Pancake Breakfasts…
I have never met a “Pancake Breakfast” I
didn’t like! It’s funny how pancake breakfasts and festivals seem to go
together. I think more festivals than not have them. I am likely “exaggerating”
the ratio because I haven’t completed a scientific study (yet!), but from
experience it seems that a whole lot of festivals do (or should) have them! This, then, brings me to my thoughts for this
blog. For as many “pancake breakfasts” as there are, they all seem to be different
in their own way! Take Cobourg Waterfront Festival for
instance. They hold their breakfast in Cobourg’s Victoria Park. The local Chamber
of Commerce cooks the breakfast and the Cobourg Lions Club allows
their food and beer tent to be used for eating. The Chamber’s cooks are all
very good at trading insults with the breakfast crowd. The Wellington Pumpkinfest,
held in their community hall, is a very civilized affair. Volunteers take your
order as you come in and then bring it to your table. At the Brighton
Winterfest you are asked how many pancakes and sausage you want and
when you are through, they offer you “extra helpings”! At the Cobourg Winter Festival breakfast, which
was held at the Cobourg Lions Centre, was so successful that they ran out of
food. People waited very patiently while the Lions went out to
purchase more supplies! The Elmvale Maple Syrup Festival served
“locally produced” maple syrup at
their breakfast, while the Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival used
syrup produced in Quebec! It was too early in the season to produce “local” syrup. All this talking about
pancake breakfasts makes me hungry! Here’s to the upcoming year and all the new
“Pancake
Breakfasts” experiences!
"Pancakes at the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival"
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