It's up! My newest 'Recipe from the Ranch' on Sure Champ VitaFerm with ideas to feed your hungry crews at state fairs across the USA!
One of my very favorite times of the year is State Fair of Texas! It just brings together all my favorite things that scream Texas like foremost showing our Hereford cattle and getting to see samplings of our state at it's best in our various exhibits and events at our state fair deep in the heart of Dallas, Texas!
State Fairs across our USA are well underway as I write this blog post and most kids, moms and dads involved in agriculture in one way or another have worked long hours preparing their market animals, show heifers and market projects for this fun event. It's a huge homecoming of sorts for families and a way to showcase their families farm, ranch and or homegrown produce.
In Texas it's a huge array of events like the Texas OU Football weekend where their football teams battle it out in the Cotton Bowl! My favorite event each year is not the football game but when our beef heifer show falls on this weekend and we get to watch as the band from the two opposing teams 'battle it out' on the grounds by our barns! How neat is that? It's a memory I know my girls, husband and I enjoy each year.
I also love getting to taste the newest fried food sensation like fried Twinkies, Oreo cookies and even fried bacon! And my favorite thing to do each year is of course go by the Go Texas Pavilion and buy those 'Texas' made products to take home and enjoy with my family.
The quilt shows, gardening displays and culinary exhibits are also some of my favorite places to visit as well and just being a part of the mass of people, smells and taste are a true thrill for me each year.
State Fairs are a slice of Americana that each person should enjoy a few times in their life if not every year!
For this month's August post for Sure Champ VitaFerm's Recipes from the Ranch we chose to highlight foods that could feed the masses and crews that each family who shows or exhibits at state fairs could easily serve their families! Thank God for electric crockpots and roasters as they help us take a partial kitchen to these shows. With an army of helping hands and cooks in the forms of moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, aunts and uncles we feed not just the animals each day but the hungry kids and adults as well! The friendships I've made over a huge vat of chicken spaghettiand my Italian green beans are too many to tell by now and I wouldn't trade those times for anything!
Today I share several recipes with you below that I hope you'll try at your state fair or your next show on the road or for your families at home. These recipes are great for pot lucks or church gatherings and especially easy to make for a crowd when you double or triple these recipes!
Please check out my newest post August Sure Champ VitaFerm Recipes from the Ranch Blog Post for these recipes below off my site The Ranch Kitchen. Click on the links below each recipe to take you to them.
One of my very favorite times of the year is State Fair of Texas! It just brings together all my favorite things that scream Texas like foremost showing our Hereford cattle and getting to see samplings of our state at it's best in our various exhibits and events at our state fair deep in the heart of Dallas, Texas!
State Fairs across our USA are well underway as I write this blog post and most kids, moms and dads involved in agriculture in one way or another have worked long hours preparing their market animals, show heifers and market projects for this fun event. It's a huge homecoming of sorts for families and a way to showcase their families farm, ranch and or homegrown produce.
In Texas it's a huge array of events like the Texas OU Football weekend where their football teams battle it out in the Cotton Bowl! My favorite event each year is not the football game but when our beef heifer show falls on this weekend and we get to watch as the band from the two opposing teams 'battle it out' on the grounds by our barns! How neat is that? It's a memory I know my girls, husband and I enjoy each year.
I also love getting to taste the newest fried food sensation like fried Twinkies, Oreo cookies and even fried bacon! And my favorite thing to do each year is of course go by the Go Texas Pavilion and buy those 'Texas' made products to take home and enjoy with my family.
The quilt shows, gardening displays and culinary exhibits are also some of my favorite places to visit as well and just being a part of the mass of people, smells and taste are a true thrill for me each year.
State Fairs are a slice of Americana that each person should enjoy a few times in their life if not every year!
For this month's August post for Sure Champ VitaFerm's Recipes from the Ranch we chose to highlight foods that could feed the masses and crews that each family who shows or exhibits at state fairs could easily serve their families! Thank God for electric crockpots and roasters as they help us take a partial kitchen to these shows. With an army of helping hands and cooks in the forms of moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, aunts and uncles we feed not just the animals each day but the hungry kids and adults as well! The friendships I've made over a huge vat of chicken spaghettiand my Italian green beans are too many to tell by now and I wouldn't trade those times for anything!
Today I share several recipes with you below that I hope you'll try at your state fair or your next show on the road or for your families at home. These recipes are great for pot lucks or church gatherings and especially easy to make for a crowd when you double or triple these recipes!
Please check out my newest post August Sure Champ VitaFerm Recipes from the Ranch Blog Post for these recipes below off my site The Ranch Kitchen. Click on the links below each recipe to take you to them.
Have a great month and state fair season! And if you are in Texas...we'll see you at the State Fair of Texas!
Alise - The Ranch Kitchen
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