If there were any lingering doubts as to whether the Quyon Legion’s long-requested barbotte supper tradition, back last year after at least a decade, was back for good, they were quickly extinguished on Thursday evening, the second year of the tradition’s great return.

Over 100 Quyon residents packed the Legion from the moment it opened its doors for the supper at 5:30 p.m., all keen to fill their plates with deep-fried delights.

“It’s a great turnout and our community is amazing to support us,” said Legion president Vikki Stanley.

Out back, volunteers were hard at work cooking the food. Several were stooped over pots of boiling oil, frying batch after batch of freshly cut fries and seasoned fish that had been prepared the afternoon prior.

Darlene Morris was leading the fish frying station, pulling out piping hot fish from a pot of oil and piling them onto trays that were then carried back into the Legion to feed the masses.

Her parents used to run a chip wagon – The Baked Potato that sat down by the Quyon ferry terminal – and would team up with a fish and game club to cook up the barbotte supper for the Legion every year.

“The people in the community were asking for it [again],” Morris said, as she pulled another load of fried fish out of the pot.

At two pots next to Morris, Dale MacKechnie and Sandra McCann were busy tending to the french fries, making their way through the 150 pounds of fry-shaped potatoes that were awaiting their last dip in the oil.

Glen Leach, vice-president of the Legion, said the funds raised by the 110 tickets sold will be used to support veterans in the community and this year, to help finance the building of a back deck.