Above, Members of the Juneteenth Foundation and other volunteers created an assembly line to rapidly prepare fish plates for the large crowd of hungry customers. Below, Peterson fried fish and hush puppies for the plates. Cooking delicious food is nothing new to Peterson as he also owns his own catering business, 4 Mooses BBQ Catering.
Daily Record photo by Shannon West
Juneteenth festivities kicked off with fish fry
The Juneteenth Foundation held their annual Fish Fry as part of its Juneteenth festivities last Friday. Hays County Constable David Peterson, who is also the Juneteenth Foundation board chairman, said the foundation had prepared 1,000 pounds of catfish and had already sold 300 plates just two hours into the event. The plates came with fried fish, hush puppies, coleslaw, beans and all the necessary condiments.
More events are planned leading up to Juneteenth. For more information, visit smtxjuneteenth.com.
