What's on This Weekend? And, a picture!

Another weekend packed with community food offerings!

Take your pick of breakfasts on Saturday, or try the 'newfie brunch' in Mahone Bay on Sunday.

The soup/sandwich luncheon in Conquerall Mills is always a good feed.

I wish I was around for the roast beef supper in Mahone Bay on Saturday, so good...the fish fry in Hubbards might be worth checking out too...

Breakfasts
April 24,
7:30-10:30
Newfie Breakfast,
Chester Basin Legion.
Various menu selections. Take-outs available.

April 24,
Royal Canadian Legion #23, Lunenburg,
7:30-11:30 a.m.
Adults $6; ages 5-12, $3.
Takeout available for pick-up $6.50. 634-4215

April 24,
Firemen's Breakfast,
United Communities Fire Hall, Cherry Hill,
8-11 a.m.
Adults $6; 5-12 years $3.25; under 5 free.

April 25,
"NEWFIE" Brunch.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch #49, Mahone Bay,
10 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Adults $6, children over 5 $3

Teas/Luncheons

April 24,
Delicious all you can eat Daffodil soup and sandwich luncheon and sale.
Conquerall Mills Community Hall,
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Adults $7.50, 6-12 $3.50, 5 and under free.
For Lutheran Ladies Aid.

Suppers

April 24
Casserole & Salad Supper
Springfield Fire Hall
4:30 - 6pm.
Adults - $ 8.; ages 6-12 - $ 4.; age 5 & under - free.
Proceeds for Springfield United Baptist Church.

April 24,
Roast Beef Supper
4:30- 6:30 p.m.
St. James Anglican Parish Hall, Mahone Bay.
Adults $10, children 5- 12 $5, under 5 free.
Takeouts available.

April 24,
Baked ham and Variety Supper,
North Brookfield Hall,
4:30- 6:30 p.m.
Free will offering. Takeout service available.

April 25
FISH FRY: pan fried haddock supper Hubbards Area Lions Club at the clubhouse in Fox Pt
4-6 pm,
Pan fried haddock with all the trimmings, dessert and tea/coffee.
$10.
Please call 857-9845 after 12 noon daily or 857-1559 for information.

A picture of sign, spotted at the Lunenburg Save Easy. Can you spot the two errors in this advert?

Trinity United Spring Luncheon Review

April 14, 2010
Trinity United Spring Luncheon

It's officially Spring, when you get tiny sarnies and squares delivered to your place of work! One of the advantages of living and working in Lunenburg. ^_^

I love getting these luncheons delivered to me at work, what a treat! Here's a rundown of what was in this year's Spring Luncheon:



Top Row (L-> R):

Chicken Salad: Made from what tasted like a 'real' oven roasted chicken, and of course, prodigious amounts of mayo....perfect.
Turkey Salad: This one was basically a turkey dinner, in sammie format. Complete with cranberries and what tasted like stuffing?
Ham 'n' Cheese: Classic, 'nuff said.\
Pickled Asparagus & Cream Cheese Roll: So cute, how could you dislike it?
Egg Salad: Another classic, yummers!
Carrots & Cream Cheese: A different take on the cherry and cream cheese concoction. A nice splash of colour!
Cherries & Cream Cheese: Perennial favourite, and usually the sandwich most people ask about (no doubt due to its very pink nature).

Second Row (L->R):

Shortbread: Excellent.
Lemon Loaf: Lemon'y and sugar'y, like the good lord intended.
Zucchini bread/loaf: Moist and delicious, complete with walnuts inside!
Buttered Raisin Bread: Probably my least favourite item, kinda dry.
Brownie: If you don't like brownies, you are probably dead inside.
Lemon Square: Even sugar'ier and lemon'ier than the loaf, also excellent.
Coconut cookie: Loooove coconut!
Ginger Snap cookie: My fave since childhood, probably the standout sweet of the lot.

A quick survey of the folks who ordered this it work had the chicken and egg salad sandwiches and asparagus roll as faves, as well as the lemon loaf, oatmeal cookie and of course; the ginger snap.

Lots of good community food events this weekend, stay tuned for my 'What's on this weekend' roundup post on Friday for more details...

Return'age to the burn'age

Another view of a 'blob' on the Grimm Rd.

Belated Burn'age

Hope my keys add a little scale to the 'blob' on the road...

What's on This Weekend?

Wow, what a weekend! No shortage of things to check out...there's a breakfast every ~20 km on Saturday, pick the one closest to you. ^_^

The busy bees of the Lutheran church in First South are having a soup luncheon on Saturday, a tasty followup to their successful variety supper last Sunday, no doubt!

The maple syrup supper in Maplewood on Saturday is a no-brainer. Luckily it runs all afternoon, there are often buses of people from Halifax at this one. You can find an old review for this event here (scroll down to april 22, 2006, almost near the bottom of the page).

Enjoy!

Breakfasts

April 17, Saturday:
Riverport and District Firemen's Breakfast,
7:30- 11:30 a.m.,
usual menu,
$6 adults; $3 children 6- 12; children 5 and under free.
Crib tournament April 17 at 7 p.m. sharp.

April 17,
7:30- 11:30 a.m. \
Highway 325, Newcombville Lutheran Church.
Adults $6, 5- 12 $3, under 5 free.
Proceeds: Youth Group trip to Ontario. We've learned from our first experience, please support us again.

April 17,
Fireman's Breakfast.
Petite Riviere fire hall,
8-11 a.m.
Full menu,
adults $6, under 12 $3, under 5 free.
Information call 688-1174

Saturday, April 17,
Masonic Centre, 216 North St., Bridgewater,
8-11 a.m.
Bacon & eggs or pancakes & sausages; beans, toast, etc.
Adults $6; 5-12 $3; under 5 free.
"Mix and Match" $7 and $4.
All welcome.

Teas/Luncheons

April 17,
Spring Soup Luncheon.
11:30- 2,
First South United Church.
Chowder $8, soup $7, cakes for dessert.
All welcome

Suppers

Saturday, April 17,
27th Annual Maple Syrup Supper,
Parkdale-Maplewood Hall,
12 noon-6 p.m.
Menu: pancakes, sausage, ham, hash browns, ice cream, all with real maple syrup.
Adults $12; 5-12 years $3; under 5 free.
Featuring maple products bake and craft tables.
Museum open 12:30-5 p.m. with entertainers:
1-2 p.m., Shirley Spidle and Lorimer Higgins;
2-3 p.m., The Bauchmans;
3-4 p.m., Ron D'Adder and Brandon Foster.
Information 644-2877

Saturday, April 17,
Bean and Salad Supper,
Pinehurst Community Hall,
4- 6 p.m.
Adults $8, children $3.
Proceeds for New West Pine United Church

First South Variety Supper- Review

Grace Lutheran Variety Supper
Sunday, April 11, 2010
First South, NS

This supper is on my 'must attend' list, and I look forward to it every year.

Seasoned pro that I am, I anticipated a solid 30 minute wait. So this time, on my way in to Lunenburg to pick up my guest, I stopped at the church and bought my tickets first.

Sand cascaded out of my wallet as I fished out a $20 bill.

"Were you at the beach?", the woman at the door asked me.
"You guessed it!", I said. Little did she know 'how' the sand got in my pocket. Let's just say it involved gusty winds, my kite buggy....and me flipping the buggy and getting dragged for a couple feet. Worth it! ^_^

I cleaned the sand off the bill, paid up for tickets and asked how long the wait would be. She said 20 minutes, but I knew better...

Sure enough, it was closer to 30 minutes before we were granted access to the table of yum. Shortly after being seated, our orders were taken (orders default to 'the works') and a plate full of 'hot' arrived.

Baked beans, scalloped 'taters', hot slaw and a random casserole were on offer. Gotta say, I am a huge fan of hot slaw. Must find out how to make that....



Round two involved finding space on my plate for the numerous salads on the table: broccoli, egg, 3 bean, coleslaw, carrot, macaroni...they had 'em all:



Oh, and meat heaped on in the middle. Lots of meat: roast beef, roast pork, ham and meatloaf:



That wasn't the end of the food, by any stretch of the imagination. Our server kept bringing bowl after bowl of food:

"oh, you don't have any chow down here"....
"here's some pickled beets"..
"did you get some brown bread?"

So full...



My seat 'neighbour' commented:

"This chow is sum sowah"

I didn't find it out of the ordinary, though I do love everything pickled and vinegar'y...

At this point, I had to pace myself to make room for dessert, no shortage of choices! Various Jello salads, pear or strawberry tarts (on angel food cake) with REAL whipped cream and of course, squares and of course....the ubiquitous table cake:







Sadly, I neglected to take a picture of the plate of squares. Sorry, folks!

We were a bit rushed near the end, as the seating master tried to make room for a group of family and friends. It was a blessing in disguise, had I stayed any longer, my next stop would've been at Frenchy's to buy a larger pair of pants!

Lesson learned: if you see a sign that says "variety supper", don't eat lunch that day.

This Saturday is the annual Maplewood Maple Syrup supper, stay tuned for details on that event in tomorrow's post.

Collateral damage

Raise a glass to our scaly friend, that fell victim to one sweet brake burn on the Grimm rd.

Sorry, nature.