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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
ceived answer to your question, we will publish it as
soon as possible.
Answers to recipe requests should be sent to the same
address.
QUESTION Helen Kofran would like a recipe for Amish
shredded roast beef salad.
QUESTION—Mary Martin, Annville, would like a recipe for
Moravian pie.
QUESTION Nancy Kring, Johnstown, would like a
recipe for Oriental muffins, a spicy muffin with a brown sugar
bottom.
QUESTION Ann Lincoln, Genesee, lost her Insterella
Mozzarella Cheese recipe that she made from her sweet
Jersey milk. Does anyone have the recipe?
QUESTION —Mrs. Donald Hill, Apalachin, N.Y., would like
recipes for strawberry-rhubarb French toast, rhubarb bar
beque shortribs, and raspberry rhubarb mousse such as that
served at Kling House Restaurant at Kitchen Kettle Village.
QUESTION N.E.K. of Lebanon would like a recipe for
both strawberry and apricot jellies that are made with fruit and
sugar but no thickeners.
QUESTION —A York County reader would like a recipe for
poultry stuffing made from crackers instead of bread.
QUESTION—Joanne Oilier, Dillsburg, would like a candy
roll recipe called Chacona Candy Roll. Her mother made it at
Christmas. Joanne remembers that her mother cooked a mix
ture of brown sugar, dates, and nuts, formed into a roll,
wrapped in a cloth, and refrigerated before slicing—so good!
QUESTION Shirley A. Womer, Hiddleburg, would like a
salsa recipe to can in small jelly jars for Christmas gifts.
QUESTION Sandra Sanger, Lebanon, wants a recipe
for glaze to serve on a ham slice.
QUESTION—Denise Fletcher. Trumansburg, N.Y., would
like a recipe for Kentucky Derby Pie.
QUESTION L. Rapp, Easton, wants a recipe for Mont
gomery Pie with a lemon bottom not molasses.
QUESTION—L. Rapp, Easton, wants a recipe to can Hun
garian wax peppers.
QUESTION Crystal Brant, Red Hill, needs a recipe to
freeze homemade coleslaw. May any type of coleslaw be fro
zen or does it need to be a particular recipe?
QUESTION Dorothy Wilson, Middletown, Del., would
like a recipe for peanut butter pie.
QUESTION Sarah Clark, Breezewood, would like a
recipe to make brownies from cake mixes.
QUESTION A Centre County reader would like a salsa
recipe to can that uses tomatoes, peppers, and spices. Her
family loves salsa on sandwiches.
QUESTION —Cindy Stahl, Elm, would like recipes for sev
eral variations of shoo-fly pie, especially lemon, chocolate,
and coconut shoo-fly pies.
QUESTION Deanna L. Cunfer, Lehighton, would like
recipes for wheat and rye breads make in an automatic bread
machine.
QUESTION Phyllis Stauffer, Seven Valleys, is looking
for a recipe for onion loaf, which can be sliced but is not a
bread.
QUESTION Sandy Bortner, Spring Grove, wants
recipes for rolls with fillings such as nut, poppy seed, apricot
peanut butter, jelly, cinnamon and sugar, which uses frozen
bread loaves.
ANSWER Beulah Beitzel, York, wanted a recipe for vin
egar pie. Thanks to Fran Westfall, Spring Grove, who sent a
recipe taken from a cookbook using mostly recipes from
Arkansas.
2 cups boiling water
'A cup vinegar
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
3 eggs, separated
'/> teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
Beat egg yolks until thicken. Add 1 cup sugar, flour, and
salt. Mix thoroughly. Add boiling water slowly, stirring con
stantly. Add vinegar. Cover with meringue made of 3 egg
whites and 3 tablespoons sugar. Bake in 325 degree oven for
20 mintues. This tastes like lemon meringue.
Cook’s
Question
Comer
Vinegar Pie
Tomato Or ‘Tomahto’?
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) foods. People feared it was a poi- tom teave * of 166 P ,ant ’ eventually
However you say it, the tomato is sonous plant, just like the deadly ‘ urnin B yellow, this pattern woiks
one of the true summer treasures. nighuhaH* which is in the same lts WBy up plant “ loses ii
There are hybrids and non-hybrids plant family. leaves. You could have Tomato
(for those of you who like to save Fortunately for us, there were Scptoria s POt
your own seeds), large ones, small some braver cultures who did use * The fruits develop small
ones, tomatoes of every different the tomato in their cuisine roun <l water soaked spots. Eventu
hutf. acid-flavored and mild-sweet Mediterranean cultures united fruits darkcn 8,1(1 rot - This is
flavored, determinate and indeter- olive oil, basil, oregano, garlic Anthracn ose.
mmatc. Some people grow their parsley, peppers and onions iii * Irrc B ular brown spots show
tomatoes on trellises and other various combinations with the ing on lower leaves, eventually
people let them sprawl. Some tomato. Mexico and the South- causin 8 *e lower leaves to fall
prune their tomatoes during the west contributed the currently off - The stem end of the fruit may
growing season and others don’t popular salsa, combining toma- become Payish green; blossoms
There are few garden crops grown toes and chilies. or y° un B fruit m ay drop. This is
that have as much variety of color. Not so lucky for the inmam are onc of 1,16 blights, either early or
shape, size and method of the pests which have evolved with a^e ‘
growing. it. Take a good look at your plants . * Fusarium Wilt causes the
Americans love their tomatoes,
and well they should, for they ori
ginated in the new world. It had a
slower start in popularity than
some of the other new world
ANSWER—Jannelie Jonrs, Volga, W.V.’, wanted a recipe
for elderberry pie that is not watery. Thanks to Edna Pickel,
Felton, for sending a recipe.
Elderberry Pie
3 cups elderberries
1 cup granulated sugar
Vi cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons apple butter
3 tablespoons tapioca
Dash salt
4 butter chips
Mix together first six ingredients. Let set while making
crust. Line a 9-inch and a 6-inch pie plate with pastry. Fill with
elderberry mixture. Top with butter chips. Adjust top crust.
Sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes.
ANSWER —Sanda Sanger, Lebanon, wanted a recipe for
chicken pot pie that uses potatoes has an ingredient. Thanks
to a reader for sending several.
4 pounds chicken pieces
1 teaspoon salt
6 potatoes, cut in pieces
8 small carrots, whole
2 tablespoon parsley
V 4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
Dough:
2 cups flour
Vi teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 or 3 tablespoons water
Cover chicken with water. Add salt and poultry seasoning.
Cook until tender. When chicken is almost soft, add potatoes
and carrots. To make dough, make a well in flour. Add the
eggs and salt. Work into a stiff dough. Add water as needed.
Roll out dough to Vi -inch thickness.
Cut into 1 -inch squares and drop into boiling broth. Cook 20
minutes. Add parsley before serving.
Deep Dish Chicken Pot Pie
3 cups cubed, cooked chicken
Boil together:
2 cups peas
2 cups potatoes, diced
1 cup sliced carrots
1 tablespoon salt
Put 2 cups chicken broth in pan. When boiling, add 4
tablespoons flour mixed with water to make paste as in mak
ing gravy.
Melt Vi cup butter; add 1 cup onions. Cook until soft. Mix
together all ingredients.
Line cake pan with pastry. Pcur all ingredients into it. Cut
biscuits for top. Bake at 425 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
Pastry:
Cut % cups shortening into:
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons celery salt
Add;
4 tablespoons water as needed.
ANSWER L. Weaver, Ephrata, wanted a recipe for
tomato sauce (similar to Hunt's) to can. Thanks to Sadie Stolt
zfus, Kinzer, for sending a recipe.
3 peppers, chopped
2 onions, chopped
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon garlic salt or powder
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon oregano
3 quarts tomato juice
2 tablespoons sugar
Dash pepper or red pepper
Brown onion and pepper in oil, and add remaining ingre
dients. Bring to a boil and simmer 20 minutes. Thicken with
clear jel. Put in jars and cold pack 10 minutes. Makes 7 pints.
to evaluate potential problems.
Tomatoes arc also prone to a num
ber of diseases.
Look for the following;
■ Small brown spots on the bot-
Chicken Pot Pie
Canned Pizza Sauce
leaves to yellow and droop. Fruit
usually decays and drops. Brown
ish liquid is found within the stem.
• Mosaic Virus which will
bunch or pucker young leaves.
Stunted plants. Sometimes fr:it is
mottled.
If you feel you have a disease
problem with your tomatoes and
are not sure, bring a sample of
your plant to the extension office.
That way you can have it correctly
identified and you will know how
to deal with your specific prob
lem. Rotate your tomato plants
each year, look for disease
resistant varieties, and work with
clean tools and hands in your
garden.
The biggest insect problem you
may find now is the tomato horn
worm. You will know you have
this problem when you discover
1/4 to 1/3 of your tomato plant has
been consumed by something
overnight. Look carefully
throughout the foliage. The worn
is camouflaged and sometimes is
difficult to find. Once found, the
remedy is quite simple. Just pick
and destroy. If you find larvae and
notice still, oblong white cocoons
suspended from the body, it is safe
to leave the worm there. Tht|
cocoons are from a parasitic wasp
that has fed on the worm. Nature
has done your job for you. If thrf
worm is not yet dead, it will be
soon, and you will be releasing
more beneficial wasps into the
environment to continue to help
you in the garden.
The Extension Office has publi
cations on growing, harvesting,
and preserving tomatoes. Come in
to pick up those of interest to you.
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Plant Clinics
And
Horticulture
Problems
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
Good News for folks who can’t
get to the Extension office during
regular office hours. Thanks to the
willingness and interest of our
Master Gardeners, there will be
folks on duty from 9to 11 a.m. on
Saturday mornings from June 11
through July 23 at the Extension
Office in the Agricultural Center
at 2120 Cornwall Road, Lebanon.
You can bring samples of problem
plant materials for diagnosis or
you can call to speak with a Mas
ter Gardener. The extension will
try this new service for 6 weeks to
see if it is a service you find help
ful. There will not be anyone in
the office on the July 2 holiday
weekend.