Tuesday, May 29, 2012

May 11-12 – Embden, ME – Alberta Philpot

My grandfather came from a family of 9 kids. We’ve got to know many of them over the years at family reunions. The only one still living is Aunt Alberta. She and her extended family live near the town of Embden in Central Maine. Nancy and I had been to Maine for a family reunion 11 years ago but we didn’t get a chance to visit Embden. Aunt Alberta and her family were great hosts. We saw the sights around their small town and the entire family came over for dinner and a campfire on Saturday evening. We dined on several Maine delicacies - red hot dogs (our North Carolina family had earlier claimed that their red hot dogs were unique), fiddleheads (these are shoots picked from ostrich ferns in the springtime – the ones we had were harvested by cousin Randy), brown bread (a sweet bread made with molasses) and Moxie soda (yep – Maine has its own soda). Believe it or not the fiddleheads were excellent – they tasted like a combination of artichoke and spinach. We enjoyed all of the Maine eats. The family also brought along some extras and stocked our cupboards prior to sending us on our way.

Nancy and I in the Maine woods


Luke and Zach playing on the gravel pile - they spent hours here

Randy, Tara and their family

The kids

Isabella enjoying smores by the campfire

Rob and Rebecca

Aunt Alberta

Betsy, Connie, Rob and Zach

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