88-Lancaster Farming, Friday, January 9, 1998
If you art looking tar a raclpo but cant find it, send
your recipe request to Lou Ann Good, Cook’s Question
Comer, In care of Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 609, Eph
rata. PA 17522. There’s no need to send an BASE. If we re
ceive an answer to your question, we will publish It as
aoon as possible. Sometimes we receive numerous
answers to the same request, and cannot print each one.
Answers to recipe requests should be sent to the same
address.
QUESTION —Nancy Mayer, Dalton, would like a recipe to
make a dry mix soup mix for gift giving.
QUESTION Pam Laubach, Orangeville, wants a recipe
for a chewy sugar cookie similar to those sold at malls. She
also wants a recipe for animal crackers.
QUESTION Jo Marie Snyder, New Bloomfield, would
like to know if there is a book about where cooking ingredients
such as baking soda, baking powder, and alum come from
and how they were discovered to work in cooking. What is
cream of tarter or cream of wheat?
QUESTION A Somerset reader would like recipes for
emu, alligator, squirrel, rabbit, ground hog, opossum, bear,
moose, antelope, etc.
QUESTION A Somerset reader would like recipes for
breakfast cereals (hot or cold). Editor’s Note: Look at the
recipes in this section on the "Home On The Range” page for
some recipes.
QUESTION A Somerset reader would like recipes and
suggestions on how to prepare brains from beef or veal.
QUESTION Ammon Gruber, Emmaus, would like a
recipe for lobster bisque soup, which he had numerous times
at the Pottsville Diner.
QUESTION Violet Cassner, Newburg, would like a
recipe for meat balls made with left over mashed potatoes.
She recalls eating them years ago. The meatballs were sim
mered in sauce and tasted very moist and delicious.
QUESTION Joyce Rex, Slatington, would like recipes
using edible soy beans.
QUESTION Susan Harris, Lexington, VA, would like a
recipe for fruit cake in the jar.
QUESTION—V.A.W. from Old Line is looking for a recipe
for making escarole soup using a chicken stock base.
QUESTION —L. Burkholder, 1543 Union Grove Rd., East
Earl, PA 17519, would like to purchase a used Betty Crocker
Cookbook printed In the mid 19605.
QUESTION Valerie Harlan, Parkesburg, would like a
recipe for ‘real red taffy apples" with taffy that pulls away not
the crackle fype. She remembers these from her childhood
and would like to recreate this childhood memory for her
grandchildren.
QUESTION Several months ago E. Stoltzfoos, Bird in
Hand, cut out a cookie recipe from this section. She lost the
recipe but recalls that some of the ingredients were whole
wheat flour, wheat germ, oatmeal, nuts, and honey. Does
anyone know to what recipe she is referring? Please send a
copy.
QUESTION An anonymous reader sent in a recipe for
gingerbread baked in a jar and a number for the internet to
receive more recipes. The internet number is wrong as print
ed. Could the person who sent in the number, please send the
correct number plainly printed for publication.
QUESTION G. Halteman would like a recipe for home
made butter made out of goafs milk. (According to an answer
in this column, a butter recipe using cow’s milk is interchange
able with goafs milk).
QUESTION—A reader tasted a delicious cottage cheese
soup at the Red Fox Inn at Snowshoe. Does anyone have a
recipe for cottage cheese soup.
QUESTION Carl Schintzel, Rockaway, N.J., remem
bers his mother used to make seasoned rice with cubed
pieces of veal in it, which cooked all day on a wood or coal
range. He doesn’t remember the name or any other ingre
dients, it mighthaye contained, but the mixture a
deep gray granlteware lidded pot. *’**"'***""
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QUESTION—Mary Dengler, Middletown, Ohio, would like
a recipe for 10-grain bread that tastes similar to that made by
Roscoe Village Bakery in Coshocton, Ohio.
QUESTION Grace Rumor, Abington, is looking for a
recipe for individual crumb buns with cheese pockets. Her
husband ate some, which he said were delicious, on the
Ocean City Boardwalk in New Jersey.
ANSWER Jackie Hall, Sorpe, VA, wanted a recipe for
bread sticks that taste similar to those made by Pizza Hut.
Thanks to Alverna Martin, Wellsboro, for sending a recipe.
Bread Sticks
2V4 cups flour
1 tablespoon sugar
3V4 teaspoon baking powder
'A teaspoon salt
1 cup grated Cheddar cheese
1 cup milk
Mix together dry ingredients. Stir in 1 cup milk and cheese.
Roll out dough into large rectangular shape 'A -inch thick. Cut
into strips 1 x3-inches. Melt 'A cup butter in a cookie sheet with
4 sides. Roll dough strips in butter and place on the same pan
until full. Sprinkle seasonings on top if desired such as orega
no, garlic, onion salt, dry ranch dressing mix. Bake at 450
degrees until light brown, about 10 minutes.
Dip in pizza sauce or eat warm with soup.
Also, thanks to Lois Zimmerman, Denver, for sending this
recipe.
Pizza Hut Breadstlcks
VA cups warm water
1 tablespoon yeast
1 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon sugar
VA teaspoon salt
4 cups flour
Butter Mixture:
'A cup butter, melted
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons dried parsley
Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add oil, sugar, and salt. Stir
in flour until it is too stiff to stir with a spoon. Dump onto a
floured surface and knead several minutes. Put in a lightly
greased bowl and let rise until double in size. Punch down and
roll out on a floured surface to 15x15-inch square. Cut strips of
dough with a pizza cutter. Cut each strip into three pieces. Dip
pieces into the butter mixture. Race on a Jelly roll pan. Let rise
a second time. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Bake at 350
degrees for about 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Dip
into hot pizza sauce or a hot cheese sauce. Very delicious!
ANSWER Lebanon County Dairy Maid Amy Habecker
sent in this recipe.
Beef Supreme
2 bags yolk noodles
IVi pounds ground beef
VA cups sour cream
Cheese
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese
Onions to taste
1 jar spaghetti sauce
Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes. Sprinkle with
cheese on top the final 10 minutes.
ANSWER Nancy Mayer, Dalton, sent in this recipe
requested by Sue Morris.
Cook carrots, drain and reserve liquid. Puree carrots,
adding as little reserve water as possible to keep the puree
thicker.
Substitute equal amounts of carrot puree for pumpkin in
any pumpkin pie recipe, but cut the milk by about V* cup.
ANSWER Thanks to Anna Joyce Martin, East Earl, for
sending in a recipe for the following request.
Pumpkin Whoople Pies
Beat together the following:
2 egg yolks
2 cups brown sugar, beaten
1 cup oil
Add:
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups cooked pumpkin
3 cups flour
Drop by teaspoonful on cookie sheet. Bake at3so degrees
about 10 minutes or until done.
Icing:
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons milk
VA cups vegetable shortening
2 egg whtes, unbeaten
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
Ice one cookie and place another on top to make a sand
wich, cookie
Carrot Pie
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vent illness, a trained child can
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children are protected as muck
as possible. Parents, check to
see if your child’s caregiver is!
doing the following;
•Frequent hand washing.
this is important to prevent the
spread of germs and infections
Providers must wash their
hands before preparing ami
serving food, including baby bot
tles, before setting the table, 5
after diapering, after bathroom
routines, and before and after
giving medication. The children
need to wash hands befon
meals and snacks and after dj
pering and bathroom routines.
Anyone who has a cold, should
wash hands more often during
the day, especially after sneer
ing, coughing or blowing noses
Child care providers must wash
hands after wiping a child’s nose
or mouth. Be sure to wasl
hands after pets and other am
mals are handled.
•Cleaning routines - diaper
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preparation and serving areas
must be cleaned daily, disinfect
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their effectiveness if left longer
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important for rooms to be aire
daily and to have good ventila
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enclosed places.
•Outdoor play - a chance to
play outdoors helps keep kids
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