Win one of these “cow prizes" offered to readers who participate in Lancaster Farm
ing’s June Dairy Month Drawing. Lou Ann Good, food and family features editor, dis
plays some of the prizes totaling $5OO.
From Fish To Fruit, Check Out Wedding Decorating Trends
MICHELLE RANCK
Lancaster Farming Staff
COLUMBIA (Lancaster Co.)
Suspending flowers in water and floating candles are
two of this season’s wedding decorating trends.
Decorator Gingrich Shenk arranges tulips in a vase
during the seminar.
Buffet centerpieces, gift table
arrangements, and understated
bouquets were demonstrated for
brides-to-be at a recent seminar
held at Susquehanna Glass Fac
tory in Columbia.
Well-known decorator Nancy
Gingrich Shenk reeled off a va
riety of decorating ideas from
trendy to country to woodland.
Using a “cake plate that is so
simple to work with,” Gingrich
Shenk laid foliage along edge of
the plate and worked fruit
around the perimeter. On this
plate she placed a smaller cake
stand, followed by an even
smaller one for three layers dec
orated with foliage and fruit.
The display was topped by a
wine goblet full of water and flo
wers to give a higher feel to the
display.
The arrangement could also
be used at Christmas time, with
hors d’oeuvres laid artfully on
the plates. “This can be done
ahead of time, taken apart and
moved to a new area, such as the
reception site,” she pointed out.
Cutting lemons and oranges
on the bias, or on an angle, gives
a fresh look to the display. The
fruit can also be cut one day
ahead of time, put in plastic
bags, and placed on a table just
before guests arrive. Work a few
flowers in through the cake
plate, said Gingrich Shenk.
“Fruits and flowers, foliage is
so hot right now,” she said, “the
trendiest thing you can do for a
wedding is to work fruit and
vegetables in the decorations.”
Bows and ribbons add extra
“fluff.” To lend an opulent look,
then, include extra inches to the
ribbon and allow the ribbon to
swirl gently in large loops on the
table.
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To Win One Of These Prizes
June Dairy Month is “moov
ing” into the calendar of events.
That means it’s time to send in
your favorite recipe using dairy
products for Lancaster Farm
ing’s annual dairy recipe draw
ing.
June Dairy Month salutes
dairy farmers everywhere for
their hard work in providing
milk, which we so often take for
granted. Lancaster Farming’s
annual drawing reminds us of
all the wonderful dairy products
available to produce culinary
delights.
To enter the drawing, select
your favorite recipe, which must
include a substantial amount of
at least one dairy product. These
ingredients count as a dairy
product; milk, cream, sour
cream, whipped cream, butter,
yogurt, buttermilk, dry milk, ice
cream, and all hard and soft
cheeses.
Please check your ingredients
carefully. Margarine and non
dairy substitutes such as frozen
whipped topping do not qualify
as dairy products.
Dairy recipes are needed for
appetizers, soups, breads, en
trees, vegetables, desserts, bever
ages, snacks, and salads.
Clearly print or type your
recipe entry. Be sure to give ac
curate measurements, tempera
tures, times, and sizes of baking
dishes to use. We reserve the
right to disqualify entries if
these guidelines are not fol
lowed.
Another trend going on for
several years, according to Gin
grich Shenk, is the inclusion of
square plates in the decorations.
For a small home wedding,
using a square plate as a base to
showcase the arrangement, Gin
grich Shenk placed a floral foam
“igloo,” which sports a plastic
case and bottom. Large coils of
gingham ribbon on top of the
oasis gives a country charm ap
pearance to the arrangement.
Dutch tulips pushed into the
floral foam lend a sunny, color
ful look. “The trend is to keep
things very low and compact.
Everything we’re seeing and
doing is very compact and tight.
Violets, pansies, and any other
seasonal flowers from a back
yard could also be worked into
the bouquet. Or, suggested Gin
grich Shenk, “in keeping with
the trend for fruits and vegeta
bles, add strawberries.”
To add extra flair, she then
placed a cake dome on top of the
arrangement and followed that
with a cake stand, complete with
the cake, placed on top. Each
table, then, has their own cake
for dessert. “This would also
work for a birthday cake, family
reunion, or even the wedding or
baby shower.”
Gingrich Shenk also sug
gested using the strawberries,
fresh lemons, and raspberries
which decorate the cake for
double duty. “Have the caterer
puree the fruit, and then put the
fruit on the plate under the cake
for a beautiful painted plate
look,” she said.
The “pave” (pronounced
PAH-vay) look is also a hot
With your entry, include a
few paragraphs about yourself
and your family. Although it is
not required, a photograph of
you and of your family is pre
ferred. We and our readers love
to “see” the people who send in
the recipes.
Photographs will be returned
if you write your name and ad
dress on the back of the picture.
Only one entry per family al
lowed. This contest is for adults
who are at least 18 years old. We
require this because children
who send in recipes often inad
vertently miss measurements,
ingredients or a part of the in
structions.
Send your recipe, photo, and
accompanying information with
your complete address. If we do
not have your complete mailing
address, we cannot send your
prize if you win.
A photograph of prizes will
appear in an upcoming issue of
Lancaster Farming.
Send entries immediately. En
tries must be postmarked by
June 1 to be eligible for the
drawing. The state dairy prin
cess and alternates will select
the winners. Recipe entries will
be printed throughout the
month of June. A list of the
winners will be printed in the
June 30 issue.
Send entries to Lou Ann
Good, Lancaster Farming Dairy
Drawing, P.O. Box 609, 1 E.
Main St., Ephrata, PA 17522.
MONTH
trend for this wedding season.
Low-lying flowers clustered so
that the blooms are indistin
guishable from one another are
considered to be pave.
A soaked heart-shaped floral
foam put on a flat plate and cov
ered with miniature carnations
fits into this category. “We were
seeing this look two years ago in
Paris with- a candle in the
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This three-tiered ar
rangement “can be done
ahead of time, taken apart
and moved to a new area,
such as the reception site,”
said Gingrich Shenk.