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Year 2008: Meals Served
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NOTE: We are getting 35+ steady
now which is great news..
If you build it they will come |
> October 4, 2008
Team
St. John's in Pleasantville
We had @ 30 I believe....our
menu was such a hit though
that we ran out of
food...people were asking
for 2nds and 3rds....we were
not able to fulfill all the
take home requests. We also
set up coffee and tea, which
was good too. the cold
weather was perfect timing.
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> September 20, 2008
Team
All Saints
We had 31. Served: green
salad, lentil stew with
smoked ham and greens, bread
and butter, BBQ chicken and
rice.
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> September 13, 2008
Team
JTobin
We served 35 guests, of
which there were 7
children and 8 seniors.
Our menu was: Creamy
Corn Chowder, Fried Cat
Fish filets (corn
breaded and seasoned) or
Baked Ham, Macaroni
Salad, green beans and
carrots, tropical fruit
cup.
Take home: Cat fish
or Ham with Mac Salad or
Savory Rice and Fruit.
John Gallagher came
by with his key board
and played some tunes
for an hour and a half.
It was great fun. |
> September 6, 2008
Team
O'Keefes
A command debut
performance O'Keefes!
We had a slow but
steady night and
finished with
approximately 18
guests including 2
children. Do we
keep giving you a
weekly guest count.
I noticed several
sign in sheets from
earlier dates that
had been left
behind Let me know.
They made catfish,
chicken, salad,
rice, corn
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> August 30, 2008
Team
MARY BETH POWERS
We had a crowd of 33
adults and about 5 kids.
We served Barbecued
chicken, hotdogs (a big
hit), corn on the cob,
green salad and 3 bean
salad. Dessert was
brownies with ice cream
and chocolate sauce – an
idea of my sons…
We also gave away bread
and some canned goods.
mbp
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> July 21, 2008
Team
JTobin
Just a short update on
Saturday. Things went
well and we had
35-guests. Looking at
the sign-in sheet, we
apparently were blessed
with the presence of
Albert Einstein among
other notables.
We cooked about
10-pork loins, pan
browned potatoes with
balsamic vinegar & fresh
herbs and green beans
almondine. The starter
was corn chowder, which
helped finish off the
potatoes. The take home
was franks with macaroni
& cheese.
The fresh herbs which
really made the pork
loins and potatoes shine
were provided by a new
team member, Daria.
She was a big help and
the herbs came from her
garden.
A couple of points
worth noting; Fred the
bakery guy said that
it's good for us to call
him during the week to
let him know that we are
coming. Since we don't
come every week, he
doesn't always save some
of the good stuff for
us. This week, we got
about 60 packages of hot
dog rolls. Not a bad
thing, but a little more
variety would have
probably been better for
the guests.
Another thing that
would be good is if we
could try and get more
olive oil or other
cooking oil as a staple.
Another thing would be
Brillo pads for the
pots. Minor things, but
they would help when
ordering.
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> May 24, 2008
Team
JTobin
We can report a good
effort yesterday with 48
guests (33 adults & 15
children).
The food was good and we
took your direction
using probably about 60
lbs. of potatoes
(there's probably about
50 lbs. of potatoes
left) and two boxes of
hamburger & a couple of
bags of breaded chicken
cutlets. There may have
been some confusion
about the food, because
I took out the two boxes
of burgers to defrost on
Friday night & it seems
that perhaps someone
thought it a mistake and
put them back, along
with a box of hams. I
should have left a note
- my fault.
Anyway, the menu was:
- Potato Leek Soup
with fresh cilantro.
- Shepards Pie (hence
the reason why we needed
to defrost the
hamburgers).
- Take Home was the
chicken w/mashed
potatoes for those that
did not want Shepard's
Pie.
- We brought over two
boxes of the Terra
Chips, but only handed
out one box with the
other box left in the
rear with the canned
goods for next week.
- We brought over a
box of take out
containers and there was
already a lot there, so
no more are needed for
awhile.
- Pepperidge Farm Fred
gave us a lot of bread &
cookies - they all went.
- Finally, Jane's son
and friend played some
provocative rock guitars
for our guests
entertainment. Jane
also has a Chamber Music
group that she plays
with & if it's OK with
Mary Beth Powers, she is
planning on playing next
Saturday for Loaves &
Fishes. We're running
the musical gambit.
Hope you are enjoying
your Memorial Day
Weekend.
John
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> May 10, 2008
Team
Roberta Shea
We had 25 guests, made meat
loaf mashed potatoes
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> May 10, 2008
Team
Maggie
It went well. The Girl
Scouts were quite
industrious. We had 26
people (including kids); we
served chicken parmigiana,
pasta, and fresh broccoli.
The Baker's bags were a big
hit. I'm working the PTA
to get some of the
recyclable grocery bags that
they produced donated to
Loaves and Fish. I want to
get as many as I can from
them, get the groceries that
are in the Parish Center,
bag them up, and give them
at the next dinner, if
possible. I would like to
encourage the guests to
bring their own bags from
week to week so that we
don't have to hand out as
many plastic bags. Loaves
and Fish goes green!
I think the Girl Scout
leader was terrified of me,
but we found out we have a
mutual friend, and that
helped her relax a bit. Talk
to you later. Maggie |
> May 3, 2008
Team
New Hope / Holy Name Servers
We had 28 people for dinner
yesterday. We may have
overdone it on the BAKED
GOODS - a lot of loaves of
bread to give away, and
boxes of cookies - is there
a limit or a guideline that
we use regarding how many
items to give to each guest?
Meanwhile on the other hand
we ran out of fruit; I
should have made sure to
count fruit pieces out to
each guest rather than have
them help themselves - some
didn't get any fruit and
complained; others took more
than their share. . . oh
well, you live and learn.
For Holy Name serving, it
was again Kate Walsh and
several guests, Todd
Schmidt, and Charles and me.
the New Hope cooking team
usually has some kids along
who serve and this time was
no exception. |
> April 26, 2008
Team
Fran
Thank you
for all the contributions
from the pantry. We had a
great time Saturday, as
usual. Fiona thought there
were about 36-40 people, the
menu was:
Appetizer: cheese
and cracker plates
First course:
tossed salad, bread and
butter
Entree: Baked
Pork Chop Medley, pork
chops baked with
carrots, onions and
crushed tomatoes Baked
potatoes
Dessert: assorted
cakes and cookies,
Coffee and drinks
Each
guest took home leftovers as
well as a bag with a jar of
peanut butter and crackers.
Faithfully,
Dorothee |
> April 19, 2008
Team
Fran
We had 29, including 6
children, gave 12 take homes
as well. Made 40
hamburgers/50 hot dogs,
mixed veggies, salad and it
all went.
I met Fred, who gave me tons
of bread and cookies.
all paper supplies are
filled at church.
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> April 12, 2008
Team
Deacon Steve St. Augustine team
Dear Fran:
We
had 31 guests attend, and sent
home another 50 or so take-home
dinners. We served the
following:
- Homemade
chicken soup
- Sesame
Italian bread and butter
- Tossed
salad with crudités and
bacon ranch dressing
- Cilantro,
hot sesame oil and onion
rubbed chicken
- Paprika
and onion pork chops
- Spicy
Mexican corn
- Aromatic
red rice
- Fresh
baked cakes and cookies
- Pink
lemonade
Take care....
Peace and prayers,
Deacon Steven |
> April 5, 2008
Team
John Tobin (Story
and pictures)
It went pretty well on Saturday
- we had 31 guests, which
included 6 children. A group
showed up from the Fourth
Unitarian Universalist Society
of Westchester to help with the
serving and they did great. Big
help with clean up as well.
The menu was:
- Roasted
pork sirloin w/a rub coating
- Broccoli,
carrot, onions & pasta
casserole
- Bean soup
- started by Ed Walsh,
before he left for his
granddaughter's b-day party
in Philadelphia & then
modified like crazy by the
peripatetic soup chef, Mark
Lederman.
- Take home
was breaded pork chops and a
vegetable rice medley
- The
Pepperidge Farm Guy (Fred)
provided a lot of bread &
cookies for take home as
well. We also gave out a lot
of the canned goods in the
Trinity, so people should
think to bring more canned
goods that they may want for
the dinner next Saturday.
Two other
developments of note:
First, we
had a guest named Doris, who
uses a motorized wheel
chair. To get her in, it was
necessary to open a side
door north of the main
entrance, so she could
access a ramp. The ramp
leads to three stairs next
to the kitchen, so she then
needs to sit in a motorized
chair, which is activated
with a key under one of the
armrests and then a blue
switch on the armrest handle
is then turned in the
direction that you want to
go - that's it. It works
pretty good. It's not
complicated, so people
shouldn't be intimidated.
Second, I
don't think you were copied
on the e-mails recently, but
Joe De Matteo was talking up
getting some entertainment
to liven up the festivities
and make it more of a party.
Some of us were privately
scratching our heads and
thinking he was nuts, but
Joe turned out to be right
and it worked out real well.
Attached are some pictures,
which include pictures of
the musicians (Chris Slagle
& his friend, Reasane??).
People were enjoying the
music and Mark Lederman left
the kitchen to start dancing
with one of the guests,
which left people clapping &
laughing (with or at Mark...
not sure, comparisons to
Elaine from Seinfeld dancing
style were rampant).
Everyone left with a smile
on their faces.
John
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> March 29, 2008
Team
PowersWe
had 34-37 people – about 4
children among them.
We served chicken in a Dijon
cream sauce. We actually ran out
of food so not everyone got a
take home meal– maybe we did not
make quite enough – about 18
pounds of chicken?
We did give away a lot of
food but I did leave the Pizza
Sauce in the Big cans there in
that set up room on the stage… I
could go back and get it and put
it back at Holy Name if you want
so maybe someone making baked
ziti or something could use it.
We packed up about 15 bags
with canned goods and bread. And
they were good sized bags. But
this was not enough and a few
people were upset they did not
get bags so we made a few out of
odd cans we found in the kitchen
and the leftover bread from
tables. Everyone seemed pretty
happy at the end.
That really is an important
part of the evening and having
that fresh bread is worth it. If
there is ever a team that can’t
find someone willing to get up
at 5:15 to get the bread, you
really can ask me and if I am
not traveling, I can pick it up
and they could come to my house
or I could drop it at theirs. I
am a morning person so for me,
it was a snap and so appreciated
by the people at the dinner.
mbp
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> March 15, 2008
Team
ROBERTA SHEA
Our attendance this past
Saturday was 27 including approx
6 children. The kids loved the
chocolate coated pretzels that
were wrapped up.
Salad, baked ziti, bread,
homemade carrot cake care of the
Tuttles.
One guest asked if there was a
chichen or fish to go with the
ziti. Several guests did not
finish. Pretty basic meal, but a
lot of carry out orders went
home. |
> March 15, 2008
Team
MAGGI
Pork tenderloin (!) was a
big hit. We had approximately 35
guests...we served the pork,
which Annie did Texas bbq style,
macaroni and cheese, and a fresh
veggie medley of carrots,
broccoli, and cauliflower. Every
last bit was eaten and we had no
take-homes.
Maggie |
> March 8,, 2008
Team: New HopeHi!
The New Hope team were great
as usual. We had plenty of
volunteers considering that we
only had about 14 - 15 or 16
guests (because of weather?)
Some of the regulars were
bringing back food containers
and I wonder if that wasn't for
some of the other regulars who
couldn't get out.
Volunteers from Holy Name
included 3 x Abonnels, 2 x
Mahers (regular serving team),
desserts baked by religious ed
class, and one mother and child
from
religious ed class (Katy and her
son J.J.) also came to help
serve. There were two "drop in"
Holy Name helpers as well, Todd
Schmidt and Estella (not sure of
last name) who socialized with
guests and Estella translated
Greg's prayer at dinner into
Spanish to an appreciative
response by a few Spanish
speaking guests.
They served ham. Plenty of
takeouts of ham, vegetables, and
clementine oranges went home
with the guests. One guest
voiced to me the hopethat the
cooks next week might consider
making corned beef cabbage. If
you feel like it, you could pass
that on to the cooking team next
week (although they may
already be planning to do so.)
We did make a sign in sheet,
just a rudimentary one, which we
left along with the others in
the yellow legal pad.
maggie |
> March 1,, 2008
Team
ALL SAINTS
We had 21 guests.
Served lentil soup,
salad, chili and
desserts.
Fiona
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> February 23,, 2008
Team
FRAN
Not very busy - about
30. Lots of the regulars
were not there. Your
friend Andy and another
woman and her son where
there to serve. My kids
helped so it was just
fine. I was talking to
Andy about Midnight Run.
He may call you about
helping out. I got an
email from Fr. Mike. He
said we have his backing
if we want to set a date
to go. Are you up for
it? You - personally -
don't have to go - I
will take the group in
but I would like to kind
of work together on the
organizing part. No
problem if you are too
overbooked. I could book
a May or June date and
just see what happens. I
can always fill in with
Irvington kids if need
be. Let me know.
We made chicken
parmagian (sp?) and
spaghetti. So we used
the 10lbs of chicken
from the freezer and we
used a case of spaghetti
sauce. We left a box of
mixed veggies down at
the kitchen (we thought
we would make them too
but decided not to)
L |
> February 16,, 2008
Team
St Augustine
We had 28 guests and
gave another almost 40
take-homes. We served
chicken Benedetto, spicy
rice, vegetable medley,
salad, bread and butter,
iced tea and cookies.
Peace,
Deacon Steven |
> February 9,, 2008
Team
JTobin
We had 26-28 people and
they were happy.
Served breaded chicken,
green beans in a french
onion sauce and
pan-baked potatoes with
french onion mix.
Somebody from the HNM
Montisorri School
dropped off some catered
food that made for good
take home.
We took the Smithfield
ham that someone had
left in the refrigerator
and I have to admit that
I screwed it up. We
started to soak in on
Saturday morning, which
didn't provide enough
time, instead I should
have started the soaking
on Friday. We ended up
giving the ham to a
larger family that comes
a lot. Chuck explained
to them if they soak it
overnight then they'll
have a great meal on
Sunday.
Anyway the bakary guy -
Fred was a home run.
Great guy and very
helpful. I showed up at
6am and he gave me two
cases of gourmet cookies
and a case of crackers.
I took only about a
third of the bread he
made available, which
was probably about 75 -
100 loaves of bread. We
couldn't give it all
away, so Chuck took some
for another charity.
Basically, Fred
suggested that we can
come by any Thursday,
Friday or Saturday
morning. I gave him a
copy of the information
on the website, which I
think he appreciated.
he bread and cookies were
very fresh, within the
expiration dates. A good
deal - perhaps a little
early for some, but I'd
definitely be willing to
make the trek in the
future. It would be great
if four or five of us could
work out a routine - it's a
great supplement to our
efforts.
John |
> February 2, 2008
Team
CBarns
Roberta did chix parm with
pasta and salad. Variety of
desserts from Shop Rite.
We had approx. 28 guests
this past Sat evening
including 4 seniors, 6
families, and 3 children.
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> January 26, 2008
Team
Maggie
We made shepherd's pie, corn
on the cob, and salad. 23
people total. We cleaned out
the refrigerator and
actually, since the
cupboards were overflowing,
made up take-home bags of
canned goods for the guests
(one per family). I hope
that's ok
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> January 19, 2008
Team
We had 45 guests; served
meatloaf
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> January 5, 2008
Team
Fiona
We had 38 guests.
The menu was: pigs n'
blankets and mini quiches
for the appetizer, salad,
pasta with a choice of meat
sauce or marinara, Parmesan
cheese, bread and
butter, then brownies and
cling peaches for dessert.
Fiona
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35 guests, 8 children,4
seniors, served hamburgers,
hot dogs, corn, salad,
French fries, peaches and
brownies.
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> December 29, 2007
Team
MBP
We had 26 people – about 20
adults and 6 kids. We had
about 20 volunteers so we
had almost more help than we
had guests…
We served Chili, Cornbread,
Salad, Green Beans/Squash,
and dessert.
We gave away about 15 family
food bags.
mbp
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| About the Loaves and Fish
outreach program:
Started in 1993 by
parishioners of Holy Name of Mary parish in
Croton-on-Hudson, this ministry has grown to be an
ecumenical effort of friendship to the poor of Ossining.
Every Saturday nigh a hot dinner is prepared and served
to anyone who comes in at no cost .
This outreach project is called Loaves and Fishes, in
memory of Christ's miraculous feeding of the multitudes.
Aside from the fulfillment each of us feels by
worshiping God through service to our brothers and
sisters, it is made more wonderful in the fellowship
developed between so many of us who are from such
different backgrounds, coming together in love for the
sake of God.
An Ecumenical Ministry
Volunteers and Donations Welcomed
Meals served at Trinity Church, every Saturday
night from 5 to 6 PM.
There are cooking teams and serving teams, which
have a 6 week rotation. |
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the corner of Highland Ave (Route 9) and Eastern Ave,
across from Main Street in Ossining, New York.
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