Well as the title says, this weekend Elmira was host to the annual Maple Syrup Festival which is apparently a really big deal around these parts. Naturally Jenn and I were in attendance. We left early with visions of stacks of pancakes drizzled with maple syrup in our heads but when we got there the array of food was overwhelming. So instead of pancakes we shared homemade apple fritter, then Jenn decided to have gyro (no surprise) and I started out with a German potato pancake with sour cream and maple syrup. I followed that up with a massive turkey drumstick.
Despite it having been very cold the street was packed with throngs of people bused in from Kitchener, Waterloo and Guelph. After eating we joined the crowd to watch the annual pancake flipping contest for which teams had to flip pancakes with everything from tennis rackets to SCUBA flippers (on their feet).
Due to the cold and my being somewhat lethargic from consuming a large quantity of poultry we opted not to go on the sugar bush tour and instead opted to top off our trip with a fruit and whip cream covered funnel cake. And of course we bought a bottle of maple syrup which Jenn used to make maple curried chicken tonight. So we basically had a weekend of gastronomic overindulgence.
Oh and I should mention that my sister, Penny, was on TV square dancing with her students. Yup, square dancing.
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