Yup. Have to dodge their buggies on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays. There were Amish kids who rode our school bus when we were kids, too. The Amish are a big tourist draw, but for those of us who live here, they're just people with a simpler way of life.

That Amish Mafia is a joke. At least that's how the locals see it.

If you want a pretty drive, grab a map and just hit the countryside here. There is still plenty of farmland, Amish homesteads, one-room schoolhouses, etc. to see.

 

Awww. Well I can give you some of my family...the ones I don't like, lol. Like my crackhead Auntie....NO BACKSIES!!!:smt077

 

Why a joke?

 

Amish people make some good food

 

We just don't believe it's real. While the Amish may have a certain law 'n order element within their community, I seriously doubt it is as depicted in the TV series.

Here's a link from our local online newspaper for some local reactions:

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/797842_Is--Amish-Mafia--real-or-fake--Lancaster-County-viewers-weigh-in.html

 

Haha! Yes they do!! And those of us who live here have learned from our Amish and Mennonite neighbors how to make it as well!

Shoofly pie, anyone?

 

Oh my! Well I still like the show. I'm a reality TV head:smt043

 

I haven't had a home cooked meal since September :cry:

 

I am too. Reality TV (the good kind) has spoiled me for watching any other kind of TV. I'm into DIY TV mostly, though. Although I do have to catch Housewives of Atlanta when it's on. :smt081

 

Mama Ches makes a mean chicken pot pie, PA Dutch style. :-D

 

I have a love/hate relationship with reality tv. I watch it because it pisses me off, if that makes sense. Lol. That phony drama, fake suspense...it kills me. But I can't stop watching.

 

Mmmm. I wanna try! You know what I've never had but wanna try...Shepard's Pie. Mmmm:smt100

 

I make that too!!! Good eatin!!

 

I'm sitting at my desk starving now, lol

 

I got invited to camp out in Armstrong for 5 days during Labor Week this summer with my dad, who is in Vancouver. (Haven't seen him a while!) I accepted the invite and I'm excited for it--I never been camping before, so it'll be a new experience.

In other news, uhm.....hmmm...oh yeah, my brother and his girlfriend are coming over as well from Vancouver this Saturday so I'm excited for that as well. ^_^

In other OTHER news, my Library DVD's finally came in, so now I can watch 'Wilfred' (US) and 'Sense and Sensibility' and I had to wait over 3 weeks...WORTH IT--I was busy with other things so I barely noticed that time flew like a fly.

 

Here's some soup. Not PA Dutch, but homemade. Gutes essen!

 

Damn Ches, fix the man a bigger bowl. When u can count the pieces of sacchettoni...just sayin...

 

Haha!!! When I made that, I wasn't planning on dinner for two.....But I'll see what I can do next time!

Edit: That's ravioli with cheese in it. So that lends a little more substance. :smt016

 

Thank you pumpkin...but, er uh, I'm 6'2 240lbs. That's not even enough for my 10 year old:smt018

 

*stares off into space, imagining the sight of that....*

Erm, my bad. I should've taken a picture of the whole pot.

This area is known for their stick-to-the-ribs cooking. Amish men expend alot of energy plowing fields and raising barns - their women have developed some of the best foods in the country to keep their men satiated.

I told a co-worker once (after witnessing Amish women walking to a wedding with their cake carriers and baskets of food) that I wanted to be an Amish woman. They stay home and cook, bake, sew, tend their gardens, care for their home and family - all the domestic arts I love. She burst my balloon when she asked me if I wanted to be married to an Amish man, then? :-|