82-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 1,2002
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Celebrate June Dairy Month With These ‘Mooey’ Delicious Recipes
This is the issue you’ve been
waiting for all year contest en
tries celebrating June Dairy
Month. According to our mail
this is your favorite time to clip
recipes and read the tidbits of in
formation about the readers who
submit the entries.
You will not be disappointed
with this year’s recipes. Hun
dreds of readers have mailed
their favorite recipes using dairy
products. Each Lancaster Farm
ing issue during June Dairy
Month will include recipe entries.
The entries are printed in no par
ticular order. A list of the win
ners of the June Dairy Month
Recipe Contest will be printed in
the June 29th edition.
Have a “mooey” delicious time
celebrating June Dairy Month!
STRAWBERRY PIZZA
Dough for favorite sugar cook
ies or snickledooles
8-ounces cream cheese, soft
ened
3 A cup confectioners’ sugar
8-ounces whipped cream top
ping
Spread cookie dough rather
thin on pizza pan or on cookie
sheet. Bake cookie dough accord
ing to recipe. Cool.
Beat together cream cheese
and confectioners’ sugar. Fold in
whipped Topping:
3-ounce package strawberry
flavored Jell-O
Vi cup sugar
1 cup hot water
Dissolve Jell-O and sugar in
hot water. Add:
4 tablespoons com starch
Cook com starch and Jell-O mix
ture until clear, about 3 minutes
in the microwave. Add:
4 cups sliced strawberries
Allow strawberry mixture to
partially jel then pour over cream
cheese mixture. Let set until com
pletely jelled. Store in refrigera
tor. Cut into squares or pizza
shapes and enjoy.
My husband and I celebrated
50 years in Aug. 2001. We have
fanned all 50 years and have
four children. The oldest
daughter Vicky is a teacher in
York. Son Bryon lives and
works on the farm. Trudy
works for Erie Insurance.
Daughter Amy was the alter
nate state dairy princess
1993-94. She is now news
anchor for morning and noon
news at WTAJ-10 Altoona.
Linwood and Marjorie Mearkle
Everett
MAPLE PUDDING
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup flour
6 cups milk
3 eggs, beaten
3-4 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon maple flavoring
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix sugar with flour and one
cup milk. Add to beaten eggs.
Bring remaining 5 cups milk to a
boil and add egg mixture. Boil
until thickened, stirring con
stantly. Remove from heat; add
butter and flavoring. Cool.
This is a very smooth, deli
cious pudding. We live on a
95-dairy cow operation. The
boys love whenever they can be
out in the barn with their dad
The girls have 25 brown chick
ens, which they feed and gather
eggs from every day.
Charlie and Susan Zimmerman
Myerstown
Charlie and Susan Zimmerman with children Yaionda, 8; Lorinda, 7; Delvin, 4; and
Darren, 2, operate a 95-dairy cow herd in Myerstown.
Carole and Gordon Hoover with daughters Jill, 19; Brenda, 15; and Leslie, 11, are
proud to be part of Lancaster County’s backbone the dairy industry.
Dairy farming is a way of life for the family of Linwood and Marjorie Mearkle, Everett.
STROMBOLI
1 frozen bread dough, thawed
Vi pound cooked ham
Vi pound salami
6-ounces sliced pepperoni
Vi pound provolone cheese
Vi pound Swiss cheese
Vi pound mozzarella cheese
Vi medium onion, sliced
Vi green pepper, sliced
1 small can mushroom pieces
I pint spaghetti sauqe
Thaw bread dougH by placing
in small loaf pan sprayed with
cooking spray; cover with plastic
wrap, also sprayed with cooking
spray. Let set on counter to thaw
8-10 hours. Cut up meats and
cheeses in '/t-Vi-inch pieces. Chop
onions, pepper, and mushrooms,
and mix with meats and cheeses.
Roll out bread dough on floured
surface approximately
llxlS-inches. Put mixture of
meats, cheeses, and vegetables on
bread; fold up sides and each end
to form stromboli. Lightly brush
top with cooking oil and sprinkle
with oregano. Place on cookie
sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for
25-30 minutes. Let stand 5 min
utes before slicing. Serve with
warmed spaghetti sauce on the
side.
This recipe is a favorite with
our whole family.
My husband Gordon and I
live on a dairy farm north of
Gaft. We milk 110 registered
Holstein cattle and farm 188
acres. Our daughter Jill, 19,
just completed her freshman
year at Penn State, where she is
majoring in animal science.
Our middle daughter Brenda is
IS and Leslie, our youngest, is
11.
Gordon and I believe it is
important to be involved in
and informed about our indus
try. I serve on the Lancaster
County Dairy Promotion
Committee, and all three of the
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