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Turtle Enoteca wins World’s Best Value Wine List 2022

This week on worldoffinewine.com the winners of the World’s Best Wine Lists 2022 were announced. Since its inception in 2014, World’s Best Wine Lists finds and honors the best places in the world to drink wine. Those places are hugely varied. In the words of Francis Percival—who, as well as being The World of Fine Wine’s food editor and an ever-present member of the WBWL judging panel, was the host of the 2022 awards ceremony in London earlier this month—we want to “celebrate the establishments who help bring us expertly curated wine lists of all shapes and sizes.” The Turtle Enoteca is certainly one of the more remote and less known establishments amongst the winners. The Turtle Enoteca LTD. was declared The Best Value Wine List In The World.

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Wednesday Blanket United Methodist Church will host a free lunch for the Blanket community from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month in its new Family Life Building. Games and visiting will be provided along with a devotional.

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More than a gourd for fall decorations

The pumpkin is much more than a gourd to be used as part of fall decorations. The reality is that the pumpkin is a versatile fruit that offers many nutrients such as potassium, vitamin A, and the anti- oxidant beta carotene. Both vitamin A and beta carotene promote healthy eyes and skin and can help protect against the development of infection. Pumpkins come in many sizes, with some weighing less than a pound and others weighing over one-thousand pounds. They are in season from September to November (the canned variety is available all year) and are often used to make soups, pies, casseroles, cookies, breads, and pumpkin butter.

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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Ingredients 1 quart water 2 Tablespoons salt 2 cups pumpkin seeds 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil or melted, unsalted butter Directions Preheat oven to 250°F. Pick through seeds and remove any cut seeds.

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Sunday Fisherman’s Chapel United Methodist Church at North Lake Brownwood, located in Thunderbird Bay, holds services is 9:30 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Please come worship with us at the lake. Pastor is Billy Murphey.

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Pumpkin Nut Bars

Ingredients 1 cup cooked pumpkin puree, fresh or canned 1/2 cup butter or margarine (melted) 2 egg whites, slightly beaten 2 cups oats 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1/2 cup shredded coconut, toasted 1/2 cup wheat germ 1 cup chopped salted peanuts, pecans, or almonds Directions Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, beat egg whites slightly; add pumpkin and melted butter or margarine beat until smooth.

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