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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 BASE. 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 Arlene Snyder, Manheim, would like a
recipe for Horehound candy made with horehound flavoring.
QUESTION Arlene Snyder, Manheim, would like' a
recipe using banana creme flavoring.
QUESTION Dorothy Wilson, Middletown, writes that
several months ago a recipe for No Peek Chicken was print
ed. It was made with white rice, cream soup, chicken and Lip
ton onion soup mix, covered and baked for two hours. She
made it for her family who loved it. When she looked for the
recipe recently, she could not find it. Since we do not keep
files on all the recipes, perhaps a reader has clipped it and will
send it in to be reprinted.
QUESTION A Berks County reader would like a recipe
for granola cereal that tastes like that sold by Dutchway Store
in the bulk food department.
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. Rue, Rocky Ridge, Md., would like the
recipe and directions for Slow-Bail 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 Saliie Martin, Denver, would like a recipe
and any related background information on chess pie.
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, Breezewood, 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’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.
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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 Greencastle.
QUESTION —Brenda Scott, Bellefonte, wants a recipe for
cabbage slaw to’put on ham and pork barbecues.
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 Shoney'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 —Linda Lundberg of Great Meadows wanted a
recipe for pumpkin butter. Thanks to Susan Stahr, Emporium,
for sending this recipe that tastes great on breads and
muffins.
Pumpkin Butter
(Makes 2 cups)
16-ounce can solid pack pumpkin
% cup firmly packed brown sugar
% cup honey
1 tablespoon lemon juice
'/< teaspoon ground cinnamon
'/» teaspoon ground cloves
In a medium saucepan, combine ingredients; mix well.
Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Reduce
heat. Simmer 20 minutes or until thickened, stir occasionally.
Pour hot mixture into sterilized canning jars. Seal
immediately.
ANSWER A Chambersburg lover of Section B asked if
meadow tea and spearmint tea are caffeine free? Thanks to
Pat Sweetman from Stone Haus Herbs, Stewartstown, who
sounds like an expert. She writes that meadow tea and spear
mint tea are both caffeine free. Tea, she writes, is merely an
herb infused for a period in a liquid (usually hot for best
results) to remove flavor. The only herbs with caffeine, that
she is aware of, are coffee cocoa and the leaves of the tea
bush. The bush caffeine is the result of processing. Green tea
is the healthiest.
ANSWER For Ron Kieffer, Hamburg, who wanted a
recipe for raspberry syrup, here is one from Pat Elligson, Mill
ers, Md.
Black Raspberry Syrup
2 quarts raspberries
1 quart sugar
% cup cold water
Wash and mash berries. Sprinkle with sugar. Stir to blend,
cover, and let stand overnight in refrigerator. In the morning,
add water and slowly bring to the boiling point. Cook for 20
minutes. Force mixture through a double thickness of
cheesecloth, again bring to boiling. Fill sterilized small jars
and adjust lids. Use as a foundation for beverages, ice, and
sauces. Good served over vanilla ice cream.
ANSWER Nancy Pacitti, Philadelphia, wanted a recipe
for baked beans. Here is one from Anne Nolt, Reinholds.
2 cups dried navy or lima beans
'/« pound bacon or salt pork
2 tablespoons molasses
2 teaspoons salt
VA cups tomato juice
1 teaspoon dry mustard
Soak beans overnight in cold water. Drain in the morning
and add 2 quarts fresh water.
Cook slowly until the skins burst. Fry bacon or salt pork until
crisp. Add meat and drippings to beans. Add other ingredients
and place in a covered casserole. Bake at 325 degrees for 3
hours. Keep beans covered with liquid while they cook.
Serves 6.
Baked Beans
Cream Of
The Crop
(Continued from Pago B 7)
AUNT LOUISE’S
POUND CAKE
2 'A cups unsifted flour
'A teaspoon salt
'A teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon orange or lemon rind
(optional)
1 cup butter
1 cup sour cream or vanilla
yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 large eggs
2 cups sugar
Put all ingredients in a bowl and
beat for three minutes. Put in
greased and floured bundt pan.
Bake at 32S degrees for VA hours.
Cool 10 minutes and shake out of
pan.
My husband and I have a small
farm. We have cattle, pigs, chick
ens, ducks, pheasants, and pea
cocks. My husband, Raymond, is a
full-time electrician and part-time
farmer. I'm a full-time mother of
two: my son Sean and my daughter
Tyler, andja part-time cashier for a
leading supermarket.
We are hoping to move to Virgi
nia in afew years and become full
time farmers.
Debbie Bohns
Doylestown
SOFT SUGAR
CAKES
Cream together:
IK cups granulated sugar
1 cup shortening
3 eggs
Sift together:
3K cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
Vi teaspoon salt
Add (alternately) with above:
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Lightly grease cookie sheets.
Bake at 3SO degrees for 10 minutes
or until brown.
This recipe was given to my
mother by a neighbor. / always
thought her sugar cookies were the
best and so did a lot of people
wherever she took them.
I grew up on a farm and now live
out in the country with my husband
of 26 years. We have three child
ren—one son, married, one son to
be married next summer, and an
11-year-old daughter.
One of my hobbies is cooking. I
try to make a new recipe once a
week. I'm Just drawn to cookbooks
or to clip or try the many recipes
found in the Lancaster Farming.
Thanks for this great recipe selec
tion each week.
Kay Lehman
Manheim
NEW ORLEANS
SPINACH
2 packages chopped spinach
'A cup butter
I cup herb stuffing crumbs
1 8-ounce package cream
cheese (softened)
Salt and pepper to taste
Cook spinach according to
directions. Drain well and, while
still hot, add the cream cheese and
V* cup butter. Mix well; add sea
soning and dash of nutmeg. Place
in buttered VA quart casserole.
Cover with stuffing crumbs. Dot
with remaining butter. Bake at 350
degrees for 30 minutes.
My husband and I both grew up
on farms and now we are retired.
Our hobbies are gardening,
traveling, and antique tractors and
gas engines. I really enjoy section
B of Lancaster Farming.
Dot Kemmerling
New Tripoli
(Turn to Pago B 14)