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4 MaUyrS2d3aV2013 THE McGREGOR MlRROR
By Bonnie Mullens
Strong Families
and Good Cooking
Igp) often go hand-in-hand.
This column is a
celebration of both.
Early Thanksgiving
Give these Thanksgiving
recipes a try. They become a
newe family holiday favorite.
LOUISIANA
CORNBREAD
DRESSING
The Cornbread:
3 tablespoons bacon drip-
pings or butter
2 large eggs
1-1/2 cups corn meal
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1-1/4 cups buttermilk
Preheat oven to 450° F. Put
the bacon drippings/butter in a
9xl3-inch baking dish and put it
in the oven while it is preheating.
It will melt while you’re mixing
up the batter.
Beat the eggs in a medium
bowl until frothy. Add the corn
meal, salt, baking soda and bak-
ing powder, and stir to combine.
Add the buttermilk and stir well.
Remove the hot dish from the
oven. Swirl the dish to coat it
with melted bacon drippings/but-
ter then pour it into the batter and
stir to combine. Pour the batter
into the pan, and bake 20 to 25
minutes. The cornbread will be-
gin to pull away from the sides
of the pan. Make the cornbread
a day before you intend to make
your dressing. Leave it out, un-
covered, overnight.
The Dressing:
1 9x 13-inch pan of corn-
bread, crumbled
10 pieces white or whole
wheat bread, heels are good (left
out overnight)
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground
black pepper
3 large stalks celery, chopped
1 large onion, chopped (2-
1/2 to 3 cups)
1 large green pepper,
chopped
3/4 cup butter (1-1/2 sticks)
4 cups chicken broth, canned
or homemade
3 large eggs, slightly beaten
2 tsp poultry seasoning
1/2 tsp rubbed sage
Preheat oven to 375° F.
Crumble the cornbread and white
bread into a very large baking
dish or pan (This is the pan you
will cook your dressing in, and
you need room to stir it while
it’s cooking). Combine the veg-
etables with the bread crumbs
and mix well. Melt the butter
and add it and the beaten eggs,
chicken broth and stir. (You may
need a little more chicken broth
- its better if it’s too moist than
too dry; the uncooked dressing
should be a little on the slushy
side.) Add poultry seasoning,
rubbed sage, black pepper, and
mix thoroughly.
Bake 15 minutes then stir
dressing from the sides of the pan
into the rest so that it cooks uni-
formly. Recheck the seasonings,
adding more if necessary. Bake
until browning on sides and top
and center has set.
SWEET POTATO
CAJUN CASSEROLE
3 lbs sweet potatoes
3/4 cup orange juice
2 large eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 stick butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
11/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 cup white raisins
TOPPING
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 stick butter, melted
1/2 cup coarsely chopped
pecans
Scrub sweet potatoes, cut in
half and boil until tender. Allow
to cool then slip the skins off and
mash well. Add orange juice,
eggs, raisins, vanilla, melted
butter, sugar, salt, cinnamon and
nutmeg. Stir until sweet potatoes
are smooth and well blended.
Spoon potatoes into buttered 2
quart baking dish.
Combine flour, brown sug-
ar, cinnamon in medium bowl.
Add butter and pecans, stir well.
Sprinkle pecan mixture on top of
sweet potatoes. Bake at 350 for
35-45 minutes.
GIBLET GRAVY
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons all-purpose
flour
1 can chicken broth
Garlic powder, Onion pow-
der, Celery salt and Tonys, to
taste
1 to 1-1/2 cups Chicken
breast or thigh meat, chopped
fine***
Pan drippings
Over medium-low heat,
combine the oil and flour in a
large saucepan and make a dark
roux. Slowly stir in the chicken
broth, and cook over medium
heat, stirring constantly, until the
gravy is smooth and thickened.
Add pan drippings and allow to
thicken again.
Reduce heat to low, add sea-
sonings and the giblets. Simmer
for about 10 minutes. Recheck
seasonings, adding more if nec-
essary. This gravy can be made
ahead of time and frozen or re-
frigerated until needed.
My grandmother’s way of
making it is as follows:
In a medium sauce pot,
boil 1 stalk of celery and 1/2 a
medium onion along with the
turkey neck and giblets. Season
water with salt, pepper, cayenne
pepper and garlic powder. Cook
until done. Discard celery and
onion. Remove neck and giblets
and allow to cool. Make a dark
brown roux and add the pan drip-
pings and the seasoned broth you
just made (refer to recipe above
for instructions). When neck and
giblets are cool, remove meat
from neck bone, finely chop it
and the giblets. Stir that into your
gravy. Recheck seasonings and
serve.
SPINACH MADELINE
2 packages chopped spin-
ach, frozen
4 tbsps butter
2 tbsps flour
2 tbsps chopped onions
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup reserved spinach li-
quor
1/2 tsp black pepper
3/4 tsp celery salt
3/4 tsp garlic salt
6 ounces Velveeta Mexican
cheese, cubed
salt and red pepper to taste
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Italian Bread Crumbs
Cook spinach according to
directions on package. Drain and
reserve liquid. In a medium sauce-
pan, melt butter over low heat.
Add flour, stirring until blended
and smooth, but not brown. Add
onions and saute 3-5 minutes
or until wilted. Add evaporated
milk, spinach liquor and Worces-
tershire sauce slowly, stirring
constantly to avoid lumps. Cook
mixture until smooth and thick,
stirring constantly. Add season-
ings and cubed cheese. Stir until
melted and combine with cooked
spinach. This may be served im-
mediately or put into a casserole
and topped with Italian bread
crumbs. The flavor is improved if
the latter is done and kept in re-
frigerator overnight. Bake at 350.
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MAY 26, 1933-
~ Miss Johnye Mann was
one of seven young ladies cho-
sen as campus beauties out of
122 candidates at the University
of Texas.
~ Graduation exercises were
held for McGregor Seventh
Grade students. Lois Hanover
was Valedictorian and Lois Val
Smith was Salutatorian.
~ Carl Horstmann and Eliza-
beth Schutt were married.
~ The community received
long wished for rain of 1.82
inches.
~ At the wool sale in Mc-
Gregor this week, the highest
price paid for wool was 24 cents.
John D. Mann was president of
McGregor Wool Growers Asso-
ciation.
~ Officers for low seventh
grade were Louise Bailey, Mar-
ion Isbill, Margaret Dixon and
Dawn Isbill. Sponsor was Jewell
Allison.
MAY 28, 1943-
~ McGregor’s meat quota
for the month of May was raised
from 9,000 to 27,000 pounds and
Dallas officials indicated the in-
crease would hold good for the
summer months. Making the trip
to Dallas on behalf of McGregor
were Raymond Hampel, Bill
Bohne and Geo. W. England.
~ Plans were underway for
establishing a recreational cen-
ter here for visiting service men.
Since the expansion of Camp
Hood. McGregor had felt the
need for entertaining and accom-
modating many visiting soldiers
who stopped over in McGregor
on their two day passes. Attend-
ing the meeting were Jack Gar-
rett, Hoyle Hackney, Geo. W.
England, Ernest Roper, O.T. Mc-
Ginley, Ed Grady, Lothar Krause,
H.P. Manske and Weldon Owens.
~ Bluebonnet Ordnance
Plant busses began carrying plant
workers and their families liv-
ing on the area to McGregor for
church services.
~ Mrs. W.H. Kirk, an
80-year-old, won the $25 war
bond for first place in the Victory
Garden contest.
~ Mrs. Mildred Kirk became
the bride of George H. Caufield.
MAY 29, 1953-
~ Lester Horstman was ap-
pointed chairman of Buddy Pop-
py Sale on Memorial Day. The
Legion Commander was Bert
Lee.
~ The citizens of McGregor
gave a helping hand of $ 1,221.05
to their tornado-stricken neigh-
bors in Waco, which was given to
the Waco Disaster Relief Fund.
~ A civic league was set up
by the citizens of East McGregor
in order to help care for their sec-
tion of town and needy who came
under their jurisdiction. James
Jamerson was elected supervisor.
Other officers were H.V. Tucker,
chairman and J.B. Boson as sec-
retary. As one of the group’s first
actions was helping raise money
for the Waco Tornado Fund.
~ The Class of 1953 had
31 graduating seniors and 49
eighth grade graduates. The 15
honor students for H.G. Isbill in-
cluded Betty Kalscheuer, Marion
Smith, Joan Sims, Jean Zimmer-
man, Harry Fall, Bobby Zacha-
rias, Nancy Arnold, Marcelaine
Chamblee, Sue Stone, Clema
Sanders, Jeanette Gatlin, Ruth
Miller, Martha Stone, Jessie Mae
Tipton and Maunee Morgan.
~ Jo Katheryn Pollard was
named Valedictorian of Oglesby
High School. Salutatorian was
Joan Lamb.
MAY 31, 1963-
~ Charles Jenkins, son of
Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Jenkins, was
one of 35 Peace Corp volunteers
to complete 12 weeks of training
before leaving for Borneo.
~ Ten of some 30 invited
property owners appeared at a
Highway 84 right-of-way hear-
ing before McLennan County
commissioners at the First Na-
tional Bank. This was the first
and final hearing to be held for
property owners along Highway
84 between Harris Creek and
McGregor city limits. Right-of-
way was being sought for a di-
vided highway from McGregor
to join with the divided highway
under construction from Waco to
South Bosque.
~ Cecil Skipper received his
BS degree in secondary educa-
tion from TCU.
~ Felix Morris received his
BBA degree from Baylor Uni-
versity.
MAY 24, 1973-
~ Randy Reese was man-
ager of the McGregor Swimming
Pool for another year. President
of the association was Joe Don
Fagg. Other officers were Gene
Murphy, Donald Braun and Shir-
ley Lassetter.
~ McGregor Chamber of
Commerce held an open house at
its new building at 311 W. Third.
Dick Fox was Chamber presi-
dent.
~ Lothar Krause was hon-
ored for his 50 year involvement
with Boy Scouts of American
~ Student speakers at MHS
graudation were Steve Hayes,
Johnny Melton, Karen Smith and
Larry Kruse.
~ Crawford valedictorian
was Patricia Westerfield. Salluta-
torian was Rita Schmalreide.
~ Dr. Jimmie Roberts grad-
uated from Texas University
School Orthodontics.
~ Layne Kruse and William
Wade graduated Summa Cum
Laude from A&M UNiveristy.
~ Other McGregor gradu-
ates listed from several colleges
included: Ronnie Anderson,
Larry Brinkley (masters), Cyn-
thia Farmer, A.T. Wallace, Jr. and
Linda Hudson Parrish (masters).
MAY 26,1983-
~ McGregor downtown
business section was dressed up
with flower arrangements when
the McGregor Garden Club used
14 store windows for a “Strolling
Flower Show.”
~ Alva Wright wrote in a
Letter to the Editor asking for
support in getting a traffic light
installed at Sixth and Main since
it had been a hazardous crossing
for some time.
~ Mike Elliott and Chris
Morgan were headed for Boys
State in Austin. They were spon-
sored by the American Legion
Post.
MAY 27,1993-
~ The Crawford High School
Class of 1943 enjoyed their 50th
class reunion with a brunch at
Our Place Restaurant.
~ Sixth grader Lindsey Wat-
son was the winner in the recy-
cling slogan contest sponsored
by Centex Waste Management.
~ Sixty-six MHS seniors
graduated. Their class song was
“Right Now.”
~ Chamber sponsored Sum-
mer Blast was in its second year
in McGregor at Amsler Park.
Diane Lauterbach was the 1993
chairman.
MAY 22, 2003-
~McGregor was to lose its
last home-owned grocery store
when owners of Triad Foods an-
nounced the store closing. Own-
ers were Rex and Larry Tucker.
Triad Foods, Inc. had its begin-
ning from Witte Food Store. In
1986 Rex and Larry Tucker be-
came partners with Chris Witte
and renamed the business Triad
at its Fifth and Main location.
The business moved to the South
Main location (now Fred’s) in
the fall of 1992. Witte left the
business in 1996. In 2002, Triad
owners closed its store in Moody.
~ Junionr High band awards
went to Chris Minnitt, Brady
King, Ruston Thompson, Lynd-
sey King, Jessica Krueger, Low-
ell Walter. Also receiving band
awards were Andrew Wendt,
Esther Walter, Ashley Otter and
Courtney Wright.
~ The Security Bank of
Crawford opened its doors and
invited the community to an
open house. Employees were
Kathy Nagel, Kathy Birkes, John
D. McClure, Jr., Dennis R. Gil-
liam, Jennifer Brock and Betty J.
Taylor
~ McGregor Garden Club
officers for 2003 were Glad-
ys Hollan-president, Mary
Ann Bennet, Peggy Spradley,
Katy Kruse, Louise Masuccio,
Lavonne Westbrook, Claudia
Mooney and Alice Wilson.
~ Former McGregor ISD
Supt. Jack Keltner elected MISD
school board president.
~ Karen Hudson was MHS
Class Valedictorian and salutato-
rian was Sherry Klander.
~ MHS seniors were award-
ed $150,000 in scholarships.
~ Freddie Rollins and Kawa-
nna Miller were selected Mr. and
Miss MHS. Julius Thomas and
Tammy Lillard were elected Mr.
and Miss Senior . Other class
favorites were Most Likely to
Succeed-Jason Ray and Karen
Hudson, Most Dependable-Matt
Logan, Sherry Klander and Virid-
iana Salas, Most Friendly-Jimmy
Coward and Ashley Otter, Most
Athletic-Matt Brown and Sha-
rese Boswell, Best All Around
-Demetrius Jones and Maria On-
tiveros and Class Clowns-Tony
Miller and Jessica Tucker. Best
Dressed was Daniel Hawthorne
and Crystal Gonzales. Class Col-
ors were black and gold; flower-
white rose, song-’TTl Be Missing
You” by Puff Daddy and class
motto was, “It’s not the destina-
tion, it’s the journey.”
~ Selected as the MHS Class
of 2003 Honor Guards were Ma-
rio Dominguez, David Haynes,
Jr., Tim Jackson, Isreal Lopez,
Samantha Brown, Christen Holt,
Misty Matos and Whitney Skip-
per.
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study up__a
half-wit”
Mark Cuban has
_$1.6 million in
NBA fines
TX Lou Diamond
Phillips starred in
‘87 film Bamba”
TX Vikki Carr sang
“With_in Hand”
racehorse once
owned by the wife
of TX T. Boone
Pickens, Madeleine
TX golf courses have
_grass greens 47 adjutant
long time announcer 48 past TX chain
of TX Ranger games “Steak and _
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camera supports 53 TX Foreman lost to
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LBJ’s VP (‘65-’69)
in Angelina Co. on
hwy. 59
this Grant fought in
TX in the Mexican
American War
TXism: “chompin’_
the bit” (impatient)
untruthfulness
TAKS, for grades
9-11 in TX
‘60s & 70s Pontiac
muscle car
55 town just west of
Abilene
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frazzle”
3 Taylor Co. seat
4 TXism: “ran like_
burning stump”
8 dogs & cats, e.g.
9 UT’s Doug Gjertsen
medaled in this
4x200-meter event
in ‘88 &’92 (2 wds.)
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larger than this
state (abbr.)
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“Girls_College”
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14 TX singer-songwriter
Brickell who married
Paul Simon in ‘92
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film with Martin Sheen
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won ‘80_for Rev.
Jim Jones portrayal
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coined “pen is mightier
than sword” phrase
20 TX Roy Orbison’s
“_the Lonely”
22 Friday night score
23 on the Gulf: “Sea
_State Park”
24 two words heard
at a poker table
25 Panola Co. named
after this Indian
word for “cotton”
26 Eastland Co.’s
famous horny toad
28 TXism: “__few
bricks shy of a load”
31 watermelon_
34 this Charles created
Dr. Pepper in Waco
(init.)
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