Subj : Pancakess
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Oct 25 2024 19:46:27
Hi Dave,
DD> Our other major fund raiser food event is the chilli supper. I don't
DD> know how many thousands of gallons of red chilli my friend Les cooked
DD> for the chilli suppers over the years. But with his passing I suspect
DD> that unless someone else steps up that will dwindle.
RH> Most likely will, unfortunatly. But, for as long as it lasts, those
RH> who knew him will keep his memory alive.
DD> I'm sure some will try to "step up" but it will be tough as they don't
DD> have the assortment of huge pots that Les used. Many of them were
DD> large, repurposed aluminum pressure canneers. Like this 10+ gallon one
DD> -
DD>
https://tinyurl.com/CHILLI-POT
DD> He had three like that and some smaller - but not much smaller ones.
DD> Sara will likely donate them to Habitat for Humanity.
No chance she would donate one to you? I've got a 12 qt Revere Ware
stainless steel that we bought out in in AZ and a 24 qt boiling water
bath canner but even the latter is a couple of gallons short of 10.
Don't know which daughter will lay claim to them eventually.
DD> I'm not a fan of chocolate chimp pancakes either. But many are or they
DD> wouldn't be on offer in so many places. The maple syrup woulds be a no
DD> go for me. But, that's just me and my dislike of maple anything except
DD> furniture. Bv)=
DD> My favourite sweet toppings for pancakes/waffles are jams, jellies,
DD> fresh fruit, preserves or honey.
RH> i like those as well, but having been raised on nothing but real maple
RH> syrup, it still ranks #1 for a topping in my book.
DD> We had real maple sirup (that's the way the maker splled it) from
DD> Funk's Grove - just up the road from here.
My parents knew several farmers who had sugar bushes. Then also, when he
was in high school, for a few years my younger brother tapped some of
the maple trees around our/our neighbor's (with his OK) property. First
year or 2 mom boiled it down on the kitchen stove, then my brother got
enough sap that dad took it outside to the gas grill. That came to a
fast end when something (probably adding sap),spilled and caught fire.
Dad put it out fast but the local fire department was also called in as
a back up. Next year my brother was off to college and my parents went
back to buying syrup.
DD> I still didn't care for it from the start, preferring another locally
DD> made sweetener - sorghum m olasses.
Don't see too much of that around here.
DD> Here's the recipe that Les used for the chilli suppers. I knopw I've
DD> posted it before but I'm feeling nostalgic.
DD> Title: Chilli Supper: The Recipe
DD> Categories: Stews, Chilies, Beef, Poultry
DD> Yield: 32 Servings
RH> You will have those feelings for quite a while. Make up a batch of his
RH> chili and take it to a homeless shelter or soup kitchen; that'll help
RH> them out and you'll feel better for it.
DD> Strangely enough that's where the leftover chilli from a chilli supper
DD> always went. Either St. Jhn's Breadline or 8th Street Mission. Bv)=
Both sound like places that would appreciate a donation like that. When
our older daughter got married, we donated the left overs from the
reception to a local women's shelter. A friend took it over, later told
me that she was told by the director that it was the best donation
they'd had in quite some time.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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