I'm not sure if I mentioned on thsi blog that I'm an extreme couponer - yes, one of those crazy people that you see on that show "Extreme Couponing" on TLC. One of my favorite stores (and one of the only ones here in Kansas City that doubles coupons) is Hen House. So I couldn't pass up the chance to go to their annual Holiday Celebration. They were handing out coupon books for a free grocery item every week + some other great manufacturer coupons. So J, my friend Paula and I headed out to check out all the excitement.
Before we even got in the door, we saw this adorable little guy from Good Natured Family Farms. He's just 3 days old! And he didn't seem to mind all the folks wanting to get their picture taken with him. By the way, if you're not familiar with Good Natured, they're a local consortium of small family farmers that are bringing their organic milk and other products to the Kansas City market. They had several samples of their products, including their white and chocolate milk, at the Celebration and they are all delish!
I'm really glad they had dessert ready for me when I got there:
You're looking at an attempt at the world's largest French Apple Crumb Pie by the chefs at Tippins (now owned by Hen House). They're not quite done in this picture - in fact, they're putting the crumb topping on with a squeegee! Couldn't you just dive right in? But seriously, this is one monster pie. Check out these stats:
- The Pie—8’ round by 2’ deep (752 gallons) weighing a total of 5,787 lbs
(not including the pan) - Graham Cracker Shell—300 gallons or 1650 lbs
- Apple Pie Filling—400 gallons or 3600 lbs
- French Crumb Topping—52 gallons or 312 lbs
- Vanilla Whipped Topping—225 lbs
The really cool thing about this is that they said they were going to donate the entire thing to Harvesters once the record was confirmed.
The Celebration is setup like your traditional home show or IT vendor show in that there are booths and you can visit the ones you're interested in and pick up free food samples, coupons, and information. The $5 ticket was more than worth it because we all left their stuffed to the gills, with a free rose bush, and reusable bags stuffed with fresh fruit and food. Oh, and we got to see the Purina Incredible Dog Team in action and posed in front of the 25 foot tall Roberts Dairy milk cow. If we could have gotten that out of the convention center, it would be gracing my backyard right now. ;-)
But THE best part of the entire thing? The Louisburg Cider Mill had slushes made from their apple cider. Paula and I kept going back for more of those, stomach ache be darned. Ohhhhh, so good!
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