Mennonite Relief Sale New Hamburg

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Plattsville Ontario

       A wonderful sleep las night, windows open and so quiet. Up in time to enjoy a great mild morning. Coffees and computing done then off to New Hamburg (7:45) for Suzie to pick her mom and take her to the Mennonite Relief Sale. I dropped her off and headed there myself arriving shortly after 8 am. Traffic lined up and parking now into the overflow. Things really hopping here early morning, if you want a close parking spot and shorter lines for food especially. Hundreds of volunteers put this together I believe this is their 47th year raising millions of dollars for the Mennonite Central Committee.
        Entering the grounds the first long line up in front of the blue tent on the right for  fresh made yeast donuts, still warm.

      The three pics below are from the website of the donuts being made. Volunteers arrive around 4 am to begin making these yeast donuts.

preparing the dough

frying the donuts

cooling after glazed

parking view from the grandstand

       So much to see and do, and the food! Different cultures, and food types.

a few choices here

I sampled one of these, excellent,
from the Russian Mennonites

fresh baked pies

Food court

making the apple fritters

children play area

Mexican Mennonites food

One of two lineups for Spring Rolls

Making the spring rolls,
Korean Mennonites

Entertainment

more entertainment

        Found Suzie and her mom having the pancake breakfast, her Dad stopped by to say hi , he is busy volunteering here, helping things run smoothly

I had to have a BBQ chicken leg at 9am
before they were sold out

            Then into the arena to check out some of the quilt auction always a busy place. There is 201 donated quilts to auction off, beginning at 8:30 am until mid afternoon.

        Nephew Greg was auctioning at 9 am for his first shift , about 40 minutes. He did sell quite a few and a couple quilts for about $3,2000.00 each. When we left the high price paid was $5,000.00

Thats Greg in the red shirt

        Now of course we cannot forget the fresh made strawberry pies, hundreds are made and sold either by the piece or whole pies. Long line ups and they are usually sold out around noon.

people cleaning berries, making boxes
and fresh whipped cream

assembling the pies

oh so good

      I wandered about a bit more taking in the sites, sounds and smells. Even ran into a few people I knew as well.

cooking sausage

outdoor auction

of course the Tv station was there too

         Now shortly after 10 am I had enough so headed back home, now the line ups are HUGE. The line to right below is for tea balls (red tent) and line in the middle for the donuts (blue tent on the right). It may be a long wait but sure worth it and besides it is a social day too, talk with all the people in line.

found the car again, and as you can see
 lots of rv's here for the weekend

      On the way home passed a few Mennonite buggies in town, they are here for the sale too.

       Well I am back to camp awesome and volunteered to help John clean up around the pool. Pressure washing the carpets and lawn furniture. A perfect day for this fun job.

         Early afternoon I picked up Suzie and she came back for her doggie fix. Brushing Buddy and Molly in the shade of our awning.

I spotted this fog trying to get out of the pool
 for a while so I gave him a hand, he thanked me
and headed of into the grass.

       Eventually time to relax for the day, read for a while then gonna make a spaghetti squash for supper. So easy, cut in half, remove seeds, place on a plate with a tablespoon of water covered with plastic wrap, microwave on high about 11 minutes until fork tender. Scoop the "noodles" onto plates and added the rest of our spaghetti sauce we made last week. We love spaghetti squash!

spaghetti squash

add a garlic bun and we have a very balanced meal,
lotsa leftovers too!

       Then after supper outside to read a while longer while Buddy and Molly join us before another run in the yard , then call it another great day.

Molly

Molly's puppy Buddy

      That was our fun day here on southern Ontario with perfect weather for outdoor activities, temps in the high 70's (25c) and sunshine. Doesn't get much better.
      Thanks for stopping by and joining us in our adventures.

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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