Brass, silver, glass and Fran Deacon’s famous baked ham
Today (Saturday) will see the annual Holly Berry Fair rocking beautiful Rosedale United Church at Roxborough Rd. and Glen Rd. It will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m Saturday, November 21, 2015. This time-honoured community event has many traditions upheld and new opportunities offered in 2015. As the energetic Diane Thomson tells us in the video below, there is a Santa’s workshop fresh this year for children to talk Christmas-giving with the St. Nicholas man. The lovely items seen above are representative of the fine homes from which parishioners donate treasures and the unique vendors selling goods of all kinds. Diane also mentions Fran’s Delicatessen the legacy of Frances Deacon. Still an active 92, Fran created the idea of the scrumptious baked ham (18 of them this year right out of the church’s own ovens) and famous egg salad sandwiches (but watch out because the egg salad goes quickly). As for the ham, there’s never a scrap left as the cooks and servers sell it in sandwiches, on plates, wrapped to take home and (hey) how about a ham bone for making soup. Listen to Diane.
