About Upson beacon. (Thomaston, Ga.) 2008-current | View Entire Issue (April 24, 2024)
Announcements Birthday, engagement, wedding, anniversary announcements are free! 250 word limit with photo. Email to dlord@upsonbeacon.com, word format, jpeg photo attachment. © © EL footprints The Upson Beacon Wednesday April 24,2024 Page11A Lots of things that couldn't be done have been done.-Charles Auston Bates Recipes By Mary Ann Mary Ann McCrary It is difficult to believe that I had on shorts Saturday, and now I am in the liv ing room with long sleeves on and the logs on high. I did get the camellia and azalea bushes trimmed and ready for landscaping fabric and mulch yesterday evening while it was quite cool. I am so thankful for the rain because we were getting a little dry, and I needed some soft ground to install solar lights. I will still wait until May, like my mom always advised, to do any serious plant ing. I can remember having a frost in May and having to cover all the plants outside in order to save them. I knew my grandson Michael was coming over Sunday, and I baked a whipping cream pound cake because he loves it. As of late, I have been making quite a few casseroles and freezing part of them for later. I love the corn and beef casserole, but I cook and drain the beef before assembling the dish. I just do not like a greasy casserole and always try to keep it as greaseless as possible. I love cheese and garlic biscuits and usually buy a packet mix, but the recipe for them is so easy and quick. The recipe for the Danish is one of my all-time favorites, and it tastes as though it is made from scratch. CORN AND BEEF CASSEROLE 6 ounces egg noodles, cooked and drained 1 pound lean ground beef 1 can tomato soup V2 cup chopped bell pepper 1 small onion, chopped 2 cans drained white shoe peg corn Catsup Grated cheddar cheese Cover bottom of casserole dish with cheese. Mix the first seven ingredients by hand and place over the cheese in the casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Remove from oven, spread catsup on top. Place small slices of cheese randomly over the top of the cas serole. Return to oven and cook until cheese is melted and bubbly. QUICK GARLIC-CHEESE BISCUITS 2 cups Bisquick baking mix 2/3 cup milk V2 cup shredded cheddar cheese V4 cup melted butter V4 teaspoon garlic powder Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix Bisquick, milk, and cheese until a soft dough forms. Beat for a minute and then drop by heaping tablespoons onto a lightly greased baking sheet pan. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Mix butter and garlic powder and brush over warm biscuits. CINNAMON ROLL CHEESE DANISH 1 (17.5 ounce) can large cinnamon rolls with icing 1 (8-ounce) package softened cream cheese ■V4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons sour cream 1 teaspoon lemon juice V2 teaspoon vanilla Heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 9-inch pie pan with vegetable spray. Separate dough into 5 rolls and set the icing aside. Unroll 1 roll into a long strip of dough and joint another roll to the first one. Place the joined rolls in a circular pattern in the pie pan, leaving enough room for filling in between. In a small bowl, beat all the remaining ing redients with electric mixer until smooth. Spoon or pipe cream mixture be tween the layers of cinnamon roll dough. A plastic zip-lock bad filled with mixture and then snipped in a bottom corner works very well for this. Start at the center of the pan with the tip of the bag about halfway down into roll and pipe to the outside of the pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 mi nutes or until center is baked and the edges are a deep golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes and then drizzle with the icing. Cut into wedges and serve warm. Enjoy, Mary Ann McCrary GTGC Visits State Members of Upson’s Green Thumb Gar den Club recently traveled to Athens, home of the state botanical garden and head quarters of The Garden Club of Georgia. Members commented that the head quarters is “brimming ivith gorgeous an tique furnishings, as ivell as a collection of Botanical Garden exquisite porcelain pieces oivned by Mrs. Deen Day Sanders. “The gardens ivere absolutely gorgeous and full of both native and ivorldwide flora andfauna. Many thanks to our spectacular local tour guides. ” Courtesy of GTGC Partain (left) with club member Angie Moore. Hostesses for the meeting were Charlene Woodall (left), Kay Hayes (right), and Malinda McLendon (not pictured). Courtesy of Spade & Trowel Partain Shares Proper Pruning Techniques with Spade & Trowei Upson County Extension Office Coordinator Hailey Partain ivas the guest speaker for the April meeting of the Spade and Troivel Garden Club, sharing information about proper prun ing techniques and providing a handout ivith a monthly pruning guide. Club members also announced that they finalized plans for a tent in the Kids’Zone at last iveekend’s third annual Thomaston Art & Soul Fest at Greatest Generation Memorial Park. Free BBQ Meals Available Saturday McCorkle Curve Road Church of Christ, located at 293g McCorkle Curve Road, invites the community to grab a free barbecue sand wich, chips, and a drink on Saturday, April 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. GSRA Quarterly Meeting is April 29 The Tri-County Chapter of the Georgia State Retirees As sociation will hold its quarterly meeting at Dood- lum’s Barbeque and Fruit Stand, located at 18600 Main Street in Woodbury, on Mon day, April 29 at 11:30 a.m. Lunch can be purchased individually. Scheduled guests include District 137 State Rep. Debbie Buckner; District 132 State Rep. David Jenkins; District 29 State Sen. Randy Robert son; Jim Potvin, executive di rector of Employees’ Retirement System of Geor gia; and Robert Riddle, pres ident of GSRA. Join fellow retirees and prospective retirees and “help us help you.” For more infor mation, contact Joy Evans at 706-656-0046, Kay Garrett at 706-846-3422, or Kathy Clements at 706-655-2390. GSRA is an organization established and maintained by state retirees for state retir ees. GSRA advocate for retir ees as well as active employees and keeps them in formed about any changes or impacts to retirement benefits through monthly newsletters, media sites, annual statewide meetings, the legislative liai son team, action alerts, and local chapters with regular meetings. Visit www.mygsra.com for more in formation. Happy Anniversary! Thomas and Janis Bethune celebrate their 64th anniversary April 29. Maurice and Angela Raines celebrate their 34th anniversary April 28. Judge Ben and Mandy Miller celebrate their 28th anniversary April 27. Rex and Vicki King celebrate their 25th anniversary April 25. Dan and Anissa Wall celebrate their 22nd anniversary April 28. Chris and Heather Pettis celebrate their 21st anniversary April 26. Herman and Brenda Harris celebrate their 15th anniversary April 26. Charles and Betsy Maddox celebrate their 15th anniversary April 26. Trey and Sasha Holley celebrate their 13th anniversary April 24. Edward and Linda Raines celebrate their 11th anniversary April 28. Stephen and Carlandra Carriker celebrate their fifth anniversary April 28. Bo and Lindsey Davison celebrate their fifth anniversary April 28. Matt and Allison Livingston celebrate their fourth anniversary April 27. Ed and Janice Searcy celebrated their 17th anniversary April 21.
