smelt and booya

Katzgar from Seattle asked:

%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;';Anyone doing smelt fries or Booya feeds anymore?'; %26gt;%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;

I have not seen ';full blown'; smelt fries in a couple of years around here. Would bet you can find them in the North Shore area when the run is on.

Booyas have also fallen out of favor from the old days. Look for them in the fall season, but not on the scale of years ago when it seemed everyone was sponsoring them and using them as fundraisers

A more ';innocent'; time period?

tptr

smelt and booya

In the little towns of northern Minnesota, smelt frys are still around. I know that on April 18, 2009 the little town of Solway, MN will have a smelt fry. The town has a population of less than 90 and expects to serve around 300 meals.

smelt and booya

Hope that April 18 is after the smelt run, otherwise, the fish will be leftover from 2008...............

Booya at Newport Fire Department....2nd Sunday in July.

www.orgsites.com/mn/newport-fire/_pgg5.php3

http://www.newport.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC%26amp;SEC={94077D42-2511-4298-9CC5-233318CFD532}

One upcoming Sunday in Inver Grove Heights (Emmanuel booya):

www.southwestreviewnews.com/main.asp…

After 10 years%26#39; of residence in West St. Paul, I know South St. Paul (due east of West St. Paul, naturally-- and West St. Paul is due south of downtown St. Paul) has one as part of its fall annual festival and several were advertised in West St. Paul (one at the West St Paul Commercial Club and several via churches/civic orgs). To my taste buds, booyas are better as a concept and image than as a dining option.

For the West is South and South is East thing blame the riverboat captains of yesteryear. For them going up river everything on the left side was West and everything downstream was South. No matter that there%26#39;s a big bend in the river at St. Paul. So that town across the river just had to be West St. Paul...no matter that it was really to the South. And the town they passed a ways back just had to be South St. Paul because it was down river....despite being as much East of St. Paul as it is South. Speaking of South St. Paul....site of the World Championship Booya Cookoff last October.

www.startribune.com/local/east/29866194.html

You never know what the booya guys put in the pot in the middle of the night. My father used to be on the committee for one in the 60%26#39;s that was held annually at Highland Park. The guys sat up all night playing cards and nipping strong beverages.............

tptr

I found a new clipping from one of those booyas:

And I quote:

From: The St Paul Dispatch, Tuesday Sept 29, 1964

';Two thousand people of assorted sizes and ages spooned their way through 250 gallons of chicken booya and munched through an undetermined number of hot dogs and hamburgers Sunday. The event was the third annual chicken booya sponsored by the energetic parents auxiliary to the St Paul Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps. Location was the Highland Park pavilion.

The 250 gallons of stew were prepared in four large gas-fired kettles in a special booya kitchen at Highland Park.

Cookd gathered Saturday morning to begin the enormous job of cleaning 350 chickens and chopping crates of carrots, potatoes and other vegetables.

Some specific items on the grocery list included 64 gallons of vegetables, 60 pounds of onions, 1/2 bushel rutabagas, 60 pounds potatoes, 40 pounds each of veal, and beef, 100 pounds of oxtail, 280 pounds of soup bones, two pounds paprika, 1 peck peppers.

The stew began simmering at 1 pm Saturday with the additions of soup bones to the kettles. Following detailed recipes of instructions and timing, ships worked on through the night adding vegetables, seasonings and spices, stirring continually.

By 11:30 am Sunday morning the enormous stew was ready for the first customers.'; [ I add: and many of the all-night fire-tenders were hung-over!]

Smelt fry in Chisago lakes area was this past Friday (4/24/09). Those that hyped up to try one next year should note it%26#39;s not a bad trek from the northeast metro suburbs/exurbs:

www.ci.chisago.mn.us/index.asp…