We talked about who raise farm animals growing up (none of us personally, but many have close relatives who did or do). We talked about our favorite foods to eat at the fair (corn dogs, scones, grilled onion burgers were high up on the list). And we talked about this wonderful book and its author.
Overall we were very charmed by what this book had to say about the value of friendship, and what it meant to be a good friend. We debated if this book made anyone want to be a vegetarian, and if it was meant to do so...and the conclusion was this would have been more effective to that end if Wilbur ended up being slaughtered, but since the reader is not traumatized by the events it isn't as strong a message in that direction. We talked about how much we loved the language and descriptions in this book (particularly the lengthy details about what was in Wilbur's slops). We also appreciated the value of being able to "just sit and listen, and be one with the barn."

Carol brought in an amusing vegetarian title her neighbor gave her called Babe's Country Cookbook based on another fictional famous pig.
Alas for poor Babe, we did not stick to a vegetarian menu this meal, but did have a wonderful variety of flavors represented.
Julie made chicken fried steak, and Karen made Pigs in a Blanket:
Heather M. had a crock-pot tragedy, but still made scrumptious bochwurst sausage with sauerkraut.
I brought homegrown tomatoes (grown from plants I got from Prema) and store-bought veggie corn dogs.
Carol made a delicious "blue ribbon" strawberry rhubarb pie.
Katie W. brought perfectly soft homemade gingersnaps and raspberry soda.
Can't wait to see what sorts of food will come out of this book! Hopefully it was be as tasty as it is resourceful.