828-Lancaster Farmlno. Saturday, September 16, 1995
Ida's
Notebook
by
Ida Risser
Just as I sat down to write this
article I heard the mantel clock
strike. This ttas followed closely
by the Grandfather’s clock. Time
is such a fleeting thing. Sometimes
it seems to move rapidly and other
times so very slowly.
When our grandson was here the
other morning, he heard the clocks
strike and said, “It is time to eat.”
You see, he knows that we eat at
noon when the clocks strike but he
must leant that striking ten doesn’t
mean it is time to eat. However, I
did give him a dish of strawberries
as we have the everbearing kind.
When we are carefree and hav
ing fun with friends, then time flies
by quickly. But, when we sit in a
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ANSWER —For all cooks who are searching for recipes to
use up an abundance of tomatoes, here are several recipes
from Stan's Kitchen, Dallas.
Mushroom Lasagna
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 bay leaf
Vt teaspoon thyme
3% cups sliced mushrooms
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1% cups skim milk
I'/« cups plain yogurt
Salt or gomasio if preferred
2Vt cups broccoli flowerets
% cups diced carrots
2 tablespoons pine nuts
Black pepper
9 pieces whole wheat lasagna
2 teaspoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese
Heat oil in a saucepan and gently fry onions and garlic for
4-5 mintues or until onion is soft. Add bay leaf, thyme, and
mushrooms. Simmer the sauce over a low heat for 10
minutes. Dissolve 2 tablespoons cornstarch in a little milk.
Pour the remaining milk over mushrooms. When heated
through, stir in the dissolved cornstarch. Cook for 5 minutes
until thickened, stirring all the time. Remove the bay leaf.
Remove pan from heat and stir in % cup yogurt. Season with
salt and pepper. Steam the broccoli and carrots until fairly
soft. Place in a bowl. Mix in pine nuts and season with salt and
pepper.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook lasagna 8 to 10
minutes. Put a layer of mushroom sauce in the bottom of light
ly oiled baking dish, cover with a layer of lasagne, broccoli
mixture, and sauce. Repeat the layers.
Mix the 2 teaspoons cornstarch with the remaining yogurt.
Pour over lasagna. Sprinkle the top with white parmesan
cheese. Bake 25 to 30 degrees.
Tomato Puree Seasoned
4 quarts peeled, cored chopped tomatoes
3 cups chopped onion
2 cups sliced carrots
2 cups chopped celery
VA cups chopped green peppers
1 tablespoon salt
Combine ingredients. Cook untH tender. Press through fine
sieve. Cook pulp until thick about IVi hours. Stir frequently to
prevent sticking. Pour hot mixture into canning jars, leaving
’/«-inch head space. Process in half pints and pints for 45
minutes in boiling water bath. Yields about 9 half pints.
hospital waiting for a spouse to
come from the operating room,
then the hand <jn the clock barely
moves.
If 1 have a lot of sweet com to
get frozen before a meeting, then
the clock’s hands move too quick
ly as I rush to get my work done.
But, when I sit at home and wait for
someone to come then it seems that
it takes forever.
When I sat beside my dying
mother, a few years ago; I had no
sense of time at all. Was it 9
o’clock or II o’clock?
As I watch the Conestoga River
flow past our meadows, I often
think of the fact that it was here
over 250 years ago when my
Cook's
Question
Comer
Gloucester County 4-H
Western Team
The NJ. 4-H State Western
Team, comprised of Brandi
Brooke Bleifuss, Melanie Bosscrt,
Sara Brickner, April Harris, Jai
mcc Hochswindcr, Heather John
son, Todd Kingett, James Leech,
Crystal McNamara, Kristi Palasie
ski, Alexandra Rager and Kenneth
Wall, brought home the champion
ship trophy for the western
division.
Those receiving grand and
reserve championships were Jai
mcc Hochswindcr, Kristi Palasie
ski, Crystal McNamara, Heather
Johnson, James Leech and Brandi
Bleifuss. Those placing in the clas
ses were April Harris, Todd King
ett, Alexandra Rager, Jaimee
ancestors came to Lancaster Coun
ty. It was here long before that
when the Indians hunted and
fished in this area. As the saying
goes, “Men may come and men
may go but I go on forever,” says
the river.
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