What is that name of a community dinner in Maine?

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by mileena

That's it! Now I remember. It was called a bean supper! (I remember swallowing a big piece of pork fat during the dinner because I was too embarrassed to spit it out in front of the Windham couple.)

The proper etiquette, if in that situation, is look at nearby surface areas on the walls
to see if others have already set a precedent,

also look for a friendly dog,,,

[Nor'Eastah]

Mmmmm, mmmmm! RI is in New England too, and we have church suppah's also! Latest one we went to was in late June, called a "Strawberry suppah". The meal was beans, ham, and potato salad, all home-cooked (I know the lady who makes it), and a fresh native strawberry shortcake dessert! Outstanding!

Hey, I don't care what they call it -- any excuse for a suppah is fine with me!

[RMoore007]

In my house growing up in central and southern ME in the 50's-60's, we had breakfast, dinner and then suppah. I always thought dinner meant noon until I moved to East Hartford, CT in the late 60's where dinner meant suppah. They called soda=tonic, and they called italian sandwiches=grinders too.

[retiredtinbender]

Originally Posted by RMoore007

In my house growing up in central and southern ME in the 50's-60's, we had breakfast, dinner and then suppah. I always thought dinner meant noon until I moved to East Hartford, CT in the late 60's where dinner meant suppah. They called soda=tonic, and they called italian sandwiches=grinders too.

It does. It takes a lot to convince DW of that though.

[BoxCar Willie]

You can also order Brown bread thru Amazon a case of 12 is a bit expensive BUT when you haven't had it in almost 10 yrs it's worth the cost. MMM, Beans with a piece of pork is MM GOOOD!!!

[Northern Maine Land Man]

Nobody has mentioned game suppers. Sportsmen's clubs hold them as do snowmobile clubs and some rural churches. You can try bear roasts, caribou tenderloins, venison, hassenpheffer stew, beaver, elk, coon, turkey, moose, partridge, duck, goose, antelope and woodchuck. All this with fiddleheads, leeks, mushrooms, wild carrots and all berries and fruits. It's a gastronomical extravaganza and I have not even gotten into the fish.

[Nor'Eastah]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

Nobody has mentioned game suppers. Sportsmen's clubs hold them as do snowmobile clubs and some rural churches. You can try bear roasts, caribou tenderloins, venison, hassenpheffer stew, beaver, elk, coon, turkey, moose, partridge, duck, goose, antelope and woodchuck. All this with fiddleheads, leeks, mushrooms, wild carrots and all berries and fruits. It's a gastronomical extravaganza and I have not even gotten into the fish.

Coon topped with fiddleheads and served with chokecherries sounds delish.

[Maine Writer]

Originally Posted by Nor'Eastah

Coon topped with fiddleheads and served with chokecherries sounds delish.

No skunk gravy?

[Northern Maine Land Man]

I have personally seen people say they were hungry enough to eat the back end of a skunk. I know someone who went into a home and saw a large tropical fish aquarium and said, "Wow, what a great bait tank." There are sophisticated retirees who come to Maine and there are some very back woods types. They each have their niches in society and each is valuable in his own way.

OK, we have had our first frost. Who is the sophisticated retiree going to call when his $50,000 pickup goes through the ice on the lake? It's the back woods type who has done it and not damaged the truck.