Re: [CH] Bowers festival
Dave Hendricks (bvdrangs@enter.net)
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 06:14:00 -0400
The following was in the Allentown Morning Call newspaper and should
provide a little more info on the festival.
HEARTY ETHNIC FOODS, FIERY FARE SPARK FOOD
FESTIVALS
The Morning Call
Food events and festivals this weekend will get people in the mood for
colder weather with hearty foods and spicy ingredients.
Festivities begin Friday with the 11 a.m. opening of the Russian Days
Festival at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, 980 Bridle Path
Road, Bethlehem, and the annual Hot Pepper Field Excursion 9 a.m. to
6 p.m. Friday and Saturday at James Weaver's Meadowview Farm,
near Bowers and Kutztown.
After Friday's warm-up, people also can fuel their fires at the 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. Bowers Chile Pepper Food Festival on Saturday.
During the two days of field excursions at Weaver's farm, visitors will be
able to purchase or pick assorted hot pepper varieties as well as select
heirloom tomatoes and eggplant. While at the farm, they'll also be able to
sample and buy some fiery foods.
The Bowers festival, just one-quarter of a mile from Weaver's farm, will
feature some of the hottest condiments anywhere, from hot pepper
sauces, oils and vinegars to assorted hot pepper jellies. There will also
be a flavorful assortment of hot foods from countries around the world
where fiery ingredients add character to the cuisines.
According to Weaver, there will be free transportation between the farm
and the festival on Saturday on a farm wagon pulled by Clydesdale
horses.
To get to the farm via Route 222 south, take the Kutztown exit onto
Main Street and then turn left onto Noble Street. Once you've passed
Renningers market (on the right-hand side), turn left at the next
intersection, which will be Bastian Road. Follow Bastian Road for about
a mile, until you come to a stop sign. At that point, you can turn left to go
into the farm or turn right to go to Bowers Park for Saturday's pepper
festival.
The festival that runs through Sunday at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox
Church is a grand sampler of ethnic foods, in addition to all kinds of
musical performances and a Treasures of Russia boutique.
Veterans of the St. Nicholas festival know it provides a good chance to
stock freezers with extra portions of food purchased there.
Among the foods available on the grounds and for take-out will be:
potato and cheese perogis; blini (cheese-filled crepes with fruit sauce);
borscht (red beet soup); potato pancakes; halupki (meat-filled cabbage
leaves); halushki (noodles with cabbage); kugel (noodle and cheese
pudding); pelmeni (Russian-style Siberian meat dumplings); sausage
sandwiches; pagach (Russian-style cheese pizza); pastries, kiffels,
assorted breads and apricot rolls. Visitors are welcome to bring lawn
chairs to the church grounds so they are sure to have seating. The
kitchen will begin serving food at 11 a.m. daily, but will close at 8:30
p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. For more
information about the church festival, call 610-867-0402.
For more information about the Bowers Chile Pepper Food Festival,
call 610-682-7045 or 610-944-8417. For more information about
Meadowview Farm, call 610-682-6094.
Dave Hendricks
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