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Blue
Lake Fourth of July Parade
More
pictures from the Fourth of July-thank you!
Do
you see anyone you know?
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Upcoming Events:
August
9-9:30am POA Monthly Meeting
August
11-Cocktails and Conversation 6pm-Golf Club
August
24-10:30am MUD Monthly Meeting
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Recipes
Blue
Lake residents are great cooks!
Comfort
Slush ...makes 3 quarts
3 tea bags
2 cups boiling water
2 cups sugar
7 cups water
1-12 oz orange juice frozen concentrate, thawed
1-12 oz lemonade frozen concentrate, thawed
2 cups Southern Comfort (or Brandy)
Steep tea in boiling water 3 minutes. Remove bags and stir
in sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add remaining ingredients
and stir well. Freeze in a covered container at least 24-48
hours. About 1/2 hour before serving, remove from freezer
to thaw slightly. Fill glass about half full (or to taste)
with slush and add 7-Up or some other soda for an individual
serving. Garnish with lemon wedge or cherry and serve with
a straw. Freeze remaining slush.
These slushes are great on a hot afternoon!
Compliments of Karan Ackerman
Helen's favorite Chile
Dip
1 lb Velveeta cheese
1 lg can wolf bran chile
1 lb Jimmy Dean sausage1 onion chopped
Saute sausage and drain
Saute onion and mix with melted cheese & chile
Serve in electric fondue pot or what ever you have to keep
it
warm and with Fritos or other chips.
Very good for football games
Crab Spread
1/2 small onion
1pressed garlic clove
1 pkg 8 oz cream cheese, softened
1T whole milk
1 medium tomato seeded and chopped
1/2 small bell pepper, chopped
3/4 cup fresh parsley, snipped, divided
1 t lemon juice
4 oz imitation crab meat, coarsely chopped
Finely chop onion with food chopper. Combine onion,
garlic, cheese and milk; mix well. Spread cheese
mixture over bottom of an 8" dish. Finely snipped parsley,
combine tomato, bell pepper, 2T parsley, lemon juice
and salt .Sprinkle over cheese mixture . Top with crab meat.
Sprinkle with remaining parsley. Serve with crackers ,and,
or fresh vegetables.
Yield: about 2 cups
ENJOY!!
Helen Woldhagen
BROWN SUGAR SMOKIES
1 (16 ounce) package little smoky sausages
1 pound bacon
Brown sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut bacon into thirds
and wrap each strip around a little sausage. Place
the wrapped sausages on wooden skewers, several to
a skewer. Arrange the skewers on a baking sheet and
sprinkle them liberally with brown sugar. Bake until
bacon is crisp and the brown sugar melted.
TEXAS CRAB GRASS
1 stick butter
1 med. onion chopped
1 pkg. frozen chopped spinach, cooked and drained
1 can crab meat, drained
3/4 C. Parmesan cheese
Melt butter & sauté onion. Add cooked &
drained spinach. Add crab meat & Parmesan cheese.
Serve warm with crackers
Diane Bennett
Do
you have a favorite family recipe? Send it to us for the
website.
<Email your recipes
to SueBurkhalter@nctv.com>
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Hill
Country Activities
Hill
Country Books and Others Online
<www.hillcountrycurrent.com/bookshelf/>
Bald
Eagles plus their eaglets have made their home on Hwy 29
between Llano and Kingsland
Lake
Buchanan Adventures: Kayak trips on Lake Buchanan at Canyon
of the Eagles Nature Park, east Lake Buchanan. 512-756-9911
Texas
Country Magazine has lots of Hill Country info at a great
price
<www.hillcountrymagazine.com>
Hill
Country Theater
<www.hcct.org>
Llano
Opry - great music in a fun setting
<www.hillbillyhits.com/llanoopry>
Hill
Country Trekkers-group hikes in the hill country
<hctrekkers@yahoo.com>
Email
your favorite Hill Country spots with their website to:
SueBurkhalter@nctv.com
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Area
Happenings
Lakefest
August 13-15
Full
details and a video of the boat races.
http://www.marblefallslakefest.com
Tickets
are on sale for the Marble Falls Lakefest Drag Boat Races.
For
the first time the City of Marble Falls will open its pool
to provide race fans the coolest view in the park. Tickets
for Lakeside Park race viewing, from
http://www.marblefallslakefest.com
Prices
$5 for Friday
$20
for Saturday and Sunday
$40
for three days
$5
for kids ages 6-12, younger kids free
Pool
passes will be limited to the first 150 applicants for viewing
Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 6pm.
Admission
free to the Show and Shine exhibit of boats and drivers
and a concert in Johnson Park. Purchase official shirts,
posters, get autographs and pictures with the race boat
drivers.
Also,
race viewing at the
River
City Grill
http:www.rivercitygrilletx.com
Chili's
830-798-1298
Reservations
required.
Tip:
This event is fun, but loud. Ear plugs recommended. There
are several boat categories and the racing is fast and furious.
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