Win 3 Years of Disney Family Vacations
August 3, 2009 by
Filed under Contests & Games, Featured Stories, Travel
Does your family dream of taking a Disney vacation every year? Then you need to enter this new Disney contest! The Great American Family Vacation Sweepstakes is being sponsored by DisneyFamily.com. What do you get if you win? Essentially it is enough Disney Vacation Club points for your family to take a vacation a year for three years through DVC. This could include Walt Disney World, Disneyland, or even a timeshare exchange. The prize also includes the cash to pay the taxes that the winner would owe from winning the prize.
You still have to pay to get to your destination and for food and park tickets. But even a Disney hotel for a week a year for three years is a terrific prize!
The contest ends August 31.
Low Country Boil Recipe
June 8, 2009 by
Filed under Family, Featured Stories, Food, Travel
I’m reposting this recipe because summer is here and the Low Country Boil is one of our favorite things to do as a family. We originally had this at the Edmunds’ Family Low Country Boil at the Disney Vacation Club in Hilton Head a couple of years ago. These are not the exact recipes that we had at Disney, but they are really similar and delicious. We have started a new 4th of July tradition as a result of the Low Country Boil! We initially tried to cook it in a big outdoor pot, but it took too long. So we switched to a turkey fryer and it worked much better. (Click here to find Turkey Fryers at Amazon.com)
Low Country Shrimp Boil Recipe from Chef Rick
Ingredients:
1/2 lb. Keilbasa per person
1/2 lb. Raw shrimp in shell per person
3 Red bliss potatoes per person
1 Ear of corn per person
2 Lemons
Cayenne pepper
Cloves
Garlic
Bay leaves
Old Bay Seasoning
Black pepper
TabascoOptional:
2 Small onions per person
1 Carrot cut into 4ths per person
1-2 crabs per person
Boil water in a large kettle on stove or outdoor cooker. Season water with salt and your choice of above flavorings along with the juice of two lemons or 2 tablespoons of vinegar. Add potatoes and cook for 10 minutes. Add carrots, sausage and onions. Bring back to a boil. When potatoes and carrots are almost tender, add corn and crabs. Bring to a boil, then add shrimp. Cook a few minutes until shrimp are just done – they will be pink in color. Drain and pour into a basket or onto platters. Have cocktail sauce and Dijon mustard at hand. This is a crowd pleaser!
Low Country Boil Recipe from Group Recipes
Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoons old bay seasoning
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons Tabasco sauce
- 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/2 pound kielbasa per person
- 1/2 pound raw shrimp in shell per person
- 3 small new potatoes per person
- 1 ear corn per person
- 1 carrot per person quartered
- 1 small onion per person
Directions:
- Boil water in a very large steam kettle on stove or on an outdoor cooker.
- Season water with herbs and spices.
- Pour in lemon juice and vinegar.
- Add sausage, potatoes, carrots and onions then bring to boil and boil for 25 minutes.
- Add corn and boil for 5 minutes longer.
- Finally add shrimp and simmer for 5 minutes more.
