I don't eat a lot of scones. But when a new coffee shop here in Albion came out with something called a bacon cheddar scone ... well, there are always exceptions.
The Fox Den. There's a great view from there, which you can see reflected in the window.
The Fox Den is in the old Black Building (which is green), at the main intersection in Albion. (The building gets a mention in our books Images of America: Albion and Noble County and Smoky Days and Sleepless Nights.) It used to be the Noble Art Gallery, which I was disappointed to see go because I hate to see any Albion business go, and also because they were one of the few brick and mortar places where you could find my books for sale. Also, the art was cool. And they had scrapbooks of old Albion newspapers that were fascinating to poke through.
I was really disappointed.
But on the other hand, no one in that storefront has, to my knowledge, offered bacon cheddar anything, at least since John and Mid's Restaurant was there forty or so years ago.
There is still art there: Here's a fox! In the den.
I know what you're thinking: So, how was the scone? Fair question. But before I forget, Emily and I did encounter something there I found exciting.
That's right: books! Hey, we all get excitement our own way. Sadly, none of them were my books, but don't you need something to read, for long mornings (or afternoons) sitting and sipping? Not sipping scones, that would be silly, but coffee shops quite often serve beverages.
Oh, and more food than just scones, too. It's worth checking out if you happen to be near Albion, or going through Albion, or anchoring your hot air balloon on the courthouse.
See, it's a fox! Relaxing in its den. With scones.
Oh, yeah, I almost forgot: The bacon cheddar scones are spectacular, and by that I mean really good. We got ours to go, which isn't the preferred way to do it, but hopefully we'll get a chance to hibernate up there a little longer, next time.
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Amazing, the saga of the green black house continues. One might think, this is the actual heart of Albion, not the court house. Well, its not really far apart, though.
Astonishing - and courageous - to open a new business there and now. Here in Germany, small town like Albion suffer from a trend that all businesses and services shut down and move to the next bigger city. At the end there is no shops, no bank, no doctors, nothing. And then the people start to leave as well, since there are no jobs anymore as well, and one has to drive around for everything. So they also move into the cities. Sad.
In the east of Germany there are villages that are almost abandoned, and you can buy a house for a few thousand Euro there, while in the big cities the property prices are going through the roof.
My first question was: what are scones?
After 34 among Brits I actually never heard that word - so I looked it up, and it turns out to be what they call pasties. One of their most favourite quick snacks, that I also ate oftentimes. Certainly not healthfood, with fairly dubious fillings, where you wonder if you should know whats in it, or rather not. But quiete tasty mostly, at least for british standards.
And a bacon-cheddar flavour does not sound unusual for those. The bestseller in the army diner was kidney-mushroom, so bacon-cheddar seems rather tame.
A worrying trend here in recent years are ice creams with weird flavours - like bacon-cheddar. Or Bratwurst flavour, or Pizza, Salmon, Beer and whatever flavour. Yuck! Whats wrong with Strawberry, Vanilla, Chocolate, Walnut and such? Someone should tell those guys that new means not automatically better. Like this one:
Its open for speculation whats in this one, or if its just racist chocolate ice cream:
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I think we're seeing another wave of that. A hundred years ago there were little towns scattered all over the place--so everyone could be within a horse and wagon ride of what they needed. Then the car came along, and many of those towns are now only historical placards and abandoned barns. Now we have people in towns my size going twelve miles to a town ten times bigger, while the people in those towns travel to Fort Wayne, half an hour or more away--to get the same stuff they could get in their towns. The result: town of a few thousand or smaller are struggling, unless they happen to be near a major highway--and sometimes then.
Forget the new flavors! Ick. Oddly, the first time I ever heard the word scones was from a British actor, but maybe he was just reading the line for American audiences. They sound better than pasties ... because here in America there's a thing called a pasty, which is used to conceal the nipples on exotic dancers. You don't want to mix those up!
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Haha! Yeah, that would explain the different word! I don't even know what that is called in Britain. Come to think of it, I don't know what its called in Germany either... Not my field of expertise... :)
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Well, none of us is perfect!
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