After finding myself in Central Oregon for two weekends in a row, under not the most celebratory circumstances, I took yesterday as a chance to enjoy the area. My parents and I headed to Powell Butte, OR for the 53rd annual Lord's Acre Day. Back in the 40's, the Powell Butte Community Church asked it's congregation members to donate the proceeds from one acre of their property to the church. The church would then use the gifts to operate. If you could raise one cow on an acre, you gave the church one cow. If you could raise three sheep, you gave the church three sheep. You get the idea.
Today, this event has evolved into a once a year craft bazaar/bake sale/BBQ/butcher shop. My dad and I waited in line to buy cuts of meat from the gifted livestock. I ended up with some short ribs, oxtail and a few pounds of pork breakfast sausage. I also bought a pie.
Around noon, the BBQ starts. Church members begin roasting the meat and potatoes the night before by lighting wood on fire in large pits to get the coals going and then burying the beef, ham, lamb, and potatoes. The results were great smokey BBQed meats.
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