Care for some cold ice tea on a hot August afternoon?
Spiced Tea
From Evelyn Kalutz, mother of Ann McDowell
From the Ada Sesquicentennial Cookbook
6 c. water
4-5 family tea bags
1 tsp. cloves
1 cinnamon stick - 2 if small
1 - 6 oz. can frozen orange juice
1 - 6 oz. can frozen pineapple juice
1 - 6 oz can frozen lemonade
sugar to taste
3 c. sliced fresh peaches
1 1/2 c. sugar
1 stick butter or margarine
3/4 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 c. milk
Mix peaches in 1 cup sugar. Let stand. Put butter in 2 quart casserole, place in 325 degree oven to melt. Combine remaining sugar, flour, baking powder, salt and milk.
Pour over melted butter (do not stir). Spoon speaches on top of butter (do not stir).
Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.
Here's what you can do with all those zucchini in your garden. Create a zucchini pie. This recipe is from the Bluffton Relay for Life Bluffton Community Cookbook II. Copies are on sale at Village Cut 'n' Curl, Cherry St.
ZUCCHINI PIE - From Audra Ream
1 c. cooked zucchini
1 c. sugar
1 egg
1 tbsp. flour
1 c. evaporated milk
1 1/2 tbsp. melted butter
1 tsp. vanilla
Drain the cooked zucchini and all ingredients together in a blender and mix well. Put in pie shell and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
Bake at 425 degrees for 15 minutes and then turn oven to 350 for 35 to 40 minutes.
Here's a seasonal recipe from the Liberty National Bank cookbook.
Buttery-Onion Corn on the Cob
Recipe by Sue Zimmer, Ada
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 envelope onion soup mix
4 medium ears sweet corn, husks removed
In a small bowl, combined butter and soup mix; rub over corn. Place each ear of corn on a 12 by 10 inch piece of heavy-duty foil. Fold foil over corn and seal tightly.
Bake at 450 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until corn is tender, turning once. Serves 4.
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The Icon discovered some great Ada recipes in the "Ada Stands United Then and Now," cookbook. It was printed for the Ada sesquicentennial. Copies are available while they last in the Ada village office for $6 each.
We've selected something that doesn't require you to turn on the oven. Here you go. (And if you'd like to submit a recipe, simply send it to: [email protected]
BECKY HIESTER'S LEMONADE PIE
1 small can frozen lemonade
1 container Cool Whip
1 can sweetened condensed milk
Grahm cracker crust
