Their press release with considerable background:
82nd Annual “Coon Feed” in Delafield
It’s been more than 17 years since Tom McNulty passed away, but his spirit of giving back to the community lives on in the city of Delafield. This January 31st, will mark the 82nd year of an annual tradition started by Tom McNulty and his hunting buddies to raise money needed for the youth programs in Delafield.
In the early years, Tom and his raccoon hunting friends, simply ate what they caught by themselves. Later they opened the dinner to the public to help raise funds for the local youth baseball teams, where McNulty was a coach. Eventually, the event found a home at the Delafield Legion Post 196, since Tom was a charter member of that Post. The last time McNulty went on a hunt was in 1985, when he was 88 years old. Tom invited Bob Riepenhoff from the Milwaukee Journal, to experience firsthand the process of hunting and preparing the raccoon meat.
Tom McNulty died on May 5th, 1991, only a week after celebrating- his 94th birthday. Since then the torch has passed to his wife Lillian, who is still spearheading the yearly event. With help from members and friends of the Delafield Legion Post, the food is still prepared using Tom’s closely-guarded secret recipe. Additional help comes from St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy by allowing the use of their large kitchen facilities for the crucial, slow-roasting, of the raccoon meat.
This year’s “Coon Feed” will again be held at the Delafield Legion Post hall at 333 N. Lapham Peak rd. in Delafield, WI. A donation of $10 for adults and $5 for children is suggested. Serving starts at 5pm. Each dinner includes roasted raccoon meat, mashed potatoes with gravy, stuffing, sauerkraut, coleslaw, bread, and coffee, milk or water. An alternate meat, (ham or turkey), is also available for those that don’t want roasted coon meat. Desserts will be graciously provided by the Delafield Ladies Legion Auxiliary. The Legion Post’s cash bar will be open at 4pm, and special “Coon Feed” shirts will be for sale. Crowds can exceed 400, so patrons are advised to come early as the quantity of roasted raccoon meat is limited.
Proceeds from the dinners go to Delafield American Legion Youth Programs, and proceeds from “Coon Feed” T-shirt sales go to the Waukesha County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America of which Tom McNulty had been president and his wife Lillian is now the current chapter president.
For more info contact Lillian McNulty @ 262-646-3482 or LeRoy Stein @ 920-474-4737 or go to the Delafield Legion website;
www.Delafieldlegion.comDelafield Legion Post 196, 262-646-3930
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"You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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