Country Lifestyles
Texans Love Beef for the Holidays
By Martha Crump
Nothing says holidays like the wonderful smells coming from the kitchen. Take a moment and think about your favorite holiday meals with family. For most of us, those memories conjure up an association with comfort food.
Good home cooking and the sense of fellowship and family is hard to beat. The anticipation of knowing that one, or many, of your favorite dishes will be on the table to be savored by all. If there is one thing cattlewomen definitely know, it is good cooking. We talk about, try out and trade recipes, while delighting in sharing them with others. For a good cook, there is nothing more flattering than having someone ask you for your recipe.
So, in a nod to Thanksgiving, and the coming Christmas season, we are delighted to share some of our favorite recipes with all of you.
Beef Appetizer
Jane Ridenour
Temperature: 350 degrees
Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients: 3 rolls of crescent dough, small can sliced black olives, 8 oz. softened cream cheese, small can chopped green chilies, ½ lb. ground beef, ½ medium onion chopped, ½ lb. ground sausage
Directions: Brown ground meats with onion. Add olives and green chilies. Unroll crescent dough and press it together. Spread cream cheese on dough and add meat mixture. Roll up and bake, seam side down, at 350 degrees for 15 minutes, or until brown. Cut in slices and serve. Freezes well.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Martha Crump
Most cattle producers can tell you quite a lot about balancing cattle diets for energy, protein, vitamins, and minerals based on the specific needs for their herd and type of operation.
A key factor, and one that is often overlooked, is that how your animals perform is also directly affected by their water intake.
Now many of you may already be thinking “well of course water is necessary, anybody knows that!”
In many years, as September marches into October, we are beginning to experience some return of rainfall. But as many of us know, that is not always the case. Often we are still experiencing hot and dry weather, and water supplies are dwindling.
When we find ourselves experiencing those types of fall conditions, it is critical to not only understand the daily water requirements for cattle, but also the impact that the quality of water can have on herd health and development.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Annette Bridges
A friend and I were recently talking about our husbands. She made a comment that I felt also perfectly described me and my hubby.
“He slows me and I hurry him. I’m sure that is why we do well together,” she said.
“Precisely!” I thought. Why?
Because when two different worlds collide, it can be magical.
No matter what those two different worlds are- a man and a woman with very different personalities, beliefs, or backgrounds, two partners with contrasting passions, strengths, or talents, or when a country boy marries a city girl.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
Watauga, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, is known for its rich history as a railroad stop, but over the course of the last year, one teen girl has put it on the map for agriculture as well. Emma Harvey has lived in Tarrant County her entire life. Despite being highly involved in her local 4-H chapter, she still felt there was more she could do. In the spring of 2023, she stepped up to the plate to take over the title of Tarrant County Teen Miss Agriculture USA.
“It all started when I put in an application for the teen title here in Tarrant County,” explained Harvey.
The Miss Agriculture USA program is a national non-profit, age-inclusive pageant program that offers both competition and non-competition titles to women dedicated to the promotion of agriculture.
Read more in the October issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available online and in print. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive NTFR in your inbox each week.
Photo by Hannah Claxton.
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