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Skriven 2010-09-25 10:19:46 av Mike Roberts (1:261/1381)
   Kommentar till text 1998 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: sour grapes?
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*** Quoting Ruth Haffly from a message to Mike Roberts ***

Hi Ruth..

 MR> the Summer the goal was to get the corn picked, sorted and processed
 MR> and frozen within 1 hour of picking. This kept the corn very sweet and

 RH> That is impressive.  They must have had field not too far from the
 RH> proccessing plant to have a goal like that.  Since it does take time

In this case, it was no problem. Avon is a corn town, even has an annual corn 
festival. Most farmers devote their farm or at least one field to Corn. Seems 
like even more now that new flex fuel cars can use a corn based fuel. Sadly 
though, Bird Eye sold out to Kraft and I think they only Make Cool Whip their 
now. No fresh vegetable processing at all.

 RH> dad used to not pick corn until the water was on the stove so I know
 RH> how good fresh corn is.  I was a bit disappointed the first time I

I'll bet that was good. Never done that, but would love to just go out pick 
a few ears and cook em.

 RH> finding out the corn waspicked that morning. (G)

Some places emphasize this, some just let it roll. However You can tell when 
You eat it. If it is not fresh, even though they said it was. I won't buy it 
from there again.

 RH> got the aura of one thispast July after having just one and a quarter
 RH> ears. So, much as we both like corn on the cob, I don't want to eat
 RH> it in front of him.

Shame....

 RH> They seem to have lasted longer in western NY as opposed to the
 RH> eastern part of the state.  A lot of the eastern ones closed in the
 RH> 60s and 70s.

I had a friend of mine, who was a Dairy Farmer here near Batavia. He and his 
partner ended up moving to Florida, They had 2500 head of cattle. He said NY 
was not conducive ( did not go into detail ) to making money in the Dairy 
business. As he got older, even in Florida, he realized that Dairy Farming 
was such a commitment that He sold his part of the business down there and 
came back up here. Now he works in the prison system. He said You work 
morning to night, and EVERYTHING when you are the owner is your 
responsibility. He was amazing, He said, he even performed surgery on his 
cows as You can't afford the vet bills for things like that. He loved the 
business, but said he figured he could work a whole lot less, get a check and 
a vacation and a retirement without all the hassle. I remember several dairy 
farms in Avon. I think Coynes, which was the biggest, is the only one left.

 RH> into Interstate 86 has been interesting to see over the years.  That,
 RH> and other major roadsthat have been built since we left the area have
 RH> definately changed the ways we go, either to my parents or Steve's

Yeah, things sure have changed. I liked going 17 for time saving sake, but 
like in the spring and the fall, I liked to go down farther, and don't quote 
me as I am horrible with streets, I think 441, then go right through the 
Hills all the way across the southern tier. It adds a good couple of hours to 
the trip, but love the ride. Then we would come back 17 to 390.

 RH> family.  And yes, W-M is changing the buying patterns of the local
 RH> people; I think mostly in those that sell groceries. Before W-M they
 RH> had Ames or Big N or WT Grants or similar, and local grocery stores.

Yup, many of those stores memories here now.

 > Next spring?

 MR> heheheh, we'll see.. ;-)

 RH> Start the planning now; 6 months from now, sapping and syrup season
 RH> will be just about, if not all, done.

We'll see.. 8-) I have some other things going on that makes it a bit 
difficult to make any plans too much ahead of time. But will put it on my 
hope to list. It would be nice.


Pumpkin Cheesecake

Ingredients:

One 9-inch pie shell
6 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1 * cups sugar
_ cup pureed cooked pumpkin
* cup flour
* teaspoon nutmeg
* teaspoon cinnamon
Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350*F.

2. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, eggs, and sugar together until smooth. 
Add pumpkin and stir until combined. Stir in flour, nutmeg, and cinnamon. 
Beat well.

3. Pour into prepared pie shell and bake 60 minutes. Allow to cool and serve.

Have a good One!
Mike

... Sorry, I lost my head!   <signed> Marie Antoinette**

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