Fluffs and puffs aren't something that immediately comes to mind when you think Colorado cattle country. Yet, Grand Junction middle school teacher Kelly McGuire has “eaten many fluffs in (her) lifetime.” A fluff, of course, is a dish made with marshmallows and whipped cream, the sort of thing you'd picture at a county fair.
The fluff in mind here is a Thanksgiving friendly cranberry-festooned affair with oranges and apples found in McGuire’s treasured “Favorite Ranch Recipes of the Montrose County CowBelles” cookbook.
“Some people cringe at these ‘salads’ and I have in the past.” But this one is good, she said. Not too sweet. “I was surprised to see that there was no sugar in the whipped cream in this recipe. That gave me some hope.”
Courtesy Kelly McGuire
McGuire’s late grandmother, who lived in nearby Olathe, “had quite the collection of community cookbooks.” She remembers cooking with her grandmother and following recipes out of the book. Cattle brands adorn the cover — along with the names of the ranchers who owned them. “There are several female names and some male names, as well,” McGuire pointed out. “This cookbook was put together by a group of ranch ladies.”
Crack open the cover and the first thing that greets you is an ode to ranching families titled “What Is A Rancher?”
Courtesy Kelly McGuire“Ranchers are usually found where there’s cattle feeding, dehorning, branding, trading, groping, and doctoring. Bankers hate to see them coming. Little boys admire them. The Secretary of Agriculture confuses them. City people visit and don’t understand them. Meals wait on them. Other ranchers compete with them. Barbed wire cuts them. Television glorifies them. But nothing discourages them.”
Navigating Thanksgiving in this pandemic year is going to be complicated, but with a little touch of Montrose County, your sides don't have to be. Alongside a little fluff you can add some simple ground beef party puffs.
“They are like little cheeseburgers and I’m pretty sure any kid would be able to make them and really love them,” McGuire said.
Cranberry Salad
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