88-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 20, 1999
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, 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
soon 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 Linda Fletcher, Walnutport, wants a recipe for
elderberry jelly and one for a vanilla Texas sheet cake.
QUESTION Linda Garber, New Ringgold, is looking for
recipes for Belgian waffles, five-layer finger Jell-O with two
layers of cream cheese between them, salsa, and vegetable
cream cheese to spread on bagels.
QUESTION Mary Ann Lapp, New Holland, would like a
recipe for Breakfast Quiche and one for French toast sticks
that taste like those served by Shady Maple Smorgasboard.
QUESTION Ben S. Stoltzfus, Honey Brook, would like a
recipe bran muffins that tastes like the Sara Lee brand.
QUESTION A Lancaster reader would like a recipe for
Black Diamond Steaks.
QUESTION Doris Fenninger, New Holland, wants to
know how to can soups and how long it can be kept after pro
cessing.
QUESTION Lester Horvath, Washington, N.J., would
like a recipe for hot pickled ring bologna.
QUESTION Madeline Raub, Easton, would like to know
where to buy a round biscuit shaped like a basket with afluted
edge. She thinks the biscuits had been made by Nabisco and
sold loose by the pound. Her mother used them at Easter to
make “bird nests” by putting icing inside and colored jelly
beans.
QUESTION —A Leola readerwould like a recipe for bread
sticks that tastes like those served at Olive Garden.
QUESTION Pat Elligson, Millers, Md., is looking for a
recipe for Salisbury steak with gravy. She also wanted a fax
number to send requests and answers to this newspaper col
umn. Fax number is (717) 733-6058.
QUESTION Barb Fox wants to know how to make
blueberry pig.
QUESTION Edward Hollister, Andover, N.J., is searching
for a recipe for maple syrup pie. His grandmother made the
one-crust pie that was made similar to a cream pie.
QUESTION M. Martin, Ephrata, would like to know how
to make tomato paste using 100-percent tomatoes.
QUESTION—Jack Hohmeier, Painter, Vir., wants to know
how to actually can canned milk, not just duplicate for immedi
ate use.
QUESTION —Sherry Rechlin, N. Franklin, Ct., would like a
recipe for farmer’s cheese and for clotted cream.
QUESTION Bonnie Gibble, Ono, would like healthy
recipes with nutritional counts.
QUESTION Martha Gerber, Littlestown, is looking
honey/mustard pretzels that taste similar to those made by
Snyders.
QUESTION Lynn Rossi, Lititz, would like a recipe for
marinated mushrooms, which are made without cooking oil
and sold by S. Clyde Weaver, East Petersburg.
QUESTION Mrs. Dale Burkhart, Narvon, misplaced a
recipe for a seasoning mixture to mb into beef roast before
roasting. She recalls that some of the ingredients included
instant coffee granules, beef bouillion, salt and pepper.
QUESTION Darvin Moyer, Johnstown, would like a
recipe for the beef and lamb mixture used to make Greek
Gyro sandwiches. How is the meat ground and pressed and
what spices are added to the mixture?
QUESTION Anna Showalter, Weyers Cave, Va., would
appreciate a pork roll bologna recipe that tastes like that made
in Lancaster County.
Cook’s
QUESTION —• Herman Ikeler, Bloomsburg, would like a
recipe for dried cured pepperoni. vOnSGiVQIICV
QUESTION—A long time reader from Ticonderoga, N.Y.,
would like recipes that use northern-hardy kiwi, which is small
and grapesized with a smooth skin. It grows on clusters of
vines.
ANSWER Eleanor Kisner, Muncy, wantedmmm a
recipe for Italian Wedding Soup. Thanks to Betty Chaffee,
Warren, for sending a recipe.
Italian Wedding Soup
2 whole chicken breasts
4 quarts water
3 cups chopped celery
1 medium onion, chopped
% cup chopped fresh parsley
Pepper to taste
4 chicken bouillon cubes
1 small head escarole or spinach
1 pound lean ground beef
'A cup chopped fresh parsley
1 egg, beaten
'A grated romano cheese
% cup chopped onion
V* teaspoon salt
V* teaspoon crumbs
'A cup tiny pasta (alphabets or pastina)
Grated cheese for garnish, if desired.
Rinse chicken. Combine chicken, water, celery, onion.
h cup parsley, pepper, and bouillon cubes in large stockpot.
Mix and cook until chicken is tender. Remove chicken to plat
ter, chop and discard skin and bones. Return to stockpot
Bring escarole and enough water to cover to a boil in a large
saucepan. Cook? minutes and drain. Chop escarole and stir
into chicken mixture.
Combine ground beef, pepper, Va cup parsley, 1 egg,
Va cup Romano cheese, % cup onion, salt, and bread crumbs
in bowl. Shape into Va -inch meatballs.
Bring chicken mixture to a boil, drop in meatballs. Stir in tiny
pasta. Simmer about 20 minutes or until meatballs and pasta
are finished. Stir occasionally.
Serve in bowls and garnish with grated cheese, if desired.
ANSWER—Linda Garber, New Ringgold, sent in a recipe for
a refreshing beverage that had been requested by a reader.
Thirst Quencher
1 small can orange juice concentrate
1 small can lemonade concentrate
% to 1 cup sugar
Combine ingredients and add enough ice water to make
one gallon.
ANSWER M. Martin, Ephrata, wanted to know how to
make condensed milk. Here are two recipes from Fran West
fall, New Oxford, and from Martha Hurst, Leola. She writes
that this recipe has saved her money over the years and her
family can’t detect the difference.
1 cup instant non-fat dry milk
% cup sugar
3 tablespoons butter
V» cup boiling water
In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend until
smooth. Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
Sweetened Condensed Milk
In the blender, combine:
Vs cup butter-flavored shortening
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups powdered milk
1 cup boiling water
Blend until smooth. Pour in a quart jar and store in the
refrigerator. It will thicken as it sets. Makes 3 cups.
I'A cups equals a 15-ounce can.
Vs cup warm water
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons non-fat dry milk
% cup granulated sugar
Place warm water in bowl. Add dry milk. Mix. Add sugar
until dissolved.
ANSWER Thanks to Tracy Marchini, Narvon, for send
ing this answer for Nancy Kring. Tracy said that this recipe
handed down from her grandmother, who spend her early
married years in Cairnbrook, has been a family favorite as
long as she can remember.
1 cup brown sugar
Vi cup butter
2 eggs, beaten
% cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
% cup chopped walnuts
1 cup raisins
Put raisins in a small saucepan, add enough water to cover
raisins. Cook, covered, until raisins are soft and plump. Drain
extra water. Mix raisins with remaining ingredients.
For pastry use your favorite recipe for a two-crust pie.
Cut circles from the pastry dough to fit either regular or mini
muffin tins. Fill muffin cups about three-fourths full with the rai
sin mixture. Bake in a 400 degree oven until the filling looks
set and the crust is lightly browned.
Condensed Milk
Condensed Milk
Chess Pies
Exceeds
Annual
Appeal
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Lancaster County
Conservancy’s 1998 annual
appeal: Preserving the Balance
in Lancaster County exceeded
its $55,000 goal to protect an
additional 230 acres of natural
open space in Lancaster County.
This is the second year in a
row that The Conservancy has
been able to meet and exceed its
goal. The Conservancy raised
144 percent of its goal or
$79,000. Using the same
amount of $240 by which the
Conservancy can protect open
space land, that would translate
into slightly more than 329
acres that may now be protect
ed.
Barry L. Spangler, director of
advancement for The
Conservancy, stated that, “it all
began with an extraordinarily
diverse team who was willing to
roll up their sleeves and con
tribute in whatever way they
could to help The conservancy;
whether it was the chairman
and president of a major area
bank, the officers and members
of The Conservancy’s board of
directors, financial supporters,
members of the organization,
retired senior citizens, or college
students -they were responsible
for the organization’s success!”
The Honorary Chair of this
year’s appeal was John E.
Stefan, chairman and president
of Bank of Lancaster County,
N.A.
The Appeal raised $lO,OOO in
its phonathon. Spangler stated
that, “we have a very proactive
board of directors who led by
their example. With 100% par
ticipation, they exceed their own
self-imposed goal of $B,OOO by
more than $1,000.”
He commented that, “compre
hensive survey recently released
by the Hourglass Foundation (as
a great service to Lancaster
County) indicated that more
than 80 percent of Lancastrians
want to prevent the continua
tion of urban sprawl and con
serve natural lands. The majori
ty ot individuals wanted to save
open space but they were unsure
of what should be the proper
vehicle for accomplishing this
daunting task. Well, The
Lancaster County Conservancy
was established 30 years ago as
a non-profit, non-govemmental,
membership-supported organi
zation dedicated to protecting
the dwindling amount of natural
open space resources of
Lancaster County. It has done so
in such an efficient and cost
effective manner that it recently
received a citation from the
Pennsylvania Senate recogniz
ing the invaluable role The
Conservancy has played and is
playing.”