Rhodes Corner Turkey Supper

St. Luke's Hall
Rhodes Corner, NS
April 12, 2008

This supper is like a designated hitter on a baseball roster. You can always count on this one to satisfy all your comfort food needs, wants and desires. When I saw it advertised in the paper, I think my heart fluttered a little, a 'must attend' event.

In our typical fashion, we arrived nice and early. No missing out on the coconut cream pie this time! We lucked out and found 2 seats with our backs to the wall, perfection! Turns out I knew a couple of the people at the table, we skate in Lunenburg at lunch time, small world ^_^

We ordered 'the works' and as usual, were not dissapointed (sorry for the blurry picture):



The carrots were a little tough, but other than that....amazing. 'Potato-y' mashed potatoes, delicious stuffing and turkey (of course). The first batch of pickled beets on the table were truly addictive, as well as the red chow chow garnish(not positive 'what' that was)?

Dessert was yummy too, I opted for the coconut cream pie. I saw others with ~3" high meringue, but I think I preferred mine. Sorry, no pic. They all looked like they were made from scratch, so there's really no 'bad' choice.

If you're ever in Rhodes Corner and see a sign in front of St. Luke's advertising a supper of some sort, do yourself a favour and stop and enjoy the eats!

Blandford Corned Beef and Cabbage Supper

March 29, 2008
Blandford Community Hall
Blandford, NS



Don't let the 'bland' (pun unintended) look of the plate dissuade you, this meal was AWESOME! We are truly behaving like 'old folks' at these suppers...in early, out early! You know you're from Lunenburg County when...it's 5 pm and you have already eaten supper. ^_^

The drive out to Blandford is just one of the perks of this supper. Gorgeous vistas, a couple nice beaches to walk on after your meal, secluded coves, the Aspotogan Peninsula is well worth checking out if you've never been out this way. But, back to the supper.

The food line had 4 or 5 stations, corned beef, boiled cabbage, turnip, carrots and potatoes and a bun were on offer for dinner. Not much to look at (varying shades of 'beige'/earthy tones), but a stick to your ribs, meat 'n' potatoes meal that cannot be denied! We had a long table to ourselves, so for once we got all of the table condiments before they ran out! Amazing mustard pickles with big hunks of cauliflower (a coveted treasure), bread and butter pickles and pickled beets that almost melted in the mouth.

Even the butter had it's own hand made container.



The last time we went to this supper the corned beef was salty. But this year they must've boiled and rinsed it properly because it was truly delicious. Loads of mustard and mustard pickles, a sprinkle of vinegar on the boiled cabbage. We were in heaven. And then the difficult task of choosing dessert.



All looked to be made from scratch, there really wasn't a bad choice on offer. All in all, a great excuse for a drive and a special meal.

Maplewood to Elmwood--the end of the road

Last part of the trip that day, I tried to slow down the video to show the girl running home after church...you can almost see her smiling. Hang tight while the video gets processed by our friends at googletube.

Ahhhh!!!! what did I do? I can't remove the two extra embedded clips...Do'eth!!

*Update: video's up, enjoy!

New Ross to Maplewood winter road trip movie

I really like the drive from Windsor to New Germany, here's a taste:

Blockhouse Fire Department Baked Bean and Ham Supper

Blockhouse Fire Department
Blockhouse, NS
Jan. 26, 2008



I think the picture pretty much speaks for itself. It's a bit hard to recollect, given that this supper happened a month ago.

Each plate had an insane amount of ham, the hame had a pineapple ring garnish AND a bright red marachino cherry, delectable. The beans and scalloped potatoes evened out the plate. Service felt formal, but maybe it was due to the fire fighters dressed in their formal uniforms, who knew there was such a thing?

All in all, a welcome return of the community supper.

Dayspring Fire Department Fireman's Breakfast

Dayspring Fire Department Hall
Dayspring, NS
Feb. 23, 2008

Well, it's been a bit of a drought for community suppers over the winter, but 2 recent suppers hosted by the Blockhouse Fire Department (reviews soon to follow) and this breakfast have broken the 'fast'. For anyone who's followed my blog, this breakfast is one of my faves. They just go the extra mile, on several levels.

When you enter the hall, there are usually 'goodies' for the kids at the table where you pay. Plastic fire fighter hats, erasers, pencils, etc.. Decorations are another matter. Every breakfast has a theme, this one was "Rock 'n' Roll" as far as we could tell. Cardboard record singles and musical notes adorned the panelled walls. A couple servers even dressed up as.....hippies? Rockers?



And the food, thumbs up! Home made hash browns, AMAZING bacon, cubes of cheese and muffins on the table, what's not to love? Keep an eye out for this one, and they serve until noon.....

Petite Riviere Christmas Tea

Wesley United Church Hall
Petite Riviere, NS
Dec. 1, 2007

This was the first time either of us had been to this church, but luckily Petite Riviere is a small community so it wasn't too hard to find. As you come up the steep hill exiting Petite, heading towards Broad Cove, the United church is on your left at the top of the hill. It is a towering building with possibly one of the creepiest graveyards I have ever seen.

Once we figured out where to go, we pulled back the heavy wooden doors and entered Cozy-ville! It was an amazing tea and a very special venue. Unfinished wood walls gave the space a warm and inviting feel. Festive cloth table cloths graced the tables, complete with holly and white pine sprigs at each table. Ours had a little 'drummer boy' drum ornament in it as well.

Wave upon wave of friendly servers attended to our every need. First we had our tea (delicious) and then the sandwiches started to arrive:



Ohmigod, cream cheese and cherry, ham and cheese, mock seafood (fake crab), tuna and egg salad (complete with onions). I wished the afternoon would never end. Lisa was beside herself, especially because the sandwiches came 'sans crust'. A plate of devilled eggs was not far behind the sandwiches as we devoured every one that we were offered.

Eventually we had to stop eating sandwiches and desert soon followed. We had a bit of each. An uncoventional trifle: I think it had jello instead of jelly, and what I think were canned pears in the base? Rainbow sprinkles dotted the surface of the dream whip (I'm pretty sure it was dream whip) topping. At any rate, sweet and delish! The other choice was a mincemeat cheesecake, with vanilla graham crumb crust and candied oranges on top of the dream whip topping. Again, sweet and oddly addictive!

I am SO glad we ventured out that day, considering the horrid weather I encountered on my drive in to Bridgewater earlier that morning. Luckily the snow had abated by lunch time, and there was hardly a trace of snow the closer we got to the coast. I highly recommend everyone attend next year's Christmas tea, I know I will.