810-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 20, 2003
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ABBEY PUZO
Susquehanna Dairy
Ambassador
Have you ever wondered
how Santa Claus keeps up
with his many busy days of
the year?
Let me tell you a little secret
that he shared with me. Santa
includes lots of calcium in his
daily diet.
Here is what he ate on the
day he told me this wonderful
calcium secret. For breakfast
he enjoyed a peanut butter ba
nana smoothie. For lunch he
had a grilled ham and cheese
sandwich with tomato soup.
Then for supper he had deli
cious mac-n-cheese. With all
of his meals he enjoys a glass
of cold milk. Before he went to
bed he had cookies and milk
as a bedtime snack.
Santa told me he encour
ages everyone to include as
much calcium as possible in
their diet. As a Susquehanna
County Dairy Ambassador I
also encourage you to eat
3-A-Day of Dairy.
Here are Santa’s yummy
recipes.
Happy Holidays!
PEANUT BUTTER
BANANA
SMOOTHIE
2 frozen bananas cut up
2 tablespoons creamy pea
nut butter
2 cups milk
I teaspoon vanilla
Dash of cinnamon
Put everything in your
blender and blend until
smooth.
TOMATO-BASIL SOUP
8 plum tomatoes or 16
ounce can of tomatoes
drained
1 medium onion chopped
1 tablespoon of olive oil
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2 cloves garlic crushed 1
pinch of ground red pep
per
1 tablespoon fresh basil or 1
teaspoon of dried basil
2 cups milk
Skin tomatoes, cut tomatoes
in half and remove the seeds.
Cook the onion in olive oil
until golden brown. Add the
garlic and cook about 1 min
ute. Add the tomatoes. Cook
uncovered on medium heat for
twenty minutes. Blend the
veggies until smooth. Add the
remaining ingredients and
cook over low until hot. Do
not boil. Garnish with fresh
basil.
OATMEAL CHOCOLATE
CHIP COOKIES
1 cup butter softened
I'A firmly packed brown
sugar
Vi cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
VA cups flour
'/: teaspoon baking soda
Vi teaspoon salt
VA cups Quick Quaker Oats
1 12-ounce package choco
late chips
1 cup walnuts (optional)
Beat together the butter and
sugars until creamy. Add eggs,
milk and vanilla; beat well.
Add flour, baking soda and
salt; mix well. Stir in oats,
chocolate chips and nuts.
Drop by rounded tablespoons
on an ungreased cookie sheet.
At Christmas time you might
like to sprinkle a little green or
red sugar on the cookies be
fore making. Bake at 350 de
grees for 10 minutes. Cool one
minute on cookie sheet then
remove. Makes 4 dozen cook
ies.
Fancy Feathers 4-H Club Has Busy Year
MONTROSE (Susquehanna
Co.) We had a very busy year
between the rain drops. In the
spring we went to an embryology
seminar put on by Penn State’s
Phillip Clauer. He covered every
thing on egg development.
He had eggs there of all differ
ent stages to let us see the devel
opment.
We had a dissection performed
at Mt. View School. It was very
interesting, especially when we
saw an eye of the chicken bigger
than the brain. Mr. Slocum did
an excellent job of showing us the
organs of the chicken.
Fred Cobb took several of the
show birds to Honesdale Fairand
did very well, taking Champion
Clear Colored standard with an
Australorp cockerel.
We participated in the 4-H
garden/beautification program at
the Harford Fair again this year.
And this year, the weeds really
grewwith all the rain we did not
worry about the garden drying
out. We planted some perennials
last fall, and to our surprise most
of them came up. The leaders de
cided to give a Grand Champion
award to Phillip Hartman, who
did most of the digging up of the
ground to turn over the weeds.
Before the Harford Fair we
helped Ron Stiles, Bob Simons,
and Robert Powell get the poultry
bam ready. Getting the bam
ready is a lot of work, with put
ting on tags , the shavings and
the cups.
At the fair show, Jessica Sartell
received Junior Reserve Bantam
on a silkie hen and Junior Cham
pion on a White Faced Black
Spanish hen, and Champion Par
ticlored in the open show on a
Quail Belgian D’Anver cock.
A special thanks to our judge,
Robert Powell, for doing the
showmanship and judging our
4-H show. He has helped us out
greatly. We don’t know what we
would do without him. Thanks a
million.
Christmas
Is Coming
which
of a long
Christmas time is coming,
There’s a lot to do on the farm,
It’s time to pull out your winter
■evices
coals,
And put your long Johns on,
The com is done.
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flounder
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lenny
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And winter work has just
begun,
Mom is milking,
Dad is scraping.
Kids are feeding.
Grandma’s baking.
Pies and cakes
With lots of whipped cream,
Custard cups with pralines,
Don’t forget the milk and
plates
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as their
Singing songs of cheer
Holiday hopes brighten
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thoughts
Christmas time is here
Kathryn Liskey Ashley Rubush
Virginia Dairy Maid
Korner
Members of the Susquehanna County 4-H Fancy
Feathers 4-H Club display their winnings at the Harford
Fair. From left, are Beth Page, Phillip Hartman, Fred Cobb
and Jessica Sartell.
The results of the 4-H show at
the Harford Fair follow: Grand
Champion Showman- Jessica
Sartell; Reserve Champion Show
man Beth Page; Best of Show
Black Tailed Japanese cock,
Fred Cobb; Reserve of Show
White Faced Black Spanish, Jes
sica Sartell; Grand Champion
Standard White Faced Black
Spanish, Jessica Sartell; Reserve
Champion Standard Austral
orp cockerel, Fred Cobb; Grand
Champion Bantam Black Tail
ed buff Japanese cock, Fred
Cobb; Reserve Champion Ban
tam Quail Antwerp Belgian
hen, Jessica Sartell; Grand
Champion Waterfowl or Turkey
African Goose, Beth Page; Re
serve Champion Waterfowl or
turkey Royal Palm Tom, Fred
Cobb.
Then to top the rest of the fair,
we won the blue ribbon (first
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place) on the flower garden that
we planted along the side of the
poultry building! The live Sweet
Grass and silkies in a pen in the
garden display were a big hit
with the Fair-going public.
Jessica Sartell showed her
birds at the Twin Tier Poultry
Show in Bath, N.Y., Sept. 7, and
won Junior Grand Champion
and Best Mediterranean of the
open show with her White faced
Black Spanish hen.
Jessica was also named Third
Place Showman at the show.
Then later in the month of Sept.,
Jessica showed at the Cobleskill,
N.Y. show and took Second Place
in Showmanship and received
Junior Reserve Champion on a
another White Faced Black
Spanish hen. It was a great year.
Jessica Sartell,
News Reporter