Reminder of the Upcoming Meeting & Reflections on Foods



I hate to start naming names. When I name names I manage to forget someone. But I have to name a name. We’ve needed door prizes over and over for historical association meetings. If you haven’t attended one of the general membership meetings, you would not understand.



The meetings are always fun. We eat well. I mean everyone brings in their best covered dish; we have an assortment and a variety of foods; you can take small servings; you have an assortment of many types of foods; casseroles, meats, vegetables, salads, and breads.



And I like the opportunity to eat quite a few desserts. It is not uncommon to see people with their dinner plate just loaded with desserts. You can pretty much count on me bringing the Mary Moore hominy casserole. I’m not that fond of hominy; but after I had this easy take off on Mary’s hominy, I’ve been making it ever since. I want to make sure that people are exposed to our ancestral food (yes, hominy is in the domain of the pioneer foods).



Mary is actually known for more than one good use of hominy. Another of her recipes uses yellow corn hominy, some red pepper, chopped onion, shredded cheddar; a spicy influence. But the plain and simple white corn hominy with butter, cream cheese and a dash of salt and sugar; wow. But come to our next meeting and try it. I ramble in my musing.



So: we eat well; we have a good program; and we always end up with a drawing for some door prizes from local merchants who endorse our worthwhile community service by supporting us through a few prizes. Greg Carr of Franklin County Lawn and Feed – thank you, Greg. Greg has consistently provided prizes over many years, from bird feeders, to bird seed, to gift certificates and more recently in providing really pretty hand-blown watering devices; pretty things that look kind of like mushrooms – only bigger.



So I have to mention Tom Scott Lumber Yard. Not only can I count on the Scott family members to help us with a door prize when needed, but they also have given us great price breaks on construction projects as we work to maintain our facilities. And then Rita Hughes at the Sweete Shoppe, and Barrett Marshall at Mt. Vernon Café. Aren’t we glad to live in Mt. Vernon and Franklin County, and don’t we enjoy the support of our friends when we have our fellowship.



Come to the depot at 5:30 on May 3 and follow us up to the city cemetery for our annual cemetery walk. Then we’ll return to the depot for food and fellowship. We guarantee you’ll have a good time.

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