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Year 2008: Meals Served Archive
NOTE: We are getting 35+ steady now which is great news.  If you build it they will come
> November 1, 2008
Team: JTobin

Good turnout and everything went well. We had 32 adults and 9 children this past Saturday.

We served pumpkin soup (Ed Walsh secret recipe), main course was teriyaki chicken, vegetables (carrots & canned corn), rice w/gravy, grilled peaches.

Take home was chicken parm (the breaded hockey puck chicken patties) w/spaghetti. Again, Pepperidge Farm Fred was very good - gave us a lot of bread and cookies.

Jane Parkhouse brought a variety of home made desserts as well. Patricia came and continued her onslaught of the kitchen - this time focusing on the sink drawers - tremendous worker and a really nice lady. Her daughters were really good servers. Janice Dickson showed up with her son & they put in a quality effort. Todd Schmitt showed up and helped as well. A lot of help this past week, which was nice.

I don't see us on the schedule for the remainder of the year, so we'll wait to hear from you. Be well.


John
 
> November 1, 2008
Team Fran
Made the honey mustard chicken with  garlic mashed potatos, carrots, bread, salad.Served 41 including 6 kids and 5 seniors. gave away 15 take outs also. Cooked 90 pieces of chicken and 5 boxes mashed potatoes and not a drop left.
 
baked the bread in freezer, it is good, use it up, left 2 bags of chicken in freezer for emergenices, have juice in ref. there you can use, plenty of paper supllies, bring cups and napkins though.
Fred at was generous with bread and cookies.
A women Patricia came with 2 daughters and cleaned the whole freekin kitchen, she will come and help you next week also. may also have another couple coming to try out, I want to put them together on new cooking team so show them the ropes if you will.
have boxes of cereal, crackers and peanut butter you can give away with the bread.
also, have tons of pasta there so maybe you can cook that with sausage or meatballs, feel free to give away some of rice there in our pantry, was donated to church.
 
fran
> October 25, 2008
Team O'Keefe
We had about 35ish people. I made homemade beef stew. I brought the apples and the popcorn. I couldn't find the cereal. It was a good night. I ended up spending more than I should have but I'll be cheap next time. I really enjoy doing it!
Susan
> October 18, 2008
Team Maggie
Annie and I are calling it "A Very Special Episode of Loaves and Fish."  Yes, the sign was wrong (and a lot of people registered complaints which Jim deftly deflected) but 30+  people showed up, including a mentally ill young man who told us that he had slept on the street Friday night and had no place to go.  I made some calls (Ossining PD, Volunteers of America) and found out that there is only one drop in shelter in all of Westchester and it's in Yonkers.  I told him this but he told me that someone had told him to go to Graymoor and that they would take him in. So, we gave him $25 and told him to go straight to the train station, buy a ticket to go to Garrison and take a cab to Graymoor.  We all struggled with whether or not this was the right thing to do but we didn't feel comfortable offering him a ride since we had our kids and we had never seen him before.
 
Wow, Fran, just when I think I've seen/heard it all at L&F, something new happens.
 
How was the Trinity dinner?
 
BTW, we served chicken cutlets (from the pantry freezer), mac and cheese, corn on the cob, and green beans.  Dessert was fruit cocktail, brownies, cookies, and pound cake. 

Maggie
> October 4, 2008
Team Cha

We had about 20 guests (and equal number of take-homes). We served baked
ham, potato/yam bake, green salad, bread, and baked desserts.
> 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.
> 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.
> 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
> 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
 
> 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.
> 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
> May 10, 2008
Team Roberta Shea 
We had 25 guests, made meat loaf mashed potatoes
 
> 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.

 

 
> 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


 
> March 29, 2008
Team Powers

We 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

 
> 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 Hope

Hi! 

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
 
> 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.

 
> 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
 
> January 19, 2008
Team
We had 45 guests; served meatloaf

 
> 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

 
 35 guests, 8 children,4 seniors, served hamburgers, hot dogs, corn, salad, French fries, peaches and brownies.

 
> 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
 
 

 
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.

Trinity Episcopal Church meeting room entrance off the corner of Highland Ave (Route 9) and Eastern Ave, across from Main Street in Ossining, New York. 
 
This Holy Name of Mary Outreach program includes volunteers from the following parishes:

  • Holy Name of Mary, 110 Grand Street, Croton on Hudson, NY 10520

  • All Saints, 201 Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510

  • St. Ann Church, 25 Eastern Ave, Ossining, NY 10562

  • St. Augustine Church, Route 9, Eagle Park, Ossining, NY 10562

  • St. Theresa Church, 1394 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. 10510

  • Trinity Episcopal Church, 7 South Highland Ave. (Rt. 9), Ossining, NY 10562

  • New Hope, Tarrytown, NY

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