tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36626553.post3704692115248950793..comments2023-10-31T06:26:39.672-05:00Comments on A d i r o n d a c k B o y s: Adirondack League Club, Forest Lodgemaburstein@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404147569850644455noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36626553.post-77783743231167530772008-03-28T04:53:00.000-05:002008-03-28T04:53:00.000-05:00I actually was a cook at the Adirondack League Clu...I actually was a cook at the Adirondack League Club (promoted from scullion after the "real" cook quit) during the summer of 1962.<BR/><BR/>Quite the place. I remember absolutely clear water, a couple off Adirondack guide canoes or guideboats, I think they called them. <BR/><BR/>Wide at the gunwales, swiftly swooping in an S-curve down to a narrow (maybe 9 inches?) flat bottom. Made of thin cedar, thin-necked oars that bent in the water if you pulled hard, and then snapped straight for a little boost of speed.<BR/><BR/>And the Ballantine (of brewing notoriety) "cabin." Three stories. Tile shower stalls. Four bays on the water. Two for seaplanes, two for Chris-Craft speed boats. A generator shed back in the woods.<BR/><BR/>Some "cabin."<BR/><BR/>As I recall, a Bea and Alex Kilb were the season caretakers of the lake and the lodge. I uncertainly remember that they lived in Dolgeville.<BR/><BR/>There were just a couple of grandmothers who lived near the lodge (their families no longer came to the lake, but they liked it).<BR/><BR/> I cooked their meals, and the meals for about 13 staff members. Six meals a day. Bread, rolls, steaks, stews, soups, pies, cakes. Thank god for "Joy of Cooking" and all its "chemistry of cooking" chapters.bwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09298103683713956526noreply@blogger.com