Maurer Meals are such a cool thing! Local restaurants serve them to "raise money for the Justin A. Maurer Memorial Scholarship at UMF while raising awareness of activities necessary to improve local community health nutritionally, economically, environmentally and spiritually." The meals are made all from local foods. Grace and her husband Tom and I went to The Homestead for Faculty Seminar and then ate dinner there. Tom had prime rib, Grace had a stuffed acorn squash (see photo) and I had blueberry pork marsala. Who would think of putting blueberries in a sauce with cream and mushrooms to cook pork in? Oh my goodness!! It was delicious!!
Mainiacs is a revered term, only given to those who are 5th generation (or more) born in Maine. If you were born in Maine but you are 1st - 4th generation, you're a Mainer. Everyone else is just "a person from away". I came to Maine for "just one semester," but now I'm "tenure track" which means I'm here to stay for a while. As I was in those first few months, I am very excited about this adventure and the chance to meet the great people of Maine.
Friday, October 17, 2008
10/17/08 Maurer Meal
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