Taste of Eureka 2009

Another Eureka event is over, and a fine event it was! We thought for awhile that there would be no Taste of Eureka this year, but the Eureka Business Association and Heidi B. got it rolling, and by all reports it was a great success.
For those of you who don't know what a "taste" is, it's like a grown-up trick-or-treat. You buy a card (ours are $5) and then you go from place to place (the 22 listed on the card) and get whatever they are handing out. This year it was chicken kabobs from Knapp Tile, an apple from the Flower Basket, a frozen juice dealie from Heartland Bank, special caramel/chocolate popcorn from Lee's Hallmark, pizza from Caseys, a pork sandwich (with chips and drink) from the A.C. Home, a brownie at Mangold's, and on and on. The lucky people were those who went to the Library first, because they got a bag there to carry all their loot in. One canny lady showed up with a handled basket! Now, that's someone who was prepared!
We at the Historical Society gave out our usual 3-oz Dixie cup of rootbeer. It doesn't sound like much, but people seem to be grateful for it. This year we served both A&W and Dollar General's Clover Valley. The A&W was the foamiest. It was a chore to get the cups filled without the foam spilling all over. Believe it or not, however, everyone liked the Clover Valley best. If we were Consumer's Reports, we'd check-rate the Dollar General root beer.
As in year's past, we handed out a little leaflet that told the history of root beer. You know that a Historical Society has to stress the background of everything.
It was a fun evening and the 163 people who got our "shot" of root beer seemed to be happy campers.