“Oyster pie was always a treat, although we had it maybe once a month. An oyster man came around regularly and he’d give a lot more juice with the oysters than you get in the store!” Only sixty miles from Philadelphia, the Lancaster area had easy access to the fish and oyster trade flowing through the seaport city. In fact, Lancaster farmers sold their wheat, which they raised primarily as a cash crop during the mid- to late 1800s, in Philadelphia. Or they took their potatoes to Reading where, by way of the canal system, they were sent on to Philadelphia. In addition to seafood, lemons, oranges, and bananas found their way to Lancaster tables.