Kodi Old Store Store, yomwe ili pakati pa Moultonborough ku Lake Winnipesaukee, ku New Hampshire, sitolo yakale kwambiri ku United States? Mosiyana ndi malo ambiri a New England, omwe alibe zifukwa zodziyitcha okha "akale kwambiri," "poyamba" kapena "malo obadwirako" - ngakhale popanda zofufuzidwa bwino kuti atsimikizire - eni eni a Old Country Store amapita mpaka kuti malo awo ogulitsira, omwe anakhazikitsidwa mu 1781, ndi "mwina" akale kwambiri.
Pali otsutsa ena a mutu wapamwamba kwambiri. Gulu la Fielding Lewis ku Fredericksburg, Virginia, lingakhale nyumba yakale kwambiri yogulitsa nsomba ku America: Iyo inamangidwa mu 1749. Koma nyumba ya mbiri yakale siigulitsanso. Golo la Brick ku Bath, New Hampshire, limati ndi "malo akale omwe akugwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ku America," koma limatha kudziwa komwe ilo linayambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1790.
Ziribe kanthu zotsutsana izi, ziri zotetezeka kunena kuti Moultonborough ya Old Country Store ndi imodzi mwa mabungwe akuluakulu omwe akukhalabe ndi olemera ku USA, ndipo, monga momwe muwonera pazithunzi zazithunzi izi, ndizotetezeka kunena kuti ndi imodzi malo osangalatsa ndi okondweretsa ogulitsa.
Mzinda wa Old Country Store wa Moultonborough, umene wakhala ukugwira ntchito nthawi zina m'mabuku ake pamene sitima yapamwamba ya gulu la New Hampshire imayima, holo ya tauni, positi, ofesi ya mabuku ndi Masonic Hall, imakhalabe malo osonkhanitsira, komanso malo omwe mungapezeko komwe mungapeze za chirichonse pansi pa dzuwa.
Mofanana ndi masitolo ambiri akale, Moultonborough's Old Country Store imanyamula zosakaniza, zosakaniza ndi msuzi. Chifukwa ndi malo otchuka okaona alendo, mudzapeza zokhudzana ndi New Hampshire (mukudziwa kuti mumasowa zazifupi zazikulu zamakono) ndi mphatso zopangidwa ku New Hampshire, ndithudi.
Kuwonjezera pa kukhala malo ogulitsira zipangizo zamakono ndi zinthu zapakhomo, anthu ogwirizana a John Deere, mabuku oyendayenda ndi mabanki a nyengo, mipiringidzo ya Old Country Store yodzala ndi zodabwitsa zomwe zimapanga zosangalatsa zosangalatsa. Mudzapeza zakudya zokoma za New England zomwe zikuphatikizapo madzi a mapulo ndi maswiti, Vermont cheddar, Indian pudding, uchi wamkati, ma saladi, madzi a mchere taffy ndi ... kwenikweni kwenikweni ... supu ndi mtedza!
Kuchokera pamakina a maswiti a candy ndi mbiya ya pickles ku chitofu chochititsa chidwi cha nkhuni, chomwe chimachititsa kuti Moultonborough Country Store ikhale yosangalatsa m'miyezi yozizira, mudzakumana ndi malo omwe mungaganize kuti mungapeze mkati mwa sitolo yachikale yakale, kuphatikizapo kuimba piyano.
Mlengi wobadwa ndi Maine Dr. Augustin Thompson poyamba anagulitsa Moxie Nerve Food m'chaka cha 1876 monga mankhwala opatsirana. Kuwonjezera kwa madzi otsekemera a soda - ndi msonkhano wotsatsa malonda - posakhalitsa Moxie anapanga soda yotchuka kwambiri ku America. Ngakhale kuti mtundu wonsewo unataya kukoma kwake kwa chakumwa chowawa kwambiri ngati ma sodas okoma kwambiri pamsika, pakadakali mafano odzipereka a Moxie, makamaka ku New England. Moxie ndikumwa mowa wabwino wa boma wa Maine. Moxie tsopano ali ndi Bedford, New Hampshire-based Cornucopia Beverages, chigawenga cha Coca-Cola Bottling Company ya Northern New England.
Ngati simunayesere Moxie soda, pitani ku Old Country Store ndikudzipangira nokha: Simungaphonye maluwa osiyana, a orange a Moxie angathe. Moxie ndi kukoma komwe kumapindula, choncho musataye mtima mutatha kupuma. Ndiwowonjezera, Moxie ndi yosavuta.
Wokonzeka kubwerera mmbuyo ndikugula momwe anthu adayendera pamaso pa mega malls ndi intaneti? Nazi zomwe muyenera kudziwa kuti mupange ulendo wokacheza ku Moultonborough Country Store:
Malo: The Old Country Store ndi Museum ili pa 1011 Whittier Highway (Njira 25) ku Moultonborough, NH.
Maola: Kuyambira mu 2016, sitolo imatsegulidwa tsiku lililonse kuyambira 9 koloko mpaka 6 koloko masana ndi maola ochuluka mpaka 9 koloko m'nyengo yachilimwe. Ndibwino kuti muyitanidwe kuti mutsimikizire maola ambiri musanapange ulendo wapadera.