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| Mepkin Abbey, Moncks Corner, S.C. |
When PETA harassed the Franciscan Monks of Mepkin Abbey into giving up chicken farming they turned to mushroom growing. I had no complaints about them taking up mushrooms although I originally hoped they might decide to be the Fudge Making Monks of Moncks Corner. You must admit it has a ring to it!
The gardens are so beautiful it is worth a drive (check your directions) any time of the year and now you can pick up mushrooms. Here is the mushroom story and a link to the online store. The monks are pretty high tech.
Okay kids. I need to get my shower and get to bed. Another day ends.
Let's just hope those monks get someone else to box up the chocolates.... because nothing could be worse than "The fudge-packing monks of Monck's Corner"....
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I can see movie starring Cheech and Chong as the mushroom growing brownie baking monks. :)
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I am writing the screenplay in my head ;)
Deletelovely images. fudge would have been good.
ReplyDeleteSee....you know what I mean. I bet it would have been delicious fudge.
Deletethey make a mean fruitcake....soaked in lots and lots of alcohol.....and that drizzle stuff they sell is delish as well.....i am gonna refrain from any fudge comments
ReplyDeleteThey do. It seems the shops in these Abbeys sell goods from other Monks so they had honey and jam etc. Yum.
DeleteJoan has never been one to fudge her words. :)
ReplyDeleteOh Fudge!
DeleteMy Dad used to grow mushrooms under the basement steps when I was a young thing...back then I thought it was just another weird thing to add to the parents are nuts list, now I think it was pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteI was just talking about growing mushrooms the other day. I love mushrooms. It would be cool to grow your own.
ReplyDeleteLives of monks fascinate me. Writer Kathleen Norris writes some interesting books about them, esp. the ones in Collegeville, MN...a place of great serenity.
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