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Jim Rupert takes
Jonathan for a ride.
WARM AND GOOD
PINEAPPLE CASSEROLE
1 cup granulated sugar
'/S cup butter
4 eggs
/« teaspoon salt
'A cup milk
12 slices bread, cubed
4-ouncc can pineapple chunks
and juice
Mix sugar and butter. Add eggs,
salt, and milk. Stir in bread and
pineapple chunks, including juice.
Pour mixture into 2-quart buttered
casserole dish. Bake at 350
degrees for one hour. Serve warm.
7 his one is a hit at covered dish
get-togethers.
Our family has yet to find our
dream farm, but not from lack of
trying. We've even packed up the
two kids, Michelle, 9, and
Jonathan, 6, and looked in Ken
tucky twice. This is my hus
band's dream. Tm a city slicker
and not too sure what he's trying to
get us into, but we alt love animals
and the outdoors, so we’ll see
We enjoy Lancaster Farming
and I’ve gotten lots of great
recipes from your paper and added
to our family favorites.
Connie Rupert
Lititz
ORIX) COOKIh
DI-.SSI-R I
I uip milk
"> uip peanut butter
X oum.es cream cheese
12 ounces whipped cream
topping
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
W Oreo cookies
Break up cookies. Put on bottom
layer (save few lor top.. Mix
remaining ingredients, then blend
in whipped lopping. Top with
remaining cookie crumbs.
Nancy Hershey
Manheim
COUNTRY CIIKKKK SNACKS
I tup mayonnaise
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
X-ounces cream cheese
2 green onions, minced
Combine ingredients and spread
on party rye bread slices Broil 4
minutes or until browned and
bubbly. Garnish with green olive
slices Makes 4 do/cn
M y hit '.hand John ts a gram and
ha\ grower We live near ihe Fin
ger Lakes, outside Rochester, N Y
Our daughters, Ltnnell, 7, and Ser
na. 4, enjoy helping on the farm
and in the garden In my spare
lime. I make quilts for sale
Barbara Randall
Holcomb, NY
Dairy Recipe Extravaganza
CHEESE SOUP
4 Uips VS.IICr
} chicken houillon cubes
1 onion, chopped
2 cups potatoes, chopped
2 cans cream ol chicken soup
1 bag ol Iro/cn mixed veget
ables (12 ounces)
'/i pound Vclvccia cheese
In a large keltic (about 6 quarts),
cook 2 cups ol water, 2 bouillon
cubes, potatoes, and onions until
soli. (Coarsely mash this with my
old-lashioned potato masher.)
In a smaller kettle (2 quarts),
cook 2 cups’of water, 1 bouillon
cube, and vegetables. Also add a
stalk of broccoli.
When vegetables arc cooked,
add them and the remaining ingre
dients lo the large kettle and sim
mer (do not boil) until heated thor
oughly Add milk il you don’t like
thick soup.
Fat h year I think about submit
ting a ret tpe to this dairy prodiu I s'
salute, but so many of my recipes
t ame from your newspaper 1 1 like
Lancaster Farming’s recipes
bei ause they are my kind of cook
ing , and you never have to go to the
grot ery store for some exotit
ingredient that you will probably
never use again
/ grew up on (in "all-purpose"
farm and married a "town hoy,"
who has me hack on a 5-acre horse
farm MV have four horses, a flock
<>t i hit kens i a is. a dog. and. at
various times we've had sheep,
mule, turkeys, a torn field, an
alfalfa patch, and a large garden
11 u ill not allow ai ow hei an sc I'm
the onls one who know s how to
milk although I drink milk hy the
gallon' I
I he ret tpe I sent I obtained from
my pastor's wife I chose ti
hcmusc tl is one of my 9-year-old
grandson's favorites My husband
alwas s sas s 'No soup in the sum
mer It's too hot '' So last August
when everybody starts teasing kids
about going bai ktosi hoot ‘ ‘No
more swimming, no more vat a
lion eh
my grandson looked
ia me and said, ‘ 7 fun's OK. Mom-
Mom If summer’s over, now we
ion have cheese soup ailin'”
I hank s for all the pood rei tpe s'
Marian Roseboro
Serlta and Llnnell Randall are the daughters of John and
Barbara Randall of Holcomb.
Shawn Louis, 9, is grand
son of Marian Roseboro.
CHOCOLATE PUDDING
CAKE IN
THE MICROWAVE
2 tablespoons butter
In a round microwave cake pan,
melt the butter on high for 45 sec
onds. Set aside.
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
I V* cups hot water
In a 2-cup measure, stir together
the sugar and cocoa. Add water,
stirring to combine. Microwave on
high about 6 minutes until it boils.
Meanwhile, take the melted butter
and add;
1 egg
'A cup milk
A teaspoon vanilla
Stir well, then add dry
ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
'A teaspoon salt
V* cup sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
'A cup chopped nuts (optional)
Stir to mix well and spread
evenly in cake pan. When water
mixture in microwave is boiling,
remove and gently pour over top of
batter in cake pan. Microwave
uncovered on medium for 16
minutes. Rotate every 5 minutes if
your oven cooks unevenly. Let
stand to cool about 10 minutes.
Serve warm with vanilla ice
cream. Serves 6.
Denver
We manage the farm for Philha
ven Hospital. We raise 110 acres
of corn and alfalfa. We milk 100
cows and raise all the heifer
calves. There is a small petting zoo
for the patients to enjoy, which
includes goats, sheep, calves, pigs,
a pony, rabbits, cats, and a dolma
tion dog. We haveS sons ages 11 to
20 years.
Aaron and Ruth Shirk
DIRT PUDDING
2-quarl plastic flowerpot,
unused
Artificial flowers
Child’s sand shovel, unused
16 ounces Oreo cookies,
crushed in food processor
'/< cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese
I cup confectioners’ sugar
2 small packages instant French
vanilla or chocolate pudding
314 cups milk
8 ounces whipped toppings
Beal together butter, cream
cheese, and confectioners’ sugar;
set aside. Beat together pudding
and milk, then add whipped top
ping. Beat together all ingredients
except cookie crumbs.
To assemble, put some of the
cookie crumbs in the bottom of the
flower pot. Pour some of the pud
ding mixture over the top, then
make more layers of cookies and
pudding, ending with cookies.
Wrap flower stems in plastic wrap
and slick into center of pot. For an
extra touch, put some gummy
worms in the dirt. Chill, then serve
with sand shovel.
/ live on a dairy farm with my
parents Kathy and Gene, and my
sister Allison and brother Andy.
I’m a member of No-So-Ann Dairy
Club. I have five Holstein animals,
including a cow named Angel who
likes to produce milk.
DOUBLE DECKER
KNOX BLOX SNACKS
3 envelopes of unflavorcd Knox
3 3-ounce packages flavored
gelatin
2'/i cups boiling water
1 cup heavy cream
Combine Knox with flavored
gelatin in large bowl. Add boiling
water and stir until completely dis
solved. Slowly stir in cream. Pour
in shallow 9x9-inch pan. Chill
until firm. Cut into one-inch
squares.
Lebanon
I enjoy Lancaster Farming
especially Section B. We live in the
country on approximately 10
acres. We have six adult geese, 7
goslings, plus two nesting. Also
have some mallard ducks.
Dottie Kemmerling
New Tripoli
MOTHER'S SUGAR
COOKIES
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon cream or tarter
4 cups flour
Bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15
minutes. Mix eggs, sugar, and
shortening until light and fluffy.
Then alternately dry ingredients
with buttermilk until mixed
together. Add vanilla. Drop on
greased baking sheet.
Jean Runyon
Willow Hill
Add all ingredients in a large
bowl and beat until frothy. Pour
into a punch bowl. Add cinnamon
and nutmeg to taste. Makes about
25 servings.
My family and I live on a dairy
farm in northeastern New York.
We milk about 36 Holsteins, with
some Brown Swiss, Jerseys, and
one Ayrshire. We also have pigs,
goats, a horse, and a pair of mules.
This recipe is great for gatherings
or dairy promotion activities.
Amanda Martin
Leb» r-
OVEN FISH CHOWDER
2 pounds cod or haddock fillets,
cubed
. Put the ingredients and two cups
boiling water in a 3-quart casser
ole, cover and bake in 375 degree
oven for one hour. Then, heal to
scalding:
2 cups light cream
Add to chowder. Serve with
garnish of chopped dill.
We’re a hillside farm in east
central Vermont. We raise
replacement Holstein heifers,
cross-bred beef, and do custom
cropping and maple sugaring in
partnership with my husband's
brother and his wife.
My widowed father-in-law lives
on a smaller place about six miles
from us and at 80 years old still has
more than 20 bred Percheron and
Belgian mares, some of which are
having their first crop of mule
foals.
We're starting the first mowing
today and it looks to be a very
heavy crop.
THE BIG APPLE
1 gallon fresh cold milk
12 ounces apple concentrate
VA quarts vanilla ice cream,
softened
Cinnamon
Nutmeg •
Sarah Van Orden
Catskill, N.Y.
PEANUT BUTTER
CRUNCH PIE
Vi cup peanut butter
'/] cup light com syrup
2 cups rice crispy cereal
1 quart vanilla ice cream, slight
ly sortencd
Mix together ingredients until
cereal is well coated. Put in 9-inch
greased pan. Chill until firm. Add
ice cream. Freeze.
A few minutes before serving,
place on hot, wet towel to remove
pic pieces easily.
We are dairy farmers in North
umberland County.
Lloyd and Verna Zimmerman
Danville
4 potatoes, peeled and cubed
Few celery leaves, chopped
1 bay leaf
2'A teaspoons salt
4 whole cloves
I clove diced garlic
3 onions, sliced
A cup butler
'A teaspoon dried dill seed
'/« teaspoon white pepper
'A cup dry while cooking wine
Lucy Button
Chelsea, Vt.
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