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Posted by Dawne Peterson on September 28, 2005, 10:18 am
Our parish fall supper is this Saturday--so I will be "away" from RCTN
mostly for the next few days, baking 6 or 8 pies, making jellied salads,
answering the phone at the church office to handle ticket inquiries, making
various signs, clearing tables........
Anyway, a lady picking up her tickets yesterday said she had just moved
back from another part of the country where there are, she said, no fall
suppers. I wondered---are there fall suppers where you are? And what is
the traditional menu?? (I am told Fall Suppers started as a windup to
harvest.) In my part of Saskatchewan, many churches and community groups
have Fall Suppers for fund raisers (and some afficianados do the rounds!
If you are prepared to drive, you can attend a different one every Friday
and Saturday for much of September, October and into November)
To start off, our menu is farm-fresh turkey (obtained from a local
Hutterite colony) with dressing and gravy, mashed potatoes and mashed
turnips (our neeps attract a devoted fan club--lots of suppers here have
perogies instead), peas and carrots, jellied salads (if it weren't for the
church supper the jellied salad would be extinct. I love getting out my
cooking booklets from the 50s. Cherry Cola Salad! My effort with peaches
last year, when I grabbed a tin of peach halves instead of peach slices,
has been nicknamed Harvest Moon Salad with much snickering), cranberry
sauce, and home made pies of various kinds (I generally make several Sour
Cream Apple, and maybe a Banana Cream or two). Everything is "all you can
eat". We feed at least 450 people in between 3-4 hours, drink a little
wine, work until we drop, and have a wonderful time.
Dawne
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Posted by Ericka Kammerer on September 28, 2005, 10:20 am
Dawne Peterson wrote:
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> Anyway, a lady picking up her tickets yesterday said she had just moved
> back from another part of the country where there are, she said, no fall
> suppers. I wondered---are there fall suppers where you are?
Nope, no fall suppers where I am (Virginia), nor have
there been any in other places I've lived (California, Florida,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Connecticut). In various places I've
been, there are assorted potlucks, though. E.g., when I was
in the midwest, there were lots of church functions with
potlucks, just not "fall suppers" per se. Here, there are
some church functions and our neighborhood has a big potluck
(with turkey and all the trimmings) in the fall in conjunction
with the annual cluster meeting.
Best wishes,
Ericka
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Posted by Karen C - California on September 28, 2005, 10:39 am
Dawne Peterson wrote:
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> I wondered---are there fall suppers where you are?
>
Not in the areas where I attended church (NY and SoCal). The last San
Diego church I attended only had regular suppers during Lent. We'd put
on a soup supper before the Wednesday night service (which also only
happened during Lent), which was a real help to those of us who arrived
home from work at 6 PM, had to be at church and gowned at 7 PM, and then
had to stay for choir practice.
I don't believe it's a church edict to have meatless Wednesdays during
Lent, but that was the point of the soup suppers.
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Posted by Brenda Lewis on September 28, 2005, 10:50 am
I sure WISH our church had something like this. Sounds delicious! I
don't think we have another church meal until Stewardship Sunday when we
all get fattened up before making next year's pledge. My old hometown
church had a church bazaar in the fall. The women's group spent most of
October making homemade noodles to sell. They also sold a lot of baked
goods. I miss the noodles...
Dawne Peterson wrote:
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> Our parish fall supper is this Saturday--so I will be "away" from RCTN
> mostly for the next few days, baking 6 or 8 pies, making jellied salads,
> answering the phone at the church office to handle ticket inquiries, making
> various signs, clearing tables........
> Anyway, a lady picking up her tickets yesterday said she had just moved
> back from another part of the country where there are, she said, no fall
> suppers. I wondered---are there fall suppers where you are? And what is
> the traditional menu?? (I am told Fall Suppers started as a windup to
> harvest.) In my part of Saskatchewan, many churches and community groups
> have Fall Suppers for fund raisers (and some afficianados do the rounds!
> If you are prepared to drive, you can attend a different one every Friday
> and Saturday for much of September, October and into November)
>
> To start off, our menu is farm-fresh turkey (obtained from a local
> Hutterite colony) with dressing and gravy, mashed potatoes and mashed
> turnips (our neeps attract a devoted fan club--lots of suppers here have
> perogies instead), peas and carrots, jellied salads (if it weren't for the
> church supper the jellied salad would be extinct. I love getting out my
> cooking booklets from the 50s. Cherry Cola Salad! My effort with peaches
> last year, when I grabbed a tin of peach halves instead of peach slices,
> has been nicknamed Harvest Moon Salad with much snickering), cranberry
> sauce, and home made pies of various kinds (I generally make several Sour
> Cream Apple, and maybe a Banana Cream or two). Everything is "all you can
> eat". We feed at least 450 people in between 3-4 hours, drink a little
> wine, work until we drop, and have a wonderful time.
> Dawne
>
>
--
Brenda
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Posted by Lucretia Borgia on September 28, 2005, 10:55 am
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 08:18:25 -0600, "Dawne Peterson"
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>Our parish fall supper is this Saturday--so I will be "away" from RCTN
>mostly for the next few days, baking 6 or 8 pies, making jellied salads,
>answering the phone at the church office to handle ticket inquiries, making
>various signs, clearing tables........
>Anyway, a lady picking up her tickets yesterday said she had just moved
>back from another part of the country where there are, she said, no fall
>suppers. I wondered---are there fall suppers where you are? And what is
>the traditional menu?? (I am told Fall Suppers started as a windup to
>harvest.) In my part of Saskatchewan, many churches and community groups
>have Fall Suppers for fund raisers (and some afficianados do the rounds!
>If you are prepared to drive, you can attend a different one every Friday
>and Saturday for much of September, October and into November)
>To start off, our menu is farm-fresh turkey (obtained from a local
>Hutterite colony) with dressing and gravy, mashed potatoes and mashed
>turnips (our neeps attract a devoted fan club--lots of suppers here have
>perogies instead), peas and carrots, jellied salads (if it weren't for the
>church supper the jellied salad would be extinct. I love getting out my
>cooking booklets from the 50s. Cherry Cola Salad! My effort with peaches
>last year, when I grabbed a tin of peach halves instead of peach slices,
>has been nicknamed Harvest Moon Salad with much snickering), cranberry
>sauce, and home made pies of various kinds (I generally make several Sour
>Cream Apple, and maybe a Banana Cream or two). Everything is "all you can
>eat". We feed at least 450 people in between 3-4 hours, drink a little
>wine, work until we drop, and have a wonderful time.
>Dawne
Still have them in Nova Scotia. Very good food mostly too. Have fun,
try not to overdo it ~ the work I mean, not the food lol
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> back from another part of the country where there are, she said, no fall
> suppers. I wondered---are there fall suppers where you are?