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    Home » Top Amish Recipes » Amish Main Dishes

    Thursday Favorites: Amish Soups (Yankee Bean Soup and More!) and Switzerland County

    Published: Jan 7, 2016 · Updated: Jan 9, 2016 by Kevin Williams | 4 Comments

    By Kevin Williams

    Winter is beginning to settle in across the Midwest United States which makes it the perfect "soup weather."  Amish cooks are legendary for their  thick "scratch soups".   A soup is a relatively low maintenance dish that can simmer on the stove for hours while a busy mother goes about her day.

    So let's explore some favorites!

    AMISH RIVVEL SOUP:  This soup isn't fancy but, wow, it is a winner: simple, hearty, flavorful.  This soup is a tradition in many Amish settlements. Click here to see the recipe.

    bean (1)YANKEE BEAN SOUP (pictured):  This recipe comes from an Amish settlement in Upstate New York, where winters are long and soups are thick.  Read about this delicious soup and get the recipe here.

    SWARTZENTRUBER CHILI SOUP:  It does get cold even in Tennessee where this recipe comes from. Click here for a very authentic, homemade, handwritten chili soup recipe.

    LANCASTER CHICKEN  CORN SOUP: You can't really talk about the soups and the Amish without mentioning this recipe.  I think of it as more of a spring and summer soup, but, what the heck, soup of any kind is good on a cold winter's day! Check out this recipe here

    SCENES FROM SWITZERLAND COUNTY:  No, not Switzerland Country, I'd love to make it there...SIGH, maybe someday....this is less glamorous Switzerland County, revisit my visit there here.

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    About Kevin Williams

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

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    1. Salli

      January 07, 2016 at 4:13 pm

      Kevin, Everytime I click on to get the Chili recipe, I keep getting the Bean Soup recipe. ???

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      • Kevin

        January 08, 2016 at 8:09 am

        Oops, I'll correct this in today's email blast!

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        • Trenda Roulain

          January 08, 2016 at 9:45 pm

          I could not get the Chili recipe. I see above you said you would correct in yesterday's email blast. What is the email blast?

    2. Beverly

      January 07, 2016 at 10:56 pm

      Yummy going to try it

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