First off dinner at the Thessalon Legion. The last Friday of each month (except December, July and August) the Legion holds their fish fry. All you can eat pickles, buns, cole slaw, baked potato and delicious fish and a vanilla ice cream sundae with your choice of strawberry or butterscotch topping - and you put it on yourself so you can put a lot on!!! As expected, it was very busy. Al always provides a table for us in the basement right by the bar. We have our very own white plastic table cloth and salt and pepper shakers. We sit downstairs until one of us goes up the stairs and checks where the line up is. If it is too long, we stay downstairs and drink until someone goes up again to check out the line up. We decided to get in line because it wasn't going down any. It is part of the process - standing in line and socializing and people watching. It makes the line up go faster. The guys usually stay downstairs and some of us get them a plate when we get ours. I admit I have done it a few times and I did it that nite too. He owes me big time!!!
The food is always delicious and always the same thing each month. But the fish fry closest to Christmas the lady who does the ice cream scooping provides sprinkles for the ice cream sundaes. I put some of everything on mine - it was very very good.
The first picture is of John and our favourite Christmas elf Lynn who always volunteers at the fish fry.
Next picture is of the line up at it's longest - right to the door!!
Next is of the kitchen staff who do such a great job with the fish and keeping the supply coming to keep those lineups moving.
Next is Diane and her faux fur vest that she got from Linda who got it from "My Sister's Closet" and it really was from her sister's closet. Looked great on Diane and kept her warm too.
Next is of the fish being distributed to all the patient customers. It comes right from the deep fryer to the line up and you get 4 generous pieces but it is all you can eat so you can come back as many times as you want.
Next is my plate - I know - ketchup on fish - but I like it. I ate my bun while I was standing in line and there were no pickles left and I didn't want a baked potato.
Next is the Ice Cream Lady with all her sprinkles set up. The cherries were the first to go but lots of the other stuff - broken up oreos, chocolate and butterscotch chips, smashed smarties and sprinkles. Yum Yum.
Next was the camp fire set up along main street manned by the Thessalon Fire Fighters
And a busy nite at Beggs Funeral Home where a few tables were set up for arts and crafts. I bought a neat fishing lure and a little owl necklace.
It was a very busy nite in downtown Thessalon. We met the guys at the Sinton having a beer and left from there. It is always a fun nite.
