May 28, 2009 ~ Life in a Fifth Wheel RV ~ G. A. Schimpff's Confectionery, Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana

May 28, 2009

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G. A. Schimpff's Confectionery, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana

G. A. Schimpff's Confectionery is located at 347 Spring Street in downtown Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana

Til morgen kørte vi en halv time vestpå til Louisville, Kentucky, og tog broen over Ohio-floden til Jeffersonville, Indiana, hvor vi skulle besøge en af USAs ældste konfekture- og bolchefabrikanter.

This morning we drove about a half hour to Louisville, Kentucky, and crossed the bridge over the Ohio River to Jeffersonville, Indiana, where we were visiting one of the oldest candy kitchens in the US.

Schimpff-slægten har lavet konfekture her omkring siden 1850erne, og har haft denne forretning siden 1891, gennem fire generationer.

The Schimpff family have been confectioners in this area since the 1850s, and have had this particular store since 1891, through four generations.

Jill Schimpff viste os, hvor højt vandet nåede op, da Ohio-floden gik over sine bredder i 1883 og 1884. Da den gik over sine bredder igen i 1937, nåede vandet til midt på vinduerne ovenpå i privaten, og bedstemor Schimpff måtte hentes i robåd for at kunne komme ud derfra.

Jill Schimpff showed us how high the water rose, then the Ohio River flooded the area in 1883 and 1884. When it flooded again in 1937, the water reached the middle of the windows in the upstairs residence, and grandmother Schimpff had to be taken out of there in a row boat.

Bagest i forretningen er der et fantastisk slik-museum.

Behind the store is an amazing candy museum.

Bolchekogeriet foregår efter de gamle opskrifter med det samme antikke køkkenudstyr, de har brugt her i 118 år.

The candy making is done with the same recipes and the same antique kitchen implements they used here for 118 years.