* we used to pick thimbleberries (wild black raspberries) behind Nenna’s house and put them on our breakfast cereal.
* at the island we would pick blackberries for our cereal
* at the pond we picked blueberries and blackberries
* we would climb the trees behind Nanna’s house and pick/eat grapes
* Grammies 3rd husband Emerson would bring commercial sized containers of Peach Ice cream from the Plymouth County Hospital where he worked as a cook.
* Peaceful Meadows ice cream
* ice chips off the back of the Peaceful Meadows milk truck
* salt water taffy and fudge from Este’s Candy Kitchen
* rock candy from the corner pharmacy
* Lauries specialty - home made peppermints (lots of wax paper on the kitchen table)
* My specialty – homemade fudge
* watermelon (though mostly as a preliminary to the seed spitting contest)
* fudgesicles & creamsicles
* strawberry frappes at the diner (next to the town hall) at the end of my paper rout
* “Horses Neck’s” (vanilla ice cream in Coca Cola)
* Zarex (brand of flavored syrup) drinks
* there was some fizzy (just like Alka-Seltzer) flavored tablet you could put into a glass of water
* when all else failed, raw tomatoes covered with lots of sugar was quite acceptable
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