OT Fall Suppers

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

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.

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

Fall suppers? Creates a lovely picture of overindulgence resulting in everyone falling over!

Pat P

Sounds wonderful - something like some of the events we used to do with the Sea Cadets - talk about feeding the five thousand! I liked the "drink a little wine, work until we drop" bit! Told you that`s why it`s called the "Fall Supper". Actually it`s like our old "Harvest Home" from the sound of it. ("Far from the Madding Crowd" springs to mind).

Pat P

Maybe it's a northern thing. We have them here (ND) and quite a few have become famous in the local area.

Our church's is scheduled for Oct. 23. We used to do a pig roast (Mmmmmm!) but the men who did it have either moved away or died. :( We found someone else who could do it but they charge more than we can afford (we're a small rural church...our attending membership is ca.

You're right, though, Dawne; it's a lot of work but fun, too. :)

Joan

We don't have fall suppers, but you can still find Hunters or Game Dinners, especially north and west of me. I went to a few as a child and loved them. Would go again if I could have some company.

Very warm and friendly group usually.

Cheryl

It`s Hunters` Moon either this month or next - never quite sure which.

If the full moon occurs twice in October, the second one is called a Blue Moon. I loved the October/Harvest Moon when I lived in Shad Bay. Sometimes the light was so good it was almost like a blue form of daylight.

Legend had it in Shad Bay that on the full October moon Captain Kidd rowed into the bay with some men, buried some treasure at the north end of the large island in the bay, then murdered the men and finished burying the treasure. It is said that when the light of the moon falls down the bay making a path to the island, you can hear the widow's of the men wailing. Which is why the island is known as Wailing Widows Island.

We had a cottage for many years on WW Island and many times I was there on the full October moon, but I never heard them wailing. There is evidence of digging on the north end of the island. My cousin who is a mining engineer looked at it and said he could think of no reason for the digging (it is lined with timbers) so there is some justification for the tale.

No Fall Suppers in Northern California that I've ever heard of. Our church does have regular dinners for fund raising purposes throughout the year however.

What I have seen a lot of in the past few years are Crab Feeds - all you can eat meals starting with salads and pasta and then as much dungeness crab as you can eat. Generally these are in the spring? Diners bring their own special butter concoctions, fancy cracking tools and forks and bibs! The feeds are huge fundraisers and include raffle tickets for various prizes in addition to the meal. The proceeds are always for a cause such as schools, sports programs, disabled children riding programs, etc. If one sells out there are signs around town for

The Fall Suppers almost sound like a warm up exercise for Thanksgiving! YUM!!

MelissaD

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

Lol, this tells me you are 50 or less

In the 50s and 60s it was all the rage to put anything and everything into Jello [gelatin] molds. My mother's favorite was shredded carrots in orange Jello. There are some that look really pretty in my old Jello cookbooks, but I'm not enamored of eating the end results, so I'll stick to looking at the pretty pictures.

That's about it lol Don't forget the more elaborate ones with a fancy smancy cream cheese layer in them lol

I have one of those Jello books with the pretty pictures. A lot of the molds were made with Cool Whip. I even remember making a few of them way back in the olden days.

What a sweet, gooey mess that was. :-))

Actually, some of them didn't taste that bad. I just didn't feel they qualified as savouries.

I often make one for John with canned fruit (in fruit juice - not syrup) and sugar free jelly. He loves it, but it`s a bit kiddies` party-ish for me! Still, it`s a good thing for us to have, both being diabetic. I`d rather just have a piece of dark chocolate!!!

Pat P