About Fayette County, TX

This 4th of July we went to our friends home in Round Rock TX to watch the parade from the front yard of their beautiful vintage home. The parade was wonderful with lots of colorful floats, bands on trailers, horses, and even a group of people riding their longhorns! It was the epitome of small town American with a pure Central Texas feel. What a perfect day. Of course there was tons of food including frito pie, hot dogs, chili and more cakes and cookies than someone with a sweet tooth could dream of! But my favorite dish was the Zucchini salad. It w had just the right sweet and tangy flavor mix but the key was the crisp veggies. I asked for the receipe and am going to share it with you all.

12 medum zucchini thinly sliced,

1 bell pepper (red, green orange or yellow ) finely chopped

3 stalks celery chopped

1 medum to large purple onion sliced thinly

1 1/2 cups sugar

3/4 cup vinegar

1tsp salt

Place zucchini, pepper and celery in bowl. Cover with boiling water for five minutes. Drain. Add onion slices. Bring vinegar, sugar, and salt to a boil then cool. Cover zucchini mixture with liquid then gently stir. Let cool in refrigerator for several hours or overnight. Use chopped parsley as garnish if desired before serving.

It was in the 100's on the 4th and this salad was as cool and tasty as all get out! Perfect for any outdoor get together or with your favorite grilled main course!

Enjoy!

Deb Dahlberg Rowland- a Realtor in Bastrop Texas

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The BEST and gorgeous fabuous finds you have ever seen......

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You must go to Zapp Hall, in Round Rock, to do some Texas Antique Shopping !!!!

Junk Gypsy has been featured in every Southern Type of Magazine ... .this was a jammed packed store and super fun!!!!! click HERE for more info on their store!

I LOVE THE NAME OF THIS STORE ......

Round Rock Antique Show in Zapp Hall has been Featured in "ROMANTIC COUNTRY", "SOUTHERN LIVING" Magazine and more !!!!!!!!

You can purchase an ANTIQUE OUTHOUSE ... super cool (huh)

Wear comfortable shoes.... this is a FABULOUS place for every type of find ... I just wish I would have scheduled more than 3 hours .... (NOT ENOUGH Time!)

Gorgeous Antique Doll Displays ...

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The Experimental Aircraft Associationhas a local chapter in La-Grange in Central Texas that has a monthly "fly-in" and fund raising bar-b-que.

The funds raised from each of the bar-b-ques goes to the Young Eagles program which gives deserving young students and flying enthusiasts scholarships to continue their education.

Last month the weather was perfect and there were over 40 planes that flew in, many experimental, some historic, and some acrobatic planes as well. (Of course many locals know that if the weather is bad they can still drive over for a great meal and some socializing as rain or shine the bar-b- que goes on in the big hanger!)

It is great fun to watch the planes come in and to walk the line up when they are parked to see the planes up close and personal. Some times some of the pilots will "open a box" and do a few acrobatics which is always exciting to watch.

The bar-b-que is made in limited amounts but approx. 160 lunches were served last month. They try to accommodate all that come but of course it is first come first serve. For more info you can click on the highlighted words for links.

La Grange Fly- In Saturday, March 1, 2008 and there is a Waco Fly - In for a pancake breakfast the same day for the adventurous and hungry pilots!

Deb Dahlberg-Rowland, your Central Texas Realtor. 512-743-0516

Roger and I recently had dinner with friends at the steakhouse in Winchester, Texas.

Winchester is a quaint little Texas town located just about 10 minutes from Smithville, and 20 from Bastrop or LaGrange.

Settled in the early 1800's by Cunninham's and Ingram's ( just to name a few ) out in the fertile mesquite prairies, and at one point the town had seven general stores, a school, lumber yard, saloon, blacksmith, and barbershop.

A few of the old buildings remain and the Murphy's Steakhouse is in one of them. This is casual dining at it's finest! Come in your jeans and work boots if you have been out on the ranch all day!

Their menu includes a nice choice of Starters, Burgers & Sandwiches, Salads & Spuds, Dinners, and Seafood Hand Breaded, Pastas, Mexican Food, Child's and Senior Menu items, and of course Steaks.

We had their Rib-Eyes, I opted for the 6 oz. and Roger had the 10 0z. We ordered them medium and we got just that, a hot pink center, how delightful! Beware the 6 oz. steak is not what you would find in a normal city restaurant, it is huge! Don't tell them but I think their scales are broken!

They have lots of nice sides to go along but we went for the good old favorite a Baked. They have a nice salad bar too! While we waited we enjoyed a couple of cold Shiner Bochs.

Pricing is super reasonable. The clientele are friendly locals. The dessert choices looked awesome and all all homemade, and the Chocolate Meringue pie came highly recommended but we were to full to partake!

It made for a great evening.

If you are in the area or making a run down 71 to Houston stop in!

They are open Tues-Sat 11 am - 9:30 pm. Reservations not necessary but available upon request. The address is ( you wont miss it if you don't take it with you! ) 204 Thomas St. Winchester, Texas 78945. Phone is 979 - 242- 3433

for more info: www.eatatmurphys.com

Deb Dahlberg-Rowland - Realtor

512-743-0516

www.centraltexashomesandland.com