Amish Woman Shares Her Favorite Dishes

[@mandyratliff5437]

The Amish are great cooks their cakes, pies, bars, cookies, doughnuts, ice cream and sandwiches made with sourdough bread are all delicious!! ❤

[@TheSkeetergirl]

Miracle Whip is salad dressing.

[@stantonmagid4126]

Thank you for sharing this Erik, I like your personal interviews with the Amish

[@kimfleury]

I came across the mayo cake recipe in an old recipe collection. My Mom said her Mom's was the best. I wanted to make it because I had run out of eggs, and there aren't any eggs or any oil in this recipe. Technically that's not correct, because mayonnaise is made from whipping together eggs and oil. But if you have mayo and don't have eggs or oil, you can still make cake.

[@terrylee7627]

My mother used to make salad dressing cakes when I was growing up. Loved it

[@sarahs458]

I look forward to these interviews with Marlene. Her magazine is a favorite in my home. I'd love to get a hold of the cookbooks she mentioned.

[@lex6819]

There used to be an Amish restaurant in Calloway County Kentucky when I was a teenager. My grandparents lived in Calloway County and we would visit every summer and go to the Amish restaurant, the food was so good.

[@EmzNotBroken1972]

I used to live in St. Anna, Wisconsin. Across the street from me were Amish folks. While I was living there, they built a school and a bakery! The bread, cookies, pies, jams, everything! It was all so yummy! The Amish folks are so welcoming and nice people. I've also purchased a few puppies from them, in different locations in Wisconsin and the puppies were healthy and well socialized! I always was in awe, watching them plow their fields with those huge horses and also, seeing them go by in their buggies. Just really great people! And if you ask the ladies for how they made something, they usually will tell you. They always loved chatting with me. Someday, I have been dreaming about this for a long time, I hope to own an Amish quilt! I'm disabled now, so I know I'll never be able to afford it, but I still look at them and dream. Thank you for having this channel. I miss seeing the Amish.

[@bonbon5980]

Salad dressing cake was my Moms favorite cake to make and ours to eat! It was the most moist cake ever. She would make the simple buttercream frosting different ways - peanut but, chocolate, or vanilla were here 3 favorite ways. Thank you for being of back this memory for me!😊

[@janicew6222]

We love Salad Dressing Cake, make it regularly. It is so moist (1 cup of Miracle Whip and 1 cup of water.)

[@terridaniels8423]

I'm from Lancaster, PA and I never heard of pouring milk over shoo fly pie. It is good ala mode, though

[@madtownangler]

There used to be an Amish family that sold pies at our Wednesday farmers market but they have not been there for a few years. Miss it

[@kc8ueu]

I think I have the recipe for Miracle Whip Cake; I know my first husband's mother used to make it and it was delicious!

[@adriangoede7433]

The salad dressing cake is, in essence, the mayonnaise cake. It first showed up in the 1920's but really gained popularity during WW2 due to rationing of other ingredients & goods. It is positively the BEST chocolate cake you will ever have. Moist, dense & rich. My wife is a firm believer as well. When we were first dating... some 30 years ago now, I introduced her to my mother's recipe and she never turned back. Still making them to this day for special occasions or whenever you just need a little of that sinful goodness. 🤣 Try it with homemade orange or mint frosting. Awesome.

[@mariebooze956]

we would call this mayo cake..the mayo replaces the oil and eggs in a recipe..thx marie from canada

[@susanschuck8124]

Another great video! Thank you so much for all these fascinating stories!

[@AmishAmerica]

Glad you like them!

[@debbimeyersbrant5752]

I make my salad cake with mayonnaise Hellman's and my poor man steak is baked in the oven you don't taste mayonnaise in the mayonnaise cake just like you don't taste the sauerkraut and the sauerkraut cake

[@zzzzipy12]

Very moist & yummy chocolate cake. My family usually uses 7 minute frosting on the cake.

[@drbr452]

What is wedding dressing? Like dressing for a salad or dressing like filling?

[@Tall_Order]

I did some googling, and found a recipe for it. It's Miracle Whip with mustard and sugar. It's similar to a cuban sub sandwich spread I like, only I never add sugar to it.

[@dennistaylor3796]

When I was a kid women would make you guess a chocolate cake secret ingredient. It was instant coffee.

[@susanmiller5852]

There is plenty of Shoofly pie here in Lancaster County. Some of the recipes are more of a wet bottom. Not every Shoofly tastes the same. I am a longtime resident of Northern Lancaster Co and I never heard of pouring milk over your Shoofly pie.

[@judye2805]

I never heard of pouring milk on shoofly pie either. The wet bottom shoofly pie is the best and it's not dry. They are so delicious and sweet so you only need a small slice of pie.

[@susanmiller5852]

@@judye2805 I agree with you Judy wet bottom is the best. When I made Shoofly pies a long time ago I would use king’s syrup instead of molasses. My daughter does the same. I think they taste better without molasses!

[@carguy4658]

I ah, shouldn't have watched this before dinner.

[@Jon-fn4eo]

aaaand now I'm hungry. My mom made a mocha cake which called for real mayonnaise, not miracle whip. It is the fat for the recipe. Yum!

[@mq5276]

How about schnitz pie?

[@AmishAmerica]

That's more of a PA/Lancaster County church pie

[@jackieforestieri2627]

Rise 'n Roll is what you mean I think.

[@cf8959]

I'm guessing there are no Amish vegans or vegetarians.

[@StevenBathurst]

My brother lives in pa in lititz and I don’t see the shew fly pie. It must be made just for families. I live near Middlefield Ohio and have not seen shew fly pie unless you go to Mesopotamia Ohio is sold in the Amish store.

[@susanmiller5852]

I live in Ephrata and worked in Lititz. There is plenty of Shoofly pie around here in restaurants. Like Shady Maple or Millers Smorgasbord or Dienner’s on Rt 30. And at other restaurants too!!

[@StevenBathurst]

Wow I have not seen it. I have not been there in many years

[@susanmiller5852]

Well hopefully when you visit the Lititz area you will find some Shoofly pie to try!! 😋

[@angelagabathuler9199]

❤❤👍👍👍😃😎😉

[@lisacraze1]

I have to learn more about that "Poor Man's Steak". Also, Eric, it looks like you have an injury above your right eyebrow? Maybe it was the lighting on the video, but it looked as if you have a nasty bump on your head. Hope you're OK!

[@AmishAmerica]

Thanks I'm OK! I think it was just the lighting on this one, was outdoors 👍

[@lisacraze1]

@@AmishAmerica Very glad to read this! :)

[@tessa6726]

Chocolate Shoo Fly pie is better. Much more moist the top of the pie. But have not seen it made anymore the chocolate variety.❤

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

I want to know how the Amish feel about their dogs and cats.

[@EmzNotBroken1972]

Why would you ask such a strange question? I hope you aren't going where I think you are. 🤔

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

@@EmzNotBroken1972 I find it strange that you find my question strange.

[@EmzNotBroken1972]

@@MadamoftheCatHouse They are talking about food and Amish recipes and you ask about cat & dogs. Strange? I think most people would agree. 🤔

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

@@EmzNotBroken1972 I'm giving a suggestion about next topic of Amish life, that's why. It's a channel about different aspects of their lives in case you didn't notice. Or are you a person who is always finding faul with everything everyone says just to start drama? Cut it out!

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

@@EmzNotBroken1972 You are the only one who left this comment so where do you get the idea?

[@davidsmathers5621]

If you haven't had choe fly pie you got to have it yummy I can't believe all Amish don't have it wow lol