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Sounds good Mory. BTW, how are you doing on your diet?

Shirl: I'm gaining weight so what else? I have no will power and cook too much.
JAMMA: I just found where you ask how old the building
is I'm living in. It's a little vague.. I went to Dogpile and looked up Rockdale New York. There are a couple nice pictures of my place. The photo, Hotel & Post Office buiilding - Rockdale, NY. In this photo, the Hotel is on the left and my building is on the right, across the street. This is from this page:

"In the 1800's it contained one church (Union),
one district school, hotel, a saw and grist mill,
one store, a creamery, a carriage shop, blacksmith shop, two shoe shops and a population of 80.

The first merchant was Gaius Boughton in 1814.
The building was done in two parts. First the Store, and then "The Grange Hall was built in the back after thwe fire. The South side of the street was the wild side with
the Hotel - Bar and across the street was the
side with the Church, Store and Post Offioe. The Post Office was inside the front of the store. Lots of little cubicles behind a counter. (This is now where
my bed sits) After Gaius died it was bought by
a couple name McCloggin. He ran the store and she
ran the Post Office. (Although it was in his name.)
The store was the center of the community and
sold yard goods, shovels, and ground fresh coffee.
Later there was a Coke machine and you could
even buy a popsickle. But it was the pound of
fresh milled flour for 10 cents that brought
people in.When the Grange Hall burned they voted
to rebuild it across the street - It ended up
attached behind the store with a seperate entrance.
The Hall had a dance floor & Stage with two dressing
rooms. (I own the upright piano that was on the
stage) Saturday night there was a meeting - dance - often a movie and every couple weeks a live vaudeville act
The great hall is now empty and my landlord
stores his antiques there. When the wind howels and the blue slate slides off the roof I know the gosts of
Rockdale are dancing in the hall.. mory

I wish that you would stop your cooking, darn it; I can smell those potatoes all the way down here in south Florida. And, I am very hungry just about now!

Potatos and Ham all gone - we ate outside in the cold while working - was dipping my French Bread in the coffee.
We split another cord. - seven more
to go.. Windy about 24. Good snowmobile
weather but not enough snow yet. May work again Sunday if not too windy - otherwise we will be inside round the woodstove telling yarns of yesteryears.

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- otherwise we will be inside round the woodstove telling yarns of yesteryears.

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Now, that sounds like very nice way to spend a cold, wintry day; enjoy it.

You'll need some nice hot chocolate or spiced cider to go along with the sitting and story telling.

AH, WINTER! Such a great time of the year. Probably my favorite.

Stopped by the Orchard to get a gal of fresh cider it's $3 a gal if you bring your own bottle.
Guess what no more fresh cider it's all pasturized and $4 in their new plastic jug.
You just can't find anything natural
anymore. I can't make my own as I gave
away my press. Guess I'll look for a juicer. Apple juice is not cider.I have two wild Apple trees - I don't spray - the apples are irregular & small but great for cider.

The apples don't need to look pretty to make great cider! I tried a juicer but it didn't even begin to live up to its advertising. Hopefully you'll have better luck.

How long does it have to set? The juice, I mean or what makes it cider, not apple juice?

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Originally posted by Falcon Gal:
The apples don't need to look pretty to make great cider! I tried a juicer but it didn't even begin to live up to its advertising. Hopefully you'll have better luck.

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I bought a u-beaut-super-duper Breville Juicer when Tyler wasnt *eating* vegies, but would drink fruit/vegie juice...I think Juicers are one of the major cases of "you get what you pay for".

Minimal preparation and dishwasher proof, were my 2 major criterias and I LOVE my juicer.

Yummm.....apple and carrot juice

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Originally posted by Bartelby:

I bought a u-beaut-super-duper Breville Juicer when Tyler wasnt *eating* vegies, but would drink fruit/vegie juice...I think Juicers are one of the major cases of "you get what you pay for".

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That's probably the case. Mine was doing the rounds--you know, one person doesn't like it and passes it to another person who doesn't like it who passes it along.

Statistic: Made-up for the occasion:

90% of cider ia made from apples that have dropped from the trees - the other
10 percent are irregulars small - flat in color or are either too large or small for grading. A few apples from the grass
around the tree who's sugar has started to ferment does the trick.. If there is two much starter you get vinegar...

Fresh cider lasts about a week then it is called Hard Cider. You can stop the fermentation by bringing it to a boil and then cooling it again. Or buy commwercial cider that is pasturized.. Even that starts fermentation again - quickly, It gets very high marks as an
anti-oxident. Fresh Apples (with skins) is the BEST. next to red grapes then cranberries. Always eat Whole cranberry sauce - almost as good as fresh cider....

Mory, thanks! I have watched them make cider at the antique shows,etc., but never gave it any thought about what made it cider, not just juice! I know they ground and strained it into a big vat or barrel. Anyway, I've learned something not only new, but interesting this morning!

Middle Farm - if you like Cider you'll love this place (it's in the UK) -they have the biggest selection I've ever seen. And you can sample them over and over until you get caught...

R2

R2, UK is a big place! Where exactly is it?

In the middle, I suppose......

GG

GG, in the middle of what do you suppose??

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Middle Farm - if you like Cider you'll love this place (it's in the UK)

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Welllll..... If it's called "Middle" Farm it's got to be in the middle of something, so perhaps it's in the middle of the UK?

Presumably the neighbouring farms are Left Farm (AKA Animal Farm), Right Farm, (then, Far-Right Farm - the Bush/Howard place), Top Farm (obviously the best) and Bottom Farm (enough said).

Just trying to be helpful!

GG

It's between Lewes and Eastbourne on the A27 road in Sussex (south of London).
[_map_] [_website_]

R2

R2, thank you for you trouble. I may just want to pop in there sometime. It does sound quite interesting!

GG, I'll check out those other farms!

Thanks for the map. The car’s GPS wasn't helping too much. It got a little confused at the start of Atlantic - wanted to send me thru Greenland like I was some kind of Viking.

Just shortened my snipe time to 5 seconds.
Not too soon - Outsniped a bidder by two seconds. and finally got a nice NEC video
projector. Plan to use it in the game room to throw a 10 foot picture on the wall of the Auto Races. The sound will get
channeled thru the Theater Stereo. Now just need a small Popcorn Machine and Hot Dog Cart.

Mory, watch out, they be wanting you to buy a business permit!

R2, I have a friend that lives near Bexhill. I'm going to contact her and see if she has been to the Cider farm! She is always going off somewhere so I'll place my bet that she has!

My Farmers Market had its closing Saturday.
Big Apple sale and all the squash as well, I couldn't get in the parking lot.
Was determined to get some cider but will have to get the Pasturized Dairy cider
for Thanksgiving Dinner. Hope you all did better. mory

After grocery shopping on Thursday and paying $3.59 per kilo of Banana's, seeing Apples were $7.99 per kilo, Strawberries $9.99 per kilo and Green Grapes at $19.99 per kilo, I decided to check out our produce market again.

I was suitably impressed this time.

I paid $2.00 per kilo for Apples and Banana's. $4.00 per kilo for Pears. $3.50 per kilo for Strawberry Seconds and $7.00 per kilo for Grapes.

Admittedly, the Apples had a couple of bruises and the Strawberries were 2nds, I didnt care, I only want to puree the Strawberries and I cut the bruises out for Tyler.

Sheesh - I live in the Fresh Produce Belt and I still pay ridiculous prices

We buy bananas here for .99 for 3# or about 1.36 kilos.

Sniped a nice Stained Glass window today for $61 - I know it will get broken as the shipper is a dud.. THE LCD projector he shipped in a VCR Box was broken. A Bad
post is not enough punishment..



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Why would you buy from him again, Mory?

Shirl: I would go back in a flash because of the bargains - People read his
bad reviews and many times won't bid and I get many good items five cents on the dollar. A lot of people are scared off by used items or a missing instruction book.
I just have to calculate in my mind his
worst shipping scenerio. I also love to repair things - I share most of it with friends anyway the rest I put in my yard sale and I get to meet the neighbors.

AHH, I see, Mory! In the eyes of the beholder!