2012 Bean Hole Supper!
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 04:14PM Bean Hole Supper
August ??, 2012
We know, We know.... Its a long way off! No, We are not trying to rush summer along, on the contrary, we are thinking of the nice sunny bean hole days of the past! We have set the date and are starting to plan our biggest community event of the year.
What makes a bean hole a bean hole is this: You dig a hole in the ground, burn down a pile of wood in it, then drop a pot of beans into the coals, and cover the whole mess with the dirt. You leave the pot in this subterranean, makeshift oven until the beans are cooked. Maine’s American Indians made bean holes, too, and may have taught the early settlers this skill. If so, it seems only lumbermen ran with it. Bean holes made for an inexpensive and convenient meal in the camps and on river drives. The cook could head down river, make a bean hole, and wait for the lumberjacks, who would be too famished from a day balancing atop logs and far too grateful for a hot meal to utter, “What, beans again?”
Like lobster bakes, bean holes were meals born of efficiency and economy that in this day and age have become events. Unlike lobster bakes, bean holes are rare. You pretty much have to go to timber country to find one. But they’ve grown ever so slightly in recent years. Its just your luck, we have been building this community event for years!
If you want tickets you can pick them up from any member of the Ossipee Valley Lodge or contact one of the people below:
Dana Hall
Marty Fernbeck
Barry Rollins
(603) 539-4563
Arnold Christiansen
Scott Willard
Just incase you dont know any of these men, we have as always, arranged for some local establishments to sell tickets. They are listed below (more to come):
Wards Boat Shop INC. (603) 539-4563
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