Subj : Maple Syrple
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Jun 30 2025 14:18:58
Hi Dave,
DD> Your P-nut butter dislike is rooted in the same source as my extreme
DD> prejudice against bologna. The dreaded overdose.
RH> A bologna sandwich was a treat, once we convinced my mom to put mustard
RH> on it instead of butter. A slice of cheese would have been a nice
RH> addition also but the cheese had to be saved for another alternative to
RH> pb&j sandwich. Of course all sandwiches were on cheap white bread.
DD> White bread - a triumph of marketing. Back in the day rustic breads
DD> were whole grain, ground on site, flour. White bread was for the "rich
DD> folks".
Even then it wasn't an every day bread.
DD> We had, and used a hammer-mill as well as a wind-deiven stone stone
DD> mill. When my grand-dad made whole wheat bread it was, most assuredly,
DD> whole grain whole whesat.
We have had a mill for almost 20 years and grind our own wheat, rye,
etc. Don't do corn as I don't use much corn meal so when I do need it,
I'll buy a small bag of it.
DD> I'll bet my grandmother heaved a big sigh of relief when Holsum Bread
DD> in St. Louis (50 miles away) began selling pre-sliced, wrapped loaves
DD> of
DD> bread in 1928. I wasn't there to see it. But, I know haw she worked.
Yes, it is a bit of work to make bread, especially by hand (I now use my
KA mixer) as I used to do 8 loaves at a time. Mixer only does 2 but it
saves a lot of wear & tear on my hands and wrists.
DD>
https://www.theroute-66.com/funks-grove.html
DD> I've made the stop and the tour. But none of my souvenirs involve
DD> syrup.
RH> You have mentioned it to me several times. One of these days when we're
RH> either going or coming from out west, we'll have to stop and pick up
RH> some maple goodies. Looks like our church mission trips to VT are now a
RH> thing of the past; we merged with another (larger) church a few months
RH> ago. Their mission trip focus is on New Hampshire where a former member
RH> couple is in mission work.
DD> It's a neat place even if I'm not a fan of their claim to fame.
RH> We'll have to stop some time--how close is it to I-70 or I-80? They're
RH> the main ones we take cross country heading toward home or Utah, for AZ
RH> we go I-40/I-10.
DD> If you're coming from visiting ikn New York state Funk's Grove is just
DD> about half-2way between I-80 and I-70 on I-55. Leaving from Wake
DD> Forest it would be faaaaar "out of route" for a visit.
OK, something to consider, depending on our route. We usually don't go
westward from NY; this last trip was an exception as we had the events
in NY ahead of the others.
DD> As I don't take anything in my coffee. And only lemon (very
DD> occasionally) in my tea it would last quite a while until the
DD> panquakes or waffles made an appearance.
RH> I use stevia in my tea; the green packets sweeten it just right.
DD> Fortunalety I am well controlled enough that I can aschew the fake
DD> sugar (except in soda). But I do use it if making things for others
DD> ....
I use it straight in a few things, sometimes will do half and half,
stevia and sugar for baking. The stevia for baking measures the same as
sugar but we found that using all stevia would leave a bitter after
taste. Cutting it half and half with sugar didn't leave the aftertaste
and reduced the carbs by a good amount.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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