By Kevin Williams
We have a full slate of stories in today's Amish in the News from delicious to dangerous, so let's get right into it.
Ben's soft pretzels - yum!
BEN'S PRETZELS: Â Wow, I can't wait until this chain comes to my corner of Ohio and it is supposed to at some point in the next year or so. Â I've written about this pretzel chain before, but it was founded by an Amish man who sold these pretzels at a farmer's market using his homemade recipe. Â Some non-Amish entrepreneurs were captivated by the taste and decided to go into business with him. Â The chain does not shy away from its Amish roots, complete with an Amish man in the logo and menu items like "buggy bites." Â Many Amish simply wouldn't market their "Amishness" in that way, but, to each their own. Â I'm certainly not making a judgment. Â The chain has been quite successful and has been growing. Â I'm hoping one comes to the Meijer in my hometown (but probably not, we can't seem to support any decent chains).
AMISH AND MENNONITES IN MISSISSIPPI: Â This is a rather garden variety story about Amish and Mennonites coming to Mississippi to help rebuild an area after a storm. Â Very selfless youth coming to aid others, which is great! Â I was sort of taken aback by the photos with the story, I'm wondering if the reporter explained to them that the photos would be in the newspaper. Â Or maybe the reporter just wasn't very familiar with Amish custom. The photos just seemed a little "posed" which is unusual for Amish and Mennonites, but these are younger people who maybe are just letting loose a little. Click here to read the article and see the photos.
MOHJY: Â Anyone heard of this Pennsylvania Dutch dish before? I have not. Click here to read about Mohjy.
TURKEY SYRUP? Â I've never heard of this either, but it sounds interesting and apparently is an old Pennsylvania Dutch favorite. Â I've not run into in any Amish kitchens before, but it sounds interesting! Click here to read more.
AMISH WORK CREW IN PENNSYLVANIA: An interesting photo package about the Amish building a pavilion in Pennsylania. Â Click here.
STATE TROOPER PLOWS INTO AMISH BUGGY: Â Thank Heavens no one was seriously injured in this freak accident in northern Indiana's Amish country. Â Must have been scary for all involved. Click here to read more.
SARA MILLER'S AMISH CORNER: Â Sara Miller is an Amish woman in the Geauga County Amish settlement who writes a monthly piece for the local paper, it's a very chatty, breezy style heavy on local flavor, reads like an entry out of the Amish newspaper, The Budget. Click here to read Sara's entry.
OFF-TOPIC: Â What beverage may determine the future of Coke and Pepsi? Click here to find out.
Amanda
We have a Ben's pretzels at our mall and they are wonderful! Here's to one in your neck of the woods soon.