In March we will maintain a LOS FLORIDANOS booth at the Menorcan Heritage Festival and help serve food. I think everyone who participates will enjoy the day.

We will set up a LOS FLORIDANOS table featuring historical information and memorabilia, old agricultural items, and native culinary items. We need donated items from our members to sell at our display table.

The theme of the display will be items representing Old Florida's environmental flavor, such as; fig preserves, orange marmalade, candied orange peel, cane syrup, quava preserves, muscadine jelly, komquat preserves, pear preserves and relish, hog plum jelly, datil pepper sauce, pickles, etc. I think you can see the theme from these items. We also could sell any native plants (fruit, vegetable, flowering, mosses, ferns, etc.)

Please keep this in mind during the coming months. I know we have fantastic cooks and accomplished gardeners in our membership and would appreciate any contribution you could make to the effort. We don't need large quantities, just a few jars or plants from each member.

You may possibly think of other Native Florida items you would like to contribute so feel free.
We will also be serving sour orangeade as samples and could use someone to donate small bathroom size cups and sugar. We served approximately 5 gallons of samples last year and ran out.

Another aspect of our display will feature historical facts and display old artifacts of Florida. If you have anything we could borrow, let us know. Anybody have a gopher pole ???

Even if you don't have any items to contribute, we want to encourage you to help staff the table and help serve food. It's a great way to meet everyone, develop close family ties, and promote our legacy. We always have a great time at these events.

As you can see we are a bit ambitious but our saying is "DREAM BIG, PLAN RATIONALLY". I'm still having problems convincing family members to form a posse to ride in the Easter Parade. I guess I'll have to settle for another idea. Got any ?????