‘A gift that will light her up:’ Alberta woman revives mother’s favourite treat
CAMROSE, Alta. — Every time Crystal Regehr Westergard would go out shopping as a youth, she would ask her mother if she wanted anything.
There was only ever one request: Cuban Lunch.
The rectangular peanut-and-chocolate confection has always been a favourite of Elfie Regehr, now 85. It was an affordable treat for people who, like her, grew up on the Prairies during the Great Depression and Second World War.
When the Winnipeg factory that made Cuban Lunch closed down nearly three decades ago, Regehr Westergard’s mother was stoic.