Johnny Appleseed Would Have Loved This Festival
JINNY WILT
Adams County correspondent
SOUTH MOUNTAIN (Adams
Co.) A stroll down Cider Press
Alley or Apple Butter Way reve
aled more ways to use an apple
than Johnny Appleseed ever
dreamed of, the annual National
Apple Harvest Festival held Oct.
4-5 and 11-12 at the South Moun
tain Fairgrounds in Adams County
sprouted ideas.
There were the conventional
ways such as in pies, fritters, and
dumplings, but vendors also sold
apple syrup for pancakes and waf
fles, sausages which were pungent
with spices and apples, and
scrapple.
The festival, sponsored by
Upper Adams Jaycees, has grown
in 33 years to a well-organized
event that sees at least 20,000 peo
ple cross through its gates each of
the four days in fall that it is open.
Joan Bucher, festival chairwo
man, notes that 800 volunteers
made up of Jaycees from groups
throughout Adams County and
their friends and relatives, make
the event happen. When asked
how she appeared so calm in the
eye of the storm that was swirling
about her in the festival office, she
winked, and said, “It’s all under
control.”
She added that while the festi
val for 1997 was taking place out
side the office, a meeting had
already taken place for the 1998
event
“We are talking about what we
need to change to improve next
year’s festival,” she said. Next
year’s festival will be held Oct.
3-4 and 10-11.
But, standing in line for a pit
beef sandwich, Frances and Neil
Courtright of Hellam Township,
York County, commented on how
efficiently the festival was run.
“You can’t get lost,” Frances said.
Recipes For Kids
In the Kitchen
Dinosaur Pretzels
1 package dry yeast
T/4 cups warm water
4 cups flour (1 cup whole wheat &
3 cups white)
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
(1 egg and 1 tablespoon of water
for coating)
1 tablespoon seeds
Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
Put the water and the yeast in a
large bowl and stir until dissolved.
In a separate bowl mix the flour,
salt and sugar. Slowly stir 3 cups
of flour mixture into the water
mixture.
Put sticky dough on a floured
counter and knead slowly adding
the remaining 1 cup of flour mix
ture. Knead until it forms a
smooth ball. Break off pieces of
the dough and form into a pretzel.
Place pretzels in a greased pan and
coat them with one egg slightly
beaten in a tablespoon of water.
Sprinkle on the pretzels your
choice of seeds: poppy, sesame,
sunflowers, etc. Bake about 12
minutes or until brown.
Enjoy them warm right out of
the oven!
Kid§ Kortie r
One activity at the National Appi
South Mountain Fairgrounds in Adams County was a
Build-Your-Own-Scarecrow corral. Crates of old clothes
and piles of straw were provided for the enjoyment of
adults and children.
New this year was an antique
car show and ’sos and ’6os music
on the Rockin’ Apple Stage, and a
Dauphin Deposit ATM. Bucher
said people come to the festival
unaware of how economical the
crafts are. “They see something
they want to buy and in the past
they had no way of getting addi
tional money if they hadn’t
brought enough along. Now they
have a way to get money to make
purchases,” she said.
Kelly Krebs, president of the
Bermudian Jaycees, bantered with
volunteers at her group’s stand as
festival visitors walked through a
cafeteria line from which they
could choose apple desserts like
pie and dumplings. Outside, under
a canopy, other volunteers made
Microwave Marshmallow
Crispy Treats
'A cup margarine
1 10'A ounce bag miniature
marshmallows
6 cups crisp rici cereal
Butter a 13x9 inch baking dish.
In a 3 quart, microproof bowl,
melt 'A cup margarine and 1 10 'A
ounce bag of miniature marshmal
los on (10) high for 2 minutes,
stirring every minute. Quickly add
cereal, stirring until pieces are
evenly coated. Press into pan with
back of buttered spoon. Cool. Cut
into squares.
Popcorn Balls
10 cups popped popcorn
% cups butter or margarine
'A cup water
'A tsp. salt
'A cup sugar
3 A cup brown sugar
'A cup com syrup
1 tsp. white vinegar
Combine sugar, brown sugar,
corn syrup, white vinegar, water,
and salt in a 2 quart saucepan. Boil
while stirring to 260°. Reduce
heat. Stir in butter. Pour syrup
over popcorn. Stir till com is well
coated. Cool slightly. Butter
hands. Shape into balls.
apple fritters that would benefit
her organization.
Krebs explained that the first
day of the festival her group sold
out of all of their products and had
Brian Davis, 6, of York Springs, was enjoying himself
while operating a corn shelter at an exhibit at the National
Apple Harvest Festival at the South Mountain Fairgrounds
in Adams County. Among other items exhibited were anti
que tractors and steam engines.
to put a rush order in for more in the first weekend they made
desserts. “Can you imagine open- enough to pay for the stand’s rent,
ing with nothing to sell,” she making the second week’s income
asked. all profit, she said. “This (festival)
Her stand also did so well that really helps us,” she said.
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