Rivertown United Reformed Church

Harvest Supper 2005

The practice for the past few years has been for a different group of people to produce the Harvest Supper each year. This year it was the turn of The Spooners. We organised volunteers to make the hotpots, apple pies and to purchase the ‘rest’ – pickles, beetroot, bread, cream etc.

By 5.30 p.m. the tables were beginning to fill up and, bang on the dot of 6.00 p.m. the hotpots were hot enough to serve. It’s hard to believe that the same hotpot recipe could produce so many variations! Each one was delicious and there were requests for seconds – a sure sign of enjoyment! The apple pies were duly divided and served and the meal was washed down with cups of tea.

The Deeside Silver Band arrived and, while they tuned up, everybody transferred to sit in church for the concert. Most of us haven’t heard the band since Christmas and it was impressive how much they have improved. We were treated to a wide selection of music, including a ‘try out’ of their new competition test piece. I’m sure the judges will appreciate it as much as we did. Well done! Although we had hotpot and apple pie ready for the band, most of them just needed a cup of tea after their thirsty work! Time seems to pass so very quickly nowadays, it will only seem a few weeks until the next Harvest Supper! I wonder whose turn it will be then? Will it be on a Saturday evening? Will it be a supper? If you have any ideas for next year please bring them to a Church Meeting.

In the meantime, thank you to all the cooks (including Dorothy and Des who were honorary Spooners), the shoppers, the washers up, the tidiers up, the organisers and anyone else that I’ve forgotten to mention.

If you didn’t manage to make it, you missed an enjoyable evening. If you were there, I know you enjoyed it!