How many eggs do Amish eat? How much do they can? How often do Amish order pizza or other food to the home? I’m currently reading the new book Nature & The Environment in Amish Life. Authors David McConnell and Marilyn Loveless include a survey revealing interesting points about the Amish diet. They compared the four major affiliations of Amish in the Holmes County community (Old…
If you’re hungry in Holmes County, you could do a lot worse than Boyd & Wurthmann. This restaurant, located in “downtown” Berlin, is a local institution, serving up sandwiches and hearty meals for 70+ years. I visited in December, again with my friend Rich Stevick. It’s a circa-1940s restaurant and it kind of has that atmosphere (I wasn’t around then, but I can imagine). I think…
As a people who live close to animals and nature, the Amish still do something that most Americans left behind long ago – that is, butchering and processing their own meat. This might make some us think “yuck”. But it’s the way of things when you’re on Amish farms. Amish have days dedicated to the task – usually in the autumn or winter when the…
When I stay at John and Rachel’s* home in Lancaster County, one of my morning tasks is to go on a milk run. This doesn’t mean running down to the store but rather to the closest source possible. And in this part of the world, that means another Amish farm. Here’s the jar I used one morning: Not “Strawberry Jelly” but organic cow milk in…
We’re officially into winter. And this is the time of year that families are cracking into those canned items they worked hard to prepare when the weather was warmer and fresh fruit and veggies were plentiful. On my recent Amish trip I had the good fortune to bring back a Christmas basket of canned goods as a present for the family. I thought I’d share…
We’ve got a winner of The Essential Amish Cookbook following the Q-and-A giveaway with author Lovina Eicher. But first, here are 3 of Lovina’s recipes for you – a main dish, a salad, and something sweet. Thanks to Herald Press for letting us reprint them here. 3 Recipes from The Essential Amish Cookbook Want to test-drive a few of Lovina’s dishes? Here are three recipes you…
Lovina Eicher answers your questions in today’s post. Lovina is the author of The Essential Amish Cookbook and the Lovina’s Amish Kitchen column. To enter to win a copy of The Essential Amish Cookbook, just leave a comment on this post. I’ll draw a random winner and post it next week. Lovina apologizes for not being able to get to all the questions (life as…
Would you like to eat a home-cooked meal in an Amish home? If you don’t yet have Amish friends who’ll feed you, you can always track down a home business providing meals for the public. Last year we heard about two such places, in Lancaster County and NE Indiana. Today, a look at another, in upstate New York. Beverly Kehe-Rowland writes about her friend Cindy…
Lovina Eicher is an Amish mother of eight and author of the Lovina’s Amish Kitchen column (and formerly the Amish Cook column). I’m working on a Q-and-A for Lovina about her latest cookbook, The Essential Amish Cookbook, to publish here on the site. Do you have anything that I should ask Lovina? If so, share those questions in the comments below. I’ll choose some of…
For being the fourth-largest Amish settlement, the community in Geauga County, Ohio, often seems to go overlooked. That is probably because of its nearness to Holmes County, a popular tourist destination. But this is a large settlement approaching 20,000 Amish in size, so it gets some tourist visitors, and therefore has some attractions, like food. Mary Yoder’s Amish Kitchen, located in Middlefield in the center…