MARCH DOG
MARCH 17th, 2007
PAVILION NO. 6
BEAR CREEK PARK
HOUSTON, TX
1:00 TO 5:00 PM
If you have not renewed your LSDOS membership it is time for you to do so* ! !
* Membership application attached or go to LSDOS.com and download a membership form..
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU AT THE MARCH DOG.
Saltgrass Chapter
Dutch Oven Gathering Notice
Where: Bear Creek Park, Pavillion No. 6
Houston, Texas
When: Saturday, October 21, 2006
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
What: Cook whatever you like.
Anne Ackel will be hosting this
DOG, so lets support her by
attending this DOG to join in ....
FUN, FOOD and FELLOWSHIP !!
MAKE YOUR PLANS FOR NEXT SATURDAY
SEE YOU THEN !
Saltgrass Chapter
Dutch Oven Gathering Notice
Where: Bear Creek Park, Pavillion No. 6, Houston, Texas
When: Saturday, September 16, 2006
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
What: Cook whatever you like.
This is our first DOG after our
summer break, so let's all plan
on gathering and visiting. It
sure will be great to see all of
you again for --
FUN, FOOD and FELLOWSHIP !!
MAKE YOUR PLANS FOR NEXT SATURDAY.
SEE YOU THEN !
LSDOS Saltgrass DOG
March 18th - 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Bear Creek Park, Houston, Texas
Pavilion No. 6
Spring is here, so there is no excuse for not attending this DOG.
Not too cold, not too hot !
Cook whatever you like (except for Cowboy Lamza).
We have lots of new members that are apprehensive about their skills and they need not be.
As for Cowboy, we had Gator Chili from him, and he is threatening rattlesnake meat now,
so lets try to keep a tight lease on him.
Please renew your membership !
SEE YOU SATURDAY !!
SALTGRASS CHAPTER DOG
February 18, 2006
1:00 to 5:00 PM - Pavilion No. 6
Bear Creek Park - Houston, Texas
February 18th is the date for the Saltgrass DOG. Looks like we
will still be having cool weather, so let's spice it up with Cajun
food. Gumbo always goes good on cool days. Gumbo tastes
good on any day.
See you at Bear Creek Park - Pavilion No. 6 -
1 to 5 PM.
January was membership renewal time so if you have not renewed,
please do so.
Love Dat Gumbo
SALTGRASS CHAPTER DOG
January 21, 2006
1:00 to 5:00 PM - Pavilion No. 6
Bear Creek Park - Houston, Texas
Remember your membership renewal ! !
The holidays are behind us and it is time to cook again. Since
winter has seemed to pass us by, let's cook winter food before
summer gets here next month. How about soup, stew, or
chili, anything with a little spice and heat?
Remember your membership renewal ! !
The LSDOS Business Meeting will be at Birch Creek Park at
Lake Sommerville on January 14th. This will be a Big DOG,
so let's all attend for Fun, Food, and Fellowship. There will be
members from all over the state attending. We would love to
have all of you attend too.
Remember your membership renewal ! !
FAST START FOR '05!
The Saltgrass DOG comes early in January because of the LSDOS Board of Directors meeting on the 15th.
January 8th, Pavilion No. 6, 1:00PM are the date, place and time at Bear Creek Park. The theme is Cajun, who happen to be champions of cast iron cooking. Quoting Joe Duke, "when a Cajun starts to cook hamburgers, he has to make a Roux first!"
Remember the Big DOG and board meeting at Birch Creek Park on the north end of Lake Summerville. Festivities will begin Friday the 14th, with the big meal and meeting Saturday mid-day. Many will have breakfast together Sunday before returning home.
Looking forward to seeing everyone on January 8th. Have a Happy New Year. Hope that it is a good one for each and everyone of you.
SALTGRASS DOG NOTICE
SALTGRASS WAKE-UP CALL
The weather has not cooled off much, but the calendar has been flipped over to September, reminding us that cooking time is close. The 17th is our date at Bear Creek Park, pavilion no. 6, 1 - 5 PM. Cook your favorite recipe and do not forget your drinks. We furnish the plates, spoons, fork, etc.
Now is the time to plan for the Big DOG at Glen Rose. Details are in the last newsletter, which you should have received last week. For those that have not attended one, this is a very good time to meet new people and observe different DO cooking equipment and styles. Also, they are the friendliest people you will ever meet.
See you at: Bear Creek Park
Saturday, September 17th
Pavilion No. 6
1 - 5 PM
SALTGRASS CHAPTER DOG
October 15, 2005
Bear Creek Park
Houston, Texas
Pavilion No. 6
1:00 to 5:00 PM
Finally, some cooler weather for October. It sure makes Dutch oven cooking more fun. While doing a demonstration back in August I could not tell the difference between the heat off the charcoal and the heat off the parking lot.
Please make you plans to be there Saturday. Looking forward to seeing all of you.
Turkey Time for the Saltgrass Chapter!!
November 19th is turkey day at Bear Creek Park in Houston:
Where: Pavilion No. 6
Time: 1:00 to 5:00 PM
Mary & I will cook the turkey there. If you would like to fix dishes to complement the great bird, we can have a real holiday feast, but as usual you can cook whatever you like, just make yourself at home and come.
This will be our last DOG of 2005, so let's have a BIG turnout. Everyone is so busy the second half of December we fore-go that date for a DOG.
We will be letting you know as soon as we can what our January DOG date is. Remember everyone is invited to the board meeting January 14th at Birch Creek Park, Lake Sommerville. This is another Big DOG so come on up there. It is a state park and we have an enclosed pavilion reserved. It is called the group camping area. It is a three day DOG for those interested.
Looking forward to see all of you Saturday.SALTGRASS CHAPTER
2004 Schedule:
Dear Fellow Saltgrass Dutch Oven Cookers,
We just got back from Bear Creek Park and have a list of dates for our DOGs for 2004. Please mark your calendars and make plans to attend. The dates are as follows:
January 17--Pavilion No. 6
February 21--Pavilion No. 6
March 13--Pavilion No. 1
April 17--Pavilion No. 6
May 15--Pavilion No. 6
September 18--Pavilion No. 1
October 16--Pavilion No. 6
November 20--Pavilion No.6
Note that March and September DOGs are at Pavilion No. 1, the others will be at Pavilion No. 6. Also the March DOG is the second Saturday of the month rather than the third.
Mark your calendars and make plans to be there. Looking forward to seeing all of you then.
OBJECT: Fun, Food, Fellowship
NOT INVITED: Grouches, SourPusses, Party Poopers
Mary & Gale
APRIL 17TH DOG ANNOUNCMENT
BEAR CREEK PARK
PAVILION NO. 6
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Dust off the black pots and join us for the April Saltgrass DOG.
Cook anything you like and let's have fun!!
Lots of activities to discuss:
May 1st -- Big DOG at Mission Tejas
June 5th -- Membership meeting at Palmetto State Park
September 11th -- National DOG at the Yellow Rose Arena
October 2nd & 3rd -- Texas Parks & Wildlife Expo -- McKinney Falls State Park
We have commitments from cookers in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kansas, and New York already, so it looks like the National DOG is going to be BIG!!
Hope you are making your plans to attend ALL or at least one of these events to meet and visit with your fellow Dutch Oven Cookers. They are all terrific people and the gatherings are such fun.
You know LSDOS stands for FOOD, FUN, and FELLOWSHIP.
SEE YOU AT THE SALTGRASS DOG APRIL 17TH.
SALTGRASS CHAPTER DOG
March 13th, 2004
Bear Creek Park - Pavilion No. 1
1:00 TO 5:00 PM
Cooking time again! Winter is over and this should be a good outdoor day - cool enough to cook with a fire and warm enough to be comfortable.
No theme for this one. Just cook what you would like. We have a few members that are just getting into the swing of things, so we will keep it simple for them. However, we do enjoy seeing the gourmet style meals cooked by Duane, Sandy, and Joe. They give us an excellent example of what can be done with a Dutch oven.
I am not receiving your recipes. Please - Please - Please bring a copy to the DOG, or email them to me so that I can submit them for the newsletter.
Do not forget it is time to renew your membership for 2004.
Gale
SYRUP FESTIVAL 2003
The Village Creek Cookers of Lumberton held their annual syrup cooking festival on November 15th; and as usual it was a fabulous event. The cane juice squeezing and cooking is really something to see. It is all done in the 1920 - 1930's style with mules and antique tractors pulling the squeezers. The cane juice is cooked down to syrup and anyone can purchase some of the finished product. Also, they had an antique engine exhibit and a gristmill to grind corn.
The Village Creek Cookers cooked for about 300 people, with a little help from the Prairie Dog, Brazos Valley, and Saltgrass Chapters.
JANUARY 17th DOG
The January Saltgrass theme was Mexican and what great Mexican Food it was! Eleven members and nine visitors attended, plus special guests Jerry and Irene Martin of the Wildflower Chapter. The weather started out bad and then cleared off into a nice sunshiny day.
For the past year, Saltgrass has been giving away a 20-pound bag of charcoal to each membership that attends our DOGS. This is an item that every cooker can use and use up quickly.
Saltgrass Chapter
Gale S. Merriwether, Advisor
2003 Schedule:
January 11: Bear Creek Park Pavilion #6. Start at 1pm and eat at 5pm. Note that this is the second Saturday of the month rather than our regular third Saturday time. We are meeting a week early so those interested in attending the January board meeting on the 18th can do so. Come have a great time with us.
February 15: - Bear Creek Pavilion #6 - Theme is cook Cajun.
March 22: - Bear Creek Park Pavilion #6 - Theme is Spring is here!
April 19: - Bear Creek Pavilion #6 -
May 17: - Bear Creek Pavilion #6
September 20: - Bear Creek Pavilion #6
October 18: - Bear Creek Pavilion #6
NOVEMBER 22nd, 2003 DOG
Sixteen members and fifteen visitors attended the November 22nd DOG of the Saltgrass Chapter. Special guests were Cynthia, Drew and Jack Labossiere from Tiverton, Rhode Island. The Labossiere family has recently moved from Houston to the frozen tundra of the far northeast, but they are retaining their membership in the Saltgrass Chapter.
The theme was Cajun food and we had lots of it. Several types of gumbo were cooked and no two were alike. Every one of them was delicious!
Saltgrass does not meet in December because their date is too close to Christmas.
The November DOG for the Saltgrass Chapter has been moved to the 22nd of November from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Note that we will be in Pavilion No. 1, instead of Pavilion No. 6. Pavilion No. 1 is off the first road to the left when you turn in from Clay Road. Many from the Saltgrass Chapter wanted to attend the Syrup Festival at Lumberton hosted by the Village Creek Cookers Chapter of LSDOS on the 15th. Check the LSDOS website for information and direction to the Syrup Festival if you are interested in attending.
The theme for our November DOG will be a cold weather treat of SOUP, STEWS, or CHILI. How does that sound for cold weather fare? Great!
Also, Cynthia, Drew, and Jack LaBossiere are visiting Houston November 18th through December 3rd and can visit with us on the new date. Rick will not be able to make the trip, so he will have to stay up there in "Frozen Yankee Land."
FYI new members Rick and Cynthia are previous Saltgrass Chapter Advisors.
Make note that we have a new email address: mgmerri@charter.net.
SALTGRASS CHAPTER
OCTOBER 18th DOG NOTICE
BEAR CREEK PARK PAVILION NO. 6
Its that time again! Time for good food and fellowship. We are still on daylight savings time so our DOG will be from 2:00 to 6:00 PM on Saturday, October 18th.
I hope that all of you voted as we will have the results of the election, by this coming DOG. The last day to vote is October 15th.
At this time I do not have any further information about the Syrup Festival in Lumberton, but we do need to make a decision about the November DOG. Please come with some suggestions and ideas as we will be discussing it further.
Since we have several new cookers, who I hope will be able to attend this DOG lets just cook our favorites to share and help others. Look forward to seeing all of you on Saturday October 18th.
We also have a new email address, please change to mgmerri@charter.net.
MAKE YOUR PLANS TO ATTEND THE DOG OCTOBER 18th.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU THEN.
Mary and Gale Merriwether
mgmerri@charter.net.
BSA Celebrates New Office
The Boy Scouts of America celebrated the opening of their new office building on North Belt in Houston the week of May 4 thru 10. Quite an impressive building!
Saltgrass members Leonard Gunderson, Leonard and Manuella Guerrero, Rick Serrata, and Gale Merriwether cooked chili, beans, rice, and cobbler for the scouts and visitors on May 7. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts are some of the best organizations for today's youths, and we are always ready to help them.
SALTGRASS CHAPTER and SAN JACINTO CHAPTER
APRIL 12th OUTREACH INTERCITY KIDS
TP&W OUTREACH WILD GAME BBQ
BIG COOKING!
April 12th is the date for the TP&W Outreach Wild Game BBQ, and the Saltgrass and San Jacinto Chapters are cooking peach cobbler for approximately 800 kids. We did this last year and it was lots of fun and fellowship. We need all the cookers we can find, with chimneys, cooking tables, and 12 ovens. The charcoal and ingredients will be furnished. We will need to be at Herman Brown Park at 8 AM to get started.
Directions are: From Houston, I-10 East to East Loop 610.
Take the Mercury Drive exit (first one outside the loop).
Turn left on Mercury Drive.
Go approximately 1 mile to Herman Brown Park.
(Watch out for lane change at the end of the boulevard, or you will wind up in a church parking lot like I did).
Only the cookers will be allowed to drive past the front of the park.
Follow the road to the right approximately Ό mile to the Pavilion.
For more information contact Gale and Mary at 281-292-3960 at the email address below.
The SaltGrass Chapter currently holds Salty Dogs every third Saturday of the month except June, July, August, and December. DOGS Begin at 2PM and generally last until 6PM or until the last appetite is satisfied. (During the winter months, times will be from 1PM to 5PM). The saltgrass chapter has new advisers. Please welcome Gale and Mary Merriwether. They are both accomplished cooks and wish to see our chapter grow and succeed. For additional information on DOG times and locations, contact Gale and Mary Merriwether
APRIL 12TH OUTREACH INTERCITY KIDS
TP&W OUTREACH WILD GAME BBQ BIG COOKING!
BIG PARTY, LOTS OF COBBLER!
The Saltgrass Chapter co-ordinated a charity desert cook with representatives of three other chapters of LSDOS to help feed intercity kids of Houston on Saturday, April 12th. Sons of San Jacinto Chapter members, and cookers from the Prairie Dog and Brazos Valley Chapters contributed heavily to the combined effort.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Outreach Program furnished the BBQ, beans, and coleslaw at Herman Brown City Park in East Houston, with the Dutch oven cookers furnishing peach cobbler for approximately 850 kids and chaperones. This was the second spring we have done this, and it is a great way to spend chapter monies.
We started setting up awnings at 8:00 am and had 32 12" ovens of cobbler ready at 11:30 am, thanks to the cooperation of ALL involved. What a bunch of hard workers! The fellowship was great, also, with several new members involved. It was a "get together, get aquatinted, get it done" kind of day.
A fine group of folks who prepared and served 32 peach cobblers to about 850 kids.
Job Well Done!
Testimonial:
Dear Big Tex,
I just love the Treasury of DO Cooking! It inspired my Christmas main dish (stuffed pork tenderloin). These recipes are wonderful anytime I want to impress family or friends. My husband, Rodger, and I attended the Salty DOG in October and thoroughly enjoyed the company and the food. I chuckle now at the fact that I had packed peanut butter sandwiches that day, just in case. We were impressed by the quality of the food and the friendliness of everyone in the gathering. We plan to break-in our pots over the New Year's holiday and join the society in January. Also, I appreciate that the DOG is a place we can bring our children and enjoy a wholesome afternoon with other families. Thanks again for the great recipes and opportunity to meet other people who love to cook and eat good food.
Sincerely,
Simone Brown
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