What’s Cookin’ at the Missouri Beef House

By Beef House Team

Challenge Accepted

When we receive a call from a former MCA employee, we answer and enjoy the opportunity to reconnect. This call granted us time to reminiscence, as well as a request to cater a wedding rehearsal with the special request for Beef House beef! The call was from a dear friend to the beef industry, Janna Sapp-Mahan. Many of you will remember Janna was MCA Director of Membership Services and Beef Quality Assurance Program Coordinator from 1991-2001. Since the event was going to be held in Sedalia at the Heritage Ranch Event Center, Janna couldn’t think of a better way to honor her mom, Janet Sapp, who worked for thirty-five years as our MCA Bookkeeper beginning in 1967 until her passing in 2002.

On a cold, windy Friday, November 11, the MCA Beef House crew planned, prepared, and served the Wedding Rehearsal for Janna’s son, Jameson, and his beautiful bride, Angel, to approximately 80 people at the Heritage Ranch Event Center on the outskirts of Sedalia, Missouri. The menu consisted of 5-ounce ribeye sandwiches, beef burgers, beef dogs, baked beans and brownies.

While it has been many years ago, Janna’s sons, Austin and Jameson, recalled many good memories of their time as young boys, whether it be at the MCA office or the Beef House. Mostly, they remember their grandmother, Janet, as being the institutional memory of our association.

A BIG thanks goes out to MCA volunteers Suetta Carter; Marvin and Carolyn Dieckman; and Pat and Patty Wood who graciously accepted the Beef House challenge to cook and serve this delicious meal.

Thought for the month: “Ring out the old; ring in the new. Ring happy bells, the beef’s in the stew. The year is going; let it go. Ring out the false; ring in the true. Happy New Year”