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1 lb.(average weight) wedge

Stripling’s Old Fashioned Red Rind Hoop cheese is mild in taste and is wonderful when served as a dessert cheese with melons, berries, and various wines.

But red rind hoop cheese is also great to have on hand in the summer when the squash is coming in fresh from the fields and you feel like whipping up a yummy squash casserole. Our recipe below for Summer Squash Casserole makes an impressive main course in and of itself since the cheese and eggs give heartiness. Pair it alongside sliced fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and other garden vegetables as well as a slice or two of homemade corn bread.

Summer Squash Casserole
4 cups cubed yellow squash
1 medium onion, chopped
2/3 cup milk
2 eggs
2/3 cup melted butter
1 pound wedge Stripling’s Old Fashioned Red Rind Hoop Cheese, grated
1 ¾ cup crushed Ritz crackers
Salt and pepper to taste
1 clove garlic, minced

1. Cook squash until crisp to tender. Drain completely. Beat egg and milk together and add to squash. Then stir in onion, ½ of melted butter and ½ of crushed Ritz crackers; add ½ grated cheese. Mix together along with salt, pepper, and garlic.

2. Place into oblong casserole dish greased with butter. Sprinkle remainder of cheese on top, then sprinkle remainder of Ritz crackers on top of cheese.

3. With teaspoon dribble balance of butter over crackers and bake in 350 degree oven for 30 to 40 minutes making sure crackers are toasted but not scalded.

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Crab & Country Ham Stuffed Mushrooms

3 lbs jumbo lump crab meat
2 c. bread crumbs
1/2 c. sour cream
1/2 c. mayonnaise
1 c. fresh chives, chopped
1/4 c. fresh oregano, chopped
1/4 c. lemon juice
2 tbsp. worcestershire
4 tbsp. butter
2 tbsp. garlic, chopped
1 red onion, diced
2 red bell peppers, diced
2 green bell peppers diced
1 lb country ham, diced
pepper to taste
5 dozen large fresh mushrooms, cleaned & stems removed

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a baking sheet.

Combine the first 8 ingredients and set aside.

In a large skillet melt the butter. Saute the garlic, peppers, onion and ham until crisp and tender. Add to the crab meat mixture.

Place mushroom caps on a baking sheet. Stuff each with the crab and ham mixture.

Bake until heated through, about 10-12 minutes. Garnish with additional diced red bell pepper.

Stripling’s Sweet Potato Butter can certainly be used in our recipe for Sweet Potato Pie, or it can just be slathered on whatever objects you deem suitable such as breads, biscuits, or rolls.

But whatever your choice, keep in mind that The U.S. Sweet Potato Council refers to the sweet potato as “a powerhouse of nutrition.” Some of the more the notable health aspects of the sweet potato are as follows:
• Copious amounts of beta carotene (Vitamin A)
• High in Vitamin C
• Good source of fiber
• Fat free
• Cholesterol free

With all of this superb nourishment, it stands to reason that our Sweet Potato Peach Butter is also nutritious, and that you could certainly use that as rationale to indulge in it!

Sweet Potato Pie

Mix 1 jar of Stripling’s Sweet Potato Butter with 2 beaten eggs. Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake at 350 for approximately 45 minutes or until lightly brown. Add Marshmallow Cream to top and serve. (Marshmallow Cream optional)

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Spread this salsa on ham and bake.

Stripling's Pure Cane Syrup has the full rich flavor of fresh ground sugar cane cooked down in old- fashioned kettles on a cool fall morning. Great served on pancakes, waffles, and biscuits, on vanilla ice cream, and as a baking ingredient in the place of corn syrup.