Spring 2002 News and Schedule:
The San Jacinto Sons Chapter
of the Lone Star Dutch Oven Society
a little news from around the fire..
Hello 2 All,
EXPO! Texas Wildlife Expo that is! Wow, what a GREAT TIME! Beautiful weather, a little chilly but I was able to avoid a sweater. The Lone Star Dutch Oven Society again put on a biscuit and cornbread baking demonstration that set folks mouths to waterin'. Samples of hot bread and honey produced plenty of smiles and thank you's. The San Jacinto Sons traveled to Austin to share in the fun. Scarlett and Clay Boone, Jerry and Jeanette Thompson, Willis Skaggs and Jerry Harrison proudly represented us. We were able to have more fun than most as Willis and 2 Jerry's got to cook breakfast for everyone.
I have cooked and seen this dish cooked for years. Couldn't tell you all the names I've heard but like the one Gale Merriwether had and used with familiarity. 'Trainwreck' will be the way I refer to this dish until better is heard. What do you call it? Brown enough sausage and chorizo with onions, potatoes and peppers to flesh out 3 dozen eggs. Twist a tortilla around this with your choice of sauce and you had betta brace yoself. We had a batch of mild (bland) and wild (bout rite, needed hot sauce) each AM with Gale toasting tortillas. We fed all the cooks and helped some of our neighbors start their day as well.
I can't stress how nice it is to be in a cooking demonstration with a bunch of good cooks. The general public can share in the demonstration fare only, biscuits and cornbread. Health department restrictions you understand. The rest of us are able to share in the bounty and skills of these black pot wizards. My thanks to all of them and will share the highlites.
Gale marinated a pork loin overnight for lunch on Saturday. You could cut this with a cheep plastic fork, melt on your tongue. This was served with taters, onions, and carrots that were cooked with the loin.
Beth Haynie softened Brie wedges in a hot DO then covered them with chopped pecans and seasoning. My goodness, this is easy to eat.
2 Jerry's and their brother Willis stirred up a mess of San Francisco Chicken, 'YIP PEE KI YA' Cole Slaw and a Karley Kake for Sunday.
Each day we were treated to a loaf of hot bread. Beth and Gale on Saturday and Leonard Gunderson with a loaf on Sunday. Leonard also treated us to a Pineapple Upside-down Cake.
Highly recommend you not make your Doctor aware of dining this well.
Butch Mize brought some homemade Bread and Butter Jalapeno Pickles that are wonderful. Thanks to Butch who was in charge and organized the LSDOS involvement at the Expo. I am sure he has worked for months to get as much accomplished. Again Thank you Butch! Great Job!
The cast of characters that gathered from the State Chapters for this endeavor is a story to it self. A collection of fine hard working people with whom I am proud to have shared the fellowship and labor. I don't have a list or know how many were there and sure I couldn't tell you about them all but will mention a few.
Jim Lewis *North Texas Prairie*.. If everyone worked as hard as Jim you wouldn't need near as many people.
Sam Miller *Gonzalas*..Priceless! This man is a joy and pleasure to be around. I hope to spend more time with him. Windy enough to blow up an onion sack.
Gale and Bud Merriwether *Saltgrass*..Look up hardworking in a dictionary and you'll find their picture.
Leonard Gunderson *Saltgrass*..Is another one that just won't sit down. Oh and watch that stump!
Mike and Karen Dufresne *Black Pots*..This tag team was after it all weekend stirring, baking and serving.
Mike Delchambre *Bare Pots*..Probably seeing 'Golden Arches' over a million stirred.
Beth Haynie *Hill Country*..Can't begin to tell you how much…Thank You!
Clay Boone *San Jacinto Sons*..Hardest working 10 year old on the planet and a fine young man.
Bob, Irene, Tom, Peggy et al...Thanks! Thoroughly enjoyed your company. Your efforts made everything easier for all of us. Thank you, is extremely inadequate. Purely a pleasure working with you.
The LSDOS booth displayed quite a variety of cast iron in all sizes, from very old to brand new. Camp Chef provided two Dutch Ovens to the display that were given away in a drawing of workers. Congratulations to Sam and Beth.
Those of us from SJS stayed at McKinney Falls State Park a short drive from Parks and Wildlife Headquarters and The Expo. This is a beautiful place. Onion Creek and Williamson Creek flow over some impressive limestone providing pools and the falls that this park is named for. We stayed in the screen shelters that are very accommodating. Built in bunks for 8, water and electricity also ample room to gather and visit with the other Dutch Oven folks that came by to socialize. This park is host to abundant and varied wildlife. It also boasts several miles of hiking and biking trails that some of our group are more intimate with than the rest.
I know it's a year away but; The Expo is the first weekend in October. Mark your calendar.
But first, let's mark your more immediate calendar.
November 2. W. C. Britton Park 9ish
December 7. Stratford Park Highlands 9ish. This is the reschedule with the Girl Scouts.
December 7. Christmas DOG at the Bradley's. Think about it 2 DOGs in one day. Can't get much better than that.
January 18 or 25 will be sure later. Chili DOG Rockin' C Arena in Crosby.
As Always Mohotta Mobetta
2 Jerry's Cookin'
News from around the fire. Just thought I'd get a letter out to let everyone know where we've been over the summer.
Jeanette and I made the Annual General Membership summer meeting on July 20th at McKinney Falls State Park in Austin. We camped by Richard and Rose McCabe from the Hill Country Chapter. Almost too hot to cook! Saturday morning started out hot. There is a rock parapet around a large oak tree by the Pavilion. We all just gathered around there and cooked. It was hotter inside the Pavilion (screened shelter) than outside. Stuffed jalapenos with Jeanette's help and made spiced zucchini bread, burned without any help. More food than we could eat as usual. The meeting started about 1 o'clock and went until after 3. Some of the things we aren't happy about with the organization. So, I am on the ballot for the 2nd Vice president position. The only way I can make a difference. I would appreciate your vote.
We took the girls, Karley and Brittany, camping July 27th at Chain-O-Lakes. Cooked an apple cobbler in the 12" D.O. 2 good. The girls stayed in the swimming hole most the time, except for the horseback ride and bicycling.
Mike, Amanda,Jeanette and myself made the 1st Annual Mississippi Hot D.O.G. on August 3rd. Long ride but well worth it, about 450 miles one way. We rolled into Pelahatchie around 4:30 P.M. Friday. Too hot to camp so we stayed in a motel in Brandon, about ten minutes away. Mike and I got up early and started setting up camp about 7:15. Lake Pelahatchie Camp Grounds is a wonderful park as you can tell by the pictures. I have more pictures to be posted hopefully I will get those done in the next day or so. We did 2 chicken recipes, the stuffed jalapenos, and 2 desserts. No left overs. If you go to Yahoo Groups / Dutchovencookin, you can see more pictures, recipes and write-ups from the other guys. We had a great time, met some new friends, put faces on some of those internet names, Biscuit, DO Willie, TapScrew.
Jerry, Connie and Adam vacationed at El Rancho Cima Boy Scout Camp. Jerry and Debbie Giles (soon to be new member) wowed the staff at Boy Scout Camp at the Scoutmasters Cook-off. Horseshoe Bend Chicken, Apple Dumpling and Karley Kake were done in the Dutch Ovens in the Radio Flyer. The Karley Kake won the best dessert.
Steve and Tracy vacationed in Alaska.
Scarlett and her boys visited family in North Carolina.
Nathan took the family to Wimberly for some fun on the Blanco.
Willis and family had a great time way out west at Lake Tahoe.
Alan and Ginny went to different Boy Scout Camps together.
Congratulations to Danny, Kristie and Devin upon the arrival of Carter Lee! Danny, sorry about the big 'V'. Get well soon!
You can catch the lyrical styling of 'Karaoke Frank' at Lying Larry's in Crosby most Thursday evenings.
What about the rest of you? If you have any news that you want to share in this newsletter pass it along at the next D.O.G.
The September D.O.G. is just around the corner September 7th. We will cook at Stratford Park in Highlands . Start early and shoot for lunch by 1:00. JT and Willis will have coffee on by 7:00.Get those recipes to us as soon as you can. Jerry and I would like to do a cookbook for the Girl Scouts again this year. We will also do the individual bread pot for each girl. We plan on a demonstration of different methods of cooking in camp and a cast iron display. Bring all the stuff you can carry.
We have a new treat dessert jalapenos. Bet the thought of that has your mouth watering. We will try and have a batch in Highlands.
October 4th/5th/6th Texas Wildlife Expo www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ in Austin. LSDOS has a non-commercial booth demonstrating Dutch Oven Cooking. We will mix and bake biscuits and cornbread that we give away to the crowds (50K over the weekend). TPWD pulls out all the stops for this event, a wonderful family outing. You can get information at the same web site for the State Park.
Again this year our buddy Butch Mize from the Prairie Dog Chapter (Dallas-Fort Worth) will be hosting the LSDOS booth. Butch will need a lot of help. We will be camping at McKinney Falls State Park. Plan on joining us.
2 Jerry's
The San Jacinto Son's Chapter of the Lone Star Dutch Oven Society has elected new officers. I am happy to report that Willis Skaggs is our new Chapter Advisor and Nathan Case is our Treasurer. We wish them the best in their positions. Also The Chapter has agreed to a schedule. We will have a DOG on the first Saturday of the month at the W.C. Britton Park in Baytown. For now we will plan on starting around 9:AM and say grace at noon. As usual everyone is welcome.
Since it has been awhile we thought it best to let you know what we've been doing. We have been cooking and growing. We are now up to fifteen families. Here is a brief summary of the DOG's since we baked biscuits in Austin.
* November 30th, 2001 we met at 8 Parkwood, Dayton, Texas at the home of Willis and Becky Skaggs. We had a wonderful dinner party DOG in the yard. Five members and families were in attendance. It may come as no surprise but JT's chili was too hot for some.
* January 26th, 2002 we participated in the Chili Cookoff in Crosby. This is a community fundraiser and a lot of fun. We refer to this outing as a "Chili DOG". A wide variety of cooks and cooking equipment were employed. We were the only ones using charcoal. Six members showed up with four of us cooking our own variety of Chili. Deserts and many other goodies were also available to enjoy.
* February 23rd, we held our first DOG at the W.C. Britton Park in Baytown. We have since adopted this as our main DOG gathering place. Three members were in attendance.
* April 6th we met again at W.C. Britton Park. Eleven members cooked on a beautiful sunny Saturday with forty people to feed. This is a lovely Park. Come out and cook with us May 4th.
2 Jerry's are making plans to heat um up with everyone at McKinney Falls in July. See you then!
Keepin' It Hot,
2 Jerry's Cookin'
January 24th, 2001 5:PM; the Employee Park ( Rec. Club ) at Equistar on Sheldon Road.
The San Jacinto Son's Chapter held our January DOG on the 25th of the month at the Rec-club Park at Equistar Chemicals. We called this a happy hour DOG since we had it after work. There were 19 people in attendance. Four ovens were loaded with food. Jerry H. had sausage and mushrooms in a 14" and cowboy cobbler in a 12". Jerry T. did San Francisco Chicken in a 15" Maca and a Peach dump cobbler in a 12". We both cooked from our little red wagon setup. Fortunately, there are no incriminating photos of this setup. However, there are photos of the results below.
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