88-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 8, 2003 If you are looking for a recipe but can’t find it, send your recipe request to Lou Ann Good, Cook’s Question Corner, in care of Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 609, Ephrafa, PA 17522. There’s no need to send a self-ad dressed stamped envelope. If we receive an answer to your question, we will publish it as soon as possible. Check your recipe to make sure you copy the right amounts and complete instructions for making the reci pe. Sometimes we receive numerous answers to the same request, but cannot print each one. Answers to recipe requests should be sent to the same address. You may also e-mail questions and answers to LGOOD.EPH@LNPNEWS.COM QUESTION Kay Wildasin, Seven Valleys, wants a recipe for doughnuts that taste like those served at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Food Court. Editor’s Note: I think she is refer ring to the potato doughnuts served. Kay want ed this recipe by Feb. 3, but we did not receive the request in time. QUESTION A reader would like a recipe for red velvet cake roll. QUESTION R. Diehl, Bloomsburg, wants a recipe for hamburg pin wheel with gravy. QUESTION R. Diehl, Bloomsburg, would like to know how to make yeast. QUESTION R. Diehl, Bloomsburg, would like to know how to make venison pepperoni. QUESTION Bob Snyder, Akron, Ohio, would like to know how to make oatmeal raisin cookies that remain soft. QUESTION T. Z. wants a recipe for earth quake cake. QUESTION A Seneca Falls, New York read er wants to know how to can potatoes. Should the potatoes remain small and whole, or can they be diced, sliced, or cut into French fry shapes? QUESTION - Bob Snyder, Akron, Ohio, wants a recipe for rivel soup. QUESTION Barbara Reed, a northern Berks County reader, is looking for what a friend calls a three-milk cake with a fruit filling between layers. She thinks it might be a Carib bean or Latin American recipe. QUESTION Mrs. Riehl, Narvon, is looking for a recipe for chicken gumbo, which is served in the soup and salad bar at Shady Maple Res taurant. QUESTION Linda Fletcher, Walnutport, is looking for a recipe for Beef Barley Soup. QUESTION Marg Sharp, Glenmoore, writes that when her granddaughter was small, her baby-sitter used bread dough to make steamed buttons served with a sauce. Marg would like that recipe. QUESTION - Linda Fletcher, Walnutport, re quests a recipe for pineapple squares, which has a cake base. She thinks the recipe is quite old. QUESTION Melissa Evarts, Guilford, Ct., writes that her dad remembers his mother mak ing a vanilla custard using 13 eggs. Does any one have a recipe like that and also one for homemade ice cream that uses pudding and sweetened condensed milk and is hand cranked. QUESTION Mary Tampion, wants the recipe for pina colada zucchini bread, which had been printed in this paper she thinks in August or September. QUESTION Shirley Schwoerer, Wysox, wants to know if sesame seeds can be sprouted. She is familiar with alfalfa seed sprouting. QUESTION Ralph Kieffer, Halifax, wants a recipe for Aunt Flossie’s tomato soup, which he heard is printed in a Lancaster County cook book. QUESTION A reader wants low-fat recipes and diabetic recipes that other readers have tried and liked. QUESTION - June Martin, Oxford, N.J., wants a recipe to make venison hot dogs. ANSWER In answer to Nina Biddle’s ques tion on why identical recipes taste different when prepared with different brands of flour, Jean Nestler, Halifax, writes, the wheat for the flours are grown in different parts of the coun try. There are many different wheat varieties Just like there are different varieties of apples, tomatoes, and oranges. Jean said she learned this in her home economics high school class in the 19405. She prefers Gold Medal unbleached flour but otherwise uses products made by Pil- Isbury. ANSWER Emma Sue Martin, New Holland, writes that she makes butter in a blender, but only a small amount can be made at a time; otherwise the blender motor may bum out. She has had success using blenders made by Oste rizer and Hamilton Beach. Blender Butter Put in blender: 1 cup cold water 2 cups thick sweet cream Blend on highest setting until butter forms (the blender will sound different at this point. After making butter several times, you will recognize the different points). Turn blender off. Pour contents into large bowl. Use 1 cup buttermilk that is on the bottom of the blender to add the next 2 cups cream, omit ting water. After cream is blended, work butter together by hand. When buttermilk is worked out, add 1 rounded teaspoon salt to 1 pound butter. Salt may be omitted but the butter will not stay sweet as long. ANSWER - Esther Sheaffer, Kirkwood, re quested a recipe to make good meatballs. Thanks to Emma Martin, New Holland, for send ing a good recipe. Emma’s Meatballs 1 pound ground beef 1/2 cup milk 1 cup oatmeal OR bread crumbs 1 teaspoon salt Vs onion, chopped Combine Ingredients and mix together. Form into balls. Top with sauce made with the follow ing mixture: % cup ketchup Vs cup water 3 tablespoons vinegar 3 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce Bake meatballs at 350 degrees for one hour. ANSWER A Narvon reader wrote that she accidentally discarded two recipes, which she had clipped from this-column, that her family really liked. Thanks to Edna Snyder, Woodbury, for answering both requests. 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 2 tablespoons sugar 6 tablespoons melted butter 2 eggs iy 2 cups milk Put dry ingredients into bowl, beat eggs, and add milk. Combine with flour mixture. Add melt ed butter and beat again. Pour into preheated waffle maker. Flaky Biscuits 2 cups sifted unbleached flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons sugar Va teaspoon salt Va teaspoon cream of tartar Va cup butter, chilled % cup milk, room temperature Sift together into large mixing bowl: flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and cream of tartar. Cut in butter until bits of butter are the size of medium peas. Mix in milk only until ingredients are blended. Do not over mix. Form into a ball; pat out on floured board to 3 /4-inch thickness. Cut into biscuit shapes using a 2V2-inch biscuit cutter. Place on ungreased cookie sheet or in 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 475 degrees for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Yields: 10 biscuits. ANSWER Shirley Orfanella sends these recipes in answer to Melissa Evert’s request. Although it isn't exactly what Melissa request ed, Shirley thought she would enjoy these reci pes. Chocolate Ice Cream 14-ounce can condensed milk % cup chocolate syrup 1 pint whipping cream, whipped Stir together milk and syrup. Fold in whipped cream. Pour into aluminum foil-lined 9x5-inch loaf pan. Cover. Freeze six hours or until firm. French Vanilla 14-ounce can condensed milk 2 tablespoons water 3 egg yolks, beaten 4 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 pint whipping cream, whipped Stir first four ingredients together. Fold in whipping cream. Freeze until firm. Waffles ANSWER Thanks to Carol Hostetler, Spring Run, for sending many recipes in answer to a new cook’s request for recipes to serve company. Carol adds the following tips: Plan your meal in advance. Get out the serving dish es that will be needed ahead of time. Let butter set at room temperature for easy spreading. Plan and make as much as possible ahead of time so you can be at ease, which will make your guests feel more at ease. “Practice makes perfect,” Carol writes, “but asking God to help, helps out a lot.” Meatloaf 1 Va pounds ground beef % cup commeal or cracker crumbs 2 eggs, beaten V* cup chopped onion 1 tablespoon chopped parsley % teaspoon pepper 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 cup tomato Juice or milk Several wedges garlic Combine ingredients thoroughly and pack firmly into loaf or 9x9-inch baking pan. Top with the following sauce: Va cup ketchup 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 tablespoon mustard Optional: Lay strips of bacon on top to bake. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Let set 5 minutes before baking. Steamed Hamburger Dish 1 pound hamburger Vi-1 whole sliced onion 2 potatoes 3 carrots Salt and pepper to taste Wedge cabbage Brown hamburger in Dutch oven and layer other ingredients on top. Steam with a little water or tomato Juice. Can also put meat in casserole dish and top with a white sauce or a cheese sauce. 2Vi cups com 2 tablespoons flour Vi tablespoon sugar Vi teaspoon baking powder 1 Vi cups milk 2 beaten eggs 1 tablespoon butter Vi teaspoon pepper Vi teaspoon salt Place com in a 2-quart greased casserole. Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add to milk and eggs. Pour over com; dot with butter. Bake one hour or until knife in serted in center comes out clean. Bake at 325 degrees. Serves 6-8. 8 slices bacon Vi cup chopped onions 1 pound can drained lima beans 1 pound can green beans 1 pound can pork and beans Va teaspoon pepper Vi cup packed brown sugar Vs cup vinegar in V* cup, fill with water Vi teaspoon garlic salt Vi teaspoon dry mustard Cut bacon and onion into small pieces. Fry until brown and crisp. Remove meat and re serve. Combine all ingredients. Mix lightly. Cook or bake 20 minutes before serving. Shredded Potato And Ham Pie 4 eggs, slightly beaten 1 cup peas, carrots, thawed 1 cup cooked, chopped ham, beef or chicken 1 cup cheese Vi cup milk V«teaspoon minced, dried onion 2 cups potatoes, peeled, shredded Vi cup cheese, shredded In a bowl, combine five ingredients. Set aside. Combine potatoes and cheese. Press onto bottom and up sides of ungreased pie plate. Pour filling into pie plate and bake at 350 degrees 45-50 minutes until set. Let stand 5-10 minutes before serving. Serves 6. Smashed Eggs 6-8 hard boiled eggs 1-2 tablespoons mayonnaise 2 tablespoon milk 1 tablespoon vinegar Va teaspoon salt Black pepper to taste 1 tablespoon mustard Boil eggs at least 10 minutes. If using fresh eggs, sprinkle salt in the water. Pour off egg water and save to water house plants, especial ly violets. Pour fresh cold water twice over the eggs. When cold, shell eggs, cut in half. Take out egg yolk and mash. Add remaining ingredi ents and put mixture back into egg whites. Sprinkle with paprika if desired. If making a day ahead, wait until ready to serve to sprinkle with paprika. Baked Com Calico Beans
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