October Apple Month Promotes Maryland Harvests and Varieties
October is Apple Month with National Apple Week signals and Maryland guidance on markets. Researchers cite a 1.4 million bushel Maryland crop and a US total about 3 percent below last year, while listing varieties such as Jonathan McIntosh Stayman Yorks Romes and Red and Golden Delicious with uses for eating baking and desserts.
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Birthday Parties Are Fun Time
Kay Sherwood offers practical tips for hosting easy 4 to 7 year old birthday parties. Plan a simple Friday supper with hamburgers or fish sticks, cake and ice cream, using paper plates and balloons for decor. Keep guest lists small, include short age-appropriate games, and clarify hours and transportation with parents to ensure on time pickups.
Fall Of Plenty Fall Of Plenty By Gaynor Maddox
October brings a bountiful harvest as the USDA reports record grapes and apples plus cranberries. Rice and cheese join the surplus and broiler fryers remain plentiful and affordable. A reader shares a recipe for chicken legs baked in tomato sauce serving four.
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Oven Baked Chicken with Creamy Thyme Rice
Wash chicken legs and place in a large baking pan. Mix cream of tomato soup with water and thyme, pour over chicken. Bake at 340 degrees for 40 minutes, basting 3 or 4 times. Serve hot over hot cooked rice.
Prune Almond Pudding For Dessert
Prune almond pudding recipe describes a cake like dessert with flour salt baking soda butter sugar egg prune juice prunes and almonds folded in stiffly beaten egg white baked in an 8 by 8 pan at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes. Serve hot with a lemon pudding sauce or similar.
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