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by Biscuit T. Sims
As I write this news letter, we are in the DOG Days of July. It has been reaching 100 degrees in Mississippi. Dutch Oven Cooking has been put on the back burner this month.
Our activities include a Memorial Day DOG or a Stray DOG at Askews Landing Campground in Edwards. A stray is anyone who wants to show up and cook. Friday night we had a fish fry. Saturday night we had 6 cooks and 16 pots of food. We had 30 people attending our DOG.
June we were off to Waveland, MS. to cook for Katrina Survivors. Our Chapter cooked 34 Dump Cakes and gave out free cookbooks. A separate report in the news about the area.
June 24 Mellisa Collier and her boys “The Hot Pots” went to a cook-off in Jasper, Arkansas. They cooked stew and chocolate ganache turtle cake. The cake was cooked by her youngest son Darren. He WON FIRST PLACE deserts!
July 4 we had our members Walter and Brenda attending THE BIG DOG in Tyler, Texas. We got reports back of a BIG DOG. Read about it in the Dogwood Chapter.
We held another Stray Dog at Askews Landing . We had a good attendance with a few visitors. Special guest on Sunday night was James Fritz . He is the director of Food Services at The Baptist Hospital. James brought a pork loin to cook. He received some Dutch Oven Cooking Lessons from Mo and Biscuit. This was after Biscuit started to cook a smelly pork roast. After learning roast was bad, he called Fritz. It was Fritz to the rescue. Thank You James!
This taught me a lesson. Sometimes we let our guard down and forget. We need to be more aware of Food Safety and handing of our foods. I would like for us to get a seminar on this for the group. I hope some will write articles on Food Safety too.
My brother “Rabbit” visited from Montgomery, Alabama. I believe I got him hooked on Dutch Oven Cooking. He is in the market for a new pot.
July 8, Biscuit presented a Dutch Oven Cooking program for The Baptist Children Village Alumni meeting.
July 15 Iron Hat , Sandra, Mo, Tammy, Biscuit and Sugar Booger attended “Cooking with Paula Deen” in Jackson. Paula was fun, loving and very personable to her fans. We all had a great time.
This summer J.T. Wilkenson son of Monty and Tammy had a three week trip to Australia . I called J.T. to see if he had any Bush Cooking. He said, no. But! Brought Dad a book on Cooking in the BUSH. I can’t wait to see that book. I don’t think they mean George either.
The National DOG is to be held September 15-17, 2006 at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Jim and Frances Harper, a.k.a. Tapscrew and Biscuit and Sugar Booger are planing a trip together to represent The Magnolia Black Pots. We are entering The Iron Chef cook-off. Looking forward to meeting Cee Dubs and Johnny Nix.
November 4th will be a EAST MEETS WEST Dog. The Camilla and Magnolia Black Pots are meeting in Pickensville AL. This will be at the campground on the state line. We look forward to the two chapters having an opportunity to get to know each other better.
Keep those pots HOT!
Magnolia Black Pots News
The Chapter has been very busy with activities this quarter. We have been involved in DOG’s, Demonstrations and Missions.
February 17-18 , we had our Winter Dog at Grand Gulf State park in Port Gibson, MS. The weather was wet and cold. But we had a nice time. We had Terry and Ralph from The Backwoods Volunteers in Tennessee as our special guest. New Members Walter , Brenda Wade and Danny, Sandra Isonhood. We held a short meeting afterwards and drew for door prizes.
March 4 we held two demonstrations in Mississippi. One was at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Southheaven and the other was at Bass pro Shops in Pearl. We got a call to do two demos, so Melissa Collier from Oxford put on the demonstration with her two son’s and Denny and Robin Buchannons.. This was their first demo. Melissa got tips from members on the Dutchovencooking Group on yahoo. She was a bit nervous not having done a demonstration before. But after she got her feet wet, it was off to the races. Her son enjoyed showing off the Brisket cooking all day. Sausage Balls, Pine Apple Upside Down Cake, Black Forest Cake, breakfast casserole and a Chocolate Cake To Die For was some of the other dishes cooked that day. Thanks for a job well done!
The same day at Bass Pro, we had 12 more members and some volunteers helping with The Fishing Classic 2006. We started with a 14 inch deep of Santa Fe Soup. Dump Cakes, Biscuits, White Lily Muffins and a Roast with Onions. We promoted LODGE Camp Dutch Ovens. Visitors were fed well and listened to a Country Music Band. I could her Faith Hill in the background! Oh! I must have been dreaming.
March 11 was off to Lake D’Arbonne State Park for a Campers Dutch Oven Cooking demonstration. This was a multi Chapter event. We had 5 chapters represented . Magnolia Black Pots, Caddo Area, Dogwood, Gonzales and Shreveport Chapters. This I have to say was one of the best events I have been to, since The BIG DOG in Fentress a few years ago. It was nice meeting and making friends from other chapters.
16 cooks , 9 camping, 50 plus pots and about 150 folks. Bear Hood and Sam Miller put on a bread class. Which was enjoyed buy some Boy Scouts in the area. Jim Lewis showed off cornbread cooking skills along with his delicious Lemon Cake. At the end of the day, we cleaned up and sat around a camp fire and shot some bull. We all turned in early that night.
April 1 our group teamed up with a Sunday School class from Morrison Heights Baptist Church in Clinton, Mississippi.. We head out early that morning for Pascagoula, Mississippi. We cooked Dump Cakes and the class cooked Catfish for a Family Day at Ingles Baptists Church. We had 8 members present to cook.
April 8th we headed out to Waveland, Mississippi. The Katrina’s Eye of the Storm hit here. There was nothing but slabs of concrete around. We set up where City Hall was sitting. This was their City Market. We cooked 250 pounds of Catfish and 24 Dump Cakes. We had 13 pots going on at one time. We fed around 400 people. 6 members were present .
The most request I had was for a cookbook. We did not bring any. They said, they had pots but no kind of cookbooks. We are going to get a cookbook drive going. Take some cookbooks next time. This was a very humbling experience for all of us.
Our Spring DOG was Hosted by Cobbler Mo Payne and his lovely wife Tammy. We me at Holmes County State Park on April 22. Several had arrived on Thursday Night and other came in on Friday. We cooked several dishes for Friday Night. Had a meet and greet with visitors. Saturday was a night warm day. Not too hot after a Friday night rain. We had 30 folks present. About 15 or so pots. Afterwards we had a door prize drawing for everyone. We made some new cooking friends. I think some may have come away with Castironitis.
GOD BLESS YOU !
BISCUIT T. SIMS The Happy Dutch Oven Cook
2004 Schedule
DUTCH OVEN GATHERING
SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2004
PELAHATCHIE LAKE CAMPGROUND
Pelahatchie, Mississippi
From 7 a.m. til 3 p.m.
Dinner on the Ground will be 12 p.m.
Calling all Dutch Oven Cooks! We are wanting Dutch Oven Cooks , Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts to come and cook up a dish or two. For those that have not attended a DOG, we normally follow a simple schedule: We come -- We cook -- We socialize -- We eat -- We leave it clean.
Set up time will be around 7 a.m. and lunch will be at 12 p.m.. Bring your group and cook up a dish or two. Bring paper products, your own drinks and copies of your recipes to share with others.
Those who do not Dutch Oven Cook, we ask them to bring a Covered Dish to share with others.A good dish to bring is a Salad or Bread.
Directions:
Take Pelahatchie Exit off of I-20, go north, cross Highway 80, go about one mile and turn left. Look for brown sign. Go about one city block and turn right. Sign will say Pelahatchie Campground. Call 601- 854-6859 for camping reservations. NO TENTS. Only 16 sites, so call early. Only one cabin for rent.
Contact Biscuit Tom Sims
n5hbb@yahoo.com
601-924-4264
Events
Magnolia DOG of Mar. 18 - 20, 2004
This started on Thursday. We cooked as a group for 3 days. We had a pot luck supper on Thursday night. Friday morning, we got together and cooked breakfast for everyone present and then skipped lunch.
Friday night we had a pot luck again and had about 25 DO's .We had a large spread.
Saturday we started cooking breakfast foods first, White Lily Biscuits and Muffins. Bacon, sausage, ham,eggs and tomatoe gravey. Lunch we had 31 cooks and 62 pots of food for a crowd of about 200+. I think we beat the Big Texas Dog last year? Do we qualify for a Big Texas Dog? Mississippi put it on Texas Style! Far East Teaxs style. Thanks for the support. Looking for a postive good time in dutch oven cooking. Keep it simple, fun and enjoyable form all. K.I.S.
I think , we may have stired up some interest in a LA. group as well. We had folks from KY.,TX., MS., and LA. Only two from LA. They are interested in a cooking group as well. Thanks Ken for coming. Enjoyed having you and looking forward to having you over for our summer DOG in June.
2005 DUTCH OVEN EVENTS
February 11-13, 2005 Winter DOG @ John W. Kyle State Park, Sardis
Lake, Mississippi
Contact : Melissac@holcombdunbar.com
March ? Girl Scout Leader Trainning
Contact: Terry Duvall
popsduvall@yahoo.com
March 18- 20, Lake Lincoln DOG, Lake Lincoln State Park, Wesson, MS.
Contact : sherylb@eatel.net
April 15- 17, The First ALABAMA DOG. Wind Creek State Park, Alexander
City, AL.
Contact: Betty, bjohn334@yahoo.com
April 23- 24, The National Cornbread Festival, South Pittsburg, TN.
www.lodgemfg.com
Date TBD, The First Louisiana DOG, D'Arboone State Park
Farmerville, LA.
Contact: Jon Witherington, lakedarbonne_int@crt.state.la.us
Biscuit.