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.
Sachertorte (Sacker Cake)
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& the Name of Your Nearest Dealer
Paul B. 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
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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. Boil
over medi-
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um-high heat for 20 minutes or
until potatoes are soft. Remove
pan from heat. Mash potatoes,
onions and water together. Stir in
milk. Put pan on medium-low
heat. Simmer and add butter,
parsley, and pepper. Stir well
until smooth. Serve hot.
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.