Old South Cemetery

I took a walk in Old South Cemetery which is about 1/4 of a mile away from my apartment this weekend. It is the oldest cemetery in Billerica, MA. Billerica was incorporated in 1655. The oldest grave I found was dated 1740. The thing that struck me the most after reading the headstones, was the ages of the people when they died were not that young. There were many graves where the people had lived long lifes. The oldest person I found was 92 when she died in 1785.

The grave's of the veterans were also interesting. I found one that was a Civil War vet and the others was all veterans of The Revolutionary War.



Makes one think.

Ponder the egg cream....

I had an urge for an egg cream yesterday. For those of us that grew up in the shadows of New York skyscrapers the egg cream has a magical allure. First I had to find Fox's u-bet chocolate syrup. Lucky for me Stop and Shop carries it. There is something about Fox's syrup that makes an egg cream taste like an egg cream should. Several co-works asked me as I returned from lunch with my prize in hand, "Does it taste better than Hershey's?" My answer, "No it tastes different."

Hershey's is fine for ice cream, but for a true egg cream it has to be Fox's u-bet. On the back of the bottle it has the directions for a New York Egg Cream;
In a tall glass pour 1/2 inch of u-bet, 3/4 inch of whole milk, add carbonated water & mix briskly.

Perfection in a glass.

Maybe it's because I'm getting older that the pleasures of my youth are coming back to me. A few months ago it was hard rolls, now egg creams. Anyone up for a game of stickball?