Make Mine Milk (Continued from Pago B 9) DIRT PUDDING 16-ounces Oreo cookies, crushed Vi cup butter, softened 8-ounces cream cheese 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 2 small packages pudding 3 Vi cups milk 8-ounces whipped topping 2 quart flowerpot Sand shovel Gummy worms Beat together butter, cream cheese, and sugar; set aside. Beat together pudding, milk, and whipped topping. Beat to gether all food ingredients except cookie crumbs. To assemble, put some cookie crumbs in bottom of flowerpot. Pour some pudding mixture over the top. Make more layers, ending with cookie crumbs. Add worms throughout the layers. Place the flower and shovel in the top to decorate. Great for summer picnics! Amanda Martin Lebanon Co. Dairy Princess Clinton, Russell, and Jack are the sons of Colleen and Lew Hart, Cinnaminson, N.J. TACO SALAD DIP 8-ounces block cream cheese 16-ounces sour cream 8-ounces shredded cheddar cheese or any variety 5 Vi-ounces green olives, sliced, optional 16-ounces salsa (medium) 1 small tomato, diced V* head lettuce, shredded 1 large bag tortilla chips Soften cream cheese and mix with the sour cream. Spread evenly on large tray with edge. Spread salsa evenly over cream cheese and sour cream mix. Layer tomato, olives, lettuce, and cheese on top. Grab a handful of chips and start dipping! I am sending a recipe for taco salad dip, which is a favorite in our family for parties and picn ics. My husband Mike and I will be married 34 years on Sept. 2. We have two sons, Michael, who is married, and Kirk, who has Down Syndrome and lives with us. We live in an old stone and ficame bank barn that Mike con verted into a home for us. We enjoy auctions, antiques, clocks, Fry glass, and other collectibles. Kirk likes collecting Ertle banks, cars, trucks, and tractors. We also enjoy Lancaster Farming for recipes, articles, and auction listings. Cows are always a great deco rative accent for a barn, so here ’s hoping. Jennifer L. Douglas Marietta FRENCH RHUBARB PIE Mix together: legg 3 A cup granulated sugar 2 cups diced rhubarb 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons flour Topping: V* cup flour Vi cup brown sugar Vi cup butter, softened Put rhubarb mixture into a prepared unbaked pie shell. Cover with topping. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, then continue baking at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until done. Makes one 9-inch pie. For the best tasting rhubarb pie, try this recipe. It’s been a fa vorite to the family as long as I remember and we still lov< it. I enjoy baking and cooking food that is a treat to the family. I am 20 years old, a part-time house cleaner, and I work at home on our 37-acre farm. It is interesting to read the dairy recipes during the month of June ' Priscilla Zook Lititz BLUEBERRY PUDDING CAKE 2 cups fresh or frozen blueber ries 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 cup all-purpose flour V* cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder Vi cup milk 3 tablespoons butter Toss blueberries with cin namon and lemon juice; place in a greased 8-inch square baking pan. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, and baking powder; stir in milk and butter. Spoon over berries. Topping: % cup sugar 1 tablespoon corn starch 1 cup boiling water Combine sugar and cornstarch; sprinkle over batter. Slowly pour boiling water over all. Bake at 350 degrees for 45- 50 minutes or until cake tests done. Yields 9 servings. This is a blue ribbon winner. You can substitute cherries or raspberries for the blueberries. I grew up on a farm. I had three brothers and one sister. I now have 12 grandchildren and love them very much. I enjoy having them and hearing about their school days, work days, and other activities they involved with. The grandchildren range from two to 22 years. It makes a fun-full house at Christmas. Doris Brenize Shippensburg (Turn to Pago B 18) VANILLA GOAT MILK PUDDING Vi cup sugar IVi tablespoons cornstarch 2 cups goat milk 1 egg, slightly beaten 2Vi tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Combine sugar, cornstarch, goat milk, and beaten egg in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring often with a whisk until Thick and bubbly. Remove from heat. Add butter and va nilla extract. Beat with mixer or by hand until smooth and creamy. Serve warm or cold. I usually double this recipe. This is one of my favorite reci pes for using up extra goat milk (three milking goats equal lots of surplus milk). We enjoy “homesteading” in central Pennsylvania. Our goats play an important role in our trying to be as self-sufficient as possible with the Lord’s help. I also make soap and cheese. We have found that farm life is a wonderful way to raise happy, responsible children. Thanks so much for a “family” newspaper. Michelle Good Beavertown EASY RICE PUDDING 1 quart milk 3 tablespoons rice Pinch salt Vi cup sugar Raisins, if desired Put all ingredients in baking dish. Dot with butter. Bake at 250-275 degrees for about V/i hours. Stir occasionally. Allow to brown on top. My husband Lew is a farmer in Morestown, N.J., where he has a roadside market. We are born-again Christians and love the Lord. We have three little boys, Clinton, 5, Jack, 4, and Russell, 2. I love this recipe. It is so deli cious and easy to make for a family of hungry little boys! Colleen Hart Cinnaminson, N.J. EASY LASAGNA Vi pounds lasagna noodles 2 pounds ground beef 2 small onions, chopped 32-ounces spaghetti sauce 1 teaspoon oregano 1 pound cottage cheese 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded Cook noodles according to box directions. Brown the ground beef and onions. Add spaghetti sauce, oregano, and cottage cheese. Mix. In a 9x 13- inch pan, layer noodles and sauce three times. Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Ellen Burkholder Kutztown RUNAROUND CHICKEN Mix together in a large roaster or large aluminum pan 1 cup raw rice 2 cans cream of chicken soup 1 can milk Lay raw chicken pieces on mixture. Sprinkle with one enve lope dry onion or garlic soup. Cover. Bake at 350 degrees for two hours. For triple recipe, bake at least 3Vi-4 hours. Trans ports well. Colleen Lehman Pine Grove ORANGESALAD 1 can evaporated milk 20-ounce can crushed pineap ple Vi cup sugar 8-ounces cream cheese Chill milk, boil pineapple juice with sugar, add Jell-O, cool. Beat cream cheese with milk until fluffy. Fold two mix tures together and pour in mold. Refrigerate overnight. Wanda Yoder Belleville Rachel, 8, and Amy, 11, hold one-day-old goats. The children are the daughters of Michelle Good and her hus band who “homestead” in central Pennsylvania. Tonya Ward grew up cooking in a camp kitchen. She credits her husband Shawn for teaching her how to cook country style. The couple operate a small farmette and in corporate some unique talents into supplementing their income. TURKEY PITA mixture. Lay rolled pita, seam ENCHILADAS side down, into a microwavable 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 7x7x3-inch casserole dish (or 1 large onion, chopped slightly larger). 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In it, cook onion, ™s grateful for the experience. garlic, and chili powder for , 1 ™ entl y ™™ d . a about 5 minutes, stirring occa- f rom Maryland. During our Vh sionally, until onions are tender. °f marriage, I credit my Stir in tomatoes, cumin, ore- husband with teaching me to gano, salt and pepper. Heat to cook country style. boiling. Reduce heat to low and Although my husband Shawn, simmer until thickened, about w° rks on an organic farm we 20 minutes. Remove from heat. ho P e *> Purchase our own farm Mix 1 cup of shredded ched- someday. We own four acres and dar cheese, V/i cups chopped two barns. We satisfy the urge to cooked turkey, and IVi cups farm by raising three beef steers, drained spinach together in sep- eight hens, and a rooster, and we arate bowl. are lookm g into g ettm B some Dip pita half into tomato meat goats. sauce to coat both sides (op- 1 prefer to stay at home to tional method: set pita half on a manage things I paint and sell small dish; spoon on two table- furniture that I pick up at auc spoons sauce, spreading over twns and yard sales. Vm looking pita with spoon. Then flip and into growing trees and shrubs on coat other side). Dollop 2 P a * of the land for added pounds turkey, cheese, and spin- mcome. I really hope to expand ach mixture into center of my artistic abilities in the future sauced pita, roll pita around the Tonya Ward r Frederick, MD Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 24, 2000-817 *** J &