|
|
|
What better way to welcome fall than with a frolic?
We're just a little bit geeked for Harleysville's 39th Annual Apple Butter Frolic.
What better way to welcome fall than with a frolic?
There are tons of harvest festivals coming up in the weeks ahead, and while they’re probably all worthwhile, we’re not sure any has such an amazing name or premise as Harleysville’s Apple Butter Frolic. Now in its 39th year, the Frolic is not just a celebration of fall, but also of local history and traditional Pennsylvania German culture. Which means, yes—there will be tons of fun farm fest activities and demos like butter churning and sheep-to-shawl—but there’ll also be some serious grub.
We’re talking scrapple, chicken pot pie, funnel cakes, sausage sandwiches, and one of our personal favorite Mennonite treats: ground cherry pies. If you’re one of those that thralls to exclusivity in your dining experiences, there’s even a farmhand lunch during the event for which only ten tickets will be sold. And if you’ve got baking skills to show off, you might as well throw your muffins or pies into the ring at the Harvest Baking Contest. There are prizes to be won, and all proceeds from selling the entries after judging go to benefit the Mennonite Heritage Center—but entrants win no matter what, because if you come with a competition baked good in hand, your admission fee to the festival is waived. (Otherwise, the entry fee is $8 for adults, $2 for kids 6-12, free for kids under 6.)
The festival will take place at the Mennonite Heritage Center (565 Yoder Rd., Harleysville), rain or shine, on October 6th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. But if you want to get a head start on your daylong binge (or if, like us, you’ve just never met a community pancake breakfast you didn’t need to attend), an extra $6 gets you in starting at 7:30 a.m. for pancakes with stewed apples, apple sausage, coffee, and juice. You’ll need the extra energy for all the frolicking you’ve got in store!
- barstool scientist
- Booze
- Brew Revue
- Chef Salad
- Closings
- Coffee
- Contests
- Dealage
- Dirty Dishes
- Don't Front
- Eat This Immediately
- Field Trip
- Food and Art
- Food and Holidays
- Food and Movies
- Food and Music
- Food and Politics
- Food and Sports
- Food and Web
- Food Blogs
- Food Books
- Food Events
- Food News
- Food TV
- Gifted
- Happy Hour Hopper
- How-To
- In Print
- Interview
- Meal Ticket
- Menu Time
- Not So Quickfire
- Notes from the Weekend
- On Wheels
- Openings
- Patio Drinking
- Philly Beer Week 2010
- Photos
- Private Chef POV
- Product Placement
- Recipes
- Snack Time
- Stiff Drank
- SUPPER
- Tea
- Testing
- Ticket Stubs
- Top Chef
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Video
- Weekly Candy
- Weird Regional Foods
- We're Here to Help
- Where'd We Eat?
- Drew Lazor's Ill-Advised Rant Factory
- Pregame
- Ill-Advised Ranting
- The Week Without Meat
- Philly Beer Week 2009
- Real Big
- Where'd I Eat Last Night?
- Top Chef Masters
- The Good Word
- Next Iron Chef
- Arterial Terrorism
- Food and Radio
