Farm Bureau Women Visit Nova Scotia

Farm Bureau Women learn about Nova Scotia
March 26, 2010

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Scottish immigrants arrived in the early 1600's naming the area east of Canada and north of United States, Nova Scotia, Latin for New Scotland. The travelogue and pictures created an interesting presentation of a beautiful country, well kept and inviting.

Valleys of Prince Edward Island are made up of sandy red soil that is very productive while about half of Nova Scotia's over 21,000 square miles is forest and the coastline provides fish and other seafood.

The scenery proved beautiful with areas of various grains, including oats, vegetables, fruits and other agricultural products. Potatoes, apples and blueberries are popular, especially the blueberries made into appetizing deserts.

In our area we "dig" to harvest potatoes, however, farmers of Prince Edward Island "pick" them. Soil is removed from around the plant and blue potatoes are picked up. The potatoes retain their color after cooking. Tasting a piece of the raw product, it was decided the flavor is very similar to our red or white varieties, which are also grown there to help supply the world with french fries.

Beautiful scenes of grass, trees, crops and flowers along with spaces of lakes, bays or ocean created a vision of peace and contentment.

A fun part of the trip was crossing from Maine to Nova Scotia on a ferry, a triple decked boat with space for several buses as well as other vehicles, a restaurant, gift shop and other amenities to interest travelers.

The longest bridge in the world is seven miles long from Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick. Built tall, subject to swaying of the wind, the bridge is closed to traffic when strong currents blow. This is an architecturally interesting design of arched support system providing the strength for a main highway and heavy traffic.

Baggett is interested in food and managed to acquire a cookbook, which includes the recipe for Scottish Oatcakes. He made the not so sweet treat for the women to sample.

In addition to the special taste and nutrition of oats, to enhance flavor, he added some craisins, those delicious dried cranberries.

Would you like to take a trip? Nova Scotia area seems very interesting.
Submitted by Barbara Davis