We've got some neat articles in this installment of "weekend blogroll."
DINING OPPORTUNITY: The Williams Guide to Amish Country does mention several options for in-home dining when visiting Amish settlements. You have to dig a bit deeper to find these opportunities, but they do exist. An Amish restaurant is great,but having the opportunity to actually eat a home-cooked meal in an Amish home is an amazing cultural experience. The Cleveland Scene chronicled one such meal (without telling where the meal was had). I thought the writer went a little off the rails when he starts equating all Amish with puppy mills and the beard-cutting Sam Mullet, but otherwise it was a great article. The in-home dinner was in Geauga County where these options seem especially popular. Click here to read the Cleveland Scene article.
AMISH WHITE BREAD: Even the author admits that she's not sure what makes this recipe "Amish" and, frankly, I am not sure either. There are a few "go to" recipes for white bread that most Amish cooks use, this recipe looks very basic...sooo, not sure what makes it Amish either, but it looks like a good recipe. So click here to give it a try!
AMISH IN MISSOURI - SUPER PHOTOS: A blogger posted some photos of her recent visit to a Missouri Amish community. She doesn't say where in Missouri, but based on the buggy style and the topography I'd have to guess Webster County. But it's just a guess. The Swiss Amish there favor open buggies. Anyway, the photos are superb. The writer keeps eyeing a young Amish man as a potential suitor for her 19-year-old niece. Not so sure about that angle to the post, but the photos are superb!:) Click here to enjoy!
AMISH POTATO ROLLS: Kind of like the white bread recipe above, I'm not sure what makes this Amish...there are only so many variations...but, again, I've said before that Amish baking really is just your basic building blocks of baking: flour, sugar, water, butter...your basics...also, one ingredient not listed in this recipe or the white bread recipe: "knowledge"...Amish cooks are infused with lessons passed down from generations and that is probably what makes recipes like these "Amish" more than anything else. Click here for the potato roll recipe.
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The article about the in-home dinner was pretty good..but I had to chuckle at the author saying "needles" held the clothes shut. I am quite sure they were straight pins! The Amish host had a good sense of humor with the pie.The photos from Missouri were really nice,too.