Was the farmer in the dell or the dale?

I am heading to the Farmers Market tomorrow. I know I will have plenty of tomatoes from my own garden to can, but I did not plant large quantities of other items for pickles and relish. While visiting friends in Maine last week we ate beets from their much larger gardens. One recipe I am dying to try is Odessa Beets. Use this recipe as a stuffing for baked acorn squash, put it in a sandwich with cream cheese, or eat it straight as a side. Leftovers keep for at least 1 week. From "The Moosewood Cookbook." raw beets, lemon juice, prunes, garlic, black pepper, walnuts, fresh or canned-in-juice pineapple cvt Ingredients:

• 5 (medium) beets
• 2 tbs. lemon juice
• 8 prunes, thinly sliced
• 2 (medium) cloves garlic
• 1/2 tsp. salt 1 black pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup finely chopped (English) walnuts
• 1 cup finely chopped pineapple (fresh or canned-in-juice)

Directions 1. Preheat oven to 400. Wrap the beets in foil and bake until very tender (40-45 min.). 2. Rinse under cold running water as you rub off the skins. 3. Trim the ends and coarsely grate (or use a food processor with the grating attachment). Transfer to a medium-sized bowl. 4. Add all remaining ingredients and mix well. Chill until serving time.

While preparing my list and checking it twice, I found myself humming a song. I thought I was humming "The Farmer In The Dell". However, I found the following in the source of all knowledge: Wikipedia. The Farmer in the Dale is a nursery rhyme. It tells the story of a farmer in a dale who takes a wife, who takes a child, who takes a nurse, etc, until finally a rat takes a cheese, and the cheese "stands alone".

• The farmer in the dale
• The farmer in the dale
• Hi-ho, the derry-o
• The farmer in the dale

The dictionary gives the following for dale: n. A valley: galloped over hill and dale. [Middle English, from Old English dæl.] Like most nursery rhymes or songs, there are geographic variations, and in the United Kingdom this is known as The Farmer's In His Den. The 'Hi-Ho, the derry-o' is variously replaced with 'Ee-i, tiddly-i' in London, 'Ee-i, andio' (for instance in Northern England), and 'Ee-i, ee-i' (for instance in the West Country). In the UK, the rat is replaced with a dog and in the final verse, all other players pat the dog or alternatively its bone. Additionally, "Hi-ho the merry-o" is another variation of the lyrics sung. The melody is also used for "A-Hunting We Will Go". In French it's "Le fermier dans son pré".

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