffee cake recipes. Thanks to Thelma Musser, Pine Grove;
Judy Stayman, Chambersburg; and Kim Kernick, Center Val
ley, for sending recipes.
3 A cup sugar
I'A cups flour
I'A teaspoon baking powder
'/: teaspoon salt
% cup shortening
1 egg
Vi cup milk
Spread half of batter in greased Bxl2-mch pan. Put on half
of topping. Repeatwith batter and then topping layers. Swirl a
little with fork.
Topping:
'A cup brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 tablespoons water
Buttermilk glaze;
1 cup sugar
Vi cup buttermilk
'A teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla
Vi cup butter
Combine ingredients and boil for 1 minute. Pour hot sauce
over warm coffee cake.
Apple Coffee Cake
2 cups biscuit mix
3 tablespoons sugar
1 egg
% cup milk
2 cups thinly sliced pared apples
2 tablespoons chopped
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 9x9-inch pan. Mix bak
ing mix, sugar, egg, and milk. Beat for 30 seconds. Spread
half of batter in pan. Arrange all apple slices on batter.
Topping:
% cup butter
% cup biscuit mix
% cup brown sugar
1 teaspoons cinnamon
14 teaspoon nutmeg
Mix topping until crumbly. Sprinkle half of topping on
apples. Spread remaining banter over topping. Sprinkle with
remaining topping and nuts. Bake for 25 minutes at 400
degrees.
Good Morning Coffee Cake
2Vi cups flour
I'A cups sugar
3 /« teaspoon salt
3 A cup shortening
2 teaspoons baking powder
a /« cup milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3-ounces cream cheese, softened
14-ounces sweetened condensed milk
'/i cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons cinnamon
29-ounce can peaches or apple pie filling
1 cup nuts, chopped
Vi cup brown sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, combine flour,
sugar, and salt; cut in shortening until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup
crumb mixture. To remaining crumbs, add baking powder,
milk, eggs, and vanilla. Beaton medium speed for 2 minutes.
Spread into greased 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake 25 minutes.
In small bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in milk; stir
in lemon juice, peaches, 'A cup nuts, and 1 teaspoon cinna
mon. To reserved crumbs, add 14 cup nuts, 1 cup cinnamon,
and brown sugar. Spoon peach mixture over cooled cake.
Sprinkle with crumb mixture. Bake 35 minutes longer. Serve
warm.
Grandma’s Sugar Crumb Cake
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
s /« cup butter
2 eggs
1 cup milk
3 teaspoons baking powder
Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and butter into crumbs.
Take out 1 cup of mixture for top. Mix milk and beaten egg with
remaining mixture. Place in ungreased pan. Put crumb mix
ture on top. Bake at 350 degrees in an BxBx2-inch pan for
about 40 minutes. \
Do not let batter get soft in advance or mixture will not be
crumbly. \
Susan’s Coffee Cake
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CREAM CHEESE CAKE
Crust:
VA cups graham cracker
crumbs
3 tablespoons sugar
'/> cup melted butter
Filling:
3-8 ounce packages cream
cheese*
1 cup sugar
5 eggs*
2 teaspoons vanilla
Topping;
3 cups sour cream -
1 teaspoon vanilla
'/> cup sugar
‘-room temperature
Line 9x13-inch pan with crumb
mixture. Press firmly to bottom.
Put cheese in mixer bowl, gra
dually add sugar. Add eggs one at a
time. Mix well after each addition.
Add vanilla and pour in pan.
Bake at 300* for one hour. Cool
5 minutes. Combine topping ingre
dients and pour over cream cheese
cake and bake five minutes longer.
Debra Reinert
Alburtls
If you’re packing a basket for
a summer picnic but have grown
tired of the usual picnic fare, try
the following sandwich ideas.
They can be prepared the night
before, wrapped tightly and fro
zen. By the time you spread the
blanket under your favorite tree
and chase away the ants, the sand
wiches will be defrosted and ready
to eat
• Double Cheese ’n Turkey—
spread light rye or whole wheat
bread with mustard, top with thin
ly sliced deli turkey and Swiss and
Colby cheeses. Pack lettuce and
tomato slices separately.
• Date with a Ham Sandwich
spread date bread with cream
cheese and orange marmalade; top
with shaved deli ham.
Delta Communications’ New
Product News, which trades new
product introductions in super
markets, gourmet stores, natural
food stores and drug stores,
reports that 1,320 new dairy pro
ducts were introduced in 1992.
In 1975, the average Ameri
can worked 9.8 minutes to purch
ase a half-gallon of milk. In 1991,
that same American worked only
7.2 minutes for the same purchase.
According to the International
Ice Cream Association (IICA):
• Nearly one-third of American
households consume at least one
gallon of ice cream and related
products every two weeks.
More pints of ice cream are sold
in very large cities, while more
quarts of ice cream are sold in
medium-sized cities.
• Approximately 10 percent of
the total milk produced in the U.S.
is used in ice cream products.
Myth or fact?
• If you kill a toad your cows
will go dry.
• If it thunders heavily, it will
sour the milk.
• The first time a heifer has a
calf, the owner should take the
first milking and throw it into run*
ning water. If this is done, the
heifer will always give milk until
her next calf is bom.
* It is bad luck for twin calves
to be bom.
• When a farmer is about to sell
a cow, he must not milk her on the
morning of the sale or he will have
no luck in selling her.
(Sara Rath, About Cows,
Northward Press, Inc., Minocqua,
Wise., 1987.)