The (f)route breakfast

This Sunday, 7 April 2013 morning, another (f)route breakfast brought

together a group of people who enjoyed the fruit and fruit products for sampling at the Cassilis Recreation Reserve and Cemetery. It was a great way to catch up. Like autumn leaves in a gentle breeze, people moved round, got caught up in a group and then gently disengaged and drifted into another collective of people.

It was possible, even recommended, to go without breakfast and have a breakfast at the gathering, that extended into brunch. Consisting of all the wonderful fruit and fruit based food on offer.

No one had an excuse to go away hungry, it was impossible in fact to go

away hungry with all the delicious temptations available. It's assumed by this scribe that everyone went away sated with all manner of dishes containing fruit, fruit juice or syrup.

The food was engaging to every palate, lovely quince dishes with raisins, or

just quinces that tempted and captured all who ate them. Muffins, flavoured with pineapple, banana and raspberry and such to delight even the most finicky taste buds. Preserved fruit which tasted even better than they looked in the jar. Lemon flavoured sago for which everyone went back for a second helping but found it gone, eaten before they could indulge in greater amounts. There was a delicious apple cake and fruit crepes and so the list of breakfast treats went on. Every new taste texture and sensation guided the sampler to move to the surprise of the next tantalising dish, almost impossible to talk at the same time.

There was cream and home made yoghurt, fruit bread to complement many of the tasty and healthy dishes as well as peppermint tea produced from local peppermint, muesli and of course fresh fruit.

There was a bagpipe recital of Waltzing Matilda that pleased everyone. All in all it was a pleasant Sunday morning with everyone being embraced by the fine weather and a sense of community.