Yep. There are many things that happened back then that were just considered normal to the people doing them. In this decade it ‘s looked at a bit differently. Lol
At What Age Did You Start Drinking Morning Coffee Or Tea?
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Don't know about maple sugar, but I think raw honey is just the best thing in coffee or tea.
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Coffee at about 6 y/o. My mom used to take saltines and pour coffee w/a little milk in it over saltines and then sprinkle some sugar very lightly. She called it crackers and coffee. She would occasionally substitute bread instead of saltines. I thought it was pretty good and I drank the remainder of the coffee. After that, I was hooked on coffee, but just straight black.
Geauga County? I know that area pretty good myself. You live in Chardon, by chance? I have been to the Maple Festival and the sugar shack.
Are you sure it was "pure" maple syrup? I find pure maple syrup to be sickening and it also hurts my teeth.
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Off subject for a moment. We have a large Amish population very near where I live in Lancaster County. I made a lot of Amish friends, especially the young ones that weren't yet married. Those kids are pretty cool. Back when I hunted, I also was permitted on a few farms to take down a deer. Here in PA, we are stingy with the number of deer a hunter may take per season, so I would take one buck and one doe. I would share the doe with the farmer whose farm I took the doe from. They were very appreciative.
I was even invited to an Amish wedding, or at least part of it. They don't allow the English (as they call us) to attend the ceremony. They do know how to throw a party. It lasts about all day. Lots of really good, no wait, GREAT food.
I was on the scene of the schoolhouse shooting over in West Nickel Mines where the shooter killed 5 little girls. What a horrible tragedy and day. One of the Amish men had a son in that school. I had always known him to be tough as nails, but on that day, he was snow white with fear, until he saw his son and he grabbed him with both arms wide open and I could see tears run down his cheeks. A very touching and telling moment. I was glad that the TV cameras didn't catch it.
Small world ... I was born in Chardon, but lived in Middlefield. Burton had big Maple Syrup Festival every year. .. remember that well.
I went to Middlefield and ate at Yoder's Restaurant, then to the cheese factory and also went to the super market (White Brothers) there in the little plaza to buy the homemade chocolates. My favorite was the Haystacks. A stack of coconut with chocolate poured over it. I stayed at the Red Maple Inn in Burton during fair week. We went out there on vacation one year to go to Geauga Lake Park and Sea World, I think? It's been awhile.
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Bonnie, sounds like you found another old neighbor there. We lived in the middle of the state -Mansfield, Ohio...about 70 miles from both Cleveland and Columbus. Wooster was about 30 miles away and where a lot of the Amish resided. Remember the trail bologna and great big wheels of cheeses.
When I said "pure" maple syrup, I was referring to the kettle boiled down stuff from the Amish.
When I said "pure" maple syrup, I was referring to the kettle boiled down stuff from the Amish.