88-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 6, 2000
If you are looking for a recipe but cant find it, send your recipe re
quest to Lou Ann Good, Cooks Question Comer, in care of Lancas
ter Farming, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. Theres no need to
send an SASE. If we receive an answer to your question, we will
publish it as soon as possible. Check your recipe to make sure you
copy the right amounts and complete instructions for making the
recipe. Sometimes we receive numerous answers to the same re
quest, but cannot print each one.
Answers to recipe requests should be sent to the same address,
you may also e-mail questions and answers to lgood.eph@lnpnew
».com
QUESTION Cindy Stahl has Alpine dairy goats that
provide the family with more milk than needed. She would
like recipes for milk-based recipes other than puddings,
ice cream, cheese, butter, and milk soap. Non-dessert
recipes would be most appreciated.
QUESTION Herman Bean, Easton, writes that he is
78 years old. He remembers his grandmother made mo
lasses cookies when he was a small boy. His mother still
made them at 95 years of age but died 10 years ago and
took the recipe with her. The dough was cut with flower
or boy and girl-shaped cookie cutters. When baked, the
cookies were about an inch thick, 4-inches high, and 2- or
3-inches wide. They were sort of a grayish color, soft, and
had to be put into a can for a couple of days before eat
ing. Bean said, he believes the cookies are a Dutch favor
ite.
QUESTION Lucy Lowe, Claymont, Del., wants a reci
pe for ozark pudding.
QUESTION A reader wants a recipe for the jelly-filled
Archway cookies or one similiar to it. The cookies have a
jelly filling and are very soft.
QUESTION Shirley Schwoerer, Wysox, requests a
recipe for canned pickled sausages or ring bologna.
QUESTION A reader would like to have vanilla or
lemon pudding recipes used to fill doughnuts.
QUESTION Ruth Erb, Beavertown, wants a recipe
called Ann-Margarets Favorite Chocolate Cake.
QUESTION A reader from Dauphin would like a reci
pe for society pickles, which she heard stay crunchy after
they are canned.
QUESTION Elaine Fyock, Windber, is looking for a
recipe for New England clam chowder, which tastes simi
liar to that served at Ponderosa Retaurant.
QUESTION Linda Fletcher, Walnutport, wants a reci
pe to make summer bologna in the oven.
QUESTION Steven Skramko, Richfield Springs, N.Y.,
would like a recipe to make Shoe Top cookies, which look
like leather used for repairing shoes. He writes the recipe
is from 60 years ago.
QUESTION Chris Martin, Benton, wanted to know
how to make dough pockets similiar to Hot Pockets.
QUESTION The Early American Steam Engine and
Old Equipment Society is looking for corn meal recipes.
They want to provide a corn meal recipe brochure to
those who buy the stone mill-ground corn meal from
them. Send recipes to the society in care of Susan Knaub,
EASE&OES, P.O. Box 652, Red Lion, PA 17356.
QUESTION Trina Boitnott, Boones Mill, Va., wants a
recipe for pecan jelly and other nut-flavored jellies. She
tasted pecan jelly in a specialty shop in Virginia. The jelly
tasted exactly like pecan pie in a jar.
QUESTION A reader wants to know if its possible to
make puffed wheat or puffed rice without much financial
investment.
QUESTION Phyllis Stauffer, Carlisle, wants a recipe
that Little Caesars used to have. It was a buttery dip with
herbs that they served with breadsticks.
ANSWER Sandy Farmer, Maytown, wanted an Inex
pensive alternative to store-bought chewy granola bars to
make at home. Thanks to Sadie King, Mifflin, and Barbie
King, Narvon, for sending recipes.
Melt together:
10-ounces marshmallows
6 tablespoons butter
In a separate bowl:
V* cup oil
V♦ cup honey
% cup peanut butter
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup wheat germ
2 cups cheerios or rice crispy cereal.
Combine mixture and press into pan. Cut into squares
to serve.
Qranola Bars
IVi package large marshmallows
V 2 pound margarine
V* cup vegetable oil
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ANSWER Mary Tampion, Suitland, Md., wanted a recipe resistant to most major com dis
for California Sunflower Bread. Thanks to Toni Kellers for eases,” says Pete Ferretti, profes
sending a recipe. Mary also wanted to know if you can sor of vegetable crops,
substitute dark for light honey and light for dark com All sweet com varieties are
syrup or molasses as recipe ingredients. A reader writes grown from seed and can be
that you can interchange the syrups in most recipes. planted in most of Pennsylvania
Sunny California Bread from about May 15 to July 1, de-
For Bread Machine pending upon whether varieties
y 2 cup orange juice are early-season or late-season.
3/ t cup milk To enjoy sweet com throughout
1 e gg the growing season, gardeners
2 cups bread flour should make multiple plantings
1 cup whole wheat flour ®arly, main season and late
-1 teaspoon salt maturing varieties.
2 tablespoons margarine . ferretti recommends dedicat
-3 tablespoons sugar in S at least a 5-foot by 5-foot
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-3 teaspoons yeast able of P rodu cmg about 16 com
Put first three ingredients into bread maker. Add dry In- P 1 . 3 " 18 or around 30 edible ears.
gredients. Set for regular crust according to bread ma- A square plot is ideal because
chine instructions. com is pollinated by the wind and
. . . . . , . . . . . . plants are more likely to receive
This is a tasty bread for sandwiches or to be served £ dequate wind flow a
with a meal, especially soup. than in a long row,” he explains.
ANSWER —R. Leinbach, East Earl, requested a recipe Seeds should be planted 1 inch
for chicken lasagna. Thanks to S. Huyard, New Holland, deep about every 4 inches in rows
for sending a recipe. 16 inches apart. As the plants ap
pear, Ferretti recommends pull
_ . . ~ nicKen Lasagna ing out the less vigorous plants.
2 cups cooked chicken “Ideally, you should have about
1 can cream of chicken soup 16 inches of space between each
1 can cream of mushroom soup remaining plant, which allows for
Va cup sour cream good pollination and space to
V* cup mayonnaise grow ”
Mix together and layer with lasagna and cheese. Bake Ferretti com attracts a
at 350-degrees for 30-40 minutes. wide variety of pests, including
ANSWER - Here are two egg recipes that came in to * corn borers, corn earworms,
late to be included in the egg feature. Enjoy. armywoims, Japanese beetles and
Oven-Baked Nutmeg Praline French Toast com rootworms. Home gardeners
8 slices bread, cut about %-inches thick 0311 use Sevin, an all-purpose'gar
-4 fjjff den insecticide, or cover the crop
1 cup milk or half and half with fine mesh row covers “The
2 tablespoons granulated sugar row c ? yc l s W 1 **® ve *° 1)6 re "
2 tablespoons orange-flavored liqueur or orange juice mo yed when com tassels appear
Vi teaspoon vanilla so he plants can pollinate,” he
% teaspoon nutmeg ex P l f ls ' In » small plot, most
i/. people can control pests by walk-
V ing through and removing insects
v unless your plot is next to a farm-
V* cup chopped pecans , dant CO mfield ”
V* cup firmly packed light brown sugar gl
1 tablespoon butter, melted _ _ _
Place bread in single layer in 13x9x2-inch baking dish. /V/ DtitftiSl / //TV
Whisk together eggs, milk, sugar, liqueur, vanilla, nutmeg,
and salt. Pour over bread, turning once, to coat evenly.
Refrigerate covered several hours or overnight. Preheat -*■ *
oven to 400 degrees. Place Vs cup butter in 15x10-inch *col* Honor your mother,
jelly roll pan; place in oven to melt butter. Remove from grandmother, or wife by sending
oven, tilt pan to coat evenly with butter. Arrange bread in Lancaster Farming one of the
a single layer in prepared pan. Bake, uncovered, about 25 recipes she makes that you enjoy,
minutes or until firm and golden brown. Meanwhile, com- Include a few sentences about the
bine pecans, brown sugar, and 1 tablespoon butter in a person you are honoring. If possi
small bowl. Sprinkle over baked French toast. Broil, about ble, include a photo of the person,
5 inches from heat, watching carefully, about one minute either alone, or with you and your
or until topping begins to bubble. family.
Variation: Omit praline topping (made with pecans, Make sure you include your
brown sugar, and 1 tablespoon melted butter). Bake name and your relationship to the
French toast as directed, but carefully turn bread halfway person. Photographs must have a
through baking time. Do not broil. complete mailing address in order
Note: Other toppings Include softened cream cheese to have them returned,
combined with maple syrup, sweetened whipped cream or Submissions must be in our of
butter with fruit preserves. fice by May Bth to be printed in
Spicy Herb And Cheese Frlttata Wedges this paper’s special tribute to
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese mothers on May 13. Send in
-1 cup shredded Colby cheese formation to Mother’s Day Trib
-1 cup crumbled Feta cheese ute » c/o Lou Ann Good, P.O. Box
4-ounce can chopped Jalapcnos, drained 609 > Ephrata, PA 17522.
10 eggs, beaten
% cup finely chopped basil
!A teaspoon salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a small bowl, mix
cheeses together, set aside. Lightly butter a 12x8-inch
rectangular pan or a 10-inch oven-proof skillet. Scatter Ja
lapenos on bottom on pan. Top with cheeses. In a medi
um-sized bowl, combine eggs, herbs, and salt. Mix on me-
dium speed for 4 minutes, or until very light and airy. Pour
eggs over cheese and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until
set. Let cool 10 minutes. Cut into wedges. Makes 12.
Tip: Frittata can be made ahead and refrigerated.
ATTENTION Last day to send your mothers favorite
recipe, a few sentences about her, and her picture to be
included in the upcoming Mothers Day Tribute.
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