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A LASTING STRUCTURE FOR A LASTING AG OPERATION
As the sun rises, you take your coffee out on the back porch and sit in the rocker to read the paper. The fog breaks and your red horse barn begins to appear in the distance. You have a beautiful new carport that houses your 4x4 and motorhome. Satisfaction over your homestead brings a smile to your face. But, then you realize this is only a desire unfulfilled as you have always felt you couldn’t afford these structures. Well, that is where USA Quality Steel Barns & Garages comes in.
We offer the finest quality steel structures in Florida, with everything from a back yard shed to horse and storage barns, as well as residential, commercial, agricultural buildings, etc. We work hand-in-hand with church congregations to build anything from youth buildings to Sunday school additions to beautiful new sanctuaries. Steel is definitely the wave of the future. With steel, you don’t have to worry about bugs, rust, fading or rot. It is stronger and lasts longer than wood construction.
USA Quality Steel Barns & Garages has been in Lakeland, Florida for the last 10 years. With over 3,000 structures erected for satisfied customers, we take pride in the fact that our buildings are safe with a guarantee that they will be able to sustain from 150–180 mile an hour winds.
If you feel you can’t afford our product, then you need to contact us, as we feel that not only is our quality the best in Florida, but that our price will not be beat.
This column is sponsored by USA Quality Steel Barns
& Garages.
Recipe Spotlight
7 Reasons Why Grapefruit is a GREAT Fruit
by RON TISDAL
by TRENT ROWE, Food Editor
They are pretty and they smell good. Inside, they look like marvels of engineering. Or, maybe something brought back from a space trip. They’re Florida grapefruit.
People are funny when it comes to grapefruit. Folks either hate them or love them. There’s no in between. Trying to turn around a grapefruit-hater is like convincing a carnivore that tofu tastes like chicken.
But the type of grapefruit makes a difference. When we moved to Florida many moons ago (about 330 is close), we rented a house near an old, abandoned grove. The white grapefruit needed sugar— badly. Red grapefruit from one of our trees is sweet enough for some of us to
enjoy as is. My wife needs sugar on hers.
Grapefruit is really a chameleon in citrus skin. It can
go almost everywhere oranges, lemons, and limes can. Look at your favorite orange recipe and imagine it with grapefruit instead. You might have to add some sugar for your sweet tooth.
Lang’s Sun Country Groves on U.S. 17 east of Lake Alfred has a restaurant called Taste of Florida Café, which is famous for Mary Lang’s Grapefruit Pie. Red grapefruit is the backbone, but strawberry gelatin gives it body and color. The recipe is on the company website www. langsuncountry.com.
BUT, THERE ARE SO MANY MORE WAYS TO ENJOY A GRAPEFRUIT. TAKE THESE SEVEN GREAT TIPS FOR STARTERS:
GREAT TIP #1
GREAT TIP #2
While a pitcher of grapefruitade is chilling in the fridge, run the peel across a grater set on a piece of waxed paper. You can do this before squeezing to get the juice if you like. Freeze the shreds for later.
GREAT TIP #3
Lemon meringue pie was a favorite when I was a boy, but my mother made the filling from a box. Not from a box, really, but the powder in the box. You know what I mean. Get out your mom’s Lemon Meringue Pie recipe and substitute grapefruit for the lemon part. Then, sprinkle the meringue with some of the grapefruit gratings.
After August 4, when the Chalet Suzanne in Lake Wales has closed its doors, we will have to do our own Broiled Grapefruit. Nothing to it. Sprinkle some light brown sugar on grapefruit halves and slide them under the broiler. Repeat the sugar until you get a nice caramelized topping. A little cinnamon or freshly grated nutmeg will add something extra.
BIO: With 15 years of building experience, Ron Tisdal is the owner of USA Quality Steel Barns & Garages. Visit their website at www. USABARNSANDGARAGES.com. You can also contact Ron via email at rontisdal@usaqsb.com, or by phone at (863) 978-8586.
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GREAT TIP #4
Nothing says grapefruit can’t go in savory dishes. Drizzle a little juice in a stir fry chicken dish. We poach fish often because, if you’re gentle, the fish stays tender, and it doesn’t smell up the house for days. A little off topic . . . a sure-fire way to cut short visits by pesky people is to invite them over the day after a meal of fried fish and broccoli. The water you poach fish in benefits from extra flavor. Add a cup or so of grapefruit juice or a few hearty slices of fruit to the water and let it simmer a while before adding the fish.
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