The Huron Expositor, 1985-10-16, Page 17A
HOME COOKING -Home cooking is the featured fare at Linskis, a newly -opened Seaforth
eatery operated by Seaforth native,Lynn Skea. Mrs. Skea Is enjoying her first venture Into the
restaurant business and said the restaurant has been a success since It opened on September
T. Here, Mrs. Skea serves coffee to customers. (Raffia photo)
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Restaurant features homemade food
It was strictly coincidence,
If Lynn Skea had not been at home in her
kitchen making a pot of homemade soup
when she heard the former "Our Family
Restaurant" was for sale, she might never
have ended up as the proprietor of Seaforth's
newest eatery.
"I said to myself, I could do this for a
living," said Mrs. Skea, a'Seaforth native
who recently moved back to town after a
15 -year hiatus, first in Edmonton, Alberta,
then Toronto,
Mrs. Skea opened "Iinskis," on Septem-
ber 7, after purchasing the business Septem-
ber 3. Linskis is the first yenture in the
restaurant business for Mrs. Skea.
"I've never even worked in one," she sad.
Mrs. Skea and her husband John decided
to return to Ontario with their two children
Colin, 11 and Karen 9, mainly because of the
poor economy prevailing in the west. They
have purchased a house in Seaforth and are
settling into the town, she said.
The restaurant has undergone some
New game appeals to rural population
Finally there's a game on the market that is
destined to appeal to more than the urban
sect of society.
"Food for Thought," popular in the
eastern part of the province since it came' on
the market in late 1984, is a board game much
like Trivial Pursuit, but with an agricultural
twist.
And it is that twist that has appealed to
Elaine McDivott and her husband Paul
Vander Molen of RR Seaforth. They will be.
distributing the game throughout southwest-
ern Ontario.
"We played the game last Christmas and
thought it was great," said Elait'e.
"It deals with agriculture and L deals with
food, something everyone knows something
about or at least has an interest in. We
thought it would be a great game to play in
Huron County and especially here around
Seaforth because it is an agricultural area."
' In keeping with Its agricultural theme
"Food for Thought" sports salt shakers for
men and uses such terminology as serve from
the left - pass to the right, second helpings
and leave the table.
Created by six Ottawa women with a fetish
for food, the game asks 6,006 questions in six
categories - agriculture, culinary -gourmet,
cultural -historical, medicinal -nutritional,
commercial and potluck. Every time a player
answers a question correctly a corresponding
scorecard is awarded. Unlike Trivial Pursuit
players can determine what length of game
they wish to play by deciding before they start
how many scorecards must be acquired
before they can proceed to the table, or the
center of the board, for what could be the final
question.
Elaine and Paul admit there is a lot of
competition between board games these
days, especially the trivia board games that
have emerged on the market in the wake of
Trivial Pursuit. But they say Food for
Thought is a game that should appeal to more
people because it is based on the philosophy,
"If you eat, you can play."
"It reaches out to more people because its
agriculture -based and we're exposed to
agriculture all the time," said Elaine.
The game too is more family-oriented than
others - offering a recommended minimum
age of 14 years as opposed to the 18 -year limit
offered by other games.
"It's the kind of game an entire family
could sit down and play," said Paul•
Landfill site
FOOD FOR THOUGHT—Elaine McDlvott and her husband Paul Vandermolen will be
distributing a trivia -type game with an agricultural twist. The couple say the' game Is more
family oriented than other trivia games. (Mcllwraith photo)
You don't feel stupid
And, it doesn't make a person feel stupid
which is something Paul, a self-proclaimed
board game fanatic said he liked most.
"I like playing board games but found it
frustrating because I couldn't answer the
questions. For example, in Trivial Pursuit I
could answer one in 10 questions and in Food
for Thought I can answer five in 10. Even if
you don't know the answer 20 per cent of the
questions can be answered if you really listen
to them. There's a hint in the question," he
said.
Paul and Elaine both agree the game
sparks a lot of interest and has even on
occasion inspired them to pursue further a
topic first brought to their attention through
the game.
"It's real focused trivia."
Food for Thought is also a more flexible
game than the others.
"You can have a lot of fun with it. You can
make up your own rules. Since the game uses
food terms and stuff you can, for instance, say
anyone who has theie.elbows on the table or
who burps without excusing themselves has
to miss a turn. It's a basic board, is easy to set
up and the rules aren't complicated so you
can fool around with them," said Paul,
Locally the game will be available at Bob
and Betty's Variety in Seaforth, Gailbraiths
in Clinton and Around The House in
Goderich. The suggested retail price is $34.
(Continued from page A4)
Fullarton Township, Elisabeth W illems of
RR 2. Mitchell.
Hibbert Township, Ron Christie of RR 2,
Staffa.
Logan Township, Cecil Rose of RR 3,
Mitchell and Larry Wight of RR 5, Mitchell.
Mornington Township, Peter Flanagan of
RR 1, Milverton, David Knopf of BR 1,
Milverton and Reid Wilson of RR 1. Newton.
North Easthope Township, Ron Hyde of RR
1 New Hamburg; South Easthope Township,
Henry Klooster of RR 2 Stratford and Ken
Riebling of RR 1, Shakespeare.
Wallace Township, Brad Matheson of RR
1, Listowel and Stuart Walter of RR 1,
Gowanstown.
BUSINESS BEAT
• SIFFARI 81 COLUMBIA DIAMONDS •SEIKO,
PULSAR, LOBUS & TIMEX WATCHES • BALDWIN
BRASS •BURKE & WALLACE SILVERWARE &' MUCH MORE.
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changes in decor under Mrs. Skea's manage-
ment. She said they are currently catering
mainly to business people and have been very
busy with the breakfast and lunch crowd.
However, the supper hour clientele has been
gradually building up, she said.
"We've even had some reservations, and I
think that's exciting. Of course everything is
exciting to us because it's new," said Mrs.
Skea.
The menu fare at finskis is in keeping with
the homemade soup, which inspired Mrs.
Skea's culinary endeavour. It is all home-
made.
" It (home cooking) takes a lot of time, but it
pays off in the long run because it's better
food," she said.
Linski's is open seven days a week, from 7
a.m. to 7:30 p.m., except for Wednesdays
when they dose at 2 p.m. and Sundays when
they open at 11:30 a.m.
(News deadline Monday 4 p.m.
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