• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Amish 365
  • About
  • Amish Recipes
  • Amish Culture
  • Amish Marketplace
  • Navigation Menu: Social Icons

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Amish Recipes
  • Amish Culture
  • About
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • Amish Recipes
    • Amish Culture
    • About
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
  • ×

    Home » Everything Amish » Plain Culture

    Amish in the News: Sarasota Bonnet Rippers, Amish Wedding, Shoo-Fly Pie, Northern Indiana, Etc

    Published: May 9, 2016 · Updated: May 9, 2016 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

    By Kevin Williams

    I couldn't find a ton of Amish in the News this week (which isn't necessarily a bad thing...the Amish are, after all, a pretty private people who'd rather not be in the headlines).  There were some tragic buggy-car accidents this past week, but it seems like that is pretty much an every week event.  Sadly common and I hate to focus on it too much all the time. A 17-year-old Amish boy was killed in a buggy-car crash not far from me - Wayne County, Indiana - over the past week.  Has to be a devastating loss for the family.

    Samuel from Witness

    Samuel from Witness

    On a lighter note, remember the young Amish boy- Samuel - in the movie Witness:

    A California newspaper was reporting on campaign contributions from their area and :

    The money comes from disparate sources. Lukas Haas, the 40-year-old actor who played an Amish boy in the 1985 movie, "Witness," gave $2,700 — the primary election maximum — to Clinton. His donation lists a Port Hueneme residence.

    Sheesh, my question is: who has time to comb through stacks of campaign contributions lists?  And who'd recognize his name?  I mean it'd be one thing if you stumbled across Dustin Hoffman or Meryl Streep's name, but Lukas Haas?   I did do a little Googling and it  appears he is still an actor and he pals around with the much more famous Leonardo DiCaprio.

    SHOOFLY PIE WITH WALNUTS:  The Boston Globe ran a recipe for this Amish classic with a nutty twist over the weekend. Click here for shoofly pie with walnuts.

    TRAVEL - With summer travel season ramping up we have a couple of articles focused on travel in Amish country here:

    LANCASTER COUNTY:  I don't usually laugh at typos, I make plenty of my own. But I did have to chuckle when I saw the article encouraging visitors here to try "Shoe Fly Pie"....a little sole food anyone?  Anyway, click here for a primer of some things to do in Lancaster County.

    NORTHERN INDIANA:  This is a primer of some things to do in northern Indiana's Amish country.

    WHOOPIE PIES:  A Texas newspaper posted a good recipe for Whoopie Pies over the weekend. Click here.

    MILLIE READIES FOR A WEDDING AND SERVES UP ROCKY ROAD FROZEN DESSERT:   For newbies here, Millie is not associated with this website, I just like to share other Amish writers with you from time to time....Millie's style is far more pop culture than what you might expect from a typical Amish writer, but she illustrates the wide variations found among the Amish. Click here for Millie's column.

    SARASOTA BONNET RIPPERS:  The Amish fiction craze marches on and a favorite thing to do is set the stories in "hyper-local" places like Pinecraft.  I did that four years ago with one of my Amish fiction novellas.   Click here to read more.

     

    « Four Favorite Sticky Bun Recipes
    Weekly Blogroll: Fruit Cocktail Cake, Oatmeal Applesauce Walnut Raisin Cake, Horses in Kalona, Pinecraft Peace and More! »

    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

    Reader Interactions

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    Kevin Williams - The Amish Editor Amish Cook Column

    Hi There, I'm Kevin!

    Welcome to Amish365, where I share my knowledge of Amish cooking and culture! I’ve spent almost three decades exploring Amish settlements and kitchens from Maine to Montana and almost everywhere in between. I’ll occasionally throw in stories of my travels, journalism adventures (I’m a Pulitzer prize-nominated journalist), fascination with grocery stores and Kmarts, and much more!

    More about me →

    Latest Amish Recipes

    • What is Shunning? And Do the Amish Still Shun?
    • Amish Ham & Potato Skillet Supper
    • What Language Do The Amish Speak? (German or English?)
    • Amish Honey-Molasses Cake (Easy Sweet Treat!)
    dutchcrafters

    Download The "Almost Amish" Ebook

    Footer

    Footer

    About

    • About The Amish Editor
    • Download "Almost Amish" Ebook
    • Amish Communities
    • Amish Marketplace

    Contact

    • Work With Us
    • Contact

    *As a member of various affiliate programs I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2000 - 2020 Amish 365 | Powered by Touch The Road