On Thursday, December 8th, The Mayflower Community celebrated re-establishment of a pre-pandemic tradition: A special dinner followed by entertainment in the Carman Center. The meal event was the Prelude to Christmas Dinner. Served in the warm atmosphere of the holiday-arrayed Buckley Dining Room, the dinner featured beef bourguignon, roasted vegetables, and Brussel sprouts and pomegranate.
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A “Frog Leg and Chicken Liver Fry!” On Tuesday, August 2nd, Grinnell’s Mayflower Foodservices staff served a special dinner of frog legs, fried chicken livers, Cajun-style gumbo, and cheese grits. Diners gathered in the J&B Bistro for this one-of-a-kind delicacy. Of course, not all Mayflower residents think of this menu as a delicacy! — Bob Mann,
On Tuesday, July 19th, Grinnell’s The Mayflower Community celebrated our fine dining with a Greek Dinner. 60 residents and guests enjoyed a four-course menu plus social time. The food array included: Social – Spiced Wine Hippocrates Calamari – Fried calamari with dipping sauce and lemon Spanakopita – Spinach, feta, onions, and scallions in flaky phyllo
While adhering to the City of Grinnell’s water boil advisory, The Mayflower Community went a step further and boiled shrimp…and corn on the cob and redskin potatoes. To spice things up, Mayflower’s Foodservices staff also served andouille sausage, homemade coleslaw, garlic bread, and Mayflower-baked beignets. Of course, there were drinks made with boiled water that
On Thursday, May 26th, the Foodservices department of The Mayflower Community prepared and served a special French Dinner. The offering, which was overseen by Foodservices Certified Dietary Manager, Jacob Staroska, included a seven-course meal and beautiful table setting. Components of the menu were: Cocktail Time – French75 Cocktail and Chicken Galantine Hors Oeuvres – Mushroom
If you are hungry, don’t read any further. This article will inspire you to go to your refrigerator….or out to eat! In keeping with the routine of offering a monthly special dining event, The Mayflower Community served a Sicilian Dinner to residents and their guests on Friday, April 1st (no joke!). Sitting at tables of
After a pandemic-imposed one-year hiatus, The Mayflower Community’s Annual Shrimp Boil returned on Thursday, May 13th…with a splash! Unable to gather one year ago, residents and guests could carry out the shrimp boil dinner. This year, they were once again seated in the Buckley Courtyard with overflow seating in the Buckley Dining Room. A total
Chinese New Year will be celebrated on Friday, February 12th. In The Mayflower Community, we have planned a sedate event because there is so much else happening in February—the Super Bowl party menu, a Winter Dinner, and a Des Moines Symphony appetizer and wine event followed by Valentine’s Day two days after the Chinese New
On Thursday, August 6th, Grinnell’s own Turlach Ur pipe band played in The Mayflower Community, while residents enjoyed a traditional Scottish dinner delivered to their homes and gathering places. The menu for the dinner included Steak pie (Scottish version of Shepard’s pie), Stovies (bits from the stove, potatoes, carrots, and corned beef), Neeps & Tatties
In December of 1620, Pilgrims from England aboard the Mayflower ship landed at what is now Plymouth Rock and formed the Plymouth Colony in the New World. Their life was harsh with bare necessities. This atmosphere was captured with the monthly themed dinner on February 20th in The Mayflower Community’s Buckley Dining Room. Dubbed “The