88-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 27, 1998
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QUESTION Cindy Barta, N. Jackson, Ohio, writes that
she made quince jelly last fall. It was her first attempt at making
jelly. Some of the jelly turned out fine and jelled nicely. But one
batch did not gel. She had read that quince has natural pectin
and did not use any pectin in the recipe, which did not call for
any. She would appreciate any help or recipe that will make this
type of jelly jel.
QUESTION A Snyder County reader would like a recipe
for white chocolate mousse cake.
QUESTION E. Beaver, Ringtown, wants to know if fresh
asparagus is better frozen or canned. She would like tips on
how to freeze and can asparagus.
QUESTION A faithful reader would like a recipe for a
sauce to make stir fry.
QUESTION Marian Harman, Hughesville, would like a
recipe for cherry pig, which she thinks is made with bread
dough and fresh cherries.
QUESTION Elaine Fyock, Windber, writes that a recipe
for oven pickles processed in the oven at a low temperature
and left set overnight appeared in this column last year. She
mislaid the recipe and would like it. Did anyone clip it out?
Please send it in.
QUESTION Doris Bobb, Muncy, would like a recipe that
had appeared in this paper last year for rhubarb peach jam. Did
anyone clip the recipe to which she is referring?
QUESTION A reader is looking for recipes to use frozen
or home canned plums.
QUESTION G. Benner would like a recipe for corn chips,
QUESTION —Karen Kinnaine, Shartlesville, wants a recipe
for no-fail fudge made with cocoa. She also wants a recipe for
Dutch apple cake, a 1950 s recipe from the Gold Medal Flour
sack.
QUESTION Betty Groff, Leola, would like a recipe for rai
sin sponge pie.
QUESTION Michele Powlison, writes that coming from
New England, she misses the pickled tripe found in that area. It
is one of her favorite foods and she misses it. Does anyone
have a recipe to make pickled tripe like that found in New
England?
QUESTION —A reader wants recipes for bagels and for the
brezel.
QUESTION Rose Diehl, Bloomsburg, wants recipes for
turkey scrapple and turkey bologna.
QUESTION Shirley Jean Ash, Bridgeport, W.V., would
like a recipe for Southwestern Vegetable Soup that tastes like
that served at Shoney's Restaurant. She writes that it’s the
best she ever tasted, although she’s been back to the restaur
ant several times and they didn’t have it.
QUESTION Valerie Miller, Honesdale, is looking for a
recipe for pork roll.
ANSWER A reader wanted to know how to use excess
watermelon in the summertime. Thanks to Mrs. Joyce Weaver,
Mohnton, and to J. Gehman, Newburg, for sending recipes.
Strawberry Watermelon Slush
cups cubed, seeded watermelon
pint fresh strawberries, halved
cup sugar
cup lemon juice
2 cups ice cubes
Combine first four ingredients in blender process until
smooth. Gradually add ice, blending until slushy. Serve imme
diately. Yield: 5 servings.
Cook's
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Question
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Tornado Cleanup
(£cntiiuwd from Pago B 7)
the grappled over the idea that
history, could, so soon, be repeat
ed.
Suddenly, the voices of doom
were sounding warnings. A tor
nado was spotted in western
Somerset county near the
Westmoreland County border.
Rapidly, it progressed towards
southern Somerset County,
skimming other communities as
it moved. People raced to vari
ous shelters. Then, in full view it
burst over Mount Davis . ..
Its fury upon contact exceed
ed, 48 hours earlier, the fierce
ness of its awful predecessor.
The town was barely spared
as it proceeded from northwest
to southeast of the town’s bor
ders, the lethal suction of its
centrifugal winds tossing ani
mals, houses, barns, trees like
toothpicks
There were a total of 14 tor
nados in the tn-state area that
night and Frostburg, Md., had
tremendous losses.
The roadway most traveled
Watermelon Refresher Punch
6 cups cubed, seeded watermelon
6 ounces frozen lemonade concentrate
6 ounces frozen orange juice concentrate
3 cups water
2 tablespoons sugar
Place watermelon cubes in blender or potato masher. Pro
cess until smooth. In 3-quart non-metal container, combine
watermelon puree, juice concentrates, sugar, and water.
Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Stir before serving.
ANSWER Kathleen Hampford. Pottsville, wanted a
recipe for sweet and sour meatloaf. Thanks to Joyce Weaver,
Mohnton, for sending a recipe.
Sweet & Sour Meatloaf
IV4 pounds ground beef
1 cup dry bread crumbs
1 teaspoon salt
% teaspoon pepper
2 eggs
1 teaspoon minced onion
15-ounce‘can tomato sauce, divided
Topping:
Reserved tomato sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons vinegar
y* cup sugar -
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
Mix together beef, bread crumbs, sa . ll ;P® p ß^’^
Add onion and half tomato sauce. Form into loaf in SxSxS-inch
oan Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. In saucepan, com
bfne topping ingredients; bring to a boil. Pour over meatloaf.
Bake 10 minutes more. Yield: six servings.
ANSWER A Somerset reader wanted the following
recipes: Tabbouleh and other Indian/Pakintani ethnic dishes
from that part of the world. Also Greek food recipes using com
mon ingredients, and a bread pudding that is like a custard/
pudding and not like a “cake" bread pudding. Thanks to Jose
phine Matenus, Dallas, and Stan Kitchen, Dallas, for sending
recipes.
Tabbouleh
Armenian Cracked Wheat Salad
1 cup bulgur (cracked wheat)
2 cups boiling water
V» cup plus 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 cup chopped scallions
1 cup chopped fresh tomatoes or halved cherry tomatoes
1 cup chopped peeled cucumbers
1 cup minced parsley
3-4 tablespoons chopped fresh mint or 3 tablespoons
crumbled dry mint
1 teaspoon salt
% teaspoon dried thyme
’/. teaspoon ground black pepper
’/« cup olive oil
Romaine lettuce leaves for garnish
Combine the bulgar, boiling water, and 2 tablespoons lemon
juice in a large mixing bowl. Let stand one hour. Drain thor
oughly by placing in a colander and shaking until all the liquid is
removed. Place the drained bulger in a salad bowl. Add scal
lions, tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, mint, salt, thyme, pepper,
oil, and one-third cup lemon juice. Stir to blend. Cover and chill
thoroughly for several hours or overnight. Serve on bed of
romaine lettuce. Serves 4-6.
Route 219 was closed by
fallen trees. Power lines were
spun out of the area.
State transportation crews
and volunteer firemen cleared
medical facility was at stake and
trained crews had virtually, no
approach open to their utility
poles.
About 200 individuals were
refuged in the school’s multi
purpose room.
“The fear was felt, even in the
darkness,” recalled Yoder.
Clyde Stein, the school dis
trict maintenance supervisor,
and his staff endured the stress
ful scenario. Earlier that day
they had helped the experts to
run temporary telephone lines
for the disaster teams.
“Wednesday and Thursday
were very stressful,” 'Stein
reported. “I had to make deci
sions about generators.”
Then, sleeping arrangements
for members of the National
Guard, deployed after Governor
Tom Ridge on Wednesday
inspected and declared it a dis-
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aster area, had to be made by
Stein. The military forces would
expedite demolition of unsafe
structures and the removal of
rubbish and debris.
“We ran 24-hour shifts,” said
Stein, recapping the odd sched
ules that his crew including
Sandy Bodes, worked.
Bodes, after Sunday was
sleeping some three hours a
night. “It went until Thursday
before I got eight hours of sleep,”
he reported. That’s when elec
tricity was restored.
Meanwhile, scores of church
es combined resources to feed
workers in outlying districts
around Salisbury.
Several ladies wrote menus
and figured the mathematics for
copious amounts of food. Contact
person from participating con
gregations asked people in their
own church to sign up for
requested dishes on specific
days.
Drivers were enlisted to
deliver food and supplies.
Ideally situated halfway
between Salisbury and St. Paul,
the Mountain View Christian
Fellowship was chosen as the
food service headquarters
Unplanned, the Mennonite
Disaster Service was also there
MDS relayed information to
the industrious women. The
men they served were rebuilding
barn after barn. Approximately
22 were destroyed and, for too
many, staying in the business of
agriculture had already been a
struggle for the owners.
Piney Run Farm, owned by
Bill Mast, reportedly was
unique in that barns were lost to
both tornados.
Pat Hippie, Lycoming
County’s Emergency Services
coordinator, a 10-year employee
of the Red Cross, was the
Salisbury disaster’s service cen
ter managed
“This is my first disaster out
side my home territory," she
reported, explaining that under
Pennsylvania law, public school
buildings can be used for mass
care.
“The people have been won
derful,” observed Hippie, “and
very cooperative.”
The Salvation Army was
located in the borough building.
Yoder and Foxwell who,
because hands and hearts were
needed, said as long as a need
continues to exist, they will man
their posts. And others loyally
assist them.
A nice return for their labors
has been to meet the many vol
unteers that have passed
through the cafeteria food lines.
“We have made a lot of really
nice friends,” they said.
Foxwell expressed pride in
the Salisbury-Elk Lick graduat
ing class which, when the first
tornado broke loose, was on its
senior trip. Seeing, upon their
return, a hometown in shambles
left the teenagers flabbergasted.
Their commencement on
June 7 took a historic turn. The
class accepted Meyersdale Area
High School’s invitation to use
its auditorium since the one in
their own school was unusable.
“I have pride in the kids who
are the future, who graduated at
the neighboring school,” said
Foxwell. “It was a beautiful ser
vice,” she added.
Gary Foxwell is her husband.
Yoder is married to Richard
Yoder, and their other children
are Keith, 17, and Shari, 11.
“I think our kids will have
some exhaustion (from the dis
aster experience) and need time
to process what they’ve seen,”
the concerned Yoder said.