INTERCOURSE (Lancaster
Co.) Where can you go for a
great family outing, where thou
sands from across the U.S. turn
out to celebrate the coming of a
Lancaster County spring and
rhubarb?
It’s the ISth Annual Rhubarb
Festival, set for Saturday, May 16
from 9 a.m. to 6 .p.m. (rain or
shine) at Kitchen Kettle Village.
It’s a day when everyone dresses
and acts just a little bit off beat
a little bit zany. Here you will find
a great roster of rhubarb-inspired
festivities from the World’s Only
Rhubarb Race Car Derby (yes the
mini dragsters are made of rhu
barb stalks and electronically
timed for the fastest finish) to the
“Best Rhubarb Pie in Lancaster
County” Baking Contest, Quilting
Bee, Rhubarb Arcade of Games,
plus more food than you could
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Rhubarb
ever imagine featuring rhu
barb!
Special guest appearances in
clude the Mummertime Band
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Banjo
Jimmy’s Band throughout the day.
At 1 p.m. the Mummers will lead a
Strolling Parade down Pepper
Lane (the Village’s main street),
with over 40 “rhubarb” baton
twirlers (the Tinkerbells and
members of the Willow Street
School of Dance) and the Vil
lage’s own cast of costumed char
acters headed by Yummie and Ru
pert Rhubarb.
On the Gift House porch, author
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At 2 p.m. Lapp Valley Ice
Cream will run the “World’s Only
Foot-Powered Ice Cream Maker”
a beautifully restored 1800 s
farm treadmill that has been trans
formed from mule-power to peo
ple power. Here, three to four peo
ple team up to take l'/i -minute
turns walking the treadmill, that
turns the crank of a large ice
cream maker. Everyone who takes
a spin earns a free sample of Lapp
Valley Ice Cream (rated one of the
richest ice creams in the U.S.).
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the Hershey Medical Center. All
day local farm women will hold a
sewing bee to produce the annual
Four Diamonds Quilt, which will
be raffled off latter this summer.
Other funds will be raised by the
Rhubarb Pie Competition (all en
tries will be sold by the slice), the
sale of Rhubarb Car Derby Kits
(which includes two electronically
timed runs on the official track),
and the Rhubarb Arcade which
will feature a Rhubarb Regatta,
Rhubarb Bull’s-eye Toss, Rhu
barb Pick-up Sticks, Find the Rhu
barb in the Haystack, a Which is
the Real Rhubarb? game, and the
World’s One and Only Rhubarb
Tree. Red and Green hair-spray
ing and face-painting will also
make the kids’ day.
Of course the main attraction at
the Rhubarb Fest is the food, be
ginning with Kitchen Kettle’s
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famous Rhubarb, Raspberry Rhu
barb, Strawberry Rhubarb and
Bluegarb jams that are sold exclu
sively at festival time. The jams
serve as a delightful ingredient in
a collection of festival entrees,
desserts, beverages and glazes that
will be featured throughout the
day. At stands and shops through
out the village visitors can enjoy
Strawberry and Plain Rhubarb
Pie, Strawberry Rhubarb Cookies,
an Almond Rhubarb Pastry as
well as Strawberry Rhubarb Cof
fee Cake. The outdoor grill menu
spotlights Rhubarb Glazed Chick
en Kabobs, and the Fresh and
Simple Drink Stand will feature
Strawberry Rhubarb Frost.
There’s even a kettle-shaped Soft
Pretzel served with a Rhubarb
Dipping Sauce. The Kling House
Restaurant will spotlight rhubarb
inspired dishes for breakfast.
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lunch and dinner, begin
ning with Strawberry
Rhubarb French Toast
and Rhubarb Baked
Oatmeal. And don’t
miss the Strawberry
Rhubarb Ripple Fudge
at Garrahy’s Fudge
Kitchen.
A special Master Gar
dening display will be
run by the Penn State
Agricultural Extension
Service and fresh rhu
barb and rhubarb plants
will also be sold along
with copies of “The Lit
tle Book of Rhubarb Re
cipes.”
Founded as a home
business in 1954, Kitch
en Kettle Village is a
major destination where
33 food, furniture and
artisan’s shops now sur
round the original Jam
and Relish Kitchen.
Kitchen Ketde Vil
lage is located on Route
340 in the Village of
Intercourse. 10 miles
east of Lancaster. All
festivals are open to the
public free of charge,
and plenty of free park
ing is available on the
Village grounds. For
more information call or
write: Kitchen Kettle
Village, Rt. 340, Inter
course, PA 17534. Tele
phone: (800) 732-3538.