Re: OT Fall Suppers


"Bob & Marg Whittleton" <mwhittle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Dawne Peterson wrote:
>
>>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........
>>
> <SNIP>
>
>>
>>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
>>
>>
>>
> MMMM - sounds yummy. We didn't really have fall suppers - usually in
> Ontario it's Strawberry Socials in June when the fresh berries are in.
> Some churches do Thanksgiving dinners.
>
> BTW, is your Sour Cream Apple pie the one from "Cooking that Schmecks" or
> from Nellie Lyle Pattison's "Canadian Cookbook? Or did you learn it, like
> I did, from your Mom? My mom learned to bake it when she lived in
> Kitchener, Ontario. She called it Dutch Apple Pie, but it's a recipe I've
> only found in Canadian cookbooks.
>
> Marg
>

errr. What is a jellied salad please?
Carolyn, U.K.


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