This Week's Event
Happy Thanksgiving! We’re celebrating Thanksgiving with our annual Margaret Hobbs Memorial Pie Contest! This year’s pie is apple pie! See below for more info on the rules of our Pie Contest.
About Last Week - Our Harvest Celebration. Thank you to everyone who came out last weekend for our annual Harvest Celebration! We were blown away by the support of our customers and vendors who donated both non-perishable and monetary donations to the West Carleton Food Access Centre. Due to your generosity we raised over $900 and a cart full of food! A big shoutout to Mississippi Maple who donated all the money from the sale of their maple taffy and maple cotton candy. We have also decided to keep the generosity train rolling which means we will continue collecting donations for the West Carleton Food Access Centre until the remainder of our 2018 season. You can drop off your donations - whether that is monetary or non-perishable food items at our Hostess Info Cart.
Also congratulations are in order for Bev B. of Stittsville who won our Turkey Draw, and Elliot A. who won our Harvest Celebration Scavenger Hunt!
Information Section
Margaret Hobbs Memorial Pie Contest
Open to all – customers and vendors – enter our Thanksgiving Pie Contest honoring the late Margaret Hobbs, a longtime vendor of the Carp Farmers’ Market who passed away last year. The winner’s name will go on our Pie Contest Plaque and will receive a special prize!
Rules:
• Variety/type of pie must be apple
• Must be pie – no cakes or other pastries permitted
• Pie must be homemade
• One entry per person
• Pie must be dropped off at our Hostess Info Cart by 11am, Saturday October 6th. Judging will take place at 11:30am.
• Must include a card or label at the bottom of the pie dish with name of baker, phone number and recipe.
Judging Criteria:
Pies will be judged based on 3 criteria and scored out of 3 (3 being the best). Marks will be totaled and the pie with the most points will win. The 3 criteria are: (1) Appearance. (2) Crust. (3) Filing.
The Carp Farmers’ Market is the largest producer based Farmers’ Market in Eastern Ontario! The Market is open every Saturday from May until the end of October from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. Entrance and parking are free and the market is wheelchair-accessible.
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