816-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 14, 2003
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ers who have questions but
don’t know who to ask for
answers.
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lishing.
QUESTION - LaKee
Christman, Greehcastle,
wants to know if there are
any places that buy and
slaughter tame rabbits in
the Franklin County area.
QUESTION - Al Lenkie
wicz, Hamburg, is looking
for information on a device
that attaches to the vehicle
exhaust and to a garden
hose used to kill ground
hogs in their burrows.
QUESTION - Marie Hix
son, Crystal Spring, wants
to know how to grow wild
rice. They live on a farm
with some wet areas that
she believes would be suit
able for growing rice. Any
one know where she can
find information?
QUESTION - A reader
would like to know what to
New Penn State Publication
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) People who cook for the
public as part of food fund-rais
ers now have a new resource for
consistent food safety, thanks to
a new publication authored by a
food safety specialist in Penn
State’s College of Agricultural
Sciences.
“Cooking for Crowds: A Vol
unteer’s Guide to Safe Food Han
dling” is a comprehensive manu
al for civic and church groups,
school organizations, volunteer
fire companies and the many
other groups who cook for the
public for food fund-raisers or
use to counteract blight on
red beets. The leaves look
like little trails. When the
skin of the leaf is lifted,
little maggots are in be
tween. The leaves get
brown and die.
QUESTION - Sara
Maust, Berlin, wants to
know where to find five
year diaries. She cannot
find them in bookstores in
her area or even in Pitts
burgh.
QUESTION - Warren
Glidewell, Bloomsburg,
wants to know where to
find Flemish giant rabbits
in a fawn color.
QUESTION - A reader
would like to buy a copy of
the book, “A Corporate
Tragedy” by Barbara
Marsh. Call (610) 286-7093.
QUESTION - To the
reader who wants to buy a
used, size 6 cast iron skil
let in good condition. You
must include an address or
phone number so the per
son who has it can contact
you.
QUESTION - Eugene
Maute, 327 Asbury Ave., El
kins Park, PA 19027 wants
to know who sells thick,
clear, flexible plastic sheet
ing like that used to make
seat covers. Maute wants
to buy several yards.
QUESTION - Ronald
Bennett, 1870 Strong Rd.,
Victor, NY 14564, collects
1800’s farm tools and
wants to know where to
find barn hay cars and
trollies that run on wood or
metal rails.
QUESTION - Daniel Yo
nosh, Slatington, writes
that he would like to con
sult with a person who has
the knowledge and experi
ence to make proper set
tings on a John Deere
Model 246, 3 pt, 2-row corn
planter to plant corn. His
problem is knowing how to
maintain a consistent
planting depth over rolling
land. Call (610) 799-2536,
leave a message, and Yo
nosh will return the call.
QUESTION - C. Gut
shall, Carlisle, is looking for
proper cleaning instruc
tions for printed cotton
seed sacks made in the
special events.
Dana McElroy, food safety
specialist in Penn State’s depart
ment of food science, says the
curriculum shows nonprofit and
volunteer groups the unexpected
food safety risks that they face in
preparing large volumes of food,
and how to reduce those risks in
making food that’s both safe and
delicious.
“Many people don’t know that
there are a lot of additional safety
risks that come with cooking
large quantities of food,’’McElroy
says.
19405. She also would like
a Web site address that of
fers information on older
cotton and burlap feed
sacks.
QUESTION - Eric Sor
tore, Allentown, New Jer
sey, has an old hand saw
filer, model 1200, made by
Belsaw. He is missing the
saw clamps and clamp
bars, and Foley-Belsaw no
longer stocks parts for it. If
one of our readers has
these parts, please write to
let him know where to get
them, or allow him to get
measurements so that he
can fabricate them himself.
QUESTION - Alta Weav
er, Fredericksburg, bought
a used food dehydrator that
did not have an owner’s
manual with it. She won
ders if anyone knows
where she can get one.
Also she wonders if a dehy
drator has a fan, since this
model does not and it
seems to have a place for
one. It is a Bee Beyer’s
Original Food Dehydrator,
model number BB 5001. To
mail a manual or parts,
please write to Alta at 125
Blue Mountain Road, Fred
ericksburg, PA 17026 or
call (717) 865-7440.
QUESTION If anyone
has an Amish Lieder writ
ten by Joseph W. Yoder,
copyright 1942 to sell,
please contact Elam M.
Ebersol, 558 Gibbons Road,
Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505.
Additionally, if anyone has
a “Fortune Years” by Aaron
Click to sell at a reasonable
price, please contact Eber
sol.
QUESTION - If anyone
has a copy of “The Beauti
ful Story: Golden Gems of
Religious Thoughts” by
J.W. Buel to sell please call
(717) 656-0457.
QUESTION A reader
would like to know if there
are any classes for learn
ing to braid rugs in the
area of Boyertown, Fleet
wood, Topton, or sur
rounding areas.
QUESTION - Marcia
Whitsel, Shirleysburg,
would like to find an older
opaque projector for en
larging or copying some
patterns. A smaller one
would work, she writes,
and wonders if schools that
are no longer using them
would make them available.
QUESTION - Valerie
Miller, Honesdale, wants to
purchase a pair of wool
carders in good condition
for a reasonable price. As
an inexperience carder,
she also would appreciate
Stresses Safety When Cooking For Crowds
“They may have been volun
teering for years and probably
are very food safety conscious,
but they may not be aware of the
additional risks.
“On top of that, nonprofit
groups may not have the finances
to buy commercial food service
equipment and may be working
with equipment that’s not de
signed to prepare or serve large
quantities of food. The ‘Cooking
for Crowds’ curriculum is de
signed to educate groups about
food safety standards and pro
vide practical ways to meet those
standards.”
tips on carding and spin
ning wool.
QUESTION A reader
wants to know what to use
on kitchen formica coun
tertops to preserve or seal
the formica to keep it from
wearing down, keeping
stains out and adding
shine?
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know where the
strong rubber elastic (like
rubber bands) can be pur
chased to make fitted bed
sheets.
QUESTION - Nina Pur
vin wants information
about a Purvin Dairy Com
pany, which operated in
Lancaster during the
19405-19505. She has
found some interesting bot
tles, a calendar, and a
poster from the company.
The latest item is from
1952. She’d like any in
formation someone might
have about the farm and
dairy.
QUESTION - Cathy
Heagy, Narvon, is looking
for a children’s book, “The
Little Boy From Shickshin
ny,” which is about a boy
who got mad at a cow lying
down in the dark and
kicked it only to find out it
was really a bear. Her
grandmother had a copy
when Cathy was a child.
QUESTION - Richard
Laughman, Chambersburg,
wants to know where a
Sony Superscope reel to
reel tape player can be
fixed.
QUESTION - Pat Hart
man, Ligonier, wants to
know where to find balsam.
She remembers seeing the
answer in this paper but
lost the address. She wants
the answer repeated for
what balsam is and where
to get it.
QUESTION - A. Mary
Nolt, New Holland, wants to
know the value of a Zenith
egg grader scale and what
antique dealers are inter
ested in items such as
these.
ANSWER - Charles
Rowland, Elkton, Maryland,
would like to buy an out
door wood furnace, and
would like to have owner/
user pros and cons. He
seeks information such as
the best brand of manufac
turer, most efficient, etc.
Thanks to B. Righter for
recommending Rowland
check at his local library
for the Feb./March issue of
“Mother Earth News,” for
information on outdoor fur
naces. Also drive around
She explains that Penn State
Cooperative Extension agents,
who frequently train nonprofit
groups about proper large-vol
ume food preparation techniques
for the public, asked for the cur
riculum to replace older, outdat
ed materials that didn’t address
the specific needs of nonprofit
food preparation.
The manual includes:
• Ideas for planning a safe
event
• Strategies to provide safe
water for food fund-raisers
• Alternative equipment ideas
• Checklists for barbecues.
and find people using the
furnaces to leam the pros
and cons of having one. If
you do install an outdoor
furnace, check your pre
vailing winds you don’t
want the chimney smoke
coming directly to your
front door.
ANSWER - Lucy Nolt,
Mifflinburg, asked how to
get rid of termites without
using exterminator serv
ices. It would cost $2,500
to have an exterminator do
it, so the Notts prefer to do
it themselves if possible.
Thanks to B. Righter for e
mailing that a good hard
ware store such as Lowe’s
in Selinsgrove sells termite
killing insecticides.
ANSWER - Doris Ris
smiller, Elverson, wanted to
know where she can have
the pothandles replaced on
her pan set made by Pru
dential ware. The set was
purchased 30-35 years ago.
Thanks to Anna Martin,
Denver, for recommending
she contact New Era Inc.,
1255 Paradise Hill Road,
P.O. Box F, Clarksville, TN
37041. Anna writes that
she has used New Era serv
ices several times to re
place handles on a set of
Flavorseal cookware pur
chased 39 years ago from a
traveling salesman.
ANSWER - A reader
wanted to know of a place
to take small material
scraps for recycling. Naomi
Blank writes that she will
take the scraps. Write to
her at 5219 Amish Rd., Kin
zers, PA 17535.
Also, A.L. Stoltzfus, 1319
Tanning Yard Hollow Rd.,
Peach Bottom, PA 17563,
said small pieces of fabric
can be used to make com
forts and covers to be sent
to relief centers. She is in
terested in pieces as small
as two inches.
ANSWER For the read
er who wanted Homer
Laughin dinnerware in the
single rose pattern, a Lan
caster County reader
writes that she has a good
selection of this pattern.
Call (717) 336-5696.
ANSWER - Susan Girali
co, New Tripoli, sent in a
different phone number
than that printed in last
week’s issue for Cuisanart.
Order cuisanart DLC-7 at
tachments by calling (800)
726-0190.
ANSWER In answer to
D. Peters’ request, Glenn
Thompson writes that Bulb
Direct, Pittsford, N.Y., sells
almost every bulb that has
ever been made. Call (800)
772-5267.
meals, bake sales, sub/sandwich
sales, home-delivered meals and
temporary events
• Strategies to implement food
safety practices in an organiza
tion’s kitchen
The complete “Cooking for
Crowds” curriculum is available
via the Web at www .cookingfor
crowds.psu.edu.
The color manual (Publication
# AGRS-86) also can be pur
chased through the Penn State
College of Agricultural Sciences
Publication Distribution Center
for $9 by calling toll-free (877)
345-0691.