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Pressing cider at Wood's Cider Mill

Issue No. 117: Wood’s Cider Jelly

November 14, 2019 Val Neff-Rasmussen / by Val Neff-Rasmussen

New England Yankees have made cider jelly since the 1600s. It was the standard way to preserve the apple crop in the days before refrigeration, and provided a year-round sweetener for cooking and baking. But by the mid-twentieth century it fell out of fashion. That it still exists commercially today is primarily due to the […]

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Heritage turkeys at Judd Culver's farm

Issue No. 116: KellyBronze Heritage Breed Turkeys

November 7, 2019 Val Neff-Rasmussen / by Val Neff-Rasmussen

A few farmers are raising the breeds of turkeys our grandparents would remember from their childhood. This is a story of one of them.

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