Shin magajin garin tsohon, wanda ke tsakiyar tsakiyar Moultonborough a yankin New Hampshire ta Lake Winnipesaukee, mafi kyawun ɗakin ajiya a Amurka? Sabanin yawancin kamfanoni na New Ingila, wadanda ba su da cancanta game da kiran kansu "mafi tsufa," "farko" ko "wurin haifuwa" - ko da ba tare da takardun bincike ba don tabbatar da shi - Masu sayar da kaya a Old Country na tafiya ne kawai cewa kantin sayar da su, wanda aka kafa a shekara ta 1781, shine "watakila" mafi tsufa na ƙasar.
Akwai wadansu masu gwagwarmaya don "mafi kyawun ɗakin" take. A Fielding Lewis Store a Fredericksburg, Virginia, na iya kasancewa mafi tsufa masana'antu a Amurka: An gina shi a cikin shekara ta 1749. Amma gine-ginen tarihin ba magajin komai ba ne. Kamfanin Brick a Bath, New Hampshire, ya yi iƙirarin zama "mafi kyawun mafi yawan masana'antu a Amurka," amma zai iya gano ainihin asalinsa tun daga farkon shekarun 1790.
Ko da kuwa irin wannan tsayayyar da'awar, yana da lafiya a faɗi cewa magajin Old Country Store na Moultonborough yana daya daga cikin kamfanoni masu tsufa a cikin Amurka da kuma cinikayyar cinikayya, kuma, kamar yadda za ka gani a wannan hotunan hotunan, shi ma ya fi tsaro ya ce yana daya ne na wani wuri mai ban sha'awa da maras ban sha'awa ga shagon.
Magajin garin Old Town na Moultonborough, wanda ya yi aiki a wasu lokuta a cikin tarihinsa kamar dakatarwar filin wasa na New Hampshire, zauren gari, ofisoshin, ɗakin karatu da kuma Masonic Hall, ya kasance wurin zama taro, da kuma wani makiyaya na musamman inda za ku samu game da duk abin da ke ƙarƙashin rana.
Kamar yawancin shaguna na tsofaffi, Moultonborough na Tsohon Kasuwanci na Mongtonborough yana dauke da kyamara, magungunan abinci. Domin yana da ƙarancin yawon shakatawa, za ku sami kyauta na New Hampshire (ku sani kuna buƙatar buƙatun guntu masu kyauta) da kyauta da aka yi a New Hampshire, ba shakka.
Bugu da ƙari, kasancewa wurin shagon kayan na'urorin abinci da kayan gida, John Deere masu tarawa, littattafan tafiye-tafiye da ƙananan yanayi, Tsohon Kasuwancin Kasuwanci na Tsohon Kasuwanci suna cike da abubuwan mamaki wadanda suke yin sa'a. Har ila yau, za ku sami kayan abinci mai ban sha'awa na kayan lambu na New Ingila, ciki har da maple syrup da candy, Vermont cheddar, Pudding India, na gida, salad dressings, taffy taffy da ... quite a zahiri ... miya da kwayoyi!
Daga 'yan kuɗin alkalami na alkalami da ganga na pickles zuwa wannan katako mai ban sha'awa, wanda ke rike da magajin garin Moultonborough a cikin watanni na hunturu, za ku hadu da kowane tsayin daka da kuke tsammani za ku iya samu a cikin wani babban kantin sayar da tsofaffi, ciki har da wani dan wasan piano.
Mawallafin Maine, Dokta Augustin Thompson, ya fara sayar da Moxie Nerve Food, game da 1876, a matsayin magunguna. Bugu da ƙari na soda waterated - da kuma m talla yakin - nan da nan ya sanya Moxie na farko yadu rare soda a Amurka. Kodayake yawancin mutanen sun rasa dandano saboda irin abincin da ake ciki a matsayin mai cin gashin ganyaye a kasuwannin, har yanzu magoya bayan Moxie ne, musamman a New England. Moxie shine koyon Maine mai shayarwa. Moxie na mallakar Bedford, New Hampshire na tushen Cornucopia abubuwan sha, wani ɓangare na Coca-Cola Bottling Company na Northern New England.
Idan ba a taɓa gwada Moxie soda ba, tobi cikin Tsohon Kasuwancin Tsohon Kasuwanci kuma ku kula da kanku: Ba za ku iya rasa bambanci ba, mai mahimmanci orange Moxie iya. Moxie shine dandano mai dandano, don haka kada ka daina bayan da farko. Abin da ya fi sauƙi shi ne, sauki Moxie ya sauka.
Shirye-shirye don koma baya a lokaci da kuma sayo hanyoyin da aka yi a gaban mega malls da Intanit? Ga abin da kuke bukata don sanin shirin da kuka ziyarta a Mongtonborough Country Store:
Location: Tsibiyar Kasuwanci na Tsohon Kasuwanci yana a 1011 Whittier Highway (Route 25) a Moultonborough, NH.
Hours: Tun daga shekarar 2016, kantin sayar da abinci yana buɗewa kullum daga karfe 9 na safe har zuwa karfe 6 na yamma tare da karin sa'o'i har zuwa karfe 9 na yamma a lokacin rani. Kyakkyawan ra'ayin da za a kira don tabbatar da sa'o'i na aiki kafin yin tafiya na musamman.
Saduwa: 603-476-5750 ko nhcountrystore@myfairpoint.net