Vermont’s Champlain Islands are home to delicious sweets and ancient legends
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ISLE IS BASED ON THE HONOR
SYSTEM, THOUGH IT IS HARD TO
HONOR THY DIET. CHOCK FULL OF CHOCOLATE CHIP
COOKIES, CARROT CAKE, CREAM
CHEESE, DELICIOUSNESS, FRUIT
PIES, GINGERBREAD BREADS AND
PIES. OH MY WHOOPIE. EVERYTHING IS BAKED FRESH SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK IN DONNA SUE SHAW’S
KITCHEN JUST UP THE HILL. WE JUST RAN OUT OF THINGS ALMOST
INSTANTLY FROM THE BEGINNING. I WOULD HAVE PEOPLE COME IN
LIKE, DO YOU HAVE PIE? I’M LIKE, I HAVE 15 MINUTES LEFT
ON THE TIMER. I WILL HAVE PIE IN 25 MINUTES. IF YOU WANT TO WAIT OR COME
BACK. DONNA SUE TRANSFORMED HER
FATHER’S FORMER FURNITURE SHOP
INTO A BAKE SHOP IN 2019. SHE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, BUT I
BAKED A LOT BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR
SONS. THESE ARE ALL PIES. THOSE ARE PIE FILLINGS. WE CALL THIS THE BAKING FREEZER. NOW HER HOME DECOR FEATURES
FREEZERS BRIMMING WITH DELICIOUS
TREATS APPLE, BLUEBERRY AND
STRAWBERRY, RHUBARB, PUMPKIN AND
CHOCOLATE CREAM, COCONUT CREAM,
BANANA CREAM SO POPULAR HER HUSBAND JOINED THE TEAM IN 2020. LIKE EVERY GREAT PARTNERSHIP,
THEY NAVIGATED A ROCKY ROAD. WHEN YOU TOLD HIM HE WAS NOW
GOING TO BE A BAKER, HE HAD
NEVER REALLY BEEN IN THE KITCHEN
MUCH. HE DIDN’T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN A TABLESPOON AND A
TEASPOON. SO WE HAD A WHOLE SEASON OF
THAT. BUT IT’S BEEN GREAT. NOW THEY PRODUCE AN IMPRESSIVE
QUANTITY OF SWEDES CHURNING OUT
200 OF THESE COOKIES ALONE EACH
WEEK. HER SHOP ADDS TO THE SWEET
NATURE OF THE ISLANDS. BACK TO THE PIER. WE LEFT OUT A MYSTERY OF SORTS,
A MOMENT WHEN HEIDI TAPPEN,
OWNER OF THE NORTH HERO HOUSE,
SAYS SHE CAME FACE TO FACE WITH
A LEGEND OF THE LAKE CHAMP. MY JUNIOR YEAR, I WAS OUT OFF
THE SOUTHERN TIP OF NORTH HERO
AND WE SAW THESE THINGS COMING
OUT OF THE GUT. AT A FLYING AT A SPEED. THEY DON’T GO LIKE THIS, THEY
JUST GO STRAIGHT, CREATING THESE
HUGE WAKES. FOR CENTURIES, REPORTED
SIGHTINGS OF AN ENORMOUS
SWIMMING MONSTER HAVE CAPTIVATED
THE IMAGINATION OF LOCALS,
VISITORS, AND EVEN SCHOLARS. UNSOLVED MYSTERIES DEDICATED AN
EPISODE TO TAPPEN AND HER
FAMILY’S REPORTED SIGHTING, AND
THEY WOULD COME UP AND YOU
COULD, LIKE, SEE A HUMP AND THEN
ANOTHER HUMP, AND THEN ANOTHER HUMP. ONE OF THEM ROLLED OVER, HAD
FINS ALONG ITS BELLY. SO HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IT SINCE? I HATE TO SAY NO, BUT NOT FOR
LACK OF LOOKING. AND THE FIRST RECORDED SIGHTINGS
OF CHAMP GO BACK TO THE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THAT HAVE LONG
LIVED AND HUNTED NEAR LAKE
CHAMPLAIN. THE ABENAKI AND THE IROQUOIS. THEY SPOKE ABOUT A CREATURE
INHABITING THE LAKE, WHICH
LOOKED LIKE A LAR
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