The Rural Voice, 1978-11, Page 17Barbecuing their popular chops at the IPM were these Pork
Producers. From left George Campbell, Al Miller, Geo.
Moncrieff, all from Huron and Jake Allgrecht, Alan Zehr and
Lorne Bell, from Perth.
Local caterers at the IPM
They were figuring on 450 people. So,
when the Belmore Catering Tent got busy
preparing food for the International
Plowing Match (IPM) in Wingham on
opening day they were a bit shocked to find
780 people on their doorstep instead. The
fact is, they ran out of food that day.
"We just didn't plan for so many
people," said Mary Eadie of R.R.1,
Wingham who was one of the co-ordinators
of the Tent.
That day, they served roast beef until
they ran out and then served ham till they
ran out of it too. They had managed to get
some extra ham from some of the food
companies on the site that day. But when
they ran out of that the Belmore tent shut
down for the day. Extra food was on hand
from then on.
Despite the bad luck start, the Belmore
Catering Tent still managed to serve over
6300 dinners. They also served breakfast
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
their big day when they served over 200
breakfasts. The Belmore community con-
tributed 1,222 pies to the cause of hungry
people. In fact one lady donated 50 pies
that she had made.
During the week of the plowing match
there were over 2,000 pounds of steak roast
eaten, over a ton of potatoes and over 550
pounds of roast pork, and about 300
pounds of ham.
Nearly everyone in the community of
Belmore helped to either peel potatoes or
worked on the site according to Mrs.
Eadie.
About $15,000 was made by the Belmore
catering tent all of which will go to the new
arena in Belmore.
The other official catering tent was run
by people from Brussels. Morris and Grey
and a lot of food was consumed as well.
Kathleen temple, of R.R.1 Ehtei co -
convener of the tent said that from Monday
through Saturday they served 5,150
dinners to the public, 920 dinners to
officials and 324 dinners at the Official
Banquet on Tuesday.
As for the number of dinners served each
day, there were 185 served on Monday, 324
at the banquet and 325 to the public on
Tuesday, 990 on Wednesday, 1485 on
Thursday, 1495 on Friday and 1590 on
Saturday.
An incredible number of pounds,
bushels and gallons of food were consumed
2,183 pounds of roast beef, and 618 pounds
of ham were eaten. The people of Brussels,
Morris and Grey were also generous with
their donations of food. Donated food
included 2145 pounds of potatoes, 525
pounds of carrots, eight bushels of
tomatoes, seven bushels of turnips, seven
bushels of onions, 43- 13 gal. pails of
coleslaw and 1200 homemade pies.
Also consumed were 20 gallons of
pickles, 464 dozen dinner rolls, 162-100 oz.
tins of tomato juice, 60-100 oz tins of peas,
26-100 oz. tins of green beans, and 44-100
oz. tins of kernel corn for dinners.
And then of course, the tent also served
breakfast from Thursday to Saturday. The
people who came for breakfast ate 152
dozen eggs, three gallons of donated maple
syrup to go along with pancakes, ham,
bacon, 65 loaves of bread made into toast
and 94 pounds of coffee.
Then there wag the snack bar at the front
of the tent. People there ate 1216 pounds of
hamburger 214 pounds of wieners, 50
pounds of cheese slices, 15 gallons of hot
dog relish MI ich was donated; 576 chicken
and chip dinners, 310 fish and chip
dinners, 146 dozen wiener buns and 585
dozen hamburger buns. The workers at the
tent also served 2040 pounds of every-
body's favorite -french fries.
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