Fall butter
Is there a surer sign of autumn’s arrival than seeing the Rappahannock Lions Club selling apple butter at Quicke Mart?
Stop by starting this Saturday to stock up on the Lions Club’s authentic apple butter. Lions Club members are more than happy to send you home with the dark, rich spread (same price as always: $6 per pint; two for $10). The Lions will be cutting apples today at the Co-op on Lee Highway and cooking it up at the community kitchen in Keezletown all day Friday, so this batch will be as fresh as it comes.
When you visit the Lions’ sales trailer on weekends this fall you can also pick up Virginia peanuts and upgrade your old-fashioned brooms. Whether apple butter or brooms, all proceeds benefit Rappahannock County causes throughout the year.
Also, mark on your calendars the club’s annual ChiliFest and Drawdown on Oct. 14. More than a dozen sponsors, local cooks and neighboring restaurants participate in the popular fundraiser that raises more than half of what the club gives away in community service each year. A limited number of $100 Draw Down tickets remain for a shot at winning or splitting $5,000.
Lions Club members Jim Manwaring (540-987-8433) and Larry Grove (540-9878612) can answer any and all questions about apple butter, chili, and one’s favorable odds of winning the Drawdown, which even if not participating is incredibly fun to observe.