Ice Cream Machine

Where: 213 Main St, Charlestown, NH click this link to their site

When: Oct 7-2012

A view from the picnic tables in front...

There is nothing like taking back roads in the fall, through New England. The colors of the leaves can be spectacular! And I love to drive, because if I see a spot to stop at, I don't miss the chance to do so... whether it's for a photo, or some exploring.

I wanted to turn around and go check out an historic marker along Main St, and in the process of turning down a few side streets, by so-pilot saw this sign for 'homemade ice cream' painted on the side of a building (with an arrow pointed up this driveway).

We decided to make this our 'lunch stop', we wouldn't have enough room for lunch on top of these ice cream selections, anyway.

My so-pilot had Frozen Pudding and Pistachio and loved it...

This below is my combination.... Top is a Coconut base with shaved special dark chocolate and whole almonds (VERY yummy) on top of a scoop of Molasses Gingersnap ice cream (AWESOME!!!). The Molasses Gingersnap (my curiosity was peaked) wasn't as recommended by Dave (co-owner with John) as he said it was rather sweet, but we were told to ask for a spoonful of any selection we were contemplating. It tasted like Indian pudding, with crushed gingersnap cookies layered in throughout it. soooo gooood! We'll be back again!

Country Cook'n at the Lakeside

Where: 1457 Lakeshore Road, Gilford, NH (603)-524-3304

When : Oct 7, 2012

This was a place we spotted on the way to a wedding in NH. It was just a hop, skip and a jump from our motel, and by the look of the local NH plates on the cars, it's always a good sign.

It wasn't crowded at 8am on a Sunday morning, so we got seated and waited on very quickly.
Some of the decor inside was humourous, such as this sign behind the counter.

My date had the Chef's omelet ($6.25), onions, pepper, mushrooms, cheese, bacon and ham. It really looked good. Even had the choice of Raisin bread - looked homemade! (This time his comment was "Good!! I liked it!")

I had the Hash and cheese omelet, with homefries  ($6.75). It looked kan of plain, but tasted really good.
The nice thing was, who came in to sit near us as we were waiting for our breakfast to be served, was one of the couples that we sat with at the wedding the night before. Nice company, Joan and Walt. Hope you had as nice a ride home as we did.

The Margate

Where: Laconia, NH

When: October 6, 2012

The event: RJ & Kristel's wedding

Okay, I know that this was a 'wedding' menu, but since they have a restaurant in the resort, I'm assuming you could get this meal there, even if you were just coming in to eat. That being said, I'm gonna tell you what my impression of the meal was, just in case.

Appetizers were very good.... sausage and meatballs were tasty, but not extradinaire...but the little items on the bottom right (looked like wontons) were REALLY delicious. Not sure what was in them, but they tasted oriental.

They did come around with other appetizers (stuffed mushrooms- stuffed with sweet potato, goat cheese and spinach pizza chunks). Nice assortment.

 

 The salad was nothing to rave about, but several at our table laughed about 'casing' the lettuce around the plate. Too lacy for me! I happen to like color in my salad, not just fluff.

 This was my dinner.... Roasted stuffed pork loin, with pecans and cranberries (perfect for fall), along with smashed potato and mashed sweet potato (which had chunks of apple in it.... VERY delicious).

 My hubby had chicken with my same sides.... He said it was good (I have to have him elaborate more. Doesn't he know he's getting quoted on this blog???). Personally, it looked like a chicken crouquette.