BiB-L«ncwter Farming, Saturday, Juna 11,1994
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DIRT CAKE
1 pound (about 35) Oreo
cookies
2 small vanilla instant pudding
mix
8 ounces whipped cream
lopping
2 tablespoons butter, softened
I cup sugar
8-ouncc cream cheese
Chop cookies. Save VA cup of
crumbs for top. Put 'A of remaining
crumbs in bottom of 13-inch by
9-inch container. Combine butter,
sugar, and cream cheese until
smooth. Set aside. Prepare pud
ding as directed. Fold in whipped
cream topping. Fold in cream
cheese mixture. Alternate layers of
pudding mixture and crumbs
ending with I'A cups of crumbs.
Can be served in flower pot with
gummy worms and shovel for spe
cial effects.
/ am the mother of a son, Tyler
Zachary, who is 2 months old. I
attend Carroll Community Col
lege. My husband works for a heat
ing and air conditioning company
and a lawn service company.
Mrs. Karen Gartrell
Taneytown, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Gartrell.
EGG CASSEROLE
3 cups cubed bread
2 cups ham
2 cups shredded cheese
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon dry mustard
6 eggs
3 cups milk
Combine flour and mustard.
Sprinkle over bread mixture. Beat
eggs, butter, and milk together.
Bake at 350 degrees for one hour in
an oblong cake pan.
Hello. / live on a farm. I have
five brothers and two sisters. I like
to clean, bake, cook, and sew. I
also like to mow and trim the lawn.
Sarah Ann Lapp
Myerstown
BREAKFAST SANDWICHES
16 slices bread, buttered
8 slices of cheese
1 pound chipped ham
6 eggs
3 cups milk
'A teaspoon salt
A teaspoon dry mustard
1 cup crushed cornflakes
A cup melted butter
Make 8 sandwiches with bread,
ham. and cheese. Put in a big
greased pan. Mix eggs, milk, mus
tard, and salt, and pour over sand
wiches. Refrigerate overnight. In
the morning, mix cornflakes and
butler and sprinkle on top. Bake at
350 degrees for one hour. Serves 8.
This is a real convenient break
fast our family of seven enjoys.
Esther Burkholder
New Providence
Dairy Recipe Extravaganza
OLIVIA’S FLAN
Topping;
2 tablespoons water
A teaspoon vanilla extract
'A cup granulated sugar
Heat water, vanilla, and sugar in
heavy skillet, stirring until mixture
comes to a boil. Slop stirring and
brush down the sugar crystals that
accumulate on the sides of the pan
with moistened pastry brush.
Allow mixture to boil, undis
turbed, until it turns a rich amber
color. Immediately remove pan
from heat, then scrape caramel into
a 9-inch round cake pan, moving
pan to assure complete coverage of
the bottom of the pan.
Filling:
3 eggs
3 egg yolks
V* cup granulated sugar
13/i ounces can evaporated
milk
I cup whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Beat egg yolks and eggs in a
bowl. Add sugar, and heat for one
minute, then beat in remaining
ingredients until combined. Pour
into prepared cake pan and cover
with aluminum foil. Place pan in a
larger pan Tilled with water until it
comes up halfway on the sides of
the cake pan. Bake at 3SO degrees
for one hour or until custard is set.
Cool at room temperature for
'A hour, then cool in refrigerator.
To serve, run a table knife around
the edges and turn out onto a serv
ing plate, if desired. Serves 6-8.
Families are still the greatest
and are a God-given institution. I
am thankful to live in America,
where we have plenty of food to
eat.
God has blessed us with another
spring, with all the beauty of
nature to enjoy. This reaffirms our
faith after a long, hard, cold, icy
winter
Three members of our family
were involved in a car wreck last
June 25. One, a 5-year-old grand
son, was airlifted to Johns Hopkins
Hospital Childrens' Center for a
23-day stay. He spent six weeks in
a partial body cast because of bro
ken vertebrae in his lower back.
He had eight hours of surgery to
remove 28 inches of damaged
intestine. He has recovered com
pletely, thank God. A daughter was
involved in a three-car accident
that caused another lady to be air
lifted to a Baltimore hospital in
September. She has made a partial
recovery. In November, I hit a deer
with fny car It scared me witless,
but I wasn't hurt. The car has been
repaired.
Our lives are still in God’s
hands. He continues to watch over
us and we can sleep peacefully at
night.
I still enjoy all the good recipes!
Olivia Merryman
Whiteford, Md.
From left, Sam Merryman,
abee, George Merryman, and Connie Cox.
LEMON CHEESE CAKE
2/j cups graham cracker crumbs
/] cup butter
/ cup sugar
Mix together and line bottom of
a 9x13-inch pan with crumb mix
ture. Reserve / cup crumb
mixture.
Dissolve:
3-ounce package JeII-0
1 cup boiling water
Gobi. Mix together the
following:
8-ounces cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup sugar
Whip until stiff;
1 can evaporated milk, partially
frozen
Add Jell-0 and cream cheese
mixture. Pour on top of crumbs in
pan. Top with reserved crumbs.
Store in refrigerator until ready to
cal.
My husband, I, our son and
son-in-law farm 2,000 acres. We
grow wheat, barley, corn, and soy
beans. We have three children and
six grandchildren.
This recipe is a wonderful light
dessert.
Nancy B. Miller
Stewartstown
DOUBLE CHEESE
OMELET
16 ounces (1 pound) of bacon
6 eggs
A cup milk
'/a teaspoon garlic powder
15 ounces ricotta cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
'A cup butter
8 ounces shredded mozarella
cheese
1 teaspoon oregano
Prepare bacon as per package.
Beal together eggs, milk, oregano,
garlic powder, salt, pepper, and
ncotta cheese. Blend until smooth.
Heat one tablespoon of butter in
8-10 inch frying pan over medium
heat until hot. Pour in 'A of the bat
ter, which should set at edges at
once. With pancake turner, care
fully move cooked eggs to center,
lililing pan occasionally so
uncooked eggs can flow to bottom.
Springklc 2 ounces mozarella
cheese and place 2-4 strips of
bacon on half the omelet. Slip tur
ner under unfilled side and fold
over filling. Heal 2-3 minutes
before turning onto plate. Keep
warm. Serves 4.
We live on a dairy farm in centr
al Pennsylvania. The majority of
our herd is made up of Jersey
cows. They were happy to go out to
pasture again after such a harsh
winter. We have two boys who
were both born in June, the dairy
month.
Joy Cerrato
Loganton
B. Miller and famli
Nan*
Darrel and Natalie Witmer with 7-year-old twins, jnae
and Oanette, and 5-year-old Derek appreciate living on a
farm.
POTATO CASSEROLE
8-10 medium boiling potatoes
Salt and pepper to taste
8-ounces cream cheese,
softened
2 eggs, beaten lightly
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons minced fresh
parsley
2 tablespoons minced chives
OR 1 small onion, grated
3'/j -ounce can French-fried
onions
Peel and boil potatoes until ten
der. Drain and pul in large bowl.
Beat until smooth; add salt and
pepper, cream cheese, and beat
again. Blend in eggs, flour, pars
ley, and chives, and beat thorough
ly. Check seasonings and turn into
buttered casserole. Spread slightly
crushed onions over top and bake
uncovered at 32S degrees for about
30 minutes until puffy and golden.
farm in Stewartstown.
May be prepared the day before
only adding crushed onions before
putting in oven.
We are dairy farmers in E.
Hempfield Township with about 65
Holstein cows. Our children,
Denae, Danette (twins, age 7) and
Derek (age 5) consider it very spe
cial to he living on a farm. Being
among the minority, their friends
tell them, "You're lucky." My hus
band Darrel and I were blessed to
be raised on the farm and the val
ues we were taught there have
come to mean a great deal to us.
We are grateful our children can
be given the same opportunity.
I especially like this casserole
because I can prepare it ahead oj
time and my family would eat it
every meal.
Natalie Witm«r
ManheiW
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