A few weeks ago, I spent a Saturday in a local vineyard. I received an email about participating in a "crop mob," which I guess is when members of the community come and help local farmers harvest their crops all at one time. We harvested 4 acres of grapes in one weekend! I think they were concord grapes, but I can't remember. They were really sweet and delicious even though they were grapes for making wine! I went with my friends Melanie and Elizabeth to the farm around noon, just in time for lunch. The farmer and his family served us the quintessential Midwestern meal: Sloppy Joes, three different kinds of potato chips, milk, chocolate milk, and tons of pop, bacon and potato soup, apple bars, Special K bars, and a few other things that I can't remember. There was absolutely nothing vegetarian, so Elizabeth and Melanie put potato chips on a hamburger bun for their entree.
I finally tried The Sugar Bowl that night- it's a local ice cream shop that gets its ice cream from somewhere in Wisconsin. Everyone is obsessed with The Sugar Bowl in Decorah, but I much prefer the Whippy Dip.
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