County Pecan Show
It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving Day has already rolled around and is almost upon us again.
Thanksgiving is a day set aside to give thanks for all the blessings of the previous year and for the end of harvest season. It is also a day to enjoy good food. The typical traditional meal consists of turkey and dressing with giblet gravy to pour over your dressing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, and all kinds of good pies. Of course, there are many variations and additions to today’s Thanksgiving meal- fried or smoked turkey has become a mainstay for Thanksgiving fare.
The original Thanksgiving meal in 1621 probably had considerably more variation. According to surviving documents the meal consisted of waterfowl, wild turkey, and venison. The birds were probably stuffed, but not with corn bread dressing like today, but with onions, herbs, and chestnuts. The cornbread stuffing is a southern addition to the Thanksgiving meal. Historians also believe much of the meal would have been seafood, due to its abundance at Plymouth. Local vegetables would have included corn, beans, and peas. While the meal may have been a little different, it was still quite a feast.
Whatever the meal, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians celebrated, ate, and napped for 3 days at the Plymouth Colony in 1621, creating Thanksgiving in the U.S. that we still observe and celebrate today. So, it really makes no difference whether you are having turkey, beef steak, or venison, the day is not so much about the meal as it is being thankful for all we have.
This year’s County Pecan Show will be held on Friday, December 8th at the Comanche Community Center. We will start processing nuts at 8:00 AM and we usually finish around lunch. Please bring your nuts to the County Extension office by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, December 6th. It makes it much easier to get started on Friday morning when we already have all the nuts entered into the computer program.
Farm and Ranch Seminar
The Farm and Ranch CEU Program gives you an opportunity to get lots of CEU’s in one day. The program will be held on Thursday, December 14th, 2023, at the DeLeon City Auditorium. This seminar will offer eight (8) CEU’s for the private applicator license and certificate holders. The approved credit hours are: four (4) General, two (2) Laws and Regulation, two (2) IPM. Registration for the first session will begin at 7:00 AM. The cost of registration is $60.00. Please call the office at 325-356-2539 to register for the event.