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Across the Fence
By Julie Turner-Crawford
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or several years, I’ve said the general population is three, if not more, generations removed from the farm. That scenario has become more apparent in Julie Turner-Crawford the last month. A lack of what many of is a native of Dallas us see as common sense, apparently, is associated County, Mo., where she with the separation from the farm. grew up on her family’s I saw a post on a social media page recently from a farm. She is a graduate “new farmer” asking questions about raising chickof Missouri State ens. She had gone to the local feed store for chick University. To contact day and bought 20 or 30 chicks, and asked when Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 they would start laying eggs. Folks said it could take or by email at editor@ six to eight months, depending on the breed. She ozarksfn.com. assumed the chickens would be in full production in just a couple of weeks. The poster wasn’t sure of the breed or the sexes of her chicks. Someone suggested she find them a new home. Another post was from a lady who was thinking about buying a cow to milk. She posted the photo of the possible purchase. Let’s just say it wasn’t a dairy breed and it maybe even had a little Watusi blood. The would-be dairy farmer said the person — Continued on Next Page
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Easy Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Submitted by: Julie Turner-Crawford, Phillipsburg, Mo. Ingredients:
• 1/4 C butter • 1 C packed brown sugar • 1 can (20 ounces) pineapple slices in juice, drained, juice reserved
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• Maraschino cherries without stems, drained • 1 box yellow cake mix • Vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Directions: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Put butter in a bundt pan and melt in oven. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over butter. Arrange pineapple slices on brown sugar. Place cherry in center of each pineapple slice, and arrange remaining cherries around slices; press gently into brown sugar. Add enough water to reserved pineapple juice to measure 1 cup. Make cake batter as directed on box, substituting pineapple juice mixture for the water. Pour batter over pineapple and cherries. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately run knife around side of pan to loosen cake. Place heatproof serving plate upside down onto pan; turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake 5 minutes so brown sugar topping can drizzle over cake; remove pan.
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APRIL 27, 2020
