HILLS OUTLOOK ItUrch II ins Culinary Outlook Give a tip o the hat to potato muffins cheese a home on St Patricks Day Those not sitting down to a plateful of corned beef and cabbage can make an eating toast to the Irish as they nibble potato muffin The potato an Important part of Irish history helps create a moist and flavorful muffin to go with Iamb or fish dishes A muffin filled with ham pineapple bits and walnuts becomes a meal when served with a salad and beverage Remember For a light satiny muffin do not the potatoes or the batter IDAHO POTATO MUFFINS 1 large Idaho potato baking driad din weed pepper cup butter or maroarfna MIX potatoes and batter lightly for satiny satisfying muffins in center of muffin comes out with inch of boiling salted water clean Cover Reduce beat and simmer for Remove muffin pan to wire rack to 20 minutes until potatoes are Cool for minutes before removing tender Drain muffins from pan This kitchen tested Mash or beat potatoes electric POTATO MUFFINS maroarlna mustard Bake potato in a oven makes for hour quarter potato and steam in 1 inch of boiling water for 15 to minutes or until tender Peel mash with V cup milk Should make 1 cup mashed potato In a Urge bowl sift together flour baking powder dill salt and pepper In a medium bowl combine re- W cup milk butter and eggs Blake a well In center of dry ingre- add milk mixture and toes stirring just to combine Stir in cheese Do not Spoon batter Into 12 greased VA muffin cups Bake In a pre- heated degree oven for 15 to minutes or until wooden toothpick In- Place potatoes in a large saucepan Make clam chowder from scratch cupa diced ham cup floaty choppad walnut mixer until smooth Add milk eggs butter mustard and pepper beat til light and fluff PolS and ham Butter four 10ounce baking dishes spoon potato mixture Into prepared dishes and sprinkle each witb 1 table spoon nuts Place dishes on a baking sheet Bake in a preheated oven for to minutes until gold en Remove from oven let stand for 10 minutes Loosen muffins from sides of dishes turn out and stand rightsideup on serving plate This kitchentested recipe makes servings Sua The microwave can turn the chore of making a clam chowder Into a snap Clams and mussels are COOKING 14- can choppad Including not in a microwavesafe shallow dish hire with clams and tomatoes Micro wave covered on High for minutes stirring halfway through Let stand covered for minutes Remove bay leaf and add parsley Correct seasoning This kitchentest ed recipe makes to servings NC Cily dwellers in the late in Canada bought their butler cheese and other dairy products from local dames As our a lies grew into the did the dairies But the roots of many Canadians were firmly planted in agricultural or rural areas and in these areas dairy prod weir made at home Now even with dairy counter in grocery tores crammed with all kinds of products many consumers are showing renewed interest in home made dairy foods How tirrm ham changed Just as the methods for commercial manufacturing have changed so have methods for domestic production Michelle food consultant with the Food Advisory Division Agriculture Canada explains The methods have changed because all milk sold Canada a pasteurized thai it is safe for consumption and has a longer storage life Also the availa bility of new kitchen equipment has updated techniques for several prod ucts ice cream and yogurt production can be simpler using the new kitchen equipment available Food Advisory Divisions food consultants and technicians recently have developed practical and reliable methods of preparing butter crime ice cream sour cream cheese and for a new publication Most of the equipment required is common but for many products a thermometer is required the Italian cousin of cottage cheese has a creamy texture and slightlyacid ante While cottage cheese is made from skim milk and buttermilk in a long process that allows for a slow development of flavor cheese is made from whole milk and fairlyfast easy process Even though ihc publication has not yet been released by culture Canada Marcottc has given us the method to make ncotta cheese and a recipe that uses this tart fresh cheese in an appetizer spread For this recipe you need a ther mometer colander and Chats whole milk mL vinegar Scald milk to 85C Remove from heat and add vinegar Let stand at room temperature for five hours Line strainer with four layers of cheeseclolh then pour boiling water through Drain ABOUT NUTRITION Makes about cheese can be used 10 prepare several dishes including and ravioli Pro perly seasoned it can also garnish fresh fruit The recipe here uses as a spread for crackers or bread Rkotta Spread cheese mayoanaise finely es 15 finely chopped stuffed mL dried parsley mL Worcestershire OS mL tall cayenne pepper Combine ingredwnts and blend well Store overnight before serving Makes about mL FARMERS Our carefully mined tax preparers can answer your questions they are always uptodate an the tax 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