This 2015 Missouri State Fair Fire Department was another fantastic year. Old faces and many new faces.
We averaged feeding 70 personnel for breakfast, and for lunch and dinner 85-110 personnel.
This year’s venture couldn’t have been done without an all teamwork effort; Larry and Ann Jones, Larry Eggen and Kathy, Eddie Nicolson, Ed Daugherty, Josh Koepke, the command staff and all of your who would help out when asked doing dishes, trash, anything was done eagerly and with a smile. Thanks to all of you. I hope we prepared dishes you liked and will bring you back to the 2016 Missouri State Fair Fire Department.
A special thank you to Mr. Dell’s for two cases of commercial hashbrowns, Richard Heath for a case of spaghetti, linguine, and colored pasta. Ron and Angie Fields for all the ingredients and preparation of the desserts, eggs, and tomatoes. Greg Wright for 80 pounds of hamburger. Dawn Bakery for all the muffins and cakes, they were a hit. Everyone who brought goodies to share they were much enjoyed.
Here are some of the food items consumed in 11 days: 125 pounds of sugar, all of my boys and girls had to be sweet. 85 dozen eggs, they liked fresh cracked eggs, scrambled eggs not out of a bag. 15 gallons of gravy, 360 gallons of sweet tea, 320 gallons of unsweet tea, 240 gallons of Kool-Aid, two whole hogs, bacon, sausage, pork steaks and pork loin, 100 pounds of potatoes, 7 whole sheet pans of rice krispie treats, 40 cake mixes, 26 gallons of milk, 10 gallons of ice cream, 12 double batches of cookies, 500 meatballs, 10 pounds of spaghetti, 120 pounds of chicken, 80 pounds of pork loin, 100 pounds of roast, 150 pounds of brisket, 250 pounds of fish, 15 gallons of green beans, 24 pounds of corn, 5 gallons of peaches, 15 pounds of sliced cheese, 22 pounds of shredded cheese, and 1,200 biscuits. This is an idea of what was prepared.
A special thank you to Terry and Diane Wynne and the Galt crew for the delicious fish, potatoes, slaw and corn bread. Very, very good. A big thank you to the commissioner’s for a new commercial refrigerator, it was a big help. To Larry and Ann Jones who contributes to the donation of the two whole hogs, thank you.
For the last ten years in the kitchen, it has been a dream of mine to cook for a group of people who like to eat. I thank you. I will be assisting next year, going to another venture in my life. Again thanks to everyone who makes the FFAM Missouri State Fair what it is. If you haven’t been to the FFAM Missouri State Fair Fire Department, try a few days and you will have friends for a lifetime. Where else can you have 43 EMS/Fire class in a 24 hour period?
See you at 2016 Convention. See you at the 2016 Fair!
Love ya,
Momma Joyce
FFAM
