{"id":1311689,"date":"2019-06-21T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T03:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/a-taste-of-strawberry-days\/"},"modified":"2019-06-24T08:58:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T14:58:52","slug":"a-taste-of-strawberry-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/a-taste-of-strawberry-days\/","title":{"rendered":"A taste of Strawberry Days"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A chef with the Dionysos Greek Food vendor prepares a gyro for a customer at the Strawberry Days Festival on Friday evening.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Strawberry Days\u2019 food and drink vendors plan to keep the 122-year-old tradition nourished with plenty of hot dishes and sweet beverages all weekend long.<\/p>\n

For Diane and Dwight Memmott, Glenwood Springs has remained a favorite stop to serve their, \u201cOne and only, original Texas Twister drink.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just go by Texas Twister drink,\u201d Diane Memmott said of the family-run drink booth from East Texas that has rolled into town for the past 21 years. \u201cWe\u2019ll have people come up to our booth and they\u2019ll say, \u2018It can rain and it can pour but it\u2019s not going to keep me away from getting my Texas Twister drink that I\u2019ve waited for all year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sweet drink has provided an even sweeter opportunity for the married couple to travel to fairs and festivals across the west for over two decades.<\/p>\n

Previously, Diane earned a living in the film industry as a hair and makeup artist while her husband Dwight worked as a mortgage banker and real estate broker.<\/p>\n

However, the two eventually traded in banking and the limelight for oranges, lemons and limes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work before the curtain goes up and a lot of work when the curtain comes down,\u201d Diane said of her and her husband\u2019s livelihood. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun job. It\u2019s fun to travel, but there\u2019s a lot of preparing and cleanup before we go and do an event and a lot after.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Texas Twister booth will squeeze out approximately 904 oranges, 920 lemons and 1,050 limes over the course of the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a family environment. The drink is a family-friendly drink and that\u2019s what keeps us coming back there. \u2026It\u2019s a family event and we just love it,\u201d Dwight said.<\/p>\n

This weekend also marks Alex Ballas\u2019 31st trip to the Strawberry Days Festival.<\/p>\n

The head chef of Dionysos Greek Foods said he learned to prepare a healthy portion of his menu items, such as its Greek salad, from his father who moved to the U.S. from Greece.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned from my father and then went to cooking school and became a chef,\u201d Ballas said. \u201cI followed in his footsteps and it\u2019s been a family passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ballas looked forward to preparing traditional lamb and beef gyros with a sauce comprised of Greek yogurt, spices, garlic, cucumber and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me that is the quintessential sandwich that people can have,\u201d Ballas explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to Saturday night when everyone is having fun, the music is going and I\u2019ve seen all the people that I love to see \u2014 my favorite customers. This is Glenwood and it\u2019s a wonderful tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A chef with the Dionysos Greek Food vendor prepares a gyro for a customer at the Strawberry Days Festival on Friday evening.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent Strawberry Days\u2019 food and drink vendors plan to keep the 122-year-old tradition nourished with plenty of hot dishes and sweet beverages all weekend long. For Diane and Dwight Memmott, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1311689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 12:17:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1311740,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311689\/revisions\/1311740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}