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Like so many crops this sea
son, the queen of vegetable gar
dens has been having a less
than-banner year.
So much for winning any
giant tomato contests this sea
son.
According to numerous stud
ies done in recent years, toma
toes are the number one crop
cultivated by home gardeners.
Even folks who don’t grow any
garden at all will often tuck a
tomato stalk into a container
and tend it on their back bal
cony.
Supermarket tomatoes have
made great strides in their taste
and texture in recent times,
though I still have yet to find
one that is an identical replica of
the real thing. The paste-type
tomato that is often available in
produce comes closer than some
and is a welcome ingredient in
sandwiches. But, it still lacks
that backyard, sun-warmed
sweetness and flavor.
We bested our previous ripe
tomato record this year, lovingly
picking the first red Early Girl
simply amiN-
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STUFFED TOMATOES
4 hardcookcd eggs
A teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vinegar
1 tablespoons mayonnaise
'A teaspoon pepper
'A teaspoon mustard
1 tablespoon cream
Hot pepper sauce, to taste
Cut eggs in half lengthwise.
Remove yolks and mash until
smooth. Add other ingredients and
mix well. Refill the whites and
garnish with paprika or paisley.
Add hot pepper sauce.
Halve tomatoes and scoop out
centers. Fill with egg mixture.
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in late June. Admittedly, it had
been coddled along in a protec
tive Wall-O-Water plastic shel
ter, and hand watered against
the drought which was already
then making its ominous way
into the season.
After enjoying those first two
or three small tomatoes, howev
er, we endured a few weeks
delay until the regular tomato
section of the garden began pay
ing its way. In an effort to let
more sunshine in through the
tangle of stalks, I moved tomato
vines around to better expose
the fruits to the light and
warmth.
What a mistake. The sun
shine turned out to be that
intense, 100-degree stuff, quick
ly burning sunspots on the sides
of the tomatoes I had exposed.
That game plan promptly went
out the window, the rest of them
haye -since been ripening under
the light shade of foliate, just
the Way the stalks put ’em. In
fact, until cooler weather moved
in, I was making it a point to re
cover with stalks and foliage any
ciousness. ;
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A4MB&. tomatoes as some
1 pound lean ground beef partygoers in Spam who recent
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Assorted cheeses and con- 30 > 000 participants threw over
/ii«iu»nt« 140 tons - tons! of tomatoes at
Divide ground beef into eight one another in a giant food fight,
equal portions, shape into patties, Yu^! ,
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on grid over medium coals. Grill ob at least one fat, juicy one at
6-7 minutes for medium or to groundhog, which, in the last
desired doneness, turning once. days, has begun sampling
To broil, arrange patties on rack bites out of the biggest, nicest
of broiler pan so surface of meat is tomatoes.
3-4 inches fiom heat Broil 4-6 111 be sure to . P ick one of
minutes for medium or desired those that has a rotting sunspot
doneness, turning once. onl^-
Noreen Pmsr At least, it won’t be a total
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CLARION (Clarion Co.)
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess
and Promotion Services Inc. has
announced that its 43rd Annual
Dairy Princess pageant will be
held on Saturday evening,
September 18 at the Sheraton
Harrisburg-East. A milk punch
reception will start at 5:30 p.m.
followed by a banquet at 6:30
p.m. and the coronation.
Thirty-two county dairy
princesses will compete for the
tomatoes, exposed to the sun in
the process ofpicking. - ,
While we h&ve had more pro*
ductive years with much larger
tomatoes, this year’s still taste
absolutely wonderful. Perhaps
they are like the sugary sweet
peaches of the season, concen
trating their flavor and taste
into a smaller package.
So we pair these juicy, deli
cious orbs with meat, cheese,
and dill pickles for hearty
evening sandwiches, section
them over our salads (we like a
little salad with our tomatoes,
not the other way around), toss
them with Italian herbs and
salad dressing, or just slice them
and dust lightly with salt and
pepper.
It doesn’t get any better than
that, foodwise.
While we treasure having our
fresh, homegrown tomatoes,
there are limits to just how far
we will go in immersing our
selves on-.their nutritious deli-
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title of - Pennsylvania dairy
princess now held by Jennifer
Dotterer of Clinton County. The
newly selected princess and two
alternates will reign for a period
of one year from September
1999 to September 2000. During
that time, they will represent
the dairy farmers of Pennsyl
vania speaking out for its num
ber one agricultural industry
and all dairy products.
The pageant, which will be
held on the Saturday evening
preceding the annual All-
American Dairy Week, will end
two full days of acitivies and
interviews for the contestants.
Four judges, all from out-of
state, will select a Pennsylvania
dairy princess and two alter
nates from seven finalists.
The Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess program is supported
by Pennsylvania dairy farmers
through their various advertis
ing and promotion agencies;
American Dairy Association and
Dairy Council Inc., American
Dairy Association/Dairy Council-
Middle Atlantic, American Dairy
Association & Dairy Council
Mideast, the Pennsylvania
Dairy Promotion Program and
Allied Milk Producers with con
tributions from other dairy
related organizations and indi
viduals. Again this year, as the
result of a grant from Sire
Power, Inc. and several anony
mous individuals, the awards to
the winners will be: $1,200 to
the Pennsylvania Dairy Princess
and $6OO to each of her two
alternates.
In addition, two contestants
will receive $lOO awards for out
standing dairy presentations
designed for school children and,
two others will receive $lOO
each for the two best speeches
designed for adult audiences. As
in the past, there will also be
two $5O awards for compiling
scrapbooks which chronicle
dairy princess activities to date.
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The contestants themselves will
select the coveted “Miss
Congeniality” award from
among their own ranks.
For over 40 years the primary
purpose of the dairy princess
program in Pennsylvania is the
promotion of the dairy industry
and its products on the local
grass roots level. Incentive
awards will again be given to
the counties whose last years’
princess and her committee
completed the incentive require
ments.
In addition, an individual
award of $3OO will be given to
the young woman who stood out
as the outstanding dairy pro
moter during her county reign.
This award, “Tina Shultz 1
Memorial Award” is given in
memory and honor of the ous
tanding young lady, who in May
1986 succumbed to cancer, dur
ing her reign as Huntingdon
County .Dairy Princess.
PA Dairy Princess and
Promotion Services announces
that the Saturday morning pre
sentation competition will be
open to the public free of charge.
It will run from 8:00 a.m. until
12 noon in the Sheraton
Ballroom. Interested persons
are invited and urged to attend.
Saturday evening, September
18, promises to be an exciting
evening for 32 county contes
tants and their families as well
as for our Pennsylvania Dairy
Industry. Tickets for the event
are $2O per person and are
available on a “first come” basis
from Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess and Promotion
Services, Inc., 214 South Street,
Box 640, Clarion, PA 16214.
(814) 226-7470 or Fax (814) 226-
8698. All tickets must be paid in
advance and will be held for pick
up at the door.
All friends of the dairy busi
ness are urged to attend and
lend their support to these hard
working young ambassadors.
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