July 26, 2018. Western Head, Nova Scotia. Mystery Meals.

Every afternoon, a young woman comes into our garage and puts items in the refrigerator. She drives to us from Mill Village. Our dinner of the night is contained in the pots and pans that have been placed in our fridge, along with a paper telling us what we will eat that night, with the directions for reheating. The food comes already cooked. All we must do is heat it up and serve the plates. Normal people might not like not knowing what the caterer will serves us for dinner, but we love it. Every evening we eat a mystery meal. This is the third year we have hired the same caterer. Our system of not knowing our meals started by accident. David organized the caterer the first year. They were so slow in sending David menus he told them to just select food and deliver the food, which they did. We were a table of 18 every night. It did not matter what we would be eating but it certainly mattered that the food was delivered. The system worked so we continued the routine. They decide our meals and then cook and deliver the dinners. Fortunately the food has been excellent, so we are happy. And we have fun wondering what will be brought to us each day. Our dinners are delivered five days a week. We are on our own on the weekend. All this week we have enjoyed our dinners. If we are having company I just tell them the number the day before. We leave the pans and dishes in the garage which they pick up when they deliver. Our system is fun for us and also for them. They always buy fresh that day, so they enjoy figuring out what to cook for us that night, depending on the fish or the meat available. Mystery Meals work for us!!