Apple Butter Stirring Festival

After walking the dogs this morning, we pedaled over to Roscoe Village to take in the Apple Butter Stirring Festival. They turn the main street of the restored canal town into a pedestrian walkway so crafters and food vendors can put up tents to share their wares. It was a brisk 42 degrees when we rode over with the sun playing hide and seek behind puffy white clouds.

It was fun to mingle with the local natives. Karen found a Christmas present for a friend and bought a bag of fresh made cinnamon glazed pecans. The pecans were still warm when we ate them. Highly recommended on a cool fall day. There was a blacksmith demonstration, tap dancers, dulcimer players, potters, jewelry makers and all kinds of interesting things to look at. And of course there were apple butter stirrers.

Here are a some photos:

A picture of the typical native foods in this area.

Apple butter stirrers.

Karen buying our bag of pecans.