09/30/2010 - 14th Annual Apple Butter Days Festival - Linn Creek, MO
The town of Linn Creek will be holding it's14th Annual Apple Butter Days Festival on October 8-9, 2010 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Camden County Museum, located on V Road just off Highway 54 in Linn Creek.
As the Lake of the Ozarks continues it's celebration of Fall and the Apple Season, be sure to stop by and pick up some of the delicious home made Apple Butter and Apple Pies that will be offered at the festival. A lot of people are convinced that Ozarks-grown apples add a special, delectable flavor to apple butter and apple pies.
Visitors to the festival can watch or help volunteers stir the big copper kettle in which apples and sugar simmer for hours on the way to becoming mouth-watering apple butter, just as it's been made in the traditional manner through the ages. It's a very time-consuming process that usually requires up to a dozen bushels of apples, or more, so extra hands to help stir the kettle are always needed. A pint of delicious Ozarks apple butter will sell for just $5; sugar-free apple butter also will be available. And be sure to take home a fresh-baked, made-with-love Dutch apple crumb-top pie or two (including some sugar-free) for $10 each.
Stop by for lunch, featuring home-made chili and soups plus old-fashioned corn bread and irresistible desserts, all for just $5. An array of booths will offer seasonal and holiday decorations, crocheted and knitted items, home-made jellies, wood crafts, jewelry and more. Typically a bluegrass or folk musician or both provide entertainment.
Two beautiful handmade quilts, donated by friends of the Historical Society, will be raffled at 4 p.m. Saturday. All proceeds will go toward the upkeep of the unique Camden County Museum.
Throughout the festival, Historical Society volunteers will be available to answer visitors questions about the fascinating Camden County Museum. In this former circa-1930 schoolhouse, each classroom is like a mini-museum, including the Pioneer School complete with a genuine dunce cap, a vintage office and bank, scary-looking antique medical equipment donated by local doctors, old-fashioned household items and furniture, tools from the past, Civil War memorabilia, Osage Indian artifacts and other intriguing collections.
There is no admission charge to attend the event, just come hungry and take advantage of the delicious goodies available to you.
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