BMancastar Farming, Saturday, Juna 17, 1995
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Crop Recipes
What better time to showcase
Americaa’s dairy farmers, the
dairy industry and its products than
June Dairy Month—a celebration
that has been observed nationwide
since 1937.
Lancaster Farming holds an
annual dairy recipe contest as a
salute to dairy farmers who pro
duce nutritious milk and other
dairy products to make these deli
cious recipes.
We thank the many readers who
sent in recipes. Each week during
JuneL ry Month, a portion of the
entries ,Jl be printed. Winners in
the Cow Mania Contest will be
published on June 24.
A special thanks goes ' the
readers who wrote something
about themselves and art a pic
ture. It’s our readers who make this
contest and the dairy recipes a
popular event.
So, during June Dairy Moiuh,
thank a farmer by trying several of
these delectable recipes.
Featured Recipe
Americans love their dairy foods and famous Americans arc no
exception. A leaflet, full of dairy recipes contributed by celebrities
who have made their mark in entertainment, journalism, sports and
public service, is now available. Leant how to make Lena Home’s
healthful Cucumber Yogurt Salad or bake a comforting Cinnamon
Noodle Pudding, straight from the kitchen of Estelle Harris, co-star of
TV’s “Seinfeld.”
For a free copy, send a self-addressed, stamped business-size enve
lope to; America’s Dairy Farmers, Celebrity Recipes. 3592 Corporate
Drive, Suite 114, Columbus, OH 43231.
Here is a recipe from the brochure.
1-A cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
l-VS cups sugar
14 cup (1 stick) butter
2 eggs
2 ounces red food coloring
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon baking soda
Cream Cheese Icing (recipe follows)
Preheat oven to 3SO°F. Sift flour and salt together; set aside. In a
large bowl with an electric mixer cream sugar and butter; add eggs
and beat well. Stir together food coloring and cocoa; add to creamed
mixture. Add buttermilk alternately with flour to creamed mixture.
Stir in vanilla. Pour vinegar into a small deep bowl; add soda (it wil
foam). Stir into batter (do not beat). Pour batter into 2 buttered and
floured 9-inch cake pans. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden
pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool cake in pans for 10
minutes. Remove cakes from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
Fill and frost with Cream Cheese icing.
YIELD: one 9-inch layer cake
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese
1 pound confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place all ingredients in a large mixer bowl. Beat until fluffy and
smooth.
SCANDINAVIAN
RICE PUDDING
2 cups milk
'A cup uncooked rice
'A cup light cream
l A cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
'A teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
In a double boiler, heat milk and
stir in rice. Cover and cook over
simmering water, stirring occa
sionally as mixture thickens,
adding more milk if necessary
until rice is tender, about 1 to
VA hours. Stir in cream, vanilla,
salt, sugar, and butter. Remove
from heat and allow to stand over
hot water until ready to serve. You
may sprinkle with cinnamon and
nutmeg and serve with cream or
just eat it plain.
My husband and I are semi
retired. We still live on the farm,
which is operated by our son and
his wife, and help with the farm
work.
From Willard Scott
Weatherman on NBC TVs
“Today Show"
Red Velvet Cake
Cream Cheese Icing
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Anna L. Walker
Somerset
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Simple but elegant desserts result when quality dairy products are used.
HONEY MILK
BALLS
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup powdered milk
'A cup honey
'A cup crunchy peanut butter.
Combine all ingredients. Mix
well. Form into one-inch balls.
Hi! I live on a dairy farm with
my parents, Irvin and Anna Mae
Wenger. I like to play with my
brother Dwight and my baby sister
Rochelle. I am three years old. I
help my mom feed calves. I like to
play with my titty and ride my trike
in the barn. When I am hungry, I
like this candy for a snack.
Melinda Wenger
Lititz
RIBBON SALAD
4 4-ounce packages Jell-O in
strawberry, raspberry, lime, and
blueberry flavors
A gallon vanilla ice cream
1 pint sour cream
4 cups boiling water
Spread a thin layer of sour
cream on the bottom of a
9x13-inch pan. In a small mixing
bowl, combine 1 cup boiling water
with the strawberry Jell-O. Mix
until dissolved. Add 2 cups sof
tened ice cream and blend until
smooth. Pour over sour cream in
pan. Refrigerate for IS minutes or
until set.
Top with another thin layer of
sour cream, refrigerate. Repeat the
process for the continuing layers of
Jell-0 and ice cream mixture,
using the lime, raspberry, and
blueberry in that or any order. No
sour cream on the last layer.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Note: Use more Jell-0 and ice
cream for extra layers in deeper
pans.
I am a dairy farm wife and the
mother of 5 children, ages 3 to 11.
My husband's name is Tom and
together we run the dairy part of
our farm. We have one son and
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four girls. We milk 64 animals. For
the last two years, we have shown
some qf our animals in the beat
fair. My husband is a director for
the Centre County Holstein Asso
ciation. Until recently, I was a rep
resentative to the board for the loc
al dairy promotion committee. /
am a 4-H leader in the Centre
County 4-H club and am active in
promoting the dairy industry in my
county. I enjoy restoring my home
Tom and Lori Harlle with children Troy, Alisa, Ashley, April,
and Amy. The Harlles believe that a good sense of humor and a
strong belief in God are essential to make it through some of life’s
ups and downs.
along with my husband to a more
country look.
I also collect antiques, sew for
my children, enjoy cooking and
making crafts. / believe that a good
sense of humor and a strong belief
in God are what is essential to
make it through some of life's ups
and downs.
Lori Hartle
Bellefonte
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