family Living Focus ROBIN REX Columbia County Extension The winter holidays are a fes tive time of the year filled with colorful decorations, gaiety and laughter. Family traditions and holiday recipes from around the world create wonderful memo ries to last another year. My gift to you are the following holiday web-sites and recipes. Web-sites: FightßAC: Holiday Toolbox http://www.fightbac.org/tools/ holiday tools/ Butterball http://www. butterball.com/Butterball.cfm Ocean Spray http://www. oceanspray.com/home.html Aboutproduce http://www, aboutproduce.com/ The Cook’s Thesaurus http://www.foodsubs.com/ Cooking Light Online http:/ /cookinglight.com/default.asp Recipes From Around The World AUSTRIA Austria’s most important family holiday is the Christmas season. Austrian chil dren list their Christmas wishes in a letter to the Christkind, the Christ Child. They post their let ters in the window so they are sure to be seen. The Christmas tree, decorations and gifts are kept in a locked room which is off limits to the children. The children believe that Christkind and his angelic helpers are work ing to decorate the tree. When Christkind completes his prepar ations on Christmas Eve, the door is opened and there is the tree in all its glory with the man ger and presents for every mem ber of the family. 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Zimmerman, Inc. 295 Woodcorner Rd. • Lititz, PA 17543 • 1 mile West of Ephrata 717/738-7365 Hours: Mon, thru Fn.: 7-5; Sat. 7-11 6 '/j-ounces semi-sweet choco late } A cup butter Va cup sugar 8 egg yolks 1 cup flour 10 egg whites, stiffly beaten 2 tablespoons apricot jam Icing: 1 cup sugar 'A cup water 7-ounce semi-sweet chocolate Beat butter until creamy. Melt chocolate. Add sugar and choco late to the butter and stir. Add egg yolks one at a time. Add flour. Fold in egg whites. Grease and butter eight to nine-inch cake tin. Pour mixture in. Bake in 275°F oven about one hour. Test with toothpick. Remove to board and cool. Turn bottom up and cut in half. Heat apricot jam slightly and spread between lay ers. Cover with chocolate icing. If desired, cut cake into two or three layers. Fill with apricot jam or whipped cream. ICING: Cook sugar and water to thin thread. Melt chocolate in top of double boiler. Add sugar to chocolate gradually. Stir con stantly until icing coats the spoon. Pour on top of cake. CHANUKAH Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, is a cele bration of the victory of the Mac cabees and the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple. It also commemorates the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days. Mandelbrodt (Almond Bread) legg 2 egg whites 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons grated lemon Added Value With Our 2 Coat Process! rind 1 teaspoon vanilla 3 cups unsifted flour Vi cup com oil 2 Vi teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 'A cup almonds, finely chop ped In a large bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg and egg whites with % cup of the sugar at high speed until lemon colored, about five minutes. Stir in lemon rind and vanilla. Add 1 cup of the flour, beating at low speed until well mixed. Add com oil heating until blended. Stir together re maining 2 cups of the flour, bak ing powder, Vi teaspoon of the cinnamon and almonds. Gradu ally add to egg mixture, beating at low speed until thoroughly mixed. Turn dough onto floured surface and knead about three minutes or until no longer sticky. Divide dough in half. Shape each half into two loaves, three-inches wide by 10-inches long by one inch thick. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Cool. Slice loaves into Vi-inch thick slices. Stir together remaining 'A cup sugar and re maining l A teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle cut side of cookies with sugar mixture. Return to oven and bake for 10 minutes or until crisp. Cool on wire rack. Makes about 40 cookies. KWANZA Kwanza is an African American and Pan-Afri can holiday which celebrates family, community and culture. It is celebrated from Dec. 26 through Jan. 1. It was estab lished in 1966 in the midst of the Black Freedom movement and thus reflects its concern for cul tural groundedness in thought and practice, and the unity and self-determination associated with this. Gifts are given mainly to children but must always in clude a book and a heritage sym bol. Banana Fritters (From West Africa) 1 Vi cups flour 5 tablespoons sugar SANDBLASTING SAND BAC OR BULK PICKUP OR DELIVERY CALL FOR PRICES MIKE DAVIDSON SAND & GRAVEL (410) 758-2618 Lancasftr Farming, Saturday, Pacambar 2, 2000-B7 3 eggs 1 cup milk V* teaspoon salt S medium bananas Oil for deep Cooking thermometer Powdered sugar Put flour and sugar in a large bowl. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Stir in milk and salt. Stir well. Peel bananas. Put in small, deep bowl. Mash bananas well. Stir bananas into flour batter. Let sit 20 minutes. Pour oil three-inches deep into a large saucepan. Heat until it reaches 375 degrees. Put large spoonfuls of batter into oil. Fry until brown on both sides. Remove it from oil. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with pow dered sugar. Serve warm. DENMARK Christmas is the most nationally celebrated holiday in Denmark. Christmas Eve marks the highlight of the festivities with church services, feasting, and exchange of gifts. The Christmas Eve supper is usually served about 6 p.m. The traditional meal is started with Risengrod, a rice porridge with cinnamon or malt topping and a big butter “eye” in the center. Buried inside the porridge is a single, whole almond which ev eryone tries to find. A prize is awarded the winner, and if a sin gle girl is the lucky person, tradi tion says that she will be married very soon. The porridge is followed by roast goose surrounded by apples and prunes, browned potatoes, red cabbage, and currant jelly and desserts. Christmas Eve is climaxed by the unveiling and lighting of the Christmas tree and the exchange of gifts among the family. Potato Soup 3 large potatoes 1 small onion A teaspoon salt Water 2 cups milk 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 'A teaspoon pepper Peel potatoes. Cut each potato into four chunks. Peel onion. Chop into small pieces. Put potatoes, onion, and salt into a two-quart saucepan. Add water to cover po tatoes. 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PANAMA Dec. 25 is the feast day of El Nino Dios, the Son of God. Not Santa Claus, but the Christ child visits the homes of good children as they lie asleep leaving toys and other gifts by their bedside. Sweet Squash (South American Recipe) 2 large butternut or acom squash 1 'A cups water 3 '/: cups dark brown sugar 2 cups whipped cream Cut each squash in half. Clean seeds out of center of squash. Put squash in a large skillet. Pour water into skillet. Sprinkle brown sugar over squash. Put skillet on stove over medium-high heat. Bring to boil. Cover skillet. Re duce heat to simmer. Simmer over lowest heat for an hour. Pour liquid over squash every 10 minutes. When squash is soft, re move skillet from heat. Let cool. To serve, put squash on a plate, spoon liquid over squash, and top with whipped cream. SWEDEN Christmas is the most festive and interesting of all Swedish holidays. It begins on Dec. 13 with Saint Lucia Day and ends on Jan. 13, Knut’s Day. The Swedish Christmas is a warm and wonderful occasion. It is a time when a family gathers together from distant places for an extended holiday usually end ing Jan. 13, Knut’s Day. On this day, there are many children’s parties, the tree is plundered, and Christmas is “swept out” of the home for another year. Spritz 2 'A cups flour 1 cup confectioners sugar 'A teaspoon baking powder /i teaspoon salt 1 cup butter, softened 3 egg yoiks 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring 'A teaspoon almond flavoring Mix flour, confectioners sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Mix butter, egg yolks, and flavorings in a bowl. Add butter mixture to flour mixture. Blend. Put dough into a cookie press. Press cookies onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake eight to 10 minutes or until slightly brown.
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