PUHI – Activity was brisk during the first half hour of the opening of Souper Sunday at the Clayworks at Kilohana. Susan Pittman of Clayworks said that a steady stream of soup diners made their way through the line and
PUHI – Activity was brisk during the first half hour of the opening of Souper Sunday at the Clayworks at Kilohana.
Susan Pittman of Clayworks said that a steady stream of soup diners made their way through the line and departed with their personally-made soup mugs well before the kickoff of Super Bowl XXXIX.
Suzanne Woodruff, an acquaintance of Pittman as well as a ceramics student at Clayworks, said this was their second year attending the event, noting that Pittman was absent last year, and this year’s soup offering, Chicken Tortilla Soup, was definitely more tasty than last year’s pumpkin creation.
For others, Souper Sunday was a first time experience as Evelyn Van Dyk and Ida Verschoof of Kalamazoo, Michigan even brought in a special pot to help transport their soup.
“They came in for three bowls at first,” Pittman explained, “And, by the time they left, they had ten bowls.”
“It was hard to choose from,” the ladies said. “When we found one we liked, there was another one, and another, so, we just ended up buying a bunch.”
The pair, who are staying in Kalaheo, said their husbands were occupied with watching the game so they decided they would do some shopping, pick up the soup, and enjoy it later after the game was done. Many of the diners were ceramic students of Pittman’s, and in a brief break in the serving line, two more students dropped off some of their finished products before attending to the business of some soup lunch.
Souper Sunday proceeds benefit the Kaua‘i Food Bank and was designed as an alternative for people who did not want to be glued in front of a television set watching football.
Dennis Fujimoto, photographer and staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) and dfujimoto@pulitzer.net.
