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16F4 t1_j15cdwu wrote

Reply to My turn! by weakenedstrain

Happened to me a couple days ago. Politely declined to converse. I didn’t realize it was a scam, but I had a similar query on another subreddit last week.

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16F4 t1_iz0thca wrote

Get Lodge brand at Renys, Walmart or even Amazon Warehouse. Once cured it will be great for years. My 5quart Double Dutch oven with a fryer pan lid I paid $30 for ten years ago and it’s still going strong. Currently on sale on Amazon for $60 new/$41 used.

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16F4 t1_iwedlg0 wrote

You in fact do want to argue because you started the argument. So, let’s correct your comments:

  1. Google says, “Labadie's Bakery in Lewiston, Maine has been making the confection since 1925.” No mention made that is was the first commercially sold whoopie pie. Google also goes on to write, “The now-defunct Berwick Cake Company of Roxbury, Massachusetts was selling "Whoopee Pies" as early as the 1920s, but officially branded the Whoopee Pie in 1928 to great success.” So, some controversy there.

  2. Road side stands, and craft fairs, do qualify as commercial business last I checked. Because the IRS checks. More that $600 sales and you get a 1099. That makes it a commercial sale as far as the government is concerned. But more generally when you make a product and you get money for it, it’s a commercial sale.

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16F4 t1_iwebm1t wrote

Again, no. Several places claim to have started selling them around the same time as Labadies did in Lewiston. The Amish claim to have been selling them in road side stands since the 1890s. You go to the larger communities of Lancaster, PA, as well as the smaller ones around Johnstown, PA and they’ll fill you in on the history.

That being said, there are lots of good whoopie pies in Maine. Certainly the best I’ve ever had outside of Amish-made ones, but that is of course a personal preference.

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16F4 t1_iwe7und wrote

Not really a Maine thing. More of an Amish thing, I thought. All the Amish markets here in Maryland have them. Although the best whoopie pie I ever had I bought at a Maine craft fair from a company called “Forever Whoopies”. They also had gluten-free ones for the same price as regular.

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16F4 t1_ita9mhz wrote

Check out “Good Maine Food” by Marjorie Mosser. It was published in 1947, but has lots of classic “old timey “ recipes from the 1800s. Believe it or not, it is still available as a paperback and can be found on Amazon (but please buy it from a local bookstore).

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16F4 OP t1_iscvxjb wrote

My sister has the same problems with her dogs being coaxed out into the woods by a single coyote to be jumped by the pack. She keeps them on a leash now after being warned.

Makes sense re: the hare population. More food, more pups.

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