-=> Denis Mosko wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DM> //Hello Dave, //

 DD> Obviously the soil in Maine is good for potatoes since it is their #1
 DD> crop.

 DD>>  If you mean "what will grow there?" then: Maine spans Plant Hardiness
 DD>> Zones 3-6. Each zone is based on the 30-year average of the single
 DD>> coldest temperature recorded each winter. Zone 3 is 10 degrees F colder
 DD>> than Zone 4, etc. In addition, each zone is split in half. 

 DM>>  Is Zone 4 - hte best hot weather zone, Dave?

Zone 6 is the warmest for Maine. Temperatures go up as the numbers get
larger. Zone 0 is the North Pole area.  Bv)= Zone 13 is nearer to the 
equator.

 DD> Cold Hardiness zones are based on the average annual minimum temperature
 DD> in a given area of the country, with USDA Zone 1 being the coldest at
 DD> minus 50 degrees F and USDA Zone 13 the warmest at above 60 degrees F.

 DM> = 47®‘?!

 Huh?
 
 DD>>  Think Rostov or Astrakhan or Sochi in your country.
 DM>>  Astrakhan's 1oC = 9oC of Sochi.
 DD> I looked at the latitude of middle of Maine. Then I looked at a map of
 DD> Russia and some cities at/near that latitude.
 
 
 DM> Sochi - hot weather and sea water. Rostov?.. Do You mean
 DM> Rostov-on-Don*)? *) Don - long river. Has Maine long river?

Yes, Rostov-on-Don. Rostov Veliky is further north. 
 
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/rivers/maine.htm

About 100km is as long as is in the State of Maine.

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      Title: Kletski
 Categories: Fruits, Breads, Citrus
      Yield: 3 servings

      4 md Apples; peeled cored, fine
           - chopped
      6 tb Lemon juice; fresh
      2 tb Lemon rind; grated
    1/2 c  Sugar
      2 lg Eggs; beaten lightly
  1 1/2 c  Fine bread crumbs

  Pour lemon juice over the apples then squeeze them dry.

  Mix the lemon rind into the apples, sugar, egg, & bread
  crumbs. Chill in refrigerator for 30 minutes. remove
  from refrigerator and make walnut-sized balls. 

  In a large pot of lightly, salted, boiling water drop
  the balls. Boil until they rise to the surface. Use a
  slotted spoon to remove them from the boiling water.

  Allow them to drain and cool to room temperature. These
  dumplings may be eaten dusted with powdered sugar, added
  to a fruit soup, or "as-is" as you desire.

  There is no such thing as "getting enough" of these
  delightful and delicious dumplings!

  Source: Dr. Donald Houston's collection.

  ORIGIN: Anya & Tatiana Belosova, Rostov-On-Don Russia

  RECIPE FROM: http://www.ruscuisine.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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... I'm on a quest for new recipes that aren't weird.

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