Amish Cuisine and Food Culture

The Ethnic Amish Community is made up of about 16,000 people living around Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The population is primarily Pennsylvania Dutch people came from Swiss German origins. The Amish generally eat foods produced in their own gardens or on their farms. These people by rule do not eat processed, store-bought foods. Homegrown fruits and vegetables, eaten fresh, canned, or frozen foods are the main Amish Diet. The Amish are known throughout the country for the quality of the cheese they produce and market. Most Amish families keep at least a few chickens so they can eat freshly laid eggs all year round. In the wintertime, hearty soups are eaten regularly.

Amish vegetables include peas, corn, zucchini, beets, beans rhubarb, cabbage and potatoes are especially important. Sauerkraut is a type of pickled cabbage shown in all Amish Meals. The Amish Traditional Recipes are spatzle soup, knepp, dumplings, scrapple, and fleisch-kraut, Amish Friendship Bread, Amish Whoopie Pies, Amish Chocolate Chip Cookies and Amish Pumpkin Bread. The Amish people have keen interests in preparing pies, cakes, puddings and jams. The Pennsylvania Amish and Mennonites, salads, vegetables, and meats are thought to taste better when prepared simply.

Main Dish Poultry Baked Chicken Chicken & Dressing Casserole Chicken Casserole Chicken Dressing Chicken Dressing Casserole Chicken Loaf Oven Fried Chicken Turkey Loaf Pennsylvania Dutch Chicken Pot Pie

Spreads, Preserves and Miscellaneous Foods Church Peanut Butter Spread Chow Chow Cooked Fruit Dressing Peanut Butter Peanut Butter Spread Red Beet Eggs Sandwich Spread Brown Butter Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Butter

Amish Key Ingredients

Amish Cooking Style is not that fancy. The people here use familiar, easy, and reasonably priced ingredients for any type of preparation. Amish Cooking Ingredients for various dishes are made from scratch, and in the Amish homes these come from fresh home gardens or the farm. Amish main meals are usually built around hearty meat dishes, such as pork chops, ham, roast beef, or meatloaf. Dairy products, especially eggs and cheese, are also important dietary staples. Amish women bake a great deal, preparing breads, cookies, pies, and cakes. The Best-Known Amish Desserts include shoofly pie, sugar cookies, and schnitz pie, which are made with dried apples.

Stew, Soups and Chilies Amish Chili Bean Soup Chicken Noodle Soup Chicken Noodle Soup Chicken-Corn Soup Chili Soup Pennsylvania Dutch Chili Potato Soup Poured Noodle Soup Vegetable Soup Pennsylvania Dutch Chicken Corn Soup

Salads and Dressings Amish Dressing Simple Dressing Amish Slaw Apple Salad Broccoli Salad Layered Vegetable Salad Potato Salad Sauerkraut Salad Sweet and Sour Dressing Sweet & Sour Sauerkraut Salad Waldorf Salad Pennsylvania Dutch Potato Salad Hot potato Salad with Bacon Specks Mennonite Red Cabbage and Apple Salad Mennonite Brown Flour Potato Soup

Amish Cookwares and Kitchen Supplies

Amish kitchen on the whole is not equipped with any modern conveniences. It’s a place where family gathers for hearty meals and shared time together without electric appliances and gadgets. All the chores handled in an Amish kitchen, with tools available for making good food in a traditional way. Amish Cookwares includes cast iron cookware stainless steel pots, pans, roasters, and poachers as well as mixing bowls and utensils. Also one can find high carbon stainless cutlery in various sizes and purposes. The non-electric Amish kitchen gadgets include hand crank meat grinders, stovetop stainless steel percolators, sifters and scoops.

Main Dish Meat Amish Barbecue Chops Amish Meat Balls Amish Meatloaf Amish Pot Pie Amish Steak Beef and Noodle Oven Stew Beef Stew Browned Stew with Dumplings Dutch Meat Loaf Ham Loaf Hamburger Casserole Layered Dinner Pot Roast Ribs and Kraut Six Layer Casserole Sunday Pork Chops Swiss Amish Meat Loaf Washday Casserole Yumazitti Yum-a-Setta Mennonite Old-Fashion Beef Pot Pie

Side Dishes Amish Noodles Egg Noodles Amish Cabbage Amish Carrots Amish Turnips Amish Vegetables Baked Beans Cabbage Dinner Corn Fritters Corn Relish Honey Carrots with Sweet Pickles Pennsylvania Dutch Brown Butter Noodles Sauerkraut Balls Scalloped Corn Tomato Fritters Tomato Gravy Turnip Casserole (riewe schales) Pennsylvania Dutch Apple Salad Pennsylvania Dutch Potato Bake Pennsylvania Dutch Corn Noodles Pennsylvania Dutch Cabbage Rolls Pennsylvania Dutch Sour Cream Cabbage Pepper Hash

Yeast and Quick Breads Friendship Banana Nut Bread Amish Friendship Chicken Bread Amish Friendship Bread Amish Friendship Bread Starter Amish Loaf Bread Cinnamon Bread Cornbread Dilly Bread No Knead Bread Oatmeal Date Bread Salt Rising Bread Sauerkraut Bread Traditional Potato Sourdough Bread Starter Vanilla Pudding Friendship Bread Zucchini Bread Amish Friendship Muffins Amish Pancakes Buttermilk Biscuits Cinnamon Rolls Coffee Cake Easy Amish Sourdough Pancakes Pennsylvania Dutch Sticky Cinnamon Buns

Cakes, Pies and Other Desserts Amish Delight Apple Pie Amish Fry Pies Angel Food Cookies Apple Cake Apple Crisp Apple Grunt Apple Nut Cake Apple Strudel Applesauce Cake Baked Apples Banana Cake Blueberry Cake Boiled Apple Dumplings Boiled Cookies Bread Pudding Brown Sugar Angel Food Cake Browned Butterscotch Pie Bushel of Cookies Butterscotch Tapioca Caramel Pie Cashew Crunch Cheese Pie Cream Cherry Pie Cream Peach Pie Crows Nest Pudding Crumb Top Peach Pie Date Pinwheel Cookies Drop Cookies Dutch Apple Cake Funeral Cake Favorite Never Fail Pie Crust Ginger Cookies Graham Streusel Cake Ground Cherry Pie Half Moon Pies Hot Chocolate Tapioca Jam Cake Lemon Sponge Pie Little Honey Cakes Maple Cream Pie Milk Pie Molasses Cookies Oatmeal Cinnamon Crispies Oatmeal Cookies Oatmeal Pie Old Amish Christmas Cookies Peach Cobbler Peach Pie Peach-Pineapple Pie Peanut Brittle Pennsylvania Dutch Advent Cookies Pennsylvania Dutch Amish Dessert Pennsylvania Dutch Brownies Pennsylvania Dutch Sugar Pie Pennsylvania Dutch Cherry Pie Pineapple Cream Pie Pennsylvania Dutch Peanut Brittle Soft Amish Chocolate Chip Cookies Puff Cookies Raisin Pie Raspberry Cream Pies Rolled Oats Cake Shoo Fly Pies Smearcase Cake Sour Cream Apple Pie Sugar Cream Pie Thick Milk Pie Vanilla Pie Wet Bottom Shoo Fly Pie Amish Hats Chocolate Sandwich Gobs Cracker Jack Haystacks Walnut Kisses Apple Dumplings Caramel Apple Slices Mennonite Apple Dumplings Mennonite Apple Strudel Mennonite Bread Pudding Mennonite Caramel Frosting Canadian Mennonite Plum Custard Kuchen