812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 15,2001
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QUESTION - Anita
Winder, from upper Bucks
County, is looking for a
place to purchase a quilt
pattern called either “Spin
Star” or “Star Spin.”
QUESTION - E. Bur
kholder, 1075 Richmond
Rd., Fleetwood, PA. 19522,
wants to know the value of
an Avon collection with
more than 65 pieces. She is
interested in selling hers.
QUESTION - Agnes
Beef Part Of Fast-Paced Lifestyle
MIDDLETOWN (Dauphin
Co.) Quick meals are a must
for fast-paced Lifestyles. Luckily
“quick” is no longer synonymous
with fast food and carryout.
As the end of the day ap
proaches and many of us haven’t
a clue what to serve for dinner
before the family scatters for
other activities, help is as close as
your supermarket. What about
pot roast, meatballs, beef tips
with gravy on a weeknight in
minutes? Because of new innova
tions from the beef industry, it’s
possible.
Frozen vegetables and vege
table blends, quick rice, pasta, re
frigerated or frozen mashed pota
toes, canned soups and canned
beans are all great partners for
quick, fully-cooked beef meals.
Easy Beef and Broccoli, pre
pared and on the table in under
half an hour, teams fully-cooked
beef tips with gravy and frozen
broccoli stir-fry vegetable mix
ture. Add ginger, garlic and sesa
me oil for seasoning, and serve
with rice or noodles.
Add different frozen vegetable
combos to the beef tips and gravy
or make a quick stroganoff. Saute
mushrooms in a skillet; stir in the
tips and gravy along with a little
sour cream.
Easy Beef And Broccoli
Monroe
Twp., NJ 08831, wants to
know where to purchase
dried vanilla beans.
QUESTION - Betty
Jakum, 1099 Whitehall Rd.,
Littlestown, PA 17340, is
looking for a vendor who
sells a rubberized push
type broom called the
Magic Broom. She pur
chased one at the Home
and Garden Show in Timo
nium, Md. last spring, but
did not get contact inform
ation.
QUESTION - Cathy
Christ, 708 White Horse
Rd., Gap, PA 17527, is in
terested in learning how to
make homemade soaps.
She would like to know if it
would be economical to
learn and where to learn.
QUESTION - Josie Seitz
would like to find personal
ized quart milk bottles from
the dairy operated by her
father, Joe Beishline, in
Benton in the early 19505.
She would like each of her
four children to have one. If
you have one or more to
sell, contact her at 14046
Cross Roads, Felton, PA
17322, (717) 993-2886.
QUESTION - Linda Bett
er wants to locate a person
who repairs dolls, not nec
essarily old or antique
ones.
QUESTION - Amos
Stoltzfus, RR 1 Box 783 SR
17, Blain, PA 17006, is
looking for the game, “Wise
and Otherwise” and a book,
“The Boggle Challenge” by
Alan Turoff.
QUESTION - Tylee Scul
thorpe, 1 Jonathan Holmes
Rd., Cream Ridge, NJ
Total preparation and
cooking time: 25 minutes
1 package (about 17 ounces)
fully-cooked beef tips with
gravy
1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
1 package (16 ounces) frozen
broccoli stir-fry vegetable
mixture (broccoli, carrots,
onion, red peppers, celery,
water chestnuts, mush-
rooms)
1 tablespoon minced fresh gin
ger
1 clove garlic, minced
Vh teaspoon crushed red pepper
'A cup water
2 cups hot water cooked rice
1. Heat sesame oil in large non
stick skillet over medium heat
until hot. Add vegetable mixture,
ginger, garlic and red pepper;
stir-fry two to three minutes.
2. Stir in beef tips with gravy
and water; bring to boil. Serve
over rice.
Makes 4 servings.
When school is back in session,
schedules change for the entire
family. Late afternoon and eve
nings are more hectic than ever,
so there’s even more need for
great tasting weeknight family
meals fast.
The variety of fully-cooked
beef product choices in super
market refrigerator and freezer
cases can ensure a quick meal.
08514, would like to know
the value of a hand-crank
record player in good work
ing condition made by Vic
tor Talking Machine Co.,
Camden, N.J., serial num
ber W-IX-307867G.
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QUESTION - Ms. Han
kins purchased what she
believes to be a quilt
frame. It is made by Graft
ers Choice Frames, Cana
da. She is having trouble
putting the frame together
and welcomes information
anyone has on this compa
ny.
QUESTION - Bruce
Barge, 600 Steinhour Rd.,
York Haven, PA 17370,
wants to locate an owner’s
manual or other informa
tion on a Universal Uni-
Loader Model 150 made in
Hudson, lowa.
QUESTION - Kenneth
Wirtz, 1824 White Hall Rd.,
White Hall, MD 21161, is
trying to locate a wine rack
basket for a National Pres
to Number 7 pressure
cooker. He wrote to the
company, but they said it
has been discontinued.
Anyone have any to sell?
QUESTION - Bev
Bange, Gienville, wants a
Betty Crocker Double-Up
Citrus Juice Factory Model
BC 1475. She also wants
an old-fashioned lemon
rind press that stands up.
When you press down on
the handle, there is a spout
where the liquid runs out.
QUESTION - Maryanne
Meehan, (610) 754-6583, is
looking for an old kitchen
cabinet with glass doors, a
drawer, and doors on the
bottom. The cabinets are
usually white and trimmed
in red. Where can she pur
chase one?
QUESTION - Diana Sei
dol. HCR Box 560, Sciota,
PA 18354, wants to pur
chase an Aunt Jemima ta
blecloth.
Fully-cooked meatballs offer a
multitude of meal ideas. Add
them to jarred marinara sauce
and serve over pasta or spoon
into rolls for a sandwich or toss
them into prepared soups such as
vegetable, minestrone or bean.
Pair with barbecue sauce and
heat tlirough for a quick 'main
dish, or use them to top home
made pizzas.
Philly Cheese
Meatball Sandwiches
Total preparation and
cooking time: 20 minutes
1 package (18 ounces) frozen
fully-cooked beef meatballs
(about 35 meatballs)
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 green bell pepper, cut into
'/2-inch wide strips
1 small onion, cut into thin
wedges
4 to 6 hoagie rolls, split, warm
ed
Y> cup pasteurized process
cheese spread sauce, heated
Heat oil in large nonstick skil
let over medium heat until hot.
Add bell pepper and onion; cook
and stir three minutes. Add
meatballs; cover and cook 13 to
14 minutes or until meatballs are
heated through and vegetables
are tender, stirring occasionally.
2. Spoon meatball mixture into
rolls; drizzle with cheese sauce.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
QUESTION - A Lancas
ter County reader wants a
banana seat for a child’s
bike. Or information about
where to purchase one
would be appreciated since
the reader understands
that banana seats are no
longer be manufactured.
QUESTION - Ivan Fish
er, Christiana, wants to
know where to buy a small
fine grindstone to turn by
hand, and mounted on a
small bench or table.
QUESTION - Kathleen
Reiff, Stevens, is trying to
locate out-of-print books by
the author V.M. Hillyer. She
especially wants “A Child’s
History of the World,” “The
Ancient World,” “Young
People’s Story of Agricul
ture,” and “The Americas.”
QUESTION - About a
year ago, a reader wrote
that he was opening an
out-of-print book shop, I
think, in an old mill in Lan
caster County. I mislaid the
information and would like
information on the shop.
QUESTION - Peter Nus
key, Southampton, wants a
device to remove tendons
from turkey legs before
they are cooked. His father
worked in a butcher shop
about 1936. A non-electri
cal gadget fastened to the
wall enabled them to re
move tendons in a matter
of seconds. Will answer all
calls at (215) 355-3391.
ANSWER - A reader
wanted to know how to
make whitewash that is
used on stone walls, etc.
Elton and Lena Mae Eby
contributed this recipe that
“lasts a lot longer than
original lime whitewash:”
10 parts lime, 10 parts
white Portland cement, and
one part salt. Duane Die
fenbach suggested a book
called “Restoring Houses of
Brick and Stone” by Nigel
Hutchins and Donna Farron
Hutchins (1982, Firefly
West Nile Brochures Now
Available For Pennsylvanians
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Brochures with tips on how
to prevent the spread of West
Nile virus are now available,
according to state Rep. Thomas
E. Armstrong (R-98).
Last month, the Department of
Environmental Protection an
nounced the first West Nile
virus-positive bird in Pennsylva
nia this year. The Department of
Health laboratory in Lionville,
Chester County, confirmed a
crow found in Philadelphia last
month was carrying the disease.
West Nile was identified in
Pennsylvania last year and al
ready has been found in mosqui
toes and birds in several neigh
boring states including New
Jersey, New York, Maryland,
Virginia and Ohio. A human case
has been identified in Florida.
The brochure provides Penn
sylvania residents with steps they
can take on their properties to re
duce mosquito-breeding areas,
such as standing water that can
promote West Nile virus.
Last week, West Nile virus was
found in 19 counties: Bucks;
Bradford; Chester; Cumberland;
Dauphin; Delaware; Erie; Frank
lin; Lehigh; Montgomery; North
ampton; Philadelphia; Pike;
Books, Buffalo N.Y. ISBN
1-55209*222-4) that in
cludes five different reci
pes for contemporary
whitewash.
ANSWER - Mrs. Harold
Stoudt, Hamburg, had a
pink double rosebud azalea
of the evergreen variety. It
was container grown and
died this spring from root
strangulation. She wanted
to know where she could
buy a replacement in her
area. Arlene Reiff writes
that azaleas are known to
die after transplanting. She
suggests this transplanting
procedure: Gently slide the
plant out of its original con
tainer. Use a pointed in
strument such as an old
fork or screwdriver to
rough up the entire surface
of the root ball, including
the bottom. Do a thorough
job and don’t be alarmed if
some of the roots break off.
Dunk the entire plant
leaves, roots and all into
a bucket of water. Hold it in
the water until it is saturat
ed and no longer floats.
Leave the plant in the
water until no more bub
bles rise from the root ball.
The plant can be safely left
in the water for several
hours. Then it is ready to
plant in an appropriate
place.
ANSWER - Homer
Schneck, 422 Gehman Rd.,
Barto, PA, 19504 wrote
that he restores and re
pairs pump organs, not
pipe organs. In a previous
issue it was mistakenly re-*J
ported that he repairs pipe
organs. He can be reached,
at (610) 845-2774. I
ANSWER A person re
quested a utensil for
ting sweet com kernels and
scraping the cob. A reader
writes that some call this a
“com cob scorer.” They
suggest looking for it in
stores that carry kitchen
gadgets or in the kitchen
department of department
stores.
Schuylkill; Susquehanna; Tioga;
Union; Wyoming; and York. It
was identified in 37 birds, 46
mosquito pools and a horse.
When transmitted to people,
the West Nile virus can cause en
cephalitis, an infection causing
inflammation of the brain. Any
one can get the virus, but older
adults and people with compro
mised immune systems have the
highest risk of developing severe
illness because their bodies have
a harder time fighting the dis
ease.
Dead birds are the best indica
tor of West Nile virus activity.
Pennsylvania residents are en
couraged to report all dead birds
seen around their property or
elsewhere so that they can be
tested for West Nile virus. Resi
dents should call the
1-877-PA-HEALTH toll-free tele
phone line whenever they see a
dead bird, and a Department of
Health staff person will assist
them.
For additional information
about West Nile virus, visit
www.WestNile.state.pa.us for
background information and reg
ular updates; or contact your
area legislator.