Crockpot Specialties
(Continued from Pago BO)
ROAST CHICKEN OR HEN
3-4 pound roasting chicken or
hen
Salt and pepper
Parsley
Butter
Basil or tarragon, optional
Thoroughly wash chicken and
pat dry (patting dry assures good
browning). Sprinkle cavity gener
ously with salt, pepper, and pars
ley. Place in crackpot, dot chicken
breast with butter. Sprinkle with
parsley and basil or tarragon if
desired. Cover and cook on high
one hour, then low for 8 to 10
hours.
Pam Zebley
Northeast, Md.
PORK CHOPS WITH SAUCE
Brown 4 to 8 pork chops well
and season lightly with salt and
pepper. Place in crackpot and cov
er with any one of the following
sauces: 1 can cream of mushroom
soup, 8-ounce jar sweet and sour
sauce, 1 can cream of chicken
soup, 1 can chicken and rice soup,
or VA cups barbecue sauce.
Pam Zebley
Northeast, Md.
MACARONI ’N CHEESE
2 cups macaroni, cooked and
drained
2 tablespoons oil
12-ounce can evaporated milk
1/4 cups milk
3 cups shredded Sharp processed
cheese
V* cup melted butter
2 tablespoons minced onion
Toss cooked macaroni in <2
tablespoons oil Add remaining
ingredients. Pour into lightly
greased crackpot Stir well. Cover
and cook on low on low 3 to 4
hours. Stir occasionally.
Pam Zebley
Northeast, Md.
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A Three Year Period. Beating Such Varieties As Centurion,
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135 And Many Others!!!
Variety
IMPACT
CENTRURION 111%
AGRESSOR
DK 125
APOLLO SUPREME 110%
DK 135
ALFAGRAZE
MULTIKING 1
Resistance To the Major Alfalfa Diseases!!!
PHYTOPHTHORA
ROOTROT
VARIETY
IMPACT
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
SEEDS COMPANY,
647 Georgetown Road, Nazareth, PA 18064
610-837-6311
2 pounds beef chuck or stew
meat, cut in 1-inch cubes
'A cup flour
I'A teaspoon salt
'/a teaspoon pepper
114 cups beef broth
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
1 clove garlic
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon paprika
4 carrots, sliced
3 potatoes, diced
2 onions, chopped
1 stalk celery, sliced
2 teaspoons Kitchen Bouquet
(optional)
Place meat in crockpot Mix
flour, salt and pepper, and pour
over meat; stir to coat meat with
flour. Add remaining ingredients
and stir to mix well. Cover and
cook on low 10 to 12 hours or on
high 4 to 6 hours. Stir stew
throughly before "serving.
Pam Zebley
Northeast, Md.
CROCKPOT SPAGHETTI
1 pound ground beef
2 tablespoons dry minced onion
1 teaspoon salt
!4 teaspoon garlic powder
2 8-ounce cans tomato sauce
1 to 114 teaspoons Italian
seasoning
4-ounce can sliced mushrooms,
drained
3 cups tomato juice
4 ounces dry spaghetti
(l'/4 clips) broken in 4-S-inch
pieces.
Brown ground beef in skillet
and place in crackpot. Add
remaining ingredients except dry
spaghetti; stir well. Cover and
cook on low 6 to 8 hours or on high
3 to 5 hours. Turn to high last hour
and stir in dry spaghetti.
Pam Zebley
Northeast, Md.
3 Year
Average Yield
[Yield % of Check]
113%
111%
111%
109%
108%
106%
VERTICILLIUM
WILT
HR
BEEF STEW
When you find a new
alfalfa that combines
these high yields with
these genetic
defenses - you plant a
winner
FUSARIUM
WILT
BACTERIAL
WILT
HR
POT ROAST OF BEEF
2 to 3 potatoes, pared and thinly
sliced
2 to 3 carrots, pared and thinly
sliced
1 to 2 onions, peeled and sliced
114 teaspoon salt
% teaspoon pepper
3 to 4 pound brisket, rump roast
or pot roast
'A cup water or beef consomme
Put vegetables in bottom of
crackpot Salt and pepper meat
then put in pot Add liquid Cover
and cook on low 10 to 12 hours or
on high 5 to 6 hours. Remove meat
and vegetables with spatula and
thicken for gravy if desired. With
out vegetables: season roast with
salt pepper, and any other favorite
seasonings. Add no liquid, cook as
directed.
Pam Zebley
Northeast, Md.
MOCK LASAGNA
10-ounce package broad lasag
na noodles, broken into bite-sized
pieces
1 pound ground beef
'A pound Italian sausage
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
12 ounces mozzarella cheese,
shredded
12-ounce carton cottage cheese
2 6-ounce cans tomato paste
‘A cup water
1 teapsoon basil
Vi teaspoon pepper
l'/> tablespoon dried parsley
flakes
Cook noodles according to
package directions until tender;
drain. Brown ground beef and
sausage. Drain. Place in lightly
greased crackpot Add remaining
ingredients. Stir to mix thorough
ly. Cover, cook on low 7 to 9 hours
or high 3 to 5 hours.
Pam Zebley
Northeast, Md.
ANTHRACNOSE
HR
MR
INC.
CHICKEN IN MUSHROOM
GRAVY
3 pound chicken, cut up or 3
whole chicken breasts, halved
Salt and pepper
% cup dry white wine or chicken
broth
10% -ounce can condensed
cream of mushroom soup
4-ounce can sliced mushrooms,
drained
Place chicken pieces in crock
pot. Season with salt and pepper.
Mix wine and soup, pour over
chicken. Add ftiushrooms. Cover
and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours or
on high for 3 to 4 hours.
How To Grow Plants
From Seeds
RUTGERS, NJ. It is just
about time to start slow germinat
ing and growing plants like geran
ium, petunia, begonia or early
plants like cabbage, onion, and
snap dragons. There is some time
yet before starting fast growing
and warm crops.
Check seed packets for specific
timing recommendations for sow
ing indoors. Remember the aver
age last frost date is May IS and
plants that like warm soil—espe
cially tomatoes and their relatives
are best planted after the end of
May. Seed left over from 94 or be
fore may or may not be viable
it depends on the species and on
how the seed has been stored. If in
doubt, avoid disappointments by
sowing a dozen seeds on a damp
paper towel. Roll the towel and
place it in a plastic bag. Check fre
quently for germination. If half the
seeds germinate within 2-3 weeks
they are probably worth using.
Success with seeds means pay
ing attention to any special re
quirements for germination noted
on the seed packet These require
ments, if any, will most often in
volve specific temperatures and/or
need for light or dark conditions.
Certain seeds may be difficult to
germinate and soaking or notching
the seed may be recommended.
Gardeners who save seed from
plants they grew last year also
need to remember that seed saved
from hybrid plants will produce an
unpredictable, though not neces
sarily unpleasant, variety of off
spring. Seed saved from plants
that readily cross pollinate, like
members of the squash family,
will also produce unpredictable
progeny.
Starting vegetables and flowers
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CHICKEN PARISIENNE; Pre
pare recipe as directed above.
Remove cooked chicken pieces to
warm serving platter. Stir together
1 cup sour cream and 'A cup flour.
Stir sour cream mixture into
mushroom gravy. Heat for 30
minutes on low. Serve sauce over
chicken with rice or noodles.
For the recipe Scalloped Pota
toes For A Crowd, which appeared
in the paper on February 25, Gerry
Seipt writes that it should read 1
soup can milk instead of water.
Irom seed indoors can be a gar
deners delight ex' disaster. There
are several keys to success. If one
is critical, it’s providing adequate
light.
Seedlings need a lot of light to
develop into sturdy, vigorous
plants that will thrive in the gar
den. Even a sunny, south window
is usually less than ideal. Of
course, a greenhouse would be
perfect, but a simpler and less
costly solution is fluorescent light.
A two-tube “shop lite” is an excel
lent plant growing fixture; they
arc often on sale and relatively in
expensive, too. There is no need to
use special lamps;' cool-white
fluorescent tubes are fine for rais
ing seedlings. If the fixture is hung
with chains, it can be easily ad
justed for height of the plants.
Adding an automatic timer to turn
the lights on and off makes things
really convenient. Gardeners who
have been less than successful
starting seeds in the past should
try lights, 14 to 16 hours per day,
4-6 inches above the plants.
Temperature is important, too.
Many seeds germinate best at
temperatures in the 70s even 80s,
but most seedlings will grow best
indoors at temperatures around
65-70'F, during the day and some
what lower at night. Inadequate
light and/or high temperatures
produce the tall spindly seedlings
that gardeners often end up with
starting seeds indoors.
Seeds should be started and
seedlings grown in sterile planting
medium. Soil straight from the
garden may contain organisms
that cause “damping off,” a deadly
problem that can wipe out seed
lings in no time.
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