BS-Lancattar Farming, Saturday, Junt 3, 1995
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, FA 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 to the same
address.
QUESTION—Judy P. Looney, New Castle, is looking for a
cake recipe with a hot milk dressing served over it. It was one
of her favorite foods made by her grandmother.
QUESTION A Lebanon County reader wants a recipe
for copper penny salad.
QUESTION B.W. Pue, Rocky Ridge, Md., would like
directions for making realistic gingerbread people that are
used in crafts. Some are puffy and others are thick and flat.
How is the dough made and colored and the features
painted?
QUESTION —B.W. Pue, Rocky Ridge, Md., would like the
recipe and directions for Slow-Ball Dip that appeared in
“Woman’s Day” on July 5,1983, page 98. She recalls that it
contained 3 cans chopped clams and cream cheese. It is
baked in a round loaf of bread that has been scooped out.
QUESTION A recipe for sweet and sour chicken is
requested by a Lebanon County reader.
QUESTION Sallie Martin, Denver, would like a recipe
and any related background information on chess pie.
QUESTION Linda Lundberg of Great Meadows would
like a recipe for pumpkin butter.
QUESTION Sarah Clark, Breezewood, would like a
recipe for Autumn Soup, which contains hamburger, Celery,
corn, potatoes, tomatoes, onion, basil, salt and pepper.
QUESTION —Sarah Clark, Breezewcod, would like a can
dy called Decadent, which she thinks is made in North or
South Carolina. She'd also like a bread recipe called Arkan
sas Travelers Bread, a fruit cake called ice box fruit cake,
which includes marshmallows, Hi Ho Crackers, evaporated
milk, mixed candied fruits, and nuts, and a cherry pie made
with red Kool-Aid.
QUESTION A Chambersburg lover of Section B would
like recipes for “all fruit” jellies without artificial sweeteners
and granulated sugar. She asks, is meadow tea and spear
mint tea caffeine free? She’d like details on using a smoker.
Do you burn charcoal or wood? How do you keep the fire hot
while adding wood? How do you keep ashes off the meat?
How can you tell if it’s hot enough?
QUESTION Nancy Price, Jarrettsville, would like a
recipe for fruit sauce such as they serve with ham at Horn and
Horn Restaurant. She has tried other recipes but none is as
good as Horn and Horn’s.
QUESTION Dick Taylor, Allentown, N.J., would like a
recipe for hot pepper sauce using lime juice and carrots as
opposed to the traditional method of using vinegar and toma
toes. He writes that lime juice enhances the pepper flavor
more than vinegar.
QUESTION Dee Crowder, Gettysburg, is looking for a
recipe similar to Rotel or Chi-Chi’s Tomato and Green Chilies.
Also, she’d like salsa recipes.
QUESTION Lena Hoover, Shippensburg, would like
recipes for instant vanilla, chocolate, and butterscotch
puddings.
QUESTION Andy Andrews, Brownstown, would like the
recipe for pecan collision, a dessert served at a local
smorgasbord.
QUESTION Fannie Stoltzfus, Christiana, would like a
recipe to make rice cakes.
QUESTION Gina Hawbaker would like to know how to
make a salad dressing similar to the house dressing at Atrim
House Restaurant in Greencastie.
QUESTION Brenda Scott, Bellefonte, wants a recipe for
cabbage slaw to put on ham and pork barbecues.
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Dairy Month Celebrates Best
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) —June Dairy Month, desig
nated in 1937, is a time for the
dairy industry to celebrate its
accomplishments and to promote
the contributions of dairy products
to the American diet and lifestyle.
With the heightened attention
QUESTION—Brenda Scott, Bellefonte, wants a recipe for
a basting sauce to baste a 225-pound roasting pig as it's
being cooked in a large pig cooker.
QUESTION Sue Werner, Lebanon, would like a recipe
for alfalfa jelly. She writes that her family tasted it at the Farm
Show. Although she felt like she was eating grass, her son
loved it.
QUESTION Jackie Hall would like a recipe for a straw
berry and banana dessert like that served at Shonev’s
Restaurant.
QUESTION A reader would like a recipe for Dutch Loaf
made with beef and pork.
QUESTION Karen Kinnane, Shartlesville, would like a
recipe for cranberry candy, which is made with canned cran
berry sauce, red Jell-O, and chopped nuts. It’s poured into a
pan to chill, cut into bars and rolled in granulated sugar. It’s a
very pretty, bright red with a sparkle from the sugar.
QUESTION Janet Rutz, Carlisle, would like recipes to
use dried cranberry beans.
QUESTION Frank T. Cat of Millerstown, would like a
recipe for English toffee cookies like those sold by Weis Mark
ets. The cookies are great tasting and don’t crumble for
children.
QUESTION Karen Kinnane, Shartlesville, would like a
recipe for clear cranberry jelly that can be molded in shapes.
ANSWER A Potter County reader wanted a recipe for
sweet gherkin pickles. Thanks to Judith Zimmerman, Leba
non, for sending her recipe.
Sweet Gherkins
7 pounds (IV4 -3-inch) cucumbers
'A cup salt
8 cups sugar
6 cups vinegar
3 /« teaspoon turmeric
2 teaspoons celery seed
2 teaspoons pickling spice
8 (1-inch) pieces stick cinnamon
First morning: Wash cucumbers: cover with boiling water.
That evening, drain and cover again with boiling water.
Second morning: Drain and cover with boiling water. That
evening, drain. Add salt and cover with boiling water.
Third day: Drain, prick cucumbers with fork. Make syrup of
2'A cups sugar and 2'A cups vinegar. Add turmeric and
spices (not cinnamon). Heat to boiling and pour over cucum
bers. Will only be partly covered.
That evening, drain syrup. Add 2 cups sugar, 2 cups vine
gar, and cinnamon. Bring to a boil and pour over pickles.
Fourth day: Drain syrup and add 2 cups sugar and 1 cup
vinegar to syrup. Boil and pour over pickles. That evening,
drain syrup and add VA cups sugar and 'A cup vinegar. Boil.
Pack pickles into jars and cover with boiling syrup. Can 5
minutes in boiling water bath. Makes 9-10 pints.
ANSWER Dorothy Carvell wanted a recipe for wild rice
soup. Thanks to Josephine Matenus for sending a recipe.
Minnesota Wild Rice Soup
2 tablespoons butter
'/> cup finely chopped onion
’/* cup finely chopped celery
I'/2 cups coarsely sliced fresh mushrooms
'/* cup all-purpose flour
% teaspoon salt
'/* teaspoon freshly ground white pepper
2 cups beef stock
1 cup half and half
1 cup cooked wild rice
’/» teaspoon bitters
1 tablespoon minced fresh chervil
In deep saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add
onions, celery, and carrot, and saute for three minutes or until
the onion is wilted, lower the heat to medium-low, add the
mushrooms, and cook 3 to 4 minutes longer. Add flour, salt,
and pepper. Cook until the mixture bubbles and begins to turn
golden. Add the stock and half and half. Cook and whisk until
thick and smooth. Add the wild rice, bitters, and chervil and
heat thoroughly. Makes 4-6 servings.
At first taste, it is hard to identify the subtle nutlike flavor of
wild rice in this satisfying soup. The carrots and onions give it
color and the mushrooms (use more if possible) play nicely off
the firm texture of the rice.
on dairy products, the Pennsylva
nia Dairy Promotion Program has
planned a variety of promotions in
June to encourage consumers to
buy real dairy products.
To kick-off the month-long
celebration, more than three mil-
lion Pennsylvania consumers will
receive a free milk coupon in their
Sunday newspapers on June 4.
The coupon is part of a promotion
developed by PDPP and the Davis
Cookie Company, Rimersburg,
maker of Archway Cookies.
The coupon, redeemed by the
Davis Company, is worth up to
ninety cents toward the purchase
of milk when the consumer buys
any two packages of Archway
cookies. The campaign combines
Pennsylvania milk with Pennsyl
vania cookies. It is also designed
to support the “Milk. Help Your
self’ advertising campaign pre
mise that consumers choose milk
more often than other beverages
when snacking on cookies.
To attract attention to fluid milk
in the dairy case, PDPP sent point
of-sale materials to fluid milk pro
cessors and grocery stores. The
materials, which include milk
pricing static clings and a milk and
cookies point-of-sale kit, reinforce
the Dairy Month message while
the consumer is in the store. By
placing point-of-sale materials
where milk is purchased, consum
ers receive that extra reminder to
buy dairy products and, therefore,
increase sales.
Media outlets provide dairy
promotion numerous opportuni
ties to reach consumers. With the
assistance of Dairy Management
Inc., PDPP sent food editors a
Dairy Month publicity kit. The kit
features dairy recipes by celebri
tites like Willard Scott, Barbara
Streisand and Joe Theisman, color
slides of the recipes, dairy facts
and a copy of the new Dairy
Month logo.
Another highly valued outlet
for promotion is radio. PDPP will
visit radio stations throughout the
state to promote activities and the
dairy industry. Public service
announcements which encourage
consumers to ect real dairy pro
ducts also will air on radio stations
for the month of June.
Dairy Day promotions in Pitts
burgh and Altoona remain the
most popular events during June.
The special events feature local
dairies and their products. Thanks
to the generosity of the dairies, all
the proceeds of the events will
benefit local charities.
PDPP and Mid East UDIA
again will sponsor “Dairy Day at
the Zoo” on Saturday, June 3 from
11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Pitts
burgh Zoo. For a $2 donation, pat
rons will be able to sample all the
dairy products they can eat.
Pike’s, Turner’s, Marburger’s,
and Reinhold’s dairies, Kraft
Cheese, and Taylor Milk will
supply treats for approximately
2,000 visitors.
While sampling ice cream,
milk, cheese, yogurt and novel
ties, zoo visitors will be enter
tained by the band Woodsmoke,
be able to meet the Pirate Parrot
and other characters and cheer for
their favorite team during the ice
cream eating contest. Donations
will continue to support the child
ren’s zoo, a recently opened addi
tion to the growing Pittsburgh
Zoo.
The second annual “Lakemont
Park Dairy Day” will be held on
Saturday, June 24 from noon until
S p.m. at Lakemont Park, Altoona.
A $2 donation will benefit the
Blair County Big Brothers/Big
Sisters chapter.
The Pirate Parrot, Clarabellc
the Clown, a magician and puppet
show are just a few of the many
activities scheduled throughout
the day. Truly a family event,
“Lakemont Park Dairy Day” will
feature ice cream, milk and novel
ties from Galliker’s Dairy, Her
shey’s Ice Cream and Sani-Dairy.