Taste of Beason serves up delicious food made by locals

 

[August 27, 2019] 

Saturday night was a spectacular evening for dining outside at the Beason Town Park and getting a taste of some delicious homemade food items made by local residents.

From appetizers and soups and salads to main entrees and desserts, the folks of Beason had all of your taste buds covered.

The crowd started early, with even the 2019 Logan County Fair royalty in attendance. Skye Kretzinger, Anna Kindred and Jolie Grisham all enjoyed themselves and didn't mind the many pictures being taken, even when trying to eat a street taco, gracefully.

Taste of Beason is just one of the fundraising efforts by the Beason community to raise money for a special celebration coming in 2022. The town was founded in 1872 and will be celebrating 150 years in 2022.

Amanda Gray, an Oran Township Trustee and a member of the Oran Township Community Committee, was very pleased with the nice weather and wonderful turnout early Saturday evening as she sat at the table taking money and handing out tickets.

"This is actually our third year doing this event," said Gray. "We have our Sesquicentennial in 2022. We are trying to raise funds for that so that we can have a nice celebration for our community. This is one of our biggest fundraisers. We do a paint night in the winter. We also did a trivia night this past year."

Gray explained that the idea came about after the township clerk, who teaches at Tri-City, did a similar event at her school. "She brought the idea to us and we thought it would bring community members in to be involved and also raise a little bit of money for us."

"Everyone here is either from Beason, or still lives here or originally came from here," continued Gray. "We have our Beason 4-H Club here helping us serve drinks and clean up also. We've got a little bit of everything going on.

"The entrees tonight are chicken street tacos, pulled pork sliders and lasagna. We have broccoli cheddar soup, stuffed pepper soup and taco soup. There is a fruit salad, a bacon ranch pasta salad and a traditional pasta salad. Then we have cranberry brie bites, pickle wraps, Texas Sheet Cake Cookies and an apple crumble dessert. There is something cheesecake, too. A little bit of everything. We literally started with a Google doc that we put out on our Facebook page and when it didn't get filled up we just started calling people and asking and everyone came together. We even have some new cooks this year."

The delicious recipes were enjoyed by folks of all ages.

Beason resident Elinor Keys was believed to be the oldest in attendance at 98 years old, according to her family. She was a secretary for the Beason schools.

Little two year old Barrett Rademaker meanwhile was starting the night off right with a Texas Sheet Cake Cookie.

Doug Lowery, a former Beason resident in attendance, even remembered taking a helicopter ride at the Beason Centennial Celebration in 1972. Lowery was only four years old at the time and even though the exact details were vague he said, "When you're four years old you don't forget a memory like that. I think the helicopter rides took off from the school or maybe the elevator. I do remember being really scared at first, but my dad was with me."

The event was $10 per adult and five dollars for children. Each adult received 15 tickets good for each food item available. A child received 10 tickets. Children 3 years of age and under were free with a paid adult.

Look for Taste of Beason coming again in August of 2020.

[Teena Lowery]