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Message: [QUOTE="ClifSpliffy, post: 4313542, member: 9260"] no on smuckers. 'The company was founded in 1897 by Jerome Monroe Smucker, a Mennonite from the small agricultural community of Orrville, Ohio, about 45 minutes south of Cleveland.' [I]but, [/I]he did have early success with selling apple butter, which i really like. [I]and, [/I]'With the exception of a few crab apple varieties, apples are not native to North America. During the early 17th century, apple seeds, buds and small plants came to the American colonies from Britain. Soon the colonists covered New England with apple orchards,' sooooooooo, apple butter and other apple stuffs, a New England food. apple brown betty, apple fritters, apple sauce, hard cider, apple dumplings .... aaannnnnd, since mr burbank invented the 'russet' potato in Massachusetts, im tossing that one into the 'local' food category. tasty. [/QUOTE]