Haydn's Haus

[North Star]

Reminds me of a joke (or is it?) which I read in (I think) one number of The Reader's Digest from long, long ago:

To most of the world, Yankee means "an American."  But to an American in the South, Yankee means a Northerner;  in the North, Yankee means a New Englander;  in New England, Yankee means a Vermonter;  in Vermont, Yankee means your neighbor who likes sharp cheddar cheese on his apple pie.

Reminds me of this, too. 

[Mandryka]

Reminds me of a joke (or is it?) which I read in (I think) one number of The Reader's Digest from long, long ago:

To most of the world, Yankee means "an American."  But to an American in the South, Yankee means a Northerner;  in the North, Yankee means a New Englander;  in New England, Yankee means a Vermonter;  in Vermont, Yankee means your neighbor who likes sharp cheddar cheese on his apple pie.

Interesting. Noone in the UK would ever dream of eating cheddar cheese with apple pie. Cheshire Cheese, yes. Or best of all, Wenslydale.

[Gurn Blanston]

Interesting. Noone in the UK would ever dream of eating cheddar cheese with apple pie. Cheshire Cheese, yes. Or best of all, Wenslydale.

We Vermonters wouldn't either, unless it had maple syrup on top.

[Jo498]

Cheese? you are crazy. Whipped cream is the proper dairy product to go with any variant of apple pie. With some of them also vanilla ice cream.

[Gurn Blanston]

Cheese? you are crazy. Whipped cream is the proper dairy product to go with any variant of apple pie. With some of them also vanilla ice cream.

Clearly you aren't a Vermonter...

[Mandryka]

Cheese? you are crazy. Whipped cream is the proper dairy product to go with any variant of apple pie. With some of them also vanilla ice cream.

Le sucré salé est plus sucré que le sucré sucré.

Michel Tournier turns this paradox into a piece of major wisdom, in a wonderful little Christmas tale, part of his Rois Mages series of short stories - where the salé becomes a tear. I don't know if it's in English.

[Jo498]

No, I a Hessian (but with my head attached) which is a region  (historically rather poor and mostly too cold for grapes/wine) where apples used to be very important, for some kind of hard cider as well.

[Gurn Blanston]

No, I a Hessian (but with my head attached) which is a region  (historically rather poor and mostly too cold for grapes/wine) where apples used to be very important, for some kind of hard cider as well.

When I was growing up in Vermont (in the 1950's), there were only 3 things we were known for: dairy products (especially cheese), apples (all kinds, even what are called today 'heirloom' varieties) and maple syrup (was and is the best anywhere, perfect climate for it). So, apple pie with (Cabot) cheddar cheese and maple syrup was a grand slam! 

[Madiel]

Vermont cheese is top notch from my limited experience (last year, a few days in Burlington).

[Gurn Blanston]

Vermont cheese is top notch from my limited experience (last year, a few days in Burlington).

My home town.

[kishnevi]

My home town.

Is there really a coat factory there?

[Sammy]

Is there really a coat factory there?

No.  Burlington started out in Burlington, New Jersey.  I could be wrong, but I think the headquarters remains in New Jersey.

[kishnevi]

No.  Burlington started out in Burlington, New Jersey.  I could be wrong, but I think the headquarters remains in New Jersey.

Goes looking online....
Website refers to Southern NJ.   
Truth to tell,  I don't particularly like their stores (always a mess when I've gone in to look), and my sense of propriety tells me New Jersey is far more appropriate for them than Vermont.

[Karl Henning]

Like "Springfield," there's a Burlington in many a state (Mass. being one).

[Gurn Blanston]

Like "Springfield," there's a Burlington in many a state (Mass. being one).

Illinois and North Carolina too. It's a good old Anglo-Saxon sort of a name. 

[Karl Henning]

We did pick up some local maple cream while in the Kaatskills, but I've not yet performed a taste test.

[Daverz]

Some years are better suited than others to show just how broad the range of Haydn's symphonic writing could be. This year, we have a pasticcio of operatic overture and dramatic entr'acte juxtaposed against double invertible counterpoint! See what I mean:

My Fair Roxy

Thanks,

Really enjoying this series, thanks.  75 is a real beauty.

[Gurn Blanston]

Really enjoying this series, thanks.  75 is a real beauty.

Thank you kindly, Dave. You're right, 75 is an unheralded peach.

[Madiel]

My home town.

If I'd known I could have dropped by the family home!

Cycling along Lake Champlain was bliss.

[Gurn Blanston]

If I'd known I could have dropped by the family home!

Cycling along Lake Champlain was bliss.

Lovely indeed. That is a nice place to be from, quite honestly.