The cream of mushroom soup from Jeanne's Kitchen was voted the winner of Maple Crest's Feb. 1 soup cook-off.
Soups from seven area restaurants were sampled by over 200 soup lovers during the event. Persons attending voted for their favorite soup.
Luke’s Bar & Grill of Bluffton with baked potato and bacon was voted second place. Logan’s Seafood Chowder from Logan’s Irish Pub of Findlay took third place.
Others who participated were Mustard Seed Café of Bluffton, Waldo Pepper’s of Findlay, J’s Diner of Lima and PamCakes of Columbus Grove.
This week we are talking with Trenton Donley (Mrs. Bogart’s class), Nicole Boyle (Mrs Kingsley’s), Peyton Gallant (Mr. Armstrong’s class), and Olivia Parker (Mrs. Raeburn’s class). This is part of the continuing series of interviews with Bluffton third graders. Note: This interview got off to a slow start because the interviewer mistakenly referred to the students as fourth graders and there were long pauses for answers, until this issue was straightened out.
Maple Crest Senior Living Village will host a soup cook-off from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 1, and the public is invited, according to Daren Lee of Maple Crest.
Lee said: Come to the Patio Room in the lower level of the Maple Crest main building and sample gourmet soups prepared by different local restaurants and caterers. Enjoy such soups as:
What year did you graduate from BHS? Can you share a few memories or thoughts that spring to mind when you think of growing up in Bluffton?
I loved my time growing up in Bluffton. Larry and Kevin Smith, Jason Buroker and Doug Schweingruber were my best friends growing up. I’ve got great memories of riding bikes, building forts, and playing in the Riley Creek with them.
Andrew Keeler probably cans turkeys in his sleep. That’s because when he’s awake and on the job, he helps process up to 5,000 2-pound cans of turkey meat per day.
