eki .ancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24, 1998 GINNY WILT didn’t put on its best show this Adams Co. Correspondent year and the weather had ARENDTSVILLE* (Adams trouble cooperating the 34th Co.) Even though the apple annual National Apple Harvest Apple Festival (Continued from Page B 3) APPLE RED CABBAGE SOUP 1 small head red cabbage, shredded salt and pepper 2 tablespoons lard 1/2 cup tarragon vinegar 3 cups beef stock 1/2 cup red wine 2 tbsp. sugar 3 medium tart apples, cored and sliced 1/3 cup currant jelly 1/2 teaspoon cloves 1/2 teaspoon caraway seed It is important to cook this soup in an enamel or earthen ware pot or the red cabbage will turn an unappetizing violet color! Sprinkle the shredded cab bage with salt and pepper. Melt the lard in a large enamel pan Add the cabbage and sprinkle it with the vinegar and stir over low heat with a wooden spoon for a few minutes. Add the beef stock and wine and summer while you put the sugar in a small pan with 2 tablespoons of water and cook until brown or caramelized Add this to the cabbage and cover to simmer for 1-1/2 hours. Then add the apples, jelly, car away seed, and cloves and sim mer for 20 minutes more. 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Serve on crisp lettuce leaves on a cold tea plate. APPLE LASSES MEAT LOAF 2 lbs. lean ground beef 1 cup soft breadcrumbs 1 egg, beaten 2/3 cup chopped apples 1/3 cup diced onion 1/4 cup molasses 2 teaspoons salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 2 to 4 tablespoons milk Mix all ingredients in large bowl, adding milk last, one spoonful at a time so mix does not get too moist. Pat into loaf pan, bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. Brush top with a glaze made of equal parts of molasses and ketchup (1/4 cup each). Bake 15 minutes more. You may also use pork or a combination of pork and veal instead of beef. German Raw Apple Cake 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 2-1/2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 cup sour milk or buttermilk 2 cups diced raw apple (yellow) Sift flour, salt and cinnamon. Cream sugar and shortening and eggs. Add baking soda to sour milk and alternate flour and milk to rest of batter. Add apples and put in greased square 9xBx2”. Sprinkle on top of batter before baking, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup chopped nuts, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. Festival paid homage to Adams County’s main fruit. John Wenk, president of the Adams County Fruitgrowers Association, said, “Countywide it was a short crop. It was a dif ficult year because of the weath er. Everything was two weeks early.” Wenk, who with his brother, Dave Wenk, operated Three Spring Fruit Farm, explained that while the fruit came in early in some cases it didn’t develop its color at the right time. “Timing was a problem. Some varieties were ready, while oth ers were not” creating a crisis for some farmers who harvested only 10 to 20 percent of their crop, he said. 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