June 2008

                Well June is busting out all over.  Today it is 90 degrees and we turned on the air conditioner. I have been working on getting donated food for Ride the River on June 15.   Everyone I talked to wanted letters before they would donate anything.

               We were in Chicago on May 18 for Linley’s confirmation from the North Park Covenant Church.  Mindy my oldest daughter hit her century mark or is it half a century.  She would be upset it I said she was 50 on May 16.  She got a new cook book for a birthday gift (Daughter like Mother).It was from The First Covenant Church of Souix City, Iowa.  Of course, I had to copy a few recipes.  I have tried two of them and found them to be really good. 

                I made this first one for my hairdresser, Marcia Coakley and Kim Akers Downing.  Kim is originally from Hampton

      Lemonade Cake

      1 lemon cake mix

      1 package small lemon instant pudding mix

      4 eggs

      1 c water

      ¼ c oil

      Mix all ingredients at medium speed for 4 minutes.  Pour into a bundt pan. Bake 50 minutes at 3 50 degrees.  Cool 5 minutes.  Spoon on Lemony Glaze. Cool for 15 minutes and remove from pan.  Sprinkle with powdered sugar if you wish.

      Lemony Glaze : 2 scoops Country Time Lemonade Mix ( I used Crystal Light 2 of the little cups they are packed. 1/3 c water  2 T melted butter and 2 c powdered sugar.

 

              The other day we had this recipe for lunch.  We have found excellent asparagus at farmer’s market

      Cream of Asparagus Soup

      4 T butter

      1 medium onion chooped

      3 c cut up asparagus

      ¼ c flour

      ¼ t salt

      1/8 t pepper

      1 can 13 ¾ to 14 ½ oz chicken broth

      1 c ½ & ½

      Cook the onion in the butter and then the asparagus.  Then add the flour, salt and pepper until all is mixed.  Add broth and get all lumps out and then add cream.  Cook until thick and asparagus is tender.  Be careful not to boil.

     

              The last two recipes I haven’t tried if they are as good as these two were I think I will copy some more recipes when we go back to Chicago on Monday.  Linley is graduating from 8th grade.  She goes to the Peterson School on North Christiana.

     

      MANDARIN ORANGE CAKE

      1 package yellow plus pudding cake

      1 can undrained mandarin oranges

      ¾ c oil

      4 eggs

      Mix all ingredients and beat 2 minutes. Put in a 9x13 pan Bake 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes

      Cool and Frost

      Frosting:

      2 packages vanilla instant pudding

      20 oz can crushed pineapple with juice

      1 -9oz Cool  Whip

      Stir pudding and pineapple together. Fold in cool Whip

      YOGURT CAKE

      1 white cake mix

      6 oz yogurt any flavor

      3 egg whites

      ¾ c water

      1 can unsweetened applesauce

      Mix all together and put in a prepared 9x 13 pan

      Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes  Cool and then frost

      Frosting

      8 oz fat free Cool Whip

      6 oz yogurt same flavor as cake.

 

                  Hope you enjoy these if you don’t wish to get this let me know. Jane Cady and I are working on getting a new paper out by email or with a web site.  I will be called the  Hampton Canon.  Martha is going to help us but she is rather busy with the end of school.  So soon you may see this as the Hampton Canon column.  Of course you can always read my columns on www.jamminwithjane.com and Rock and Hampton Historical Society News on www.hamptonhistory.org.