Cook’s Question ANSWER Barbie Smoker, Quarryville, wanted a recipe for Kiwi Jam. Thanks to Verna Moll, Temple, who sent in two recipes that she clipped from last year’s newspaper recipes. 4 cups Kiwi puree 4Vi cups sugar 1 box powdered fruit pectin Peel about 3 quarts ripe kiwi and put through food proces sor to make puree. Follow directions on fruit pectin box for preparing jam. Kiwi-Pineapple Jam 3Vi cups prepared pineapple (from fresh) 1 cup kiwi puree 5Vi cups sugar 1 box powdered fruit pectin For puree, stem ripe kiwi and put through food sieve. Fol low directions on fruit pectin box. ANSWER —ForC. Fields, Topton, who wanted the 30 Day friendship cake starter, here is one from L. Fitz, Greencastle. 30 Day Friendship Cake Starter Let the following mixture set 8 hours or overnight on coun tertop. Put the following ingredients into a 1 gallon container and cover with cloth and lid: 'A cup sugar 'A cup peach juice Vi cup pineapple juice Vi cup fruit cocktail juice. Stir well. Do not refrigerate. Day 1; Mix together Vk cups starter juice 2'/* cups sugar 1 quart homecanned or 29-ounce can peaches and juice. Cover and stir once a day for next 9 days. Day 10: Add 2 cups sugar 20-ounce can crushed or chunky pineapple and juice. Stir once a day for next 9 days. Day 20; Add 2 cups sugar 17-ounce can fruit cocktail and juice 14-ounce jar maraschino cherries and juice. Stir once a day for next nine days. Day 30: Drain juice from fruit and put into 6 jars. 1 'k cups juice in each jar. Divide fruit into 3 portions (about 2 cups each). For each cake you will need: 1 box yellow cake mix 4 eggs % cup oil Small box instant vanilla pudding Vk cups chopped nuts 1 tablespoon orange extract 2 cups fruit mix Bake at 325 degrees for one hour. Mix together and pour intp pans. Grease 3 tubepans or bundt pans. CUSTOM MADE FEED BINS FOR FARMS - FEED MILLS • Made of 13 gauge Steel • All welded seams • Gravity Flow or Auger | Free Estimates Also - Steel Roof Trusses for Buildings - Portable Hog Buildings • Bucket Elevators - Grain augers Distributors - Flow Pipes & Accessories We Sell, Service & Install Ph: 570-345-3724 Fax: 570-345-2294 STOLTZFUS WELDING SHOP Owner - Samuel P. Stoltzfus RD 3, Box 331 Pine Grove, PA 17963 (Continued from Page 88) Kiwi Jam Family Living Focus Beth Van Horn Centre Co. Extension Agent CONSIDER FOOD SAFETY WHEN REUSING PLASTIC AND PAPER In the spirit of “reuse and recy cle,” many of us feel good when we microwave leftovers in plastic margarine tubs we have saved and reuse our plastic grocery bags as food storage containers. Although they are both ecologically sound practices, the question is are they safe food practices? The answer is no, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Here is what experts with USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline have to say about these and other food packaging questions that consumers often ask. ANSWER—Phyllis Stauffer, Carlisle, wanted a recipe that tastes like the hash brown casserole served at Cracker Barrel restaurants. Thanks to Barb Bedard, North Lawrence, N.V., for sending the following: 2 pounds frozen hash brown potatoes 14 cup butter, melted 1 can cream of chicken soup 2 cups Cheddar cheese, grated 'A cup chopped onion 2 cups sour cream 1 teaspoon salt Mix together all ingredients. Place in 3-quart buttered cas serole dish. May be made the day before and refrigerated, covered. Remove from refrigerator about two hours before baking. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to one hour. Serves 12. Creamy Hash Brown Casserole 32-ounces frozen Southern-style hash brown potatoes, thawed 1 pound American cheese, cubed 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted 2 cups sour cream % cup butter, melted, divided 3 tablespoons chopped onion % teaspoon paprika 2 cups cornflakes, slightly crushed In a large bowl, combine hash browns, cheese, soup, sour cream, % cup butter, and onion. Spread into a greased 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with paprika. Combine cornflakes and remaining butter. Sprinkle on top. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until heated through. Question: Is it safe to micro wave foods in margarine tubs or cottage cheese containers? Answer No. Cold food storage containers are intended for cold food storage only. They have not been tested or approved for any other use, including cooking. Mar garine tubs and cottage cheese containers are not heat stable, and chemicals from the plastic may migrate into the food during heat ing, including microwave heating. Question: What about the use of plastic and other packaging mater ials in the microwave oven? Answer Microwave foods in packaging materials only if the package directs, and do so only one time. Materials suitable for Potato Casserole Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 18, 1999-69 microwave cooking include oven bags, wax paper, and plastic wrap. However, make sure the plastic wrap does not touch the food, and do not reuse the wrap. Question: is it safe to use plastic grocery or trash bags for food stor age? Answer This is not a recom mened practice, especially for plastic trash bags. Generally, they are not made of food-grade plas tic, and chemicals from them may leach into the food, especially raw food such as fresh produce. Question: Is it safe to use paper grocery bags for cooking? Answer Again, USDA’s an swer is no. Grocery bags are not intended or formulated for cook ing foods. Levels of components, such as metal fragments, glue, and chemicals, may be present at high er than acceptable limits and can migrate into the food. These bags may not be sanitary, particularly since they are stared under a varie ty of conditions. Question; What about packag ing that accidentally gets cooked in a conventional oven, such as the giblet bag inside a turkey? Answer The giblet bag and ab sorbent pad that come with it clearly ate not intended to be cooked. However, if this happens and the packageing materials re main unaltered (that is, they do not melt or come apart), the giblets should not be used, but the sur rounding turkey is considered safe to eat However, if the packaging materials have melted or changed shape in any way, experts with USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline recommend against using the tur key because of food safety con cerns. 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