Cook’s Question
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ANSWER Dianne Decker, Shippensburg, wanted a
recipe for Kentucky Derby Pie. Thanks to Lee Laverty, Dover,
N.J., for the recipe. She writes that the pie is also called First
Saturday in May Pie.
Kentucky Derby Pie
Vi cup melted butter
Vt cup granulated sugar
Vi cup brown sugar
Vi cup flour
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
% cup English walnuts
% cup chocolate chips
mix in order given; pour into unbaked 9-inch pie shell. Bake
at 350 degress for 30 minutes.
ANSWER Phyllis Stauffer, Carlisle, wanted a recipe for
a clear, reddish orange sweet and sour sauce that tastes like
that served at Chinese restaurants. Lee Lverty, Dover, N.J.,
suggests Phyllis buy the sweet and sour sauce called Dai-
Dee Duck Sauce or Gold’s Soo Moy Jung Oriental Style Duck
Sauce in the Chinese section of supermarkets. Making it is
time consuming. The purchased sauce also makes a wonder
ful base for barbecue sauce on chicken and ribs.
CORRECTION Sandra Rake writes that the second
ingredient for the recipe for Canned Hot Peppers, printed in
the Aug. 21, edition, should have been 2 cups vinegar, not
sugar. Here is a recipe for picketed hot peppers from Nancy
Nolt, New Bloomfield.
Pickled Hot Peppers
2 pounds hot pepper, 3-5 inches long
Boiling water
2'/: cups white vinegar
2'k cups water
1 cup sugar
8 cloves garlic
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons oil
Wear gloves to wash, stem, and cut peppers in half. Pour
boiling water over peppers; let set 5 minutes. Drain and pack
in four pint jars. Add 2 garlic cloves, % -teaspoon vegetable
oil, and % teaspoon salt to each pint. Combine vinegar, water,
and sugar. Simmer 5 minutes and pour over peppers. Pro
cess 10 minutes in boiling hot water bath.
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ANSWER —The girls from Pennfield Feeds’ customer ser
vice department wanted a great-tasting recipe to make Red
Velvet Cake. Thanks to Eleanor Kisner, Muncy, for sending
this recipe.
V 2 cup shortening
IVicups sugar '
2 eggs
2-ounces red food coloring
1 tablespoon cocoa
2Vt cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vinegar
Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs, red food
coloring, cocoa, and mix together. Add buttermilk, vanilla, vin
egar, and mix. Add dry ingredients and mix. Bake 30 minutes
at 350 degrees.
5 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1 cup Crisco shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cook flour and milk until thickened. Cool. After cooking,
add sugar, Crisco, and vanilla. Mix 10 minutes. Also good with
peanut butter added.
Thanks to Lee Laverly, Dover, N.J., for sending her mom’s
recipe used since the early 19405.
IVi -ounces red food coloring
2 teaspoons cocoa
Vt cup shortening
IVi cups sugar
2 eggs
2% cups cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon vinegar
Mix food coloring and cocoa; let stand. Cream shortening
and sugar and add eggs, then add cocoa mixture and beat
well.
Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda, and add to
creamed mixture. Add buttermilk, vanilla, and vinegar. Bake
at 300 degrees for 35 minutes.
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Lancaster
Farm Women
Society 18
Lancaster Farm Women Society
18 met at the home of Martha Ston
er, president, on Aug. 21. Dessert
was enjoyed before the meeting.
Evelyn Brubaker led devotions.
Roll call required each of the 17
members present to tell and show a
favorite basket A surprising num
ber of baskets of all sizes from
about one-inch to one that was
3-foot high. Construction was as
varied as materials used. Some
were in the family for generations;
all were cherished possessions.
After business and announce
ments, members were reminded of
the September buffet to be held at
Yoder’s Restaurant Husbands and
guests are welcome.
Berks Society 6
Berks County Society of Farm
Women #6 held its June meeting at
the home of Linda Youse. Five
members were present. Dairy
Ambassador Vicky Kieffer was
the speaker. Also present was
Little Dairy Princess Ashley
Mohn.
Ten members were present at
the July 20th meeting held at the
home of Maty Jane Hetrick. Mem
ber Beth Glick demonstrated flow
er arranging.
The goup will go to Sunny Crest
for lunch in Aug. Dorothy Wagner
will hold a family picnic in August
at Maty Jane Hetrick’s. Members
should bring a small gift to play
“Now you have it, now you don’t”
A monetary donation was col
lected to give to the state project
Habitat for Humanity. The county
convention will be Oct 2.
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