You mean the iconic restaurant/landing strip?
Or something else?
I assume the latter.
Former, When I was in college, my flying lessons were often from San Jose to Vacaville.
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No, I don’t wonder. Maybe I did at some point, but I’ve lived here for more than 30 years! We used to hang out at the Nut Tree all the time. The restaurant, the airplane museum, the pumpkin patch.
Did you live here?
There were orchards everywhere, and that’s what I find interesting. Interesting climates, interesting history, and I try to take advantage of the micoclimate by growing stonefruit.
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They just wanted to try every version when it was on a menu. They were mostly visiting small towns and relatives, and apple pie or apple crumble is a go-to for many Canadians. Where they live in Germany, a rustic apple kuchen with a cake base would be the main apple dessert they were familiar with, rather than a pie with a filling. Strudel- which is more closely related to apple pie- seems more popular a little further south of where they live, and in the Alps.
What is interesting, is they took their tradition, of coffee and cake at 4 pm every day at home, and continued to do coffee and cake at 4 pm while they travelled across Canada. When they stayed with me for 3 or 4 days, I made a point of keeping their meal times, and having pie available at 4 pm.
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Have you been to Ikeda’s?
Do you remember the Milk Stand?
Over 30 years, do you remember when the power would go out?, your development probably caused that. The Dixon station used to be a small building, it is now a 3-5 acres site.
Do you remember the old days in Vacaville, before the outlets?
Is funky a better descriptive?
I know the Milk Farm, but not the Milk Stand. Drove by a gazillion times but don’t recall going in. And yes; I’ve been to Ikeda’s in Davis. I go to Pedricks way more often.
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One indelible travel memory was a ferry from Crete to Athens which we needed to take because of one of the habitual Greek air strikes. We found at last minute that our flight was cancelled and dashed to the port and literally jumped onto the fully booked and packed ferry. Finally found one seat which the 4 of us shared during the 12 hour voyage.
But the time was well spent as we watched locale board with whole carcasses they were taking to mainland relatives, huge picnic baskets of food, blankets and cushions and jammies for kids who changed before cuddling into their impromptu nests.
But it was the fresh meat still hoofed that made it so real.
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I know of Pedricks as a produce stand? I did not know it was connected to Ikedas Pies.
A cousin farmed sudan grass for Japanese beef in the area, shipped the product to Japan from Woodland. I lived on the property for 4 years in the off season due to vandalism and theft.
Yes a farm stand, with great food stuff; not related to Ikeda’s. I know Ikeda’s has pie, but I thought of them as a farm stand. Not so? Just a question.
It totally could have. Those planes are like cars with wings. It seems miraculous that they stay airborne.
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The power still goes out.
http://www.nuttreeusa.com/history/timeline/
There was an orange grove on the east side of the freeway, where the outlets are.
Wait…the development is mine?
I do know some of the Powers that be.
Okay. I’ll try to stay on topic.
Just one more
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I had a friend who had worked on contracts in the Middle East and did similar. When he finished and returned to UK work, he had built up quite an amount. He used to get a flight periodically and withdraw large sums in cash and lived on that. As you say, it was a dodge round paying income tax. I think the tax regulation between the offshore dependent territories and the UK are different now.
Lamb
My forebears are all Brit Isles mostly Irish but its the English Matriarch (Great Grandmother) who came over to NY in 1896 from Manchester & taught her daughter who in turn taught Mom how to cook. We would have lamb chops often but I never liked it-- the flavor was fine but I despise FAT almost to the point of OCD. Leg of Lamb though was really good.
In college (late 70’s) in Kansas the dorm’s cafeteria would have lamb burgers a couple times a month. Unfortunately they were usually overcooked hockey pucks.
And who can blame anyone escaping Cottonopolis in the late Victorian era. By 1896, my own family had also moved from Manchester but only as far as the adjacent council area of Gorton, to the east of the city.
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Pop quiz: What is the topic?
It is impossible to step into the same Topic twice.
Heraclitus
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It would be hypocritical of me to applaud this while absolutely disagreeing with much of the rest of their evaluations. EMP… really? But I will applaud it, especially since I grew up with Luger &, while I dont find it special any longer, I still find it to be a good steakhouse. But I prefer to go to Keens (not starred either… and shouldn’t be).
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