818-Lancast»r Farming, Saturday,'Jum 3, 1995 Cream Of The Crop (Continued from Pag* B 16) EASY MACARONI AND CHEESE 3 tablespoons butter 214 cups uncooked macaroni 1 teaspoon salt (or less) 14 teaspoon pepper 14 pound grated sharp cheese 1 quart of milk Melt butter in baking 9 by 12 baking dish and pour macaroni into melted butter. Stir until maca roni is well-coated. Sprinkle salt and pepper and cheese over maca roni and stir together. Pour milk over all. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 to 114 hours. Do not stir while bak ing. Adding meat chucks is option al. This recipe is easy and good. I love to cook and bake and the family loves to eat! Arlene Nace Quakertown PEAR SALAD 1 quart pears, drained and crushed slightly. Heat juice just to boiling. 3-ounce package lime-flavored gelatin Add, stirring, until dissolved. 8-ounces cream cheese, softened Beat until blended. Chill until just beginning to conjeal. 1 cup whipping cream, whipped 2 tablespoons sugar Add sugar to cream. Combine pears, gelatin mixture, and cream. Pour into 2-quart glass dish. May be garnished with chopped nuts if desired. Yield: 8-10 servings. My family lives on Vista Grande Farm. My husband, Lowell, works full time for Dave Biller, milking cows, doing farm and field work, works on farm machinery and runs the manure truck. Our son Bran don helped last summer by feeding calves and other odd jobs. This summer, he'll be busy working to payfor his own calf to show in 4-H. I used to help milk with Dave’s wife. Phoebe, but now I work at Weaver's Hardware. I also clean Dave and Phoebe’s church once a week plus babysit the neighbor's children whenever needed. Lowell's interests are dairy farming, racing, and foot ball. He hopes to have his own dairy farm someday, but for right now, we are all happy where we are. Brandon likes to play the drums, football, reading, listening to the radio and watching television. I like crafts, cooking, and baking, cats, collecting cows (figurines) reading, and country music. Aimee Wenger Fleetwood Lowell and Aimee Wenger with son Brandon enjoy farm CHEDDAR CHEESE CHOWDER 2 cups water 2 cups cubed potatoes 'A cup onion, diced 14 cup chopped or grated carrots 14 cup celery, diced 114 teaspoons salt 14 teaspoon pepper 1 cup of either ham, bacon, tuna, salmon, sausage, or hamburger) 2 cups grated cheese White Sauce V\ cup butter 14 cup flour 2 cups milk Cook together first? ingredients until vegetables are tender. Don’t drain. Meanwhile, fry meat if using hamburger, sausage, or bacon. Drain. In saucepan melt butter and stir in flour. Cook together and then add milk and cook until thick. Stir this mixture, meat, and cheese into cooked veg etables. heat. Serve piping hot Serves 6. Variation: if using bacon, omit 14 cup butter in white sauce. Use 2 tablespoons bacon drippings and 2 tablespoons butter instead. This gives the chowder an excellent fla vor. This hearty soup is delicious on a cold winter day! We especial ly like it made with bacon. My husband Dale 27, and /, Janet 20, live in the northern part of Northumberland County. Here we farm over 200 acres and milk over 40 cows. We raise most of our calves and feed a few steers on the side. I enjoy helping in the barn morning and evening. I also enjoy gardening, cooking, and sewing. Even though farm life can be hec tic, Dale and / love living here! Dale and Janet Lehman Milton MUSHROOM HEAVEN 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, chop slightly 4 tablespoons butter 2 medium onions, chopped Saute until onion is soft Add: 8 ounces cream cheese 2-3 tablespoons milk Cook on very low heat until cream cheese is melted. Can add a little more milk to use as a dip. Serve on toast points. I am a widow of a farmer. My children are Kara, 14, and Sasha, almost 11. I’ve gone back to school to make a living for me and my children. Tom died two years ago from cancer. In my heart I believe it was from early exposure to insecticides and herbicides. Donna Lencoski Latrobe Ruth Wenger of Akron enjoys cooking. SPANISH CREAM RECIPE 4 cups milk V* cup sugar 1 pint whipping cream 12 maraschino cherries, halved 2 'A packages Knox gelatine 4 whole eggs, separated 1 cup fresh grated coconut Mix milk and gelatine, heat very slowly in a 2-quart saucepan. Heat until very hot, but do not boil. Beat egg yokes and sugar until a ribbon color, then add to hot milk and gelatine mix, again, very slowly. Beat egg white and stir in while still warm. Place in 2-quart serving dish and place in refrigerator to cool. It will set up slowly. When set, spread whipped cream on top. To add flair, spread grated coconut on top and then halves of mara schino cherries. This is a delightful dessert dish that will catch everyone's fancy. From my earliest days, I enjoyed my mother's cooking. This dessert was her favorite to make for her family and entertaining company. It was a pretty dish and a delight to her family and guests, because that was when she added the grated coconut and maraschino cherries. I grew up in a family operated bakery, Henry's Homemade Cakes and Pies, where I worked until my parents' retirement in 1968 from Lancaster Central and Southern Markets. My grandmother was a good cook, who passed it on to my mother, who was an inspiration. I became eager to please my family and guests and still make Spanish Cream for all. It is my favorite as 1 cook for family and friends. > Ruth E. Wenger Akron CREAM CHEESECAKE VA cups graham cracker crumbs 3 tablespoons sugar '/] cup melted butter 3 packages 8 ounce cream cheese, room temperature S eggs, room temperature 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 3 cups sour cream 1 teaspoon vanilla '/a cup sugar Combine graham cracker crumbs, 3 tablespoons sugar, and cup melted butter and line 13X9 inch pan with it. Press firmly to bottom. Put cream cheese in bowl and gradually add 1 cup sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each one. Add 2 teas poons vanilla and pour into pre pared pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour. Cool S minutes. Combine 3 cups sour cream, I teaspoon vanil la and 'A cup sugar, and pour over cheesecake and bake 5 more minutes. Cool and serve with favo rite topping. Linda Miller Kutztown RASPBERRY DOWN 2 cups boiling water 2 cups ice with water 2 boxes sugar-free raspberry Jell-0 2 cups plain yogurt In a large mixing bowl, dissolve Jell-O in boiling water. Add cold water to two cups ice and stir into Jell-0 until mixture begins to thicken. Remove any unmelted ice. Stir in yogurt, beating with a wire whisk until mixture is smooth and creamy. Pour into a VA quart bowl or mold and refrigerate until firm. Can make up to two days in advance. Variations: Substitute any fla vor of Jell-O that you like. Swirl Jam or whipped cream through mixture after adding yogurt. Line mold with ladyfingers spread with jam before adding Jell-0 mixture. (Soak the ladyfingers first in a fla vored liqueur if you like). Thinly slice lemons with rinds on, sprinkle with sugar and line mold with lemon rounds before filling with a lemon Jell-0 mixture. Decorate a strawberry Jell-0 mix ture with strawberries and whipped cream. Use mixture as a pie filling with a graham cracker crust. This quick and inexpensive dish can be dressed up for an elegant company dessert; nobody will ever guess it-has such simple ingre dients because it looks and tastes like a creamy, subtly tart mousse that takes much more preparation than it does. It’s good forpeople on a sugar-free diet since it satisfies the craving for something sweet without sugar. It’s a year-round favorite at our house. We live on 65 acres in the orchard country of western New York. I used to be involved in dairying in Delaware and enjoy reading "Lancaster Farming" to keep up with farming trends and prices in the area. I also enjoy "On Being a Farm Wife," by Joyce Bupp and the recipes in B section. The recipes are a great combination of old standards and new recipes that are fast to prepare or use ingredients from all over the world that are now so easily available. I love to cook by "making it up" as I go along, and the only cookbook I ever use is my big, fat scrapbook of recipes clipped over theyearsfrom B section. It's nice to see the same names of contributors and reques tors over and over. Hey, Betty Light you're a terrtfic cook your shoo-fly bread invention is great! How are you with a chunky salsa that’s not too runny? Deidre Bonnell Barker, N.Y. GRAHAM DESSERT Line bottom of a cake pan with whole graham crackers. Melt together '/a cup milk 1 cup chocolate chips 30 marshmallows After above mixture has cooled, fold in 1 cup cream that has been whipped. Pour half on bottom layers of crackers. Put cracker crumbs on top, then the remaining chocolate mixture. Garnish top with a few cracker crumbs. Serve cold with whipped cream. V/e have been subscribers to the "Lancaster Farming" for many years. My two daughters, Michelle arid Betty, look forward to the "Home On The Range" section every week to try new recipes. June is a very special month with lots of new recipes and learn ing about the many families who subscribe. Brenda Hinden Denver Alexa and Lacey are the daughters of Robin McCourt and her husband from Stillwater. EASY MAC AND CHEESE 2 cups uncooked macaroni 3'/i cups milk 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 'A teaspoon salt 214 cups shredded cheese Paprika In greased 2-quart baking dish, stir together uncooked macaroni, milk, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and 1/4 cups cheese until well blended. Cover tightly with foil. Bake 50 minutes. Uncover, lop with remaining 1 cup cheese. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake 10 minutes more. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. I live with my husband and two daughters. Alexa, 3, and Lacey, 21 months, in a home we rent on my parents’ 225-acre dairy farm. My girls love the farm life and enjoy their farm pets, a donkey, pony, baby chickens, pig, and several cats and dogs. My life is filled just trying to keep up to the girls as they grow and learn new things every day. When my dad receives his "Lan caster Farming," I reach for the recipe section. I love reading the question and answer columns and trying new recipes. I recently purchased a sewing machine and am trying to teach myself to sew. My husband and I also enjoy making crafts such as woodworking projects and cro cheting and cross stitching. We’re never without a project in the works! Robin McCourt Stillwater DAIRY QUEEN ICE CREAM 6 cups milk 2'/i tablespoons unflavored gelatin 'A cup cold water 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 teaspoon salt 4-5 eggs 2 cups cream Heat six cups of milk. Don’t boil. Dissolve 2'A tablespoons gelatin in 'A cup cold water. Mix sugar, vanilla, salt, and eggs. Add milk and gelatine. Chill and add cream. Put in four quart ice-cream freezer. Hi! My name is Joann Hurst. I am IS years-old. I live on a 70-acre dairy farm with my parents Leonard and Pauline, and brothers and sisters. We have about 40 cows. I usually help in the barn mornings and evenings, feed ing cows, calves and heifers. We also have a little pig Pinky that I have to feed. Joann Hurst Newville (Turn to Pag* 825)
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