I am Lovina’s “English” friend Ruth, and I had the opportunity to help Lovina shop for food, take pictures of the wedding preparation, and then attend Daniel and Lovina’s wedding on Friday, June 21. Lovina asked me to share with you what happens in the days leading up to the wedding, and she will share more about the wedding in her next column. Lovina and Daniel asked Lovina’s sister Emma and her daughter Elizabeth to be the head cooks for the wedding.
That is a special responsibility because they were in charge of organizing all the food, deciding what dishes would be prepared in the days leading up to the wedding, writing out and posting the recipes in the different areas where the food would be prepared, and setting up what the cooks would need to complete their tasks each day. They organized and set up the lunch that the women would share together each day and cleaned up when they were done. They were there before anyone else each morning and were the last ones to leave.
There was so much more they did, and they were always cheerful and happy to answer questions and give directions. Much of the food prep is done on the two days prior to the wedding, and some is done the morning of the wedding. For instance, on Wednesday, the group of women who came to help made pie crusts for the fresh strawberry pies, then cut up the berries, made the filling, and assembled the pies.
They cut the potatoes, carrots and onions for the homemade dressing. They cut the fresh rhubarb.
