88-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 22, 1998
If you are looking for a recipe but can’t find it, send your
recipe request to Lou Ann Good, Cook’s Question Corner,
in care of Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA
17522. There’s no need to send an BASE. If we receive an
answer to your question, we will publish it as soon as pos
sible. 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 J. Gramiccioni, Stockton, N.J., wants to
know where to purchase real Italian vinegar without preserva
tives. Her father brought some from Italy, but she can’t find it
over here. Does anyone know how it can be made or
purchased?
QUESTION A Leola reader would like a recipe for Christ
mas pickles.
QUESTION A reader would like to know if there is a way
to can string beans without the jars becoming cloudy.
QUESTION Mrs. Blank from Bird-in-Hand would like a
recipe for Italian tomato sauce that tastes like the store-bought
variety. She also would like a recipe to make pizza sauce.
QUESTION A Northumberland County reader would like
a recipe for crock pot apple butter and one for Boston Creme
Pie.
QUESTION Estella Fink would like a recipe to make chili
beans.
QUESTION Nancy Bachenstoes, Germansville, is look
ing for an ice cream recipe to use in a 5 gallon freezer. She
would prefer a recipe without eggs or a pudding-based recipe.
QUESTION —A Troy reader wants a recipe for creamy rice,
which is not a dessert but used in place of potatoes. The old
time recipe for this rice results in a creamy, not juicy, rice with a
hint of yellow in the color.
QUESTION Peter Juerss, Pleasant Valley, N.Y., wants to
know the best thirst quencher to serve a hay crew on a hot day.
QUESTION John Lapp, Gordonville, would like a recipe
to make elderberry w ! ne to treat colds and flu.
QUESTION A reader from Orange County, N.Y. would
like a recipe for Half Sour Pickles, she believes the cucumbers
are soaked in brine overnight and can be eaten the following
day.
QUESTION Shawna Whitmer, Bethel, is looking for a
recipe to make maraschino cherries with sodium benzoate.
She does not want recipe for cannino or freezing cherries for
pies or desserts.
QUESTION Shirley Hodecker, Carlisle, is looking for a
recipe for a cool summer drink called orange aid. While on vac
ation recently, the Hodecker family purchased the drink while
waiting to board a train.
QUESTION Ina Mikalauskas, Evans City, is looking for
recipes for tomato jelly, garlic jam, and pickled garlic.
QUESTION Areaderfrom Finger Lakes, N.Y., would like
a recipe to can together sliced onions and green bell peppers
(not pickled).
QUESTION A Snyder County reader would like a recipe
for white chocolate mousse cake.
QUESTION A reader wants a recipe for cherry nut filling
for homemade candy.
QUESTION A reader wants a recipe for the bretzel
QUESTION Rose Diehl, Bloomsburg, wants recipes for
turkey scrapple and turkey bologna.
ANSWER Leora Petet, Hollsopple, wanted a recipe for
pecan log. Thanks to Sylvia Schwalm, Leola, for sending a
recipe.
Cock’s
Question
Comer
Pecan Rolls
Tk -ounces marshmallow creme
1 pound confectioners’ sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla
% teaspoon almond extract
1 pound caramel squares
10 cups coarsely chopped pecans
Combine marshmallow creme, confectioners' sugar, vanil
la, and almond extract. Knead sugar in gradually. Shape in
eight rolls, one-inch in diameter. Wrap in waxed paper and put
into freezer or freezing tray of refrigerator overnight or until
candy is quite hard.
Remove cellophane from caramels, melt caramels in top
part of metal double boiler over boiling water. Remove from
heat, but keep over hot water. Dip marshmallow rolls first in
caramel to cover, then roll in nuts, pressing nuts firmly into car
amels with hands. Cool, store, covered in a cool, dry place.
Keeps at least a month. Makes about five pounds.
ANSWER Jeanne Parry, West Chester, wanted a recipe
for cucumber salad. Thanks to Anna Martin, Denver, and Betty
Novinger, Millersburg, for sending recipes.
Cucumber Salad With Mixed Fresh Herbs
4 medium cucumbers, peeled, thinly sliced
Vk teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon dropped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
% cup thinly sliced onion
1 clove garlic, crushed
'/< cup olive oil
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Place cucumbers in colander. Toss with salt and allow to
drain into a bowl for one hour. Carefully toss the cucumbers a
couple of times while draining.
Discard the liquid that has accumulated and place the
cucumbers in a bowl. Toss with remaining ingredients.
Chill for at least three hours. Toss the salad once while
chilling.
ANSWER Dixie Fix wanted to know where to buy an
electric iron to bake New Year’s cakes, which are thin Euro
pean waffles like cake. A regular waffle iron and a Belgian iron
make too thick a waffle. Two different answers were sent in.
Thanks to Thelma Alexander, Phoenixville, who writes the
pizzelle iron can be purchased at department stores or at
Fante's Cookware or Lechter's Housewares, which are
located in many shopping malls.
Thanks to Barbara Sciss-DeGraw, Madison, N.J., who
writes that the correct Nowegian name is Krum Kake. A
KrumKate (cone cakes) can be purchased from Vesterheim,
502 W. Water St., Oecorah, lowa 52101. If that company no
longer carries it, she can find it in a Scandanaviah store or a
very old hardware store. Here is the recipe.
t cup sugar
1 cup melted butter
3 eggs
1 small can evaporated milk
Vanilla to taste
Dash salt
2 cups flour
Follow directions for baking that comes with the Krum Kake
iron.
ANSWER A reader wanted to know if hot peppers can be
stored in an unsealed jar on the counter covered with oil to use
as needed and the flavored oil be used afterwards. Thanks to
Rose Diehl, Bloomsburg, who writes that hot peppers can be
covered in oil and stored in an unsealed jar as long as they are
kept refrigerated. The oil will become strong after a couple of
months.
Berks County Dairy Princess Alisha Gross entices Kutz
town fairgoers to buy ice cream and milkshakes to help sup
port the dairy princess program in Berks County.
Krum Kake
Zucchini
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ZUCCHINI
CHOCOLATE CAKE
V« cup butter
'/« cup shortening
‘A cup oil
l‘A cups sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
‘A cup sour milk
2'A cups flour
4 tablespoons cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups zucchini, shredded
12 ounces chocolate chips
'A cup walnuts
Mix together all ingredients
except chocolate chips and wal
nuts. Spread in 9x13-inch pan and
sprinkle with chocolate chips and
walnuts. Bake at 325 degrees for
45 minutes.
Barb
Messiah Village Cookbook
ZUCCHINI BAKE
3 cups zucchini, thinly sliced,
unpceled
1 cup biscuit mix
'h cup onion, chopped
'/t cup parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons parsley
Vi teaspoon salt
‘A teaspoon seasoned salt
'A teaspoon oregano
1 clove garlic or '/«teaspoon
garlic powder
'A cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, beaten
Mix together all ingredients.
Spread 13x9x2-inch pan. Bake at
350 degrees until golden brown.
Cooking time 25 minutes.
Rose Diehl
Bioomsburg
ZUCCHINI CAKE
Cream together:
'A cup butter
'A cup oil
1 3 A cup sugar
Add:
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
Beat well and add:
2'A cups flour
'/*cup cocoa
'A teaspoon baking soda
'A teaspoon baking powder
‘A teaspoon cinnamon
‘A teaspoon cloves
'A teaspoon salt
'A cup sour milk
Blend and add 2 cups grated
zucchini
Blend again. Put into 9x 13-inch
pan. Sprinkle I'A cups chocolate
chips over dough. Bake at 325
degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.
Mabel Harnish
Willow Street
ZUCCHINI BREAD
Beat together until light and
fluffy:
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
Blend in;
2 cups grated zucchini,
unpeeled
Sift together and add to above:
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
'A teaspoon nutmeg
Fold in:
'/; cup raisins
'h cup chopped nuts
Pour into two greased 9x5-inch
loaf pans. Bako at 350 degrees for
45-50 minutes.
Anonymous