On Thursday, July 2nd, Grinnell’s Mayflower Community provided a home-delivered shrimp dinner. Taking the place of the annual gathering of dozens of residents on the Buckley Courtyard patio to enjoy freshly boiled shrimp, corn on the cob, and potatoes, complimented with sausage, and homemade coleslaw and bread. The meal was topped off with a desert of powdered-sugar covered French beignets, the fried dough fritter prepared on the patio beside the boiling pot.
The meal fix-ins were packed out and delivered warm to almost 100 residents’ doors by Mayflower staff.
Some had socially-distanced parties (less than 10!) in process. Some sat down to candle-lit tables for two in their homes or on their patios. Fun. Romantic!
The highlight: The large, pink, moist shrimp. Folks said it was great.
The darned pandemic has slowed down some things, but not the enjoyment of scrumptious Mayflower food and the companionship of neighbors…at a distance.
— Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director