Today, Keith and I went to Amish country in Pennsylvannia near Lancaster. We ate at the same restaurant we dined at back in 2001 called Stoltzfus Farm Resaurant. It is family style and we ate so much food. Everything is homemade including the sausage which is processed in their butcher shop fresh daily. We also had ham loaf, fried chicken (the best), Pepper cabbage, corn and string beans, potato filling, buttered noodles and for dessert we had cherry crumb cake, apple crumb cake a la mode and we tasted Shoo-fly pie which didn't taste like much. It is kind of a molasses sugar pie. Man, we left stuffed.
We took a ride in an Amish buggy but the guy that took us was a Mennonite who was born into the Amish but his family left them when he was 15. The ride was great and we went around and saw many Amish homes.
Here is an Amish Farm where they were growing corn and tobacco. They had two teenage boys cutting the tobacco by hand. The Amish really work hard, it is so amazing. They use no electricity at all but do use diesel engines for milking cows because the dairy farms require it.
We went through this pretty covered bridge that was built in the mid 1800's and used to be used by the steam engines.
Lastly, we went to a great antique store and purchased this great bench for the end of our bed. Of course we need a new bed to go with it but that will come in time. We had a great day and I am ready to lay down on my big ole couch and take a nap! Happy Labor Day.
Today, Keith and I went to Amish country in Pennsylvannia near Lancaster. We ate at the same restaurant we dined at back in 2001 called Stoltzfus Farm Resaurant. It is family style and we ate so much food. Everything is homemade including the sausage which is processed in their butcher shop fresh daily. We also had ham loaf, fried chicken (the best), Pepper cabbage, corn and string beans, potato filling, buttered noodles and for dessert we had cherry crumb cake, apple crumb cake a la mode and we tasted Shoo-fly pie which didn't taste like much. It is kind of a molasses sugar pie. Man, we left stuffed.
We took a ride in an Amish buggy but the guy that took us was a Mennonite who was born into the Amish but his family left them when he was 15. The ride was great and we went around and saw many Amish homes.
Here is an Amish Farm where they were growing corn and tobacco. They had two teenage boys cutting the tobacco by hand. The Amish really work hard, it is so amazing. They use no electricity at all but do use diesel engines for milking cows because the dairy farms require it.
We went through this pretty covered bridge that was built in the mid 1800's and used to be used by the steam engines.
Lastly, we went to a great antique store and purchased this great bench for the end of our bed. Of course we need a new bed to go with it but that will come in time. We had a great day and I am ready to lay down on my big ole couch and take a nap! Happy Labor Day.
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Must be nice to have a big ole couch to go lay on ; )I can't wait to see the Amish country, and not just drive through it!!! Did you get any gouda cheese while you were there?
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