Last Saturday was the second edition of the "Carrière's corn festival". It was a success. We've been telling everyone that we got close to 100 guests, but after sitting down and counting, we are more around the 60 mark! OOooops!
The weather was on our side, it was a beautiful day. It always seems that no matter how prepared we think we are, we forget things. The first year, we forgot a BIG must have, LIGHTS! We didn't get fooled by that this year. This year, We didn't have long enough prongs to get the corn out of the boiling water, that's already been taken care of for next year(thanks to end of season sales). We had our beautiful outhouse that made quite a few people talk. Now that I think about it, I didn't even take a picture of it yet. Gotta get onto that later on.
Little problems with keeping the pig on it's rod, but thanks to a very handy DH, it still worked. We had planned some games for the afternoon, but people showed up later than we expected.(Another change in next year schedule, invite people to come earlier.)
Thanks to my cousin for cooking and serving the pork, and to my crazy sister-in-law for keeping the pig hydrated while cooking by pouring everyone's beer on the roasting pig. Thanks you to all the good friends that put in time and sweat to make this what it was.
Another mistake we made? We were counting on different people for stuff we needed, and we learned not to. Do not depend on anyone, otherwise you might wait for part of the day.
Lot's of old friends, family members showed up, had good food, great company.
Some stayed over for the night in tents, trucks etc.....
The evening was pretty cold, but a bonfire kept things warm enough.
Hopefully next year, more people will come. Remind to add your name to our guest list!!!!!!
.....fresh from the farm
