As soon as the cool weather of fall hits, it seems everybody starts thinking about chili, chicken noodle soup, stews and, oh yes, hot apple cider. When I saw the apple cider start to go out of the Burg Grocery, I had another fond memory.
When I was a young man, I had taken my family on a vacation to the Branson area long before it became the big vacation destination it is today. This was in the early 1970's.
At that time, to drive to southern Missouri, the roads were still two lane and through the Ozark's, from Lake of the Ozark's and on south, it was a lot of hills and curves.
It seemed like every time you would get to the top of a ridge or hill, there would be an outdoor stand of some kind selling all kinds of souvenir junk. Everything from huge cigars, corn-cob pipes, blankets, and all kinds of stickers pertaining to the Ozark's to put on your car bumper or in your rear window, were sold. The kind of stuff that when you got it home, you wondered why!
One thing I do remember that was really good was that ice cold apple cider at those stands! Never did see many apple orchards down there, but, they must have been around. Doesn't matter! It tasted oh so good on a warm summer day, after a tiring drive up and down those Ozark hills!
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