Aylee's response to the prompts

-Are there any foods that your state or prefecture is famous for? What are they? 
In the New England area and up through Canada there are a lot of Sugar Maple trees. It is from these trees that we make maple syrup. There are lots of local businesses producing Maple Syrup but a lot of people make it for fun, like us. We live on a farm with 5 or 6 good sized Sugar Maples right by the house. We drill holes into the trunk and hammer in spigots which are little metal tubes. The sap from inside the tree trunk runs thought the tube and into a bucket we have hung on the spigot. if the temperature is sunny in the day and freezing in the night, the sap begins to flow. We boil it down in an evaporating pan until it is thick. Thats how we make syrup. Vermont is known for Maple syrup and now is the season for it so I am sure all of you who are coming from Japan will get to experience it first hand. 


-What is your favorite locally produced food?
Each summer my father maintains a huge garden in which we grow all kinds of vegetables such as carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, peas, beets, corn, broccoli, pretty much anything you can think of. Aside from that we have a small apple orchard and a huge raspberry patch. These are all great but my favorite thing of all is the strawberry patch. In the peak of the season there are gallons of strawberries each day. There is also local meat from cows we raise and Venison (deer meat) from hunting season. I don't have a favorite food, i like that there is such a variety. i would never want to live in the city because of how great it is to be able to walk outside and have fresh food growing abundantly everywhere.