My 5 Favorite Amish Foods

[@grapestheoriginal]

My mother used to make homemade donuts when I was little. She used buttermilk and they were the best I have ever eaten. She was not Amish, but I believe the receipe was handed down from her Quaker ancestry. There is nothing like food made from farm fresh ingredients.

[@jimkendall7522]

Greetings from Australia. Enjoying this series very much. My family had "mountain pie" irons when I was growing up. I currently have 2 irons. One is a double. Most of my friends also have them. However we have always known them as "jaffles". They can be made sweet or savoury. So I have two "Jaffle Irons". Isn't humanity strange. The more we appear to be different the more we seem to be so similar.

[@alliposh8097]

I grew up with them too in Wisconsin. we called them "pudgie pies". I remember pizza was a favorite flavor. I have also made them with pudding and chocolate chips.

[@nholbrook1682]

Here in the Midwest USA we call them pudgy pies :)

[@515aleon]

Yep, I just looked these up. Were invented by an Aussie in 1949. I do remember these growing up in Wisconsin. I think I first saw them on camping trips. Didn't recall name--but yep pudgie pie sounds familiar. You can still buy on Amazon. These are definitely not of Amish origin, though no doubt they would enjoy them too. Heck sounds like a fun addition to my campervan kitchen.

[@garymiller5901]

Mountain pies are made in pie irons and are wildly popular throughout Pennsylvania. You can put pretty much anything in a pie iron, for dessert pies use pie fillings.

[@jenniferwilliamson309]

We used pie irons whenever we camped, breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert... anything you can put between two slices of bread became a pie! It was a Michigan thing

[@LadyHawke78]

I have lived in Pennsylvania my entire life and have not heard of mountain pies/pie irons until now… wth?!?

[@chrissiecarr5721]

In Australia we call “pipe irons” Jaffle makers… 😋 yummie💞🙋🏻‍♀️

[@thecollierreport]

Yup, I had then as a kid, loved them

[@tint661]

We sometimes used canned pie filling and make Mountain Pies with it. I have never thought of the Mountain pie as being Amish. The Schnitz pie is dark because the dried apples get dark, during the drying process. The Amish make another pie called a Moon pie in our Amish community. The moon pie fillings can be raisin, apple schnitz, peach, cherry or lemon. We sometimes shop at a local Amish store, There is a hitching post for them and a regular parking lot for cars. The store sells Potato chips, bulk cereals, fresh local produce, Ice cream, spices, and fresh cut lunch meats and cheese. They make a heck of a good fresh sub sandwich. They cut the meat fresh for each sandwich, Hope your not in a hurry.

[@graypony]

We have made several trips to various Amish communities and enjoyed them all. We have several Amish neighbors in our area now and have become friends with a lot of them. I really enjoy working with them and have been an “Amish Taxi service”. Nice folks and great cooks!!!!!

[@mrsdomino4196]

Didn’t see it mentioned...creamed chicken over fresh biscuits with mashed potatoes and chicken gravy. Yummy.

[@michealfigueroa6325]

"Mountain pie" reminded me of the value of community Thanks

[@AmishAmerica]

Glad to hear it.

[@shannonbradley4699]

I LOVED going to Lancaster. The BEST bacon I ever had was at Good and Plenty Buffet. It just melted in your mouth. We bought some to take home. There is NOTHING even close to that bacon. Also, I love the Amish noodles. Now I am hungry, lol

[@catmom1322]

I always enjoy your videos on the Amish. I lived & worked in northern Indiana & lived among the Amish.

[@gerhard896]

The only "Shoofly" I am aware of... We spray on the horses during the Summer months! 🐎 And those toasted sandwiches look scrumptious, just add some roasted bacon 🥓 hmmm 🇬🇧

[@MichLStover]

I went college in Unity Maine and the donuts where delicious and super popular. Also been to Lancaster a lot my favorite pie is the pecan pie and i like the Amish baked oatmeals.

[@MennoniteHomestead]

At my first church fellowship meal with the Amish, the man next to me took a piece of bread and layered unique mixture of Amish peanut butter, jam,topped off with egg salad. Being one to never shirk a cultural experience, I repeated the layers on my bread and decided that this gentlemen must not really be able to taste much anymore.

[@AmishAmerica]

You had me chuckling on this one :)

[@lonestar4374]

Haha, i grew up amish but havent had That one 😃

[@kimmiemamatomany6226]

Laughed so out loud...too funny!

[@Growmap]

@@AmishAmerica I have a question. They have church collectively every other Sunday. So do they have a family "church" service of some kind on the Sundays in between. You might have answered this in a video I've seen. But my memory isn't what it could be and this video brought up the question.

[@janissteiner2170]

The homemade strawberry pie by Amish in Author, IL is the best..worth every calorie!!

[@janissteiner2170]

Arthur, Il

[@AmishAmerica]

Sounds great, I don't believe I've had pure strawberry pie often before, come to think of it.

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

Lemon bars, how I miss them!

[@SGast]

I am from the area in Germany whose dialect is closest to Pennsylvania Deutsch or at least close enough that I can read and understand it. And your pronunciation of the cheese spread sounded perfect to me. It was interesting how many of these foods were close to traditional foods we eat here while others were so very American.

[@debbichaney174]

I grew up inWisconsin and mountain pies we called pudgy pies. We would put sloppy Joe, or cheese, meat or poultry with gravy, anything you would like. Also made sweet pudgy pies with apple, cherry, or blueberry pie filling. Yummy ♥️

[@AmishAmerica]

These are some great comments and the thing I'm learning from you all is that just about any food can go into a mountain/pudgy/Tonka/Jaffle pie as a filling:)

[@markcrider4574]

We make pudgy pies when we camp

[@poodlegirl55]

I grew up with camping vacations in Illinois and Wisconsin and we made sweet or savory pies in the metal contraptions you showed and I am 67, so definitely not just an Amish thing.

[@jimhays4711]

My favorite place to eat in Indiana is always the Amish food that I ate most recently in Daviess County, Indiana. Before the pandemic, there were three buffet restaurants there that we always frequented. Knepp's in Montgomery, Stoll's east of the lake near Loogootee, and the Gastoff village north of Montgomery.

[@AmishAmerica]

If I'm not mistaking the name, I ate some at the Black Buggy restaurant in the area back in 2004. It looks like that one closed down not too long ago.

[@gogo-word]

Most desserts are too sweet to me. I have been lucky enough to find an Amish roadside food stand that sells a not-so-sweet strawberry rhubarb jam. Delicious. An Amish man did a day-in-the-life column in our local paper. He described meals and I was quite surprised the family often had hamburgers along with traditional breakfast foods. Each family member then went off to do their assigned chores.

[@pickinanddiggin9128]

I remember getting Amish pies with my Grandmother. They were always delicious!

[@drawingablank3743]

Gotta say Shoofly pie is a heavy favorite here, also Montgomery pie, a variation on Shoofly with a lemon-flavored cakey top layer. Whoopie pies also well liked. A favorite stop when we travel south is Hilsher's General Store in Port Trevorton, PA (Snyder County) where I always look for a coffee whoopie pie (coffee-flavored cookies instead of chocolate).

[@cathyveverka8094]

Thx for sharing all of this interesting info! I live about 25 minutes north of Holmes County, Ohio. As my maternal Grandmother was Pennsylvania Dutch, I have frequented the Amish area since I was young and am now in my 60s. Interesting to learn that the campfire pies we have made since young are also called Mountain pies.... Thx Again for sharing! Happy Old Christmas!!

[@AmishAmerica]

Thanks Cathy, you too! you live in a great area 👍

[@MsKK909]

I lived in PA for a while and although I found the Amish pies to be beautiful looking, they were (for me) tasteless. They were fresh and the crusts were great, but the Amish must consider spices in the same category as electricity! However, their breads were outstanding!

[@Chuckscott]

I'm hungry now. I would say donuts are all of the above. Anything that I've had Amish is delicious.

[@yvonnewallace7567]

We call them hobo pies. A really tasty version is ham, cheese, pasta sauce and onion.

[@KoolT]

Fantastic

[@peoplenoodlesoup]

Haha yes lancaster county-gotta watch out. They will actually buy pie crusts around here. They don’t always make their own. We got SOME cheating Amish 😂 but I must say they keep the area gorgeous! My husbands last name Is Yoder, and family history is a lot of Amish. A woman in his family line made a book, “Mennonite community cookbook” love that book. So many great recipes from Amish/Mennonite families.

[@angeliquelivezey2216]

My neighbor who is Amish makes an interesting pumpkin pie which is really pumpkin custard pie.

[@AmishAmerica]

That's an interesting one. Pumpkin pie is one of those that's kind of like whoopie pies or shoofly - I can take it mostly in small doses. The pumpkin taste is nice but just a taste :)

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

Living here in Missouri, there's a couple of Amish stores that we patron quite a bit. I love their strawberry jalapeno jam. They have so many food items that look so delicious that I'm going to have to try at least once before I die. We support them as much as possible. I'll have to try that spread.

[@AmishAmerica]

And I'll have to try that strawberry jalapeno jam. Spicy-sweet can be a great combo

[@michaelduttry182]

My family that lives in NY (I'm in Tx.) make the mountain pie all throughout the summer and fall. Put everything from meat and cheese to fruit filling.

[@adreabrooks11]

I live near the Mennonite community in St. Jacobs, Ontario (Canada), and many of these hold true here as well. There's an apple fritter stand at our local farmer's market - and you'd better get up early if you want some, or you'll find yourself in a waiting line that goes right out the door! (And they live up to the hype.)

[@Tall_Order]

I read up the recipe for Shoofly Pie. You're basically just eating molasses baked in a crust. Doesn't sound to appetizing to me, but like many things people love; it's an acquired taste.

[@emmib1388]

it was not originally intended as a pie but rather a way to keep the flies away from the actual pies that were cooling...that is how they got the name 'shoo fly" :-) You may want to give it a try sometime -- you may just like it!

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

Had shoofly pie once a long time ago. It reminded me of pecan pie without the pecans.

[@dawi8929]

Greetings from Germany In your videos I recognize a lot from Germany in the 50s and 60s. It makes happy and melancholic at the same time. Thank you for your videos. ~~ Grüße aus Deutschland Ich erkenne in deinen Videos so vieles aus Deutschland in den 50er und 60er Jahren wieder. Es macht einen glücklich und melancholisch zugleich. Hab Dank für deine Videos.

[@nadiac6042]

I would love to do lunch with them 🙏🏼simply and peaceful no fuss 👍🏻 9:17 👍🏻👍🏻thank you for sharing different but so interesting 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@isaweesaw]

Not something I've thought about before. Tbh I feel like have been exposed to so many exotic, foreign foods that I rarely get a chance to try some of the simpler stuff. Their breakfast casserole sounds like a great idea

[@AmishAmerica]

Good point. Actually, dumping milk in a bowl on shoofly pie felt rather exotic to me (have usually eaten pie with ice cream, never drowned in milk). The breakfast casserole is great, I couldn't eat it every day with the type of work I do but it's a great treat now and then. And btw thanks for the idea for making this video, I gave you a little thank-you at the end

[@isaweesaw]

@@AmishAmericaIts not often that adding milk makes something exotic XD P.S. You're very welcome. Nice to see someone as obsessed with this culture as I am

[@michellesunshinestar]

I was first introduced to breakfast casserole at my ex-husband's grandparent's house. She made it for Sunday breakfast, and we ate it all day long. Also, I checked out 2 Amish cookbooks at the library today. My dad's favorite pie is pecan. I like all pies, I'll buy the small pies at the store when I see them. I once made breakfast casserole for my mom on Christmas when I spent the night. Usually with breakfast casserole you would take a loaf of bread and make crumbles and put them in the casserole.

[@melissavancl_2090]

I luckily found your channel am binge watching and loving them all. You're very easy to listen to and so respectful. Thank you.

[@taylorstryker]

I'm from bucks county but my aunt lives out Kutztown so any time I come to her camp ground I always try and make my way out to Lancaster for the food and gifts. I moved to Baltimore and we have an amish market here I just went yesterday and OMG THE STUFFED PRETZELS OMG OMG OMG lol my live is changed.

[@larrycreed5049]

Here in Parke County, Indiana, the Amish snitz pie is made with apple butter instead of dried apples. Not many Amish take the time to dry apples so consequently the pies are not as tasty. My Amish friends wife makes a very good pecan pie. When she bakes pies for church service, she bakes 30 at a time. The reason for 30 pies is so she has extras. Since I see them at least once a week, one of these "extra pies" is for me. I might add the Amish started moving into Parke County Indiana in 1993 from Lancaster Pennsylvania. The settlement now has 12 districts.

[@ummlittlemuslim]

They make the best summer sausage here in Ontario. We buy the all beef ones because we don't eat pork. Kichen Kuttings in St jacobs market Ontario. They have lots of jams too which i stock up on whenever I head there.

[@miriamsepulveda4821]

Donuts can be all choices depending what you decide. I call it. My husband husband and son will eat them for snacks and breakfast..

[@peer.]

Mountain pies. In New Zealand we call them toasties. Very popular in the 70s

[@halwag]

Their secret is fresh, homegrown, no additives, food. Not exactly gourmet Italian or Chinese, but earthy.

[@lorenstribling6096]

Nothing better than picking your own fresh fruits and vegetables.

[@oldgoat1890]

You think so? We used to scrap the mold off the outside of sausage in the middle of winter. Sauerkraut is loaded with salt. The canned fruits are loaded with sugar. And canned meat is also loaded with salt. They have to eat in the winter too.

[@lorenstribling6096]

@@oldgoat1890 True but I would still rather eat homegrown than the pesticide and herbicide laden GMO stuff from the store which is also laden with sugar and salt.

[@ArtsAliveAmerica]

Nonsense! I've been in Amish homes with cupboards as full of junk food as anyone else and Whoopi Pies are made with Crisco!

[@mikeadalcinjr]

@@lorenstribling6096 all food is gmo, there is not one vegetable grown today that has not been genetically altered to give mankind a higher yield and bigger size.

[@myboibill]

Have you ever considered joining an Amish community? Or a living close by one and being an English friend? You can feel the delight in your voice when you describe all things Amish. I’m so glad you were making this series. I own a cookbook by Marsha Adams called cooking from quilt Country and it is all recipes she has salvaged and collected from various Amish communities in the United States and interspersed she has pictures and writings about her handmade quilts. During these trouble times I find coming to your videos very comforting for some reason. As always thank you again.

[@Ouch_TheseAreTheDaysOfElijah]

I have Amish cookbook vol 2, yummy.

[@pamelawilkins1767]

#5 we bought at Walmart for s’mores and camping . You can do sandwiches or as y’all call them mountain pies!

[@elizabethshaw734]

I was born and raised in Maine and I have made dried apple pie and oatmeal pie since I was a child! Maine invented the whoopie pie. I also have made breakfast casseroles my whole life that have meat and eggs and cheese and shredded potatoes. My grandmother made donuts almost every morning when my mother was growing up and I used to make them for my dad. Once I moved out on my own my dad would buy the ingredients for me to make him his favorite donuts. The Amish don't have a monopoly on good food. I've been to Lancaster county 10 times and the only thing I really loved that I had never made before was a ham loaf and now I make it. The spread which I make as well for birthday parties is peanut butter and marshmallow fluff mixed together.

[@AmishAmerica]

You named some things I love in that list! True and of course not all Amish food is automatically "good".

[@sonyafox3271]

The peanut butter and fluff mixed together, I am not Amish but, when, I was in school in the southwestern Ohio and in SouthEastern Indiana region that was made up in our school as dessert with a gram cracker crust, my mom made it for us as a snack in the evenings when, I was growing up, but, she would put cut up bananas in it and we would sandwich it between 2 big gram crackers, it was our favorite.

[@janiceisaacs6755]

@@sonyafox3271 I grew up in Franklin County, IN. We called those sandwiches fluffernutters at my house. Also had peanut butter on toast with maple syrup for breakfast. 😁

[@henryjenkins3601]

WOW! You sound like such a good cook you must be ex-Amish. Let me guess you did all that while giving birth standing in front of a wood cook stove.

[@kathyhester3066]

My Grandma made "schnitz" pies in the winter. That is what she called dried apples. She was German born but not Amish. Came to USA around the turn of the 1900's. There is a group of Amish women who come & sell baked goods & home can goods at our Farmers' Market on Saturday morning. Then they go to another market that afternoon. Wish they sold the casserole. Could you please do a piece about Amish quilts?

[@AmishAmerica]

Neat to hear you had schnitz pies in your family too. And yes if I could buy the casserole somewhere I would be all set :D I will keep the Amish quilt video in mind, thanks for the suggestion - also we have had some quilt posts on the website including this Q-and-A with Janneken Smucker, who is an Amish quilt expert. She answered reader questions and you might find it interesting: amishamerica.com/amish-quilts-janneken-smucker/

[@jk3dad]

There is a small Amish community in Orleans county NY ( about 40 minutes north east of Buffalo) Millers bulk food and Bakery sells double smoked ham deli meat and at Christmas and Easter hams that are phenomenal. Also the maple walnut cinnamon rolls are the best I have ever eaten. Very friendly staff.

[@pamelacarter8112]

My aunt shops and trades with the Amish she lives in Caledonia

[@kc8ueu]

The "gadget" is called a pie iron...makes yummy sandwiches, or you can put jam or jelly in between two slices of bread and make a hand pie.

[@temphtempg8819]

Yeah looks like what we'd call a Jaffel Iron. We used to have one when I was a kid.

[@Mclag]

I have an Amish grocery store about 45 minutes away. I always stop by when I'm in the area. They have a bakery which has Amish made bread , cookies , pies,etc. It's Amazing

[@cajbaf]

I live next to Holmes county and my best friend grew up there. Whenever I go with her there I have to get custard pie...my favorite. I have tried multiple breakfast casserole and I am not a fan. I go there to get fruits and vegetables rather than the grocery store. There are so many good reasons to go to Amish country.

[@cherylsalinas1548]

I love Peanut butter pie, don’t like the peanut butter spread too sweet for me. I love their noodles and mashed potatoes and beets. So good. I gain 10 lbs when I go home to Ohio. 😂😂😂😂

[@suzannehedderly1331]

You left out fry pies! Heaven!

[@AmishAmerica]

I like 'em!

[@nancybaumgartner6774]

I am hosting the national day of prayer breakfast this week. I think I will go Amish !

[@mikejames7013]

Whoopie pies are famous in Maine and Massachusetts, we have several Amish communities and I haven't seen them in any of their stores. In PA they call them Gobz.

[@ericschmidt7359]

There are 2 kinds of shoofly, a wet bottom and dry bottom. I prefer the wet bottom, the best I found is sold at the store next to Diener's on route 30 in Paradise, Pa.

[@GeminiPeg]

I absolutely have to get a fried pie (cherry, peach, blackberry) every time I go to Jamesport Missouri. THE BEST!

[@michelestellar153]

You should move here you'll be closer to the bakery.Missouri is still the best area of the country and this area is the best part of MO.

[@andizak797]

I've only found your channel today so apologies if this topic exists. Suggested topic What 5 (or however many you think appropriate) books do all Amish homes have? 1. Bible (which I believe is a particular version, not KJV). I'm subscribed so if you do this one, I'll know. Loving the content so far! I'm

[@AmishAmerica]

Sure thing, great topic idea, and I'm glad you found the channel. So, I did a video already, very similar to what you are talking about - I talk about the different Bible versions Amish use, and also some additional books found in Amish homes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqrEe5mOfbSUj5Y Really happy you're liking the videos and I hope you enjoy that snitz pie!

[@curiousman1672]

Campfire pies. Been making them since I was a wee lad. Have 3 pie irons myself.

[@lonestar4374]

I love love (peanutbutter pie) also! I make it quite abit. Plus (peach cream),and (oatmeal pie). Oh- and Love (black raspberry)!! Which haven't had in ForEver!

[@lonestar4374]

Back home growing up,we'd usually walk a long ways in the timber/woods,to pick them raspberries,and blackberries. But the raspberries were my Favorite! :)

[@AmishAmerica]

Sounds great!

[@UZI9MMAUTO]

Imagine the contrast from between Mormons & Amish. I don't think they could peacefully coexist in the same area.

[@geraldsieber7266]

In my area one of the Church foods is a half moon pie. Same thing as your snitz pie only smaller in the shape of a half moon. My personal favorite . I have had the full sized snitz pie in Lancaster County and it’s very good. Most of our ladies use the yellow delicious apple to make their snitz.

[@loisfromohio3109]

The mountain pie sounds like the original panini

[@MFitz717]

Just came across your channel. I live in central pa, and have spent a decent amount of time in Lancaster. I don’t have any direct Amish/Mennonite friends, however I would not be surprised if some of my ancestors were. Any Amish dessert IMO cake/cookies/pies taste best if they are lard based. I go to Snyder county once a month to shop for groceries, along the Susquehanna there is a really good baked goods place. A lot of your videos are true, a very misunderstood culture

[@AmishAmerica]

Thanks a lot and I'm glad you found the channel. I think living in central PA would be great, just for the access to so many different Amish communities. Have you had a chance to go to the Mifflin County area? (Big Valley)

[@MTB214]

I went to the Amish country in Lancaster when I was a kid. I remember shortly pie but not the others. And Whoopi pie too.

[@Isaiah-ft5nx]

I love your videos! They’re so calm, informative, interesting, and packed with interesting info.

[@thiamata5346]

Can you put a link to some great Amish stores to buy their homemade goods.

[@marvthedog1972]

black raspberry... oh momma... my most favorite pie ever. I haven't had one of those in 30 years though. 😭 my mother used to make them totally from scratch.

[@1ACL]

Creamed chicken on waffles is a thing, too.

[@jean6061]

In our Mennonite community, tea made with homegrown mint is very popular. I wonder if the Amish grow this, too. Anyone fortunate enough to be invited to dinner or a Fellowship Meal after Sunday services will not go away hungry!

[@AmishAmerica]

Yes - in Lancaster County they make a mint-based tea called "meadow tea". It is tasty, though quite sweet.

[@emmib1388]

I am not Amish and I love Mint tea!! Anyone can really make it -- just need some mint and tea, and sugar to taste :- )

[@youtubesucks898]

@@emmib1388 , you can easily grow it also if you have the space. I grew up Amish and we had fresh tea almost every morning in the summer and we dried the leaves to use in the winter. We primarily made tea from 4 different types of tea plants. Catnip, spearmint, peppermint and what we called malbalsam tea. I have never figured out what that last one translates to in English. If someone else knows, please let me know. 🙂.

[@eily_b]

"Schmierkäs" was perfectly pronounced.

[@earfisflat]

Schmierkäse. 😉

[@thesilverpen]

I have made all of these and I even pout them in my cookbook. I still cook krepples, shoofly pie, boova shenkel and more. The peanut butter has the most popular votes among the yunguns. Too many recipes are labeled Amish but aren't And for info SHMEER-kase is closest to the way it is said. I do speak the lingo.

[@lisachatham1127]

Where I grew up in Upstate N.Y. we had a small Mennonite community, they always had the best foods. Often the shunned Amish will become Mennonite. Loved the macaroni salad that this one lady made. We picked strawberries on their farm for personal use Jacob sold them for $.25 a quart.

[@jillhull7358]

Donuts my favorite

[@sunnyd4734]

I LOVE shoofly pie 🥧 😋

[@aydencook3965]

We had one of those mountain pie irons growing up. We would have bonfires every weekend. Those were the best pies.

[@penelopesmith7469]

We had this round metal sandwich maker on a metal stick called a 'Toast Tite'. Made the best toasted cheese sandwiches.

[@cindysebastiani998]

We have a couple of pie irons and use them when camping. What’s cool about them is well you can use them to make all kinds of foods from sandwiches to calzones to pies and more.

[@hitchyourwagon4720]

We visit Holmes County Ohio several times a year. Most Amish food is plain and simply seasoned, but I can not resist the cheese tarts at Miller’s bakery. Their Amish donuts are melt in your mouth as well. The homemade vanilla ice cream with fresh peach purée at Hershberger’s is a must stop.

[@halkizerian9604]

in Clark Missouri for me it was elderberry with ice cream

[@kittylarue8120]

We call mountain pies "Tonka pies" .... idk why ..... we do fruit ones, pizza, ham n cheese ..... u can do whatever u like .... they r wonderful!!!!!

[@AmishAmerica]

That's another neat name for them. I can see I need to be more experimental with the fillings next time:)

[@kimberlyokeeffe5360]

I grew up in a similar culture to the Amish and I'm finding that there are similarities of food culture. Unfortunately, I will never be able to sample most of the apple products as cinnamon is a common spice that is used and I am highly intolerant to it. I've had to give up many of my childhood favorites which can make it difficult when I visit with others outside my family. I have family that live in LaGrange county and when I visit I look forward to the food!

[@AmishAmerica]

Sorry to hear you don't tolerate cinnamon, it's such a nice addition to certain baked goods and other dishes. I suppose you've looked for alternatives but when it comes down to it it's probably not the same thing. I love LaGrange County and so glad I had a chance to live in that area for awhile

[@metalsomemother3021]

I agree. Shoofly is too sweet, even the chocolate. What you call mountain pie, we called pudgy pie or camp pie and I am not Amish, but my family heritage is supposedly Pennsylvania Dutch

[@muddyshoesgardener]

Wonderful video! Thank you. Would it be possible to do a video where an Amish person is showing you how to cook or prepare something common to their lifestyle?

[@nicolafordham5504]

We call mountain pies Jaffels back home

[@nicidevine6670]

In the upper part of Michigan they sell pie’s and they are very good too but they are very thin

[@WImob420]

Mountain pie: we knew it as pudgie pie, used apple pie filling, did that camping. meat and cheese like that sounds good.

[@EVP-Voices]

Great video! Googled the breakfast casserole and will make it next weekend, looks delicious 😋

[@countertony]

In the UK, 'mountain pie' would be a 'toasted cheese [and whatever] sandwich' - distinct from a 'cheese toastie' by the fact that the edges of the bread are not crimped shut by the sandwich press. Both are excellent so long as you're okay with risking third-degree burns to the tongue if you're impatient from the heated cheese, particularly with the toastie since the heat is trapped by the crimping.

[@catreader9733]

I am not certain if this pie is Amish or not; I have eaten it from Amish and from my grandmother and her contemporaries: Rhubarb pie. It has a distinct texture and tangy and sweet flavor.

[@AmishAmerica]

Good one - they do use rhubarb in their pies and often grow it. I like the strawberry rhubarb in particular

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

My mom a long time ago used to make rhubarb sauce and serve it over bisquick made shortcakes. Yummy

[@gaylem4333]

I just ordered some Amish peanut butter spread. It sounded so interesting. I actually like the shoofly pie and have made it with various degrees of success. The one I made with light molasses was much better than the dark molasses. It was just too too!

[@christinestrassner8166]

I grew up in PA. Love Shofly pie!!! I make shoefly cake! Yummy!!

[@holdyourhorses9842]

In PA, the Amish use the word molasses for Karo (corn) syrup. Try making your shoefly pie with it.

[@jeffp6013]

they have round mountain pie grills I put 2 slices of bread and the pie fillings so you get basically a fruit pie

[@lisachatham1127]

Mountain pies sound like toasted cheese just cooked outside and with meat. I often will put sliced ham on my toasted cheese sandwich.

[@FrogeniusW.G.]

"Snitz" comes from german Schnitz which means slice or wedge. As in apple wedges.

[@cassandra2685]

Oooooooh I can’t wait to buy a blueberry pie

[@nicoleannkyle]

Will you do a video all about the Amish in and Around Arthur, Illinois? Amish Acres is now closed (it’s a safari park), but what order(s) live there, someone said there is a newer community near the Charleston/Mattoon area and some around Sullivan, Illinois. Sadly, the pandemic had put a damper on my travels there (I live in Champaign, County), but I love going to Arthur, and really want to know more about them, but too scared to ask because I don’t want to offend anyone.

[@AmishAmerica]

I'm planning to do videos on Amish in each state but for the time being got sidetracked on that section of my channel. Still plan to however, so far have covered VA, NC, NY. Arthur is actually where I first met the Amish 18 years ago. You should visit Arthur if you are interested, nice community, just stop at Amish businesses and talk to Amish people that way. You might be surprised but they're regular people in many ways and harder to offend than you might think. Check out my video on 5 tips for visiting the Amish, I go into it in more depth

[@GeneTreants]

We have had the sandwich makers for years - two slices of bread and anything in between - OMG Good

[@kathleencalhoun2225]

The Amish peanut butter is something I definitely would like to try.

[@timx9661]

It’s fantastic. So are other nut butters they make. I love honey peanut and cashew. Essentially they are sweeter more spreadable, less dense (runny) versions of regular peanut or cashew butter. Absolutely addicting. Not for when on a diet. Now I’m going to have to make the run to Lancaster and get some.

[@ex-engineer6657]

You do know that your channel is an advertising medium for the Amish? So many people are fed up with the rat race, and that the rats seem to always win. Plain life is a good looking alternative. Thanks for your productions.

[@christinegrabau7981]

I'm surprised you did not mention pot pie, not to be confused with a meat pie. Meat pies have a crust. Pot pie is more like a soup or stew.

[@AmishAmerica]

I didn't mention it as it's not on my favorite 5 foods list, but I did enjoy pot pie as a kid.

[@stihlhead1]

Scrapple, ham, sausage, and bacon were the usual breakfast meats along with fried sweet bologna. Fried corn meal mush was at times a meat substitute. Fried potatoes were a must. Sometimes leftover meat and vegetables along with mashed potatoes were mixed with eggs and scrambled. Occasionally oatmeal or pancakes. This is of course circa 1969-1979.

[@AmishAmerica]

Great additions to the list here. Sweet bologna and corn meal mush could make it onto a part 2 video for me. I wonder if, and how much, some of these dishes have changed since the period of time you mention.

[@space-date1742]

I was at an Amish store in NC last week and saw so many foods I haven’t had since I was a kid 45+ years ago and corn meal mush was one of them.I had to explain what it was yo my daughter

[@alanef4127]

When I was in girl scouts we made something similar to your Mountain Pie....you buttered the outsides of the white bread and plopped in a dollop of pie filling from a can and baked it over the campfire. Have you ever tried what some Amish call Haystacks??

[@AmishAmerica]

I have! Glad you mentioned it, I'd forgotten about it. Really tasty, and of course a great "Amishy" name. Your girl scouts version of Mountain Pies sounds like it would be great. By pie filling I assume something with fruit?

[@alanef4127]

@@AmishAmerica yes, fruit filling in a can....it was convenient for camping...

[@AmishAmerica]

Sounds like a great treat for camping.

[@donaldmcdaniel1773]

the mountain pies.... we called them pudgie pies and they could be made with bread and jam of meat and cheese depending on the time