DCHP-2

fowl supper DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — Western Canada, esp. Saskatchewan, Food & Drink

  a fundraising supper held by a church or community group, generally serving poultry.

  Type: 5. Frequency — Fowl suppers are a widespread fundraising practice in Western Canada (see Chart 1), used by community groups, charities and church congregations alike. Generally coinciding with the end of the harvest season and the beginning of fall, such suppers were held to raise money for social causes and were major social events themselves. As Chart 2 shows, the term is particularly well established in Saskatchewan, but is more generally a Western Canadian term.
  See also COD-2, which labels the term "Cdn".

  See also: coffee row  fall supper