For those who don't know about Open Table, church volunteers offer a 2 course meal with tea and coffee, starting at 1 pm in the church hall (bottom of the hill next to the British Legion). It is normally on the second Saturday of the month. This is open to anyone to meet and have a chat over lunch for an hour or so. We accept a monetary donation for the meal and dessert afterwards to pay for the food supplied and the cooking involved. It’s a way of making friends, or chatting to current friends, and we welcome those who wish to attend (but please book your place if you haven't already done so).
The next lunch will be on Saturday 8th October. To confirm your place, please contact Joyce Turner, if you haven't already done so. If you are unable to contact her, please use the Message service on our Facebook page and I will let her know. You can use the following link: www.facebook.com/StBartsWednesbury.
10th September
The Open Table lunch on Saturday 10th September was home made cheese and potato pie served with corned beef and carrots. Dessert was a choice of Alison's special bread pudding or bananas and custard. The bread pudding soon ran out; such is Alison's reputation! Thank you to all the helpers.
The Open Table lunch on Saturday 10th September was home made cheese and potato pie served with corned beef and carrots. Dessert was a choice of Alison's special bread pudding or bananas and custard. The bread pudding soon ran out; such is Alison's reputation! Thank you to all the helpers.
6th August
The Open Table lunch on Saturday 6th August was ham, quiche, egg and salad, with home-made coleslaw and home-made potato salad. Also on the table were other side dishes to complement the plated salad as well as bread and butter. Dessert was meringue with cream, strawberry and grape or lemon drizzle cake with cream, strawberry and grape. Linda and Alison would like to thank those who helped on the day.
The Open Table lunch on Saturday 6th August was ham, quiche, egg and salad, with home-made coleslaw and home-made potato salad. Also on the table were other side dishes to complement the plated salad as well as bread and butter. Dessert was meringue with cream, strawberry and grape or lemon drizzle cake with cream, strawberry and grape. Linda and Alison would like to thank those who helped on the day.
11th JUNE 2022:
On 11th June, the lunch club enjoyed a United Kingdom themed Afternoon Tea. There was a strawberry flan with cream representing England, Scottish shortbread, Welsh cakes and Fifteen from Northern Ireland. (I am told by Linda that 'Fifteen' is a very sweet dessert that is very popular in Northern Ireland. It contains 15 digestive biscuits, 15 glacé cherries and 15 marshmallows blended together with condensed milk and is then refrigerated.) In addition, sandwiches were served on cake stands along with mini sausage rolls, quiche, etc. It all sounds delicious! Thank you to all the ladies (and Mario) for the hard work planning, preparing and serving the meal. Thank you, also, to Claire for taking these photos.
On 11th June, the lunch club enjoyed a United Kingdom themed Afternoon Tea. There was a strawberry flan with cream representing England, Scottish shortbread, Welsh cakes and Fifteen from Northern Ireland. (I am told by Linda that 'Fifteen' is a very sweet dessert that is very popular in Northern Ireland. It contains 15 digestive biscuits, 15 glacé cherries and 15 marshmallows blended together with condensed milk and is then refrigerated.) In addition, sandwiches were served on cake stands along with mini sausage rolls, quiche, etc. It all sounds delicious! Thank you to all the ladies (and Mario) for the hard work planning, preparing and serving the meal. Thank you, also, to Claire for taking these photos.
14th MAY 2022:
Alison and Linda served up another delicious lunch on Saturday 14th May. The menu was gammon, french beans and lightly toasted boiled potatoes served with a choice of parsley or cheese sauce. The vegetarian option was Linda McCartney chicken style roast. Desserts were home-made rhubarb crumble with cream or custard or raspberry swirl cheesecake with optional cream. Soft drinks were available with the meal and tea or coffee was served after. Sounds delicious! Thank you to the volunteers who helped serve, wash up and clear away.
9th APRIL 2022:
The menu for the lunch on Saturday 9th April had an Easter theme of turkey with stuffing, roast potatoes and carrots. Dessert was a choice of chocolate sponge cake topped with chocolate ganache (home-made) and cream, or hot cross buns. Well done to everyone for their part in making the lunch such a success (from preparing, cooking and serving the meal as well as clearing up afterwards). Thank you to Mario for the entertainment too. A big thank you to Lynn Castillo for making the beautiful table decorations.
12th FEBRUARY 2022:
The Valentine's theme lunch on Saturday 12th February was successful. Thank you to the Linda R and Alison who worked hard to prepare and cook the lunch. Alison provided balloons and Mario was in charge of making the room look lovely. His fabulous folded napkin table decorations (with chocolates) completed the look and he showed a DofE participant and Linda S how to do this so they could make some. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped prepare the room, serve and clear up. A great team effort. Photos below.
The Valentine's theme lunch on Saturday 12th February was successful. Thank you to the Linda R and Alison who worked hard to prepare and cook the lunch. Alison provided balloons and Mario was in charge of making the room look lovely. His fabulous folded napkin table decorations (with chocolates) completed the look and he showed a DofE participant and Linda S how to do this so they could make some. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped prepare the room, serve and clear up. A great team effort. Photos below.
The lunch on Saturday 6th November was a Guy Fawkes night theme serving jacket potatoes with a variety of fillings, followed by apple crumble or bread pudding and custard was available for those who wished to have it.
Our first Open Table meal for almost 2 years was on 9th October 2021. It was wonderful to see so many of our former diners again. We used our new refurbished kitchen and everyone liked the newly decorated and carpeted café area. All went well and Linda and Alison would like to thank all of the helpers they had on the day. (You can see a few photos from that day below.)
