Pennsylvania - The Keystone State, State flower: Mountain Laurel

1. Pennsylvania Dutch Pepper Slaw
2. Green Beans with Apples
3. Ginger Pickled Beets
4. Pennsylvania Dutch Applesauce Bread
5. Philadelphia Cinnamon Buns
6. Shoo-Fly Pie
7. Philadelphia Pepper Pot Soup
8. Flannel Cales with Chicken Hash

Flannel Cales with Chicken Hash

2 cups sifted flour
¾ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2-½ cups buttermilk
2 Tbsp melted butter or margarine
2 eggs separated
Chicken hash

Sift dry ingredients together. Beat in buttermilk and melted shortening. Beat in egg yolks. Fold in stiffly beaten whites. Bake on hot griddle. When brown, place a generous tablespoon of hash on cake, roll and fasten with a toothpick. Place in rows on baking pan. Heat cakes in a 350º oven or under a low broiler. Yield: 12 cakes.

CHICKEN HASH:

3 Tbsp butter or margarine
2 Tbsp minced onion
3 Tbsp flour
1 cup chicken or turkey broth
1/3 cup celery, minced
2 tsp parsley, minced
½ cup light cream
2 cups cold cooked chicken or turkey, cut in small pieces
Salt
Pepper

Melt the butter; add onion and sauté until tender. Add flour and cook 4 minutes, stir constantly. Add broth, celery and parsley and simmer for 5 minutes. Add cream, stir well. Add chicken. Heat the mixture to boiling point and season. Set aside to thicken while flannel cakes are baking.

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