Pohick Country Fair
It’s Not A Grandmother’s Farm
...but, it may remind people of a place long ago. Country Fair time has arrived! Now is the opportunity to recapture the nostalgia of visiting Grandmother’s Farm in the fall. The atmosphere of smoke wafting up from cooking fires; the pleasant aroma of spices tickling the nose; and the beautiful colors of the changing leaves can be relived at Pohick Church on September 27 and 28 as apple butter is made for the Country Fair. It is Apple Butter Time, and it will be made the old fashioned way.
It will be hard work both days processing 80 bushels of apples into the very famous Apple Butter - a best seller every year. Bring a paring knife and cutting board on Saturday, and plan to stay all day Saturday and all day Sunday. For those that can only come by for an hour or two, please do! Any and all help is welcome!
The operation will start at 7:00 am on Saturday and very early on Sunday. A complete schedule is included in the Pohick Post and will be in the Church bulletin. There will be plenty of work to keep everyone gainfully employed both days; and it is a great opportunity to meet other parishioners and have fun.
Every volunteer is needed and the help is indispensable. Without volunteers, apple butter just will not happen. Please plan to make this part of the schedule, and relive a part of life that has been all but forgotten.
2008 Apple Butter Schedule
Friday, September 26 - Apple Butter Setup
Noon - 5:00 pm Setup (Kettles, firewood, Etc)
Saturday, September 27 - Apple Sauce Day
7:00 am - 10:00 am Wash, cut apples and start
cooking
8:00 am - 3:00 pm Cook apples into applesauce with
many stirrers needed!
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Cleanup and setup for next day
Sunday, September 28 - Apple Butter Day
3:00 am - 3:00 pm Cook applesauce into Apple
Butter with many stirrers needed!
10:45 am Apple Butter Eucharist
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Canning of the Apple Butter
- All Hands Needed!
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Tear down and cleanup
6:00 pm - ? Apple Butter Social
Friday - Saturday, October 3 - 4 - Fair Day
11:00 pm Setup
12 midnight - 12 noon Cook two kettles of Apple
Butter
12 noon - 1:00 pm Canning of the Apple Butter
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Cleaning of the kettles
Sunday, October 5 - Fair Tear Down Day
8:00 am - 11:00 am Tear down and store items
11:00 am - 1:00 pm Bratwurst Cookout
Come for an hour, a day, or a weekend!
Sugar, Sugar!
Not all the apples in the Garden of Eden would be enough to make apple butter if there were no sugar. It takes more than 150 POUNDS of sugar to make the six big kettles of apple butter produced to sell at Pohick’s Country Fair. To donate bags of sugar to this culinary enterprise, please put them in a grocery sack marked “For Apple Butter” and leave it in the Common Room kitchen.
Annual Fair Book
A great source of profits for Pohick Church is the placement of advertisements in the Annual Fair Book. Business owners are encouraged to place a full or half page ad. Many people place a business card size ad to inform others of their occupations. Contact Rick Nelson at rpnsail@aol.com for additional information. The deadline is coming soon, so do not delay!Hodge Podge
The fun is about to begin at the Pohick Country Fair. Since Telegraph Self Storage has donated a unit for “treasures,” donations can be accepted immediately! Items that are clean and packaged so that all of the parts will stay together are best. Furniture, small appliances, toys, games, bicycles, lawn tools, hand tools, lamps, house wares, linens, knick knacks, children’s clothes, and adult jackets or sweaters sell very well.
Pohickians need Hodge Podge. It’s a team effort! Let’s clean house! New volunteers are needed this year. Please join the group! A sign-up sheet will be posted soon.
Entertainers Needed!
Volunteer entertainers, such as clowns, magicians, balloon art, face painting, etc. are needed for the annual Country Fair on Saturday, October 4, 2008. Please contact Ginny Biggs at biggs703@cox.net, to volunteer or to refer others with talent.
