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[sarge]

Like maple syrup, Canada's evil oozes over the United States.

Nah...
the best maple syrup in the US comes from Vermont...
if the can doesn't have Vermont Grade A on the label, it isn't maple syrup.

Nope. Western Massachusetts, that last bastion of self-sufficiency and independent spirit in New England.

Maple Syrup from the Berkshires is so valuable it's not exported east the Conn River, west of the Hudson, south of the state line unless in direct exchange for Connecticut cheesecake (the one and true cheesecake) and certainly not North of Lake Shampoo.

Just say no to tree sap tapped by the Ben and Jerry socialists who call everything "organic", tell the city folks their maple trees are "free-range", then sneak a little sugar or Karo into the batch in the middle of the night.

Next best I've tasted was from (oddly enough) the mountains in Somerset County PA.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

This guy just might fall into that category of being so stupid that he's incapable of understanding how stupid he really is..................

[webenda]

I find suspicious packages half way between my gate and the house all the time. I never thought of calling the police. It would be worth it to give them a good laugh back at the station house.

Does a restaurant menu count as printed material?

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мороженое in Russian means "ice cream" in English. Here is what ice cream looks like.

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мороженое в ассортименте in Russian means "ice cream in assortment" in English. Here is what ice cream in assortment looks like.

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мороженое в асс. (acc. is abbreviation for ассортименте) in Russian means "ice cream in ***. (***. is abbreviation for assorted) in English. I think someone got cute and photo shopped "the" into the menu.

This joke is old and just got resurrected for the Sochi Winter Olympics.

[AFTP375]

Like maple syrup, Canada's evil oozes over the United States.

Nah...
the best maple syrup in the US comes from Vermont...
if the can doesn't have Vermont Grade A on the label, it isn't maple syrup.

Nope. Western Massachusetts, that last bastion of self-sufficiency and independent spirit in New England.

Maple Syrup from the Berkshires is so valuable it's not exported east the Conn River, west of the Hudson, south of the state line unless in direct exchange for Connecticut cheesecake (the one and true cheesecake) and certainly not North of Lake Shampoo.

Just say no to tree sap tapped by the Ben and Jerry socialists who call everything "organic", tell the city folks their maple trees are "free-range", then sneak a little sugar or Karo into the batch in the middle of the night.

Next best I've tasted was from (oddly enough) the mountains in Somerset County PA.

Dunno, I was born/raised (spent the first 1/4 of my life there) in West Mass... Greenfield, specifically;
on the west side of the Connecticut River
10 miles south of Vermont
MP 0 on the Mohawk Trail (east of Gfld, Rte 2 is the French King Highway).
When I was growing up, maple syrup production was essentially zero.
The last time I spent extensive time in Gfld was 3 years ago.
In my neck of the woods there are 2 "tree tappers", one has a stand (Gould's Sugar House) on the Mohawk Trail in Shelburne, the other works off his land in Franklin County. As best as I can tell, neither are "craft" tappers, rather they are families trying to eke out a living in a hard scrabble farm environment.
It may be that in the Lenox/Great Barrington area there may be craft tappers, but, as far as I know, in the Greenfield area of the Berkshires, the tree tappers are nothing more than desperate farmers.

[AFTP375]

Like maple syrup, Canada's evil oozes over the United States.

Nah...
the best maple syrup in the US comes from Vermont...
if the can doesn't have Vermont Grade A on the label, it isn't maple syrup.

Nope. Western Massachusetts, that last bastion of self-sufficiency and independent spirit in New England.

Maple Syrup from the Berkshires is so valuable it's not exported east the Conn River, west of the Hudson, south of the state line unless in direct exchange for Connecticut cheesecake (the one and true cheesecake) and certainly not North of Lake Shampoo.

Just say no to tree sap tapped by the Ben and Jerry socialists who call everything "organic", tell the city folks their maple trees are "free-range", then sneak a little sugar or Karo into the batch in the middle of the night.

Next best I've tasted was from (oddly enough) the mountains in Somerset County PA.

Addenda to my previous post. Remember Karen Allen from the "Indiana Jones" movies? She moved to Great Barrington, MA and established "Karen Allen Fiber Arts"; if you ever get up that way, drop in and say "hi!".

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Shades of Cagney and a grapefruit in Mae Clarke's face!

[sarge]

Go north of the Great Barrington townies and get into just north of Pittsfield to Lanesborough, Greylock and through up to North Adams, east through Dalton, Hinsdale, and Summit, west to Richmond and perhaps the state line, you're in that little tiny enclave that has wonderful apples, quince, and the very best in syrup. There are a couple orchards in that little world, so far insulated from the rest of what New England has become (at least until you get to the far North) that are more than crafters or hardscrabblers. It's an odd piece of geography that protects apples, sugar maples, and that sort of thing.

Next you're back East (if you ever return to see family in Greenfield) ask around at the very foot of Greylock or at Bartlett's in Richmond; you're in for a treat, especially the dark stuff. Bartlett's is also the home of the best apple-mash cake doughnut I've ever enjoyed, baked daily and hot before 9AM.

It's all a matter of individual taste, of course. You might not agree it's "better" than Vermont syrup which tends to be a bit heavy-handed/rich for me in comparison but I'd bet you'd really enjoy it.

I gained five pounds just typing this.

[AFTP375]

Go north of the Great Barrington townies and get into just north of Pittsfield to Lanesborough, Greylock and through up to North Adams, east through Dalton, Hinsdale, and Summit, west to Richmond and perhaps the state line, you're in that little tiny enclave that has wonderful apples, quince, and the very best in syrup. There are a couple orchards in that little world, so far insulated from the rest of what New England has become (at least until you get to the far North) that are more than crafters or hardscrabblers. It's an odd piece of geography that protects apples, sugar maples, and that sort of thing.

Next you're back East (if you ever return to see family in Greenfield) ask around at the very foot of Greylock or at Bartlett's in Richmond; you're in for a treat, especially the dark stuff. Bartlett's is also the home of the best apple-mash cake doughnut I've ever enjoyed, baked daily and hot before 9AM.

It's all a matter of individual taste, of course. You might not agree it's "better" than Vermont syrup which tends to be a bit heavy-handed/rich for me in comparison but I'd bet you'd really enjoy it.

I gained five pounds just typing this.

Appreciate the thots... but at $5/$10 a pint/quart, way out of my price range (as is Karen Allen); I'll go find a decent 6-pack of some sort of IPA.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Must be pushing that "soy milk"...........

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Hmmmmmmmm.................



And, if the surface is non-stick, how does it get stuck onto the pan in the 1st place???

And, when the non-stick stuff wears off, and we all know it does, where does it go????

[Rufus T. Firefly]

"Well, just how used is it and do you deliver??

[rogruth]

Do they deliver and how much is it?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

A bumper sticker not often seen?

[rogruth]

The Inmate of the month probably has more privileges than Teacher of the month.