We usually make a trip a few times a year to our local Amish. We always visit the Sales & Surplus Store and pick up a few tools, etc. We visit the grocery store to pick up Peanut Butter, Apple Butter, Cinnamon Apple Jelly, spices and used food buckets for bulk storage. Food from the Bent-n-Dent Store and bakery goods from the bakery. Great cinnamon bread and cinnamon apple bread among everything else.
Yes, the Super tonic helped you feel better. It is full of Vit. C and antioxidants, antivirals anti- a lot of stuff that makes us sick. Home/herbal remedies work!
There is a wonderful Mennonite store near me. Cold cuts, sandwiches, bulk snacks like nuts, pretzels, candy. They have fresh bread, dinner rolls, pies, cakes and cookies. Some gift items, cards, decorative dish towels, books etc Also pickles, jams, canned vegetables. They are actually moving further out into the country as the building they rent in has been bought by WaWa :/ I will continue to go to them but I hope they make it!!
We always stop at Fountain Acres Foods when we are in eastern Indiana near Fountain City north of I70. We buy a supply of deli meats, breads, and a relish mix for making a dip.
You want pizza sauce with that intense tomato flavor? Try Walnut Creek pizza sauce. It tastes like they use sun dried tomatoes, soooo good. I pick that up every time I’m at Zook’s for their pot pies. New to Lancaster County & have found your videos so helpful in understanding the Amish ways & finding the great stores. Thank you for your hard work & many travels.
Fresh baked goods for us. We once were talking to a lady at a roadside stand, and her daughter pulled up in a flat-bed horse-drawn wagon. The flat bed of the wagon had lots of pies. Of course we bought a few.
Pretty much anything the Amish bake is fantastic. Shoofly pie is their signature classic dessert but their fruit pies & quick breads are great too. My mom's baking & cooking dramatically changed for the best after she ordered a few Amish cookbooks. (Shoofly is like pecan pie - minus the pecans. Strange but good.)
I love the amish stores. When living in Ky would go 3 times a year to stock up . Corn meal, flour, spices, jams, jellies, tea. Varieties that supermarkets don't carry. Moved to Xenia Ohio in August 2021 need to find a store . When I go back to Ky I stop at The Home Place in Georgetown Ohio but would like to find one closer. I enjoy your channel. Blessings to all, stay safe and keep warm ❤
Thanks Pamela! I'm not sure which would be the nearest Amish to you - you may have to drive a bit southeast to reach some communities, but if you'd like to look closer this is a full nationwide listing which will show you community locations & sizes: groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/files/2021/08/Amish-Pop-2021_by-state-and-county.pdf
I live in Southern MD, and am about 8 min. drive from an Amish store. I especially like to buy bulk spices, baking supplies, bulk foods and candy there.
Black licorice, kitchen ware and lamp oil from the Pioneer Place in Smyrna, Maine. Fresh vegetables, home made fudge and cookies from the farm stand next door.
Nice to hear about Smyrna, I'd heard more about the Unity community stores til now, maybe you've been out that way too. Here's one where the donuts are apparently a big hit: amishamerica.com/unity-maine-amish-donut-day-is-back/
If you haven’t already, you should visit the Wheatridge Amish community in Adams County Ohio. The Miller family there has a discount grocery, a furniture store and bakery. The bakery is only open Thur-Sat. Very friendly people and the discount grocery is fairly big as is the furniture store. The bakery is full of delicious items!
I’ve never been to an Amish store but I do like to go to the community in Lawrenceburg Tn when all the vegetables are ready for harvest. Tomatoes is my favorite thing to get when we go.
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I enjoy the bulk grocery stores and the discount (scratch and dent) stores! I went on a day long trip visiting several and drug my mom along. The most interesting find was an Amish man selling bulk quantities of fruit out of his garage. He also had a single wide trailer set up as a variety store. (This was in Pennsylvania around Somerset and Bedford counties.) I picked up pears and apples in 1/2 bushel quantities. Very fun stop.
Hi Erik - re: the remedy - in Chinese medicine, ginger, onion, garlic and cayenne pepper are also used in cold/flu remedies so I'll bet there's something to it.
I keep an Amish/Mennonite store shopping list on my phone. Besides baked goods such as whoppie pies, I like to buy spices, cheese curds, ring bologna, candy, and rainbow popcorn kernels.
Crazy good price on those Almonds. My family are Blue Diamond growers here in California, and I have never seen that 1lb bag of almonds for less than about $6 on sale. Usually priced around $10. And even if they are past their expiry date, they are probably still good.
Visited my 1st Amish Store near Centerville, New York. Unfortunately arrived justly before closing & brought my husband. Bought Buckwheat Goats which I ground & made Buckwheat Waffles for dinner. Also Rennet. Will be returning with a grocery list & plenty of coin. Prices are extremely economical they have many difficult to find items.
Hey Erik, Amish stores are awesome!! I love the candy, cheese and meats from the Amish places! Walnut Creek products are very popular and they will ship to your home. As you show the products I noticed the picture in the background and I love it!! Where is Hillsboro, Ky.?
Susie we are on the same page then 😎😎 Neat you saw that, it's an old postcard, looks more like a PA Amish scene but I thought it would make a nice backdrop...Hillsboro is in Fleming County, KY. Lot of Amish communities in that region within a relatively short drive so I recommend the general area for a visit! I liked that one, the people there have ties to Amish in Buchanan County, IA
Top Amish store items for us: various deli cheeses, cured meats especially Lebanon balogna, if you can find it. Pecan pie at our local Amish farm stand is VERY good, far less sugar so that you can taste the pecans and crust (superb with stout coffee.)
The Super Tonic is also called "Fire Cider". I made a batch of it one time. I make mine with Ginger, Garlic, Onion, Horse radish, Cayenne pepper, and Raw Apple Cider Vinegar. It takes 3 to 4 weeks to steep and it lasts a long time in pantry. I take a 1 oz shot of it each day if I feel like I am coming down with something. Nips it in the bud! I got lazy and haven't made any in a while. I need to make some this summer!
Amish grocery only half mile from my home also carries the Walnut Creek brand. Once you’ve had their cream of chicken soup, you can’t go back. They also have Kirkland brand foods and my niece told me that is the Costco brand. Thanks for taking us along for your ride!
Very nice! When I go up to New York for a visit I've got to always hit the Conewango cheese factory or as they call it now the Valley View Cheese Co. Inc. for my fix of fresh cheese curd and other things. Down here I sometime head over to Yoders country market in Bulls Gap, TN which is only a 30 minute drive from the house to grab a few things and they"ve got a great Deli shop in there also.
I always look for local honey and jams and preserves. Chow chow and pickled items are another can’t miss items to pickup. We always enjoy looking at handcrafted items when we see them. Thank you for the wonderful videos.
I'm a big fan of Amish cheeses and flavored milks and the Banana puddings, all natural and super fresh. Home made custard style ice creams are also the very best of God's blessings here in Farmville Virginia. Miller's and Parkview are the best Amish/Mennonite stores in the area.
I like to purchase cookbooks- especially old ones. I have a cookbook with the cover missing and replaced by a nice piece of vinyl that I got in an Amish store near St. Jacobs in Southern Ontario Canada.
I like to buy pumpkin bread, pickled eggs and baked oatmeal with peaches, apples, and blueberries. I also used to get crackers and a good price but they don't seem to be available l now.
Enjoy viewing your posts. I was in Shippsawana yesterday and stopped by an Amish honey store. I am a violinmaker and was looking for propolis, which he did not have until later in the fall. had a nice conversation with the owner. Also bought a block of bees wax, which I use to make a polish for instruments. He was interested in making a furniture wax polish to sell and we had a nice discussion about how to mix different waxes in turpentine to get different qualities in a wax product. He took my contact infor to let me know when he will have some propolis available.
There is a little Amish store between New Danville Pa and Conestoga Pa called Grannies. I buy a bottle of very plane wash ditergent for my clothes for five bucks about once every two months. Grannies also has some very good French bread which I also buy. Nice place.
Hoppin Frog Jam - love it. Easy to make, too. Occasionally, the stores are 'cash/check' only. So, when visiting Amish stores outside of large Amish areas, bring cash and/or a checkbook. Just a friendly FYI. As for the tonics, I see similar ads in the Budget newspaper.
We shopped just yesterday at the two Amish stores in the nearby Amish community (about 20 miles away). We bought eggs, cheese, bread, elderberry jelly, pancake mix, fig bars, Amish roll butter, liquid aminos, olive oil, children's story book (both stores have a lot of book and learning materials for children), shoulder roast, sweet potatoes, fresh tomatoes, cypress and pine tar soaps, potato chips. In the past we've bought our broom, fly strip, cooking utensils, metal coffee cup, hand towels, pressure socks, local apples (Missouri grown), garden plants, peppermint, chicken broth, salt, gloves, sewing items, stationary and envelopes, cookbooks, garden trellis, pizza cutter. Basically, think of these stores as a non-electronic Walmart with windows and skylights. And finally, if we could afford it, we'd buy some of their furniture that they displayed. We enjoy shopping at our Missouri Amish stores.
Walker Valley Market is in my home town; we get lots of our bulk food, dry goods, canning supplies, and snacks there. Their deli is one of my favorites.
Well this time I actually gave all three maple syrups away as gifts...but...I know the people I gave them to well enough, so that still gives me a shot at trying it 👍advanced gift-giving technique 😄
I miss the Amish stores in KY. We use to travel by RV from Arizona in the summer (son lives there) annually until COVID. Cave city area was real nice! We could watch Amish bake in front of our eyes at one of those places! Soooo 😋 yummy 😋
I typically make a beeline for the crafts section because the prices are so much better than box stores. I also typically browse jellies/jams, cheese (Amish Butter cheese is the best for grilled cheese, I promise), and baked goods.
I didn't really comment on prices in general in this video but you bring up a good point - usually they are pretty good deals. Not being up to speed on crafts I wouldn't be able to compare prices there but good to hear that holds there too. Amish butter cheese, I'll take some!
Yoder’s of Tustin is an Amish store - bulk foods, bakery, sandwiches, and furniture - in Tustin Michigan. Also Millers family Market near East Jordan, Michigan. They have a large inventory of frozen foods at great prices, fresh milk from Amish sources, seasonal fruit and vegetables, bulk foods, large variety of candy, and much more. We do the bulk of our grocery shopping there because of the good prices and friendly people. I sometimes drive a van to transport the Amish here in our community to places they need to travel. Usually within a 100 mile radius to funerals, weddings, and other activities.
When we go to Shiloh General Store in Union Grove,NC we love to get their sandwiches and chip combos and Kutztown Orange cream soda and thier cinnamon rolls will melt in your mouth and pickle beets are my favorite.
I was a nurse before I retired. I had a problem with my knee. I needed surgery. Until it got that bad, I used an Amish product called unker’s. A save that took the pain away. I couldn’t sleep from the throbbing pain. I would apply the save and the next thing I would remember was the sun shining through the window . Great stuff! The Amish sell it.
Been to 2 Amish stores. One is a tourist stop, but has alot of Amish items and foods. My favorite is their canned , sliced green tomatoes-for frying, and sesame sticks. The other is on an Amish farm. Mixture of Amish foods and bent and dent stuff. They do have a Velveeta type cheese there called "Melty", Makes the best grilled cheese ever. Some day I want to hit the Dutchman store in South Eastern Iowa. Over an hour and 1/2 drive so.....maybe this Spring.
We only have a Mennonite store in our area.... they carry the Walnut Creek deli products and sell a lot of them so they are super fresh. I like to buy bags of hominy in the dry form which I can at home. A good savings from buying at Walmart.
Erik, I don't know if you're ever in New Jersey, since I don't think there's much of an Amish community there. But there IS a wonderful Amish Market in Kingston, Central NJ called Pennsylvania Dutch Farmers Market. It's open Thurs-Sat. I'm assuming they come in from the Lancaster area, which isn't TOO far from there. Excellent cheese selection! I highly recommend it if you're in that area.
Have you ever been to the amish community around Bainbridge in Ross County, Ohio? It isn't far from Oak Hill and there is a lovely general store there called JR's. There is a bakery nearby that also sells fresh glazed donuts (we always went early on a Saturday morning to get them while they were still warm) and I grew up calling them "5 pound donuts." Not only do the donuts feel like they weigh 5 pounds, but you might gain 5 pounds by eating them. You'll never eat Krispy Kreme again. 😆
I've now had a chance since posting this to try the "turpentine can" maple syrup. I can report it was quite good (probably not a surprise I know) 👍 Not too sweet and a nice maple flavor
Super tonic is fire cider. I make it every fall. It helps with immune strength to fend off viruses but it also helps when you are sick because the herbs in it help with symptoms like opening up your sinuses and your bronchioles. Yummy tasting and so easy to make.
I like to buy vitamins, produce, kitchenware, greeting cards, office supplies, books, batteries, and decorative items. I've recently found Amish and Mennonite hardware stores as well. If I lived closer to the Amish stores I would do all of my shopping there and dispense with big box stores altogether.
I'm curious to what Amish furniture store you went to in Ohio.. I bought a beautiful bedroom set, desk, dining table and chairs and a rocking chair from Amish oak. Such great quality and beautifully made.
I like the Amish farmers markets like Green Dragon in Ephrata, Pa and Roots in Manheim, Pa both in Lancaster County. Both have excellent savings on fruit and produce along with being just plain nice people. I know personally about 1/4 the standholders at Green Dragon so it's not only the savings but visiting with your Amish friends every Friday night.
My maternal grandmother (1889-1978) used to make Chow Chow; sometimes, I think she would spice it up and one had better watch out!! ha I enjoy your presentations.
I like to buy jars of pears much better than the pears in regular grocery stores, shoofly pie of course, handmade cloth handbags and since I can't afford a quilt I bought a quillow (the quilt top pillow that folds out into a spread)
Great video! I was wondering, will you upload a video about your experience in the Colorado community? I had no idea that they’re also in Colorado. It’s only 11 hours from me. Maybe when I check out Monte Vista, I’ll buy something there.
I will - that's been a bit delayed b/c of this second trip I made adding more topics :) I'm planning one on Colorado for the video after next. So should be up next week 👍
Most interesting video...seems all the Amish communities have these stores..Shettlers Supplies is basically a old fashioned general store little bit of everything..dented can store a few miles up the road..and M&M bulk foods..fresh made subs to order homemade butter..tons of nuts chips pretzels flour sugar cheese beef sticks..anything and everything for baking canning etc..the Wasabi peas are awesome ! Lol..the maple syrup and honey I get come in mason jars and I like to buy and taste the different jams and jellies..but have not been brave enough to try the newest flavor.." Bacon Jam " lol.. Walnut Creek I do believe is Amish owned from what I've been told ..the brand is not only in the Amish stores but the little English owned gas station/ convenice store just down the road from me half a mile on my way to work has the Walnut Creek brands there .. everything from meats to potato chips cheese cookies a huge variety of products..thier chips are a full 16oz 1 pound bag for 4 bucks !! "Buffalo Wing or Quasa" flavor.. the prices of things seem to be all approximately the same there as here..excellent video very well done..I live in Amish community and still learn something new from your videos and watch them more than once..have a better one..👍🙏
Thanks Ron and you are right you can find some great variety in some of these places, especially the larger ones that have a more non-Amish customer base. As is probably clear from the video I usually always leave these places with something tasty 😄
Unfortunately no Amish communities I know of where I live, but I have wanted one of their quilts for the longest time (lost the one I got when I was a teenager). Just found your channel and find your videos interesting :)
Howdy! I am really enjoying your videos about the Amish, which are very informative - thank you so very much! I have ties to the Amish in Big Valley, Pennsylvania (some of my ancestors were Yoders and Kaufmanns, families from that area). Next time you visit Big Valley, please be sure to stop by Peight's Store in Belleville. It is an Amish-owned variety store, which is highly popular with the locals and visitors. It sells a wide variety of products, ranging from food to clothing to housewares, etc. There are other smaller Amish stores scattered throughout the valley, some of which sell homemade baked goods. Whenever I stop in one, I love to buy whoopie pies and half-moon pies - YUM! Thank you once again for the videos!!
Happy hear that and glad you found the channel! Thanks for the tip on Peight's too. I've been in an Amish store or two there but I don't think that one. Really like visiting BV though it's been a few years
The Sorry! We're open sign at Walker Valley Market always cracks me up. It's been a while since I got to visit. I need to make that happen soon! I still say they have the best sandwiches in the county!
I look for laundry items. Hanging devices with attached metal clothes pins. Found a wooden frame with nine lines to hang clothes on in a house. Would love to find a manual half size Lehman type washing for a mini apartment.
I'm not sure if they are is or Mennonite, but next time you're in Southern KY check out Sauders in Elkton KY. They have a large store. Furniture , grocery items, cooking supplies. It's really nice!
We live just south of Middlefield Ohio and love to shop the dented can stores . A lot of the furniture in our house is Amish made and in the back of Amish directory (the Yoder Pages) they have my wife's photo the customer from hell she is tighter than they are .
I loved this video! Felt like I was shopping with you and you shared your haul, haha. Now here’s a question what are you going to do with all that syrup? Are you a pancake lover or waffles or do you just dip your chocolate covered pretzels in the syrup? Inquiring minds need to know….. Great video here thanks again.
Happy to hear it Jean - I was hoping that would be the experience. So, I actually gave away all three syrups this time, but, I made sure they went to people I know pretty well 🙂 So I just was able to try the one I called "turpentine can" syrup, it's good stuff with I guess a "medium" color and flavor. For my top syrup-worthy foods I rank them 1. Pancakes 2. oatmeal 3. waffles. Chocolate pretzels would be a new one but I'll try most things once 😄
Love this channel! My husband is from the Chautauqua area of NY and grew up next door to many Amish families. I was wondering if these items are available to purchase online?
Glad to hear it Denise! So the tricky part here as you can imagine is that most of the let's say "true" Amish stores (I mean Amish-owned and run little places like these in this video) are not going to be doing much online (at least not directly, though they may sell through a non-Amish partner). But there are some online outlets where you can get Amish or Amish-style products. Here's one business, I know these folks from some years back (they are former advertisers), I believe it is mostly if not all Amish-made: www.amishworkshops.com/ . As far as things like canned goods you should be able to find various options for that as well.
Have you been to the Amish community around Bellville/Mansfield/Fredericktown area, (Southern Richland county) near Columbus Ohio? It was interesting, I found out about the community driving on I-71 to Columbus seeing Amish buggies crossing over bridges, haha. Can I guess if that’s new community in Ohio you were talking about?
I've been in the Fredericktown community before but it's been about 10 years. It's grown a good bit I think since I was there. That's actually not the community I was talking about 🙂I'll have to keep it mum til I post the vid but I can say it's about 2 hours or so away from there
I've never been to an Amish store! I only picked up a couple Amish cookbooks at an Ohio truckstop when I was working as a cook on the inland river tow boats. I was hoping for some recipes from scratch, but was surprised to find most of them called for prepackaged boxes of cake mix and seasonings like instant dry soup 😂
One of those things that belies the "Amish are all-natural, all-the-time" stereotype 😉 time-savers and conveniences like that are also appreciated although I guess flavor might suffer for it
I have my own frog jam recipe but with out the hot peppers. It’s delicious. That tonic sounds very similar to the folk remedy called “fire cider” . A lot of people swear by it. I’ve never used it but I use a lot of ginger in cooking and tea and find it helps calm my stomach issues for sure.
You just reminded me I think some commenters referenced fire cider on the other video I did where I mention it. I enjoy it, maybe because I like spicy foods, and if it keeps me healthy, can't beat that. The homemade frog jam sounds great
Really enjoying reading about all your Amish store favorites! 👍 Also getting some good ideas for future trips😎
Hey have you been to middlefield ohio?
Stop at Cherry Valley its in north east Ohio huge and if you don't see what you want just ask and they take Visa
A taste of heaven to visit any Amish community stores
LOVE THE Amish
We usually make a trip a few times a year to our local Amish. We always visit the Sales & Surplus Store and pick up a few tools, etc. We visit the grocery store to pick up Peanut Butter, Apple Butter, Cinnamon Apple Jelly, spices and used food buckets for bulk storage. Food from the Bent-n-Dent Store and bakery goods from the bakery. Great cinnamon bread and cinnamon apple bread among everything else.
My German Grandma & Grandpa (born in Germany) made & canned Chow Chow every year along w/several other kinds of relishes.
Yes, the Super tonic helped you feel better. It is full of Vit. C and antioxidants, antivirals anti- a lot of stuff that makes us sick. Home/herbal remedies work!
I just took some more right now - even though I feel totally fine. Love that stuff!
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There is a wonderful Mennonite store near me. Cold cuts, sandwiches, bulk snacks like nuts, pretzels, candy. They have fresh bread, dinner rolls, pies, cakes and cookies. Some gift items, cards, decorative dish towels, books etc Also pickles, jams, canned vegetables.
They are actually moving further out into the country as the building they rent in has been bought by WaWa :/
I will continue to go to them but I hope they make it!!
We always stop at Fountain Acres Foods when we are in eastern Indiana near Fountain City north of I70. We buy a supply of deli meats, breads, and a relish mix for making a dip.
You want pizza sauce with that intense tomato flavor? Try Walnut Creek pizza sauce. It tastes like they use sun dried tomatoes, soooo good. I pick that up every time I’m at Zook’s for their pot pies. New to Lancaster County & have found your videos so helpful in understanding the Amish ways & finding the great stores. Thank you for your hard work & many travels.
Fresh baked goods for us. We once were talking to a lady at a roadside stand, and her daughter pulled up in a flat-bed horse-drawn wagon. The flat bed of the wagon had lots of pies. Of course we bought a few.
Good move!
Pretty much anything the Amish bake is fantastic. Shoofly pie is their signature classic dessert but their fruit pies & quick breads are great too. My mom's baking & cooking dramatically changed for the best after she ordered a few Amish cookbooks. (Shoofly is like pecan pie - minus the pecans. Strange but good.)
I love the amish stores. When living in Ky would go 3 times a year to stock up . Corn meal, flour, spices, jams, jellies, tea. Varieties that supermarkets don't carry. Moved to Xenia Ohio in August 2021 need to find a store . When I go back to Ky I stop at The Home Place in Georgetown Ohio but would like to find one closer. I enjoy your channel. Blessings to all, stay safe and keep warm ❤
Thanks Pamela! I'm not sure which would be the nearest Amish to you - you may have to drive a bit southeast to reach some communities, but if you'd like to look closer this is a full nationwide listing which will show you community locations & sizes: groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/files/2021/08/Amish-Pop-2021_by-state-and-county.pdf
03:31 wow, I just got a book with history of Clark County, KY. which looks very close to the whited out county on this map. Will have to research
I live in Southern MD, and am about 8 min. drive from an Amish store. I especially like to buy bulk spices, baking supplies, bulk foods and candy there.
Black licorice, kitchen ware and lamp oil from the Pioneer Place in Smyrna, Maine. Fresh vegetables, home made fudge and cookies from the farm stand next door.
Nice to hear about Smyrna, I'd heard more about the Unity community stores til now, maybe you've been out that way too. Here's one where the donuts are apparently a big hit: amishamerica.com/unity-maine-amish-donut-day-is-back/
If you haven’t already, you should visit the Wheatridge Amish community in Adams County Ohio. The Miller family there has a discount grocery, a furniture store and bakery. The bakery is only open Thur-Sat. Very friendly people and the discount grocery is fairly big as is the furniture store. The bakery is full of delicious items!
I’ve never been to an Amish store but I do like to go to the community in Lawrenceburg Tn when all the vegetables are ready for harvest. Tomatoes is my favorite thing to get when we go.
I haven’t been to an Amish store yet. I’m interested in the tonic, it sounds great for these days of illnesses. The hopping frog jam sounds awesome.
First time I'd seen the "hoppin" variety. Another one with a good name is Traffic Jam
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Look up fire cider. That's what that tonic is. Tasty and so effective. Easy to make
I enjoy the bulk grocery stores and the discount (scratch and dent) stores! I went on a day long trip visiting several and drug my mom along. The most interesting find was an Amish man selling bulk quantities of fruit out of his garage. He also had a single wide trailer set up as a variety store. (This was in Pennsylvania around Somerset and Bedford counties.) I picked up pears and apples in 1/2 bushel quantities. Very fun stop.
Hi Erik - re: the remedy - in Chinese medicine, ginger, onion, garlic and cayenne pepper are also used in cold/flu remedies so I'll bet there's something to it.
I keep an Amish/Mennonite store shopping list on my phone. Besides baked goods such as whoppie pies, I like to buy spices, cheese curds, ring bologna, candy, and rainbow popcorn kernels.
Crazy good price on those Almonds. My family are Blue Diamond growers here in California, and I have never seen that 1lb bag of almonds for less than about $6 on sale. Usually priced around $10. And even if they are past their expiry date, they are probably still good.
Sorghum syrup is a good purchase from the Amish. They often have really nice lye soap for sale as well.
You do a great job with these videos thank you so much for your work keep them coming we love it!
Really enjoy going to Amish Shops. Good deals at the bent and dent. Ever consider a video on the Amish White gas lanterns?
That would be a neat niche topic, maybe something to consider when I next stay over with Amish friends👍
Visited my 1st Amish Store near Centerville, New York. Unfortunately arrived justly before closing & brought my husband. Bought Buckwheat Goats which I ground & made Buckwheat Waffles for dinner. Also Rennet. Will be returning with a grocery list & plenty of coin. Prices are extremely economical they have many difficult to find items.
I will have to visit an Amish Store for that Super Tonic. The Hopping Frog Jam, sounds interesting.
Hey Erik, Amish stores are awesome!! I love the candy, cheese and meats from the Amish places! Walnut Creek products are very popular and they will ship to your home. As you show the products I noticed the picture in the background and I love it!! Where is Hillsboro, Ky.?
Susie we are on the same page then 😎😎 Neat you saw that, it's an old postcard, looks more like a PA Amish scene but I thought it would make a nice backdrop...Hillsboro is in Fleming County, KY. Lot of Amish communities in that region within a relatively short drive so I recommend the general area for a visit! I liked that one, the people there have ties to Amish in Buchanan County, IA
Top Amish store items for us: various deli cheeses, cured meats especially Lebanon balogna, if you can find it. Pecan pie at our local Amish farm stand is VERY good, far less sugar so that you can taste the pecans and crust (superb with stout coffee.)
The Super Tonic is also called "Fire Cider". I made a batch of it one time. I make mine with Ginger, Garlic, Onion, Horse radish, Cayenne pepper, and Raw Apple Cider Vinegar. It takes 3 to 4 weeks to steep and it lasts a long time in pantry. I take a 1 oz shot of it each day if I feel like I am coming down with something. Nips it in the bud! I got lazy and haven't made any in a while. I need to make some this summer!
Thank you for researching and sharing! Love the Amish way of life....
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I love chow chow, my grandma used to make it! What a great trip!
Amish grocery only half mile from my home also carries the Walnut Creek brand. Once you’ve had their cream of chicken soup, you can’t go back. They also have Kirkland brand foods and my niece told me that is the Costco brand. Thanks for taking us along for your ride!
My pleasure! This vid was a bit different and a lot of fun to do
Very nice! When I go up to New York for a visit I've got to always hit the Conewango cheese factory or as they call it now the Valley View Cheese Co. Inc. for my fix of fresh cheese curd and other things. Down here I sometime head over to Yoders country market in Bulls Gap, TN which is only a 30 minute drive from the house to grab a few things and they"ve got a great Deli shop in there also.
I always look for local honey and jams and preserves. Chow chow and pickled items are another can’t miss items to pickup. We always enjoy looking at handcrafted items when we see them. Thank you for the wonderful videos.
I'm a big fan of Amish cheeses and flavored milks and the Banana puddings, all natural and super fresh. Home made custard style ice creams are also the very best of God's blessings here in Farmville Virginia. Miller's and Parkview are the best Amish/Mennonite stores in the area.
I like to purchase cookbooks- especially old ones. I have a cookbook with the cover missing and replaced by a nice piece of vinyl that I got in an Amish store near St. Jacobs in Southern Ontario Canada.
I like to buy pumpkin bread, pickled eggs and baked oatmeal with peaches, apples, and blueberries. I also used to get crackers and a good price but they don't seem to be available l now.
Enjoy viewing your posts. I was in Shippsawana yesterday and stopped by an Amish honey store. I am a violinmaker and was looking for propolis, which he did not have until later in the fall. had a nice conversation with the owner. Also bought a block of bees wax, which I use to make a polish for instruments. He was interested in making a furniture wax polish to sell and we had a nice discussion about how to mix different waxes in turpentine to get different qualities in a wax product. He took my contact infor to let me know when he will have some propolis available.
Where can you purchase the Super Tonic? Your videos are so interesting; thanks!
Lots of Walnut Creek products been in my kitchen!
We have our own discount grocery
Love shopping Amish, we love fresh bread and bakery goods,plus fresh grown plants
My grandmother, who was of German and Norwegian heritage, used to can chow chow every year. I haven't had any in years but loved it.
There is a little Amish store between New Danville Pa and Conestoga Pa called Grannies. I buy a bottle of very plane wash ditergent for my clothes for five bucks about once every two months. Grannies also has some very good French bread which I also buy. Nice place.
Love hearing about the out-of-the-way places like this
Hoppin Frog Jam - love it. Easy to make, too. Occasionally, the stores are 'cash/check' only. So, when visiting Amish stores outside of large Amish areas, bring cash and/or a checkbook. Just a friendly FYI. As for the tonics, I see similar ads in the Budget newspaper.
Super Tonic works wonders! The one I take does not have a good taste, but works great!
I can confirm that there are a lot of Amish in and around Danville, Ohio.
Always fun to shope the stores in Pa and Mo.
We shopped just yesterday at the two Amish stores in the nearby Amish community (about 20 miles away). We bought eggs, cheese, bread, elderberry jelly, pancake mix, fig bars, Amish roll butter, liquid aminos, olive oil, children's story book (both stores have a lot of book and learning materials for children), shoulder roast, sweet potatoes, fresh tomatoes, cypress and pine tar soaps, potato chips. In the past we've bought our broom, fly strip, cooking utensils, metal coffee cup, hand towels, pressure socks, local apples (Missouri grown), garden plants, peppermint, chicken broth, salt, gloves, sewing items, stationary and envelopes, cookbooks, garden trellis, pizza cutter. Basically, think of these stores as a non-electronic Walmart with windows and skylights.
And finally, if we could afford it, we'd buy some of their furniture that they displayed. We enjoy shopping at our Missouri Amish stores.
Walker Valley Market is in my home town; we get lots of our bulk food, dry goods, canning supplies, and snacks there. Their deli is one of my favorites.
Erik..Can't wait to explore the Amish stores ...I like the idea of a directory...That maple syrup you purchased I bet will be delicious..
Well this time I actually gave all three maple syrups away as gifts...but...I know the people I gave them to well enough, so that still gives me a shot at trying it 👍advanced gift-giving technique 😄
I miss the Amish stores in KY. We use to travel by RV from Arizona in the summer (son lives there) annually until COVID. Cave city area was real nice! We could watch Amish bake in front of our eyes at one of those places! Soooo 😋 yummy 😋
Hope you'll get a chance to go again soon! One of my favorite things to do
I typically make a beeline for the crafts section because the prices are so much better than box stores. I also typically browse jellies/jams, cheese (Amish Butter cheese is the best for grilled cheese, I promise), and baked goods.
I didn't really comment on prices in general in this video but you bring up a good point - usually they are pretty good deals. Not being up to speed on crafts I wouldn't be able to compare prices there but good to hear that holds there too. Amish butter cheese, I'll take some!
Chocolate covered cherries, Friendship bread, fresh donuts and eggs.
Yoder’s of Tustin is an Amish store - bulk foods, bakery, sandwiches, and furniture - in Tustin Michigan. Also Millers family Market near East Jordan, Michigan. They have a large inventory of frozen foods at great prices, fresh milk from Amish sources, seasonal fruit and vegetables, bulk foods, large variety of candy, and much more. We do the bulk of our grocery shopping there because of the good prices and friendly people. I sometimes drive a van to transport the Amish here in our community to places they need to travel. Usually within a 100 mile radius to funerals, weddings, and other activities.
Some of the best pastries I have had was from Amish in New York.
Love to shop Amish stores in Indiana. I frequent one in Freedom, IN for spices.
I like to buy local honey, elderberry products, brooms, childrens coloring and reading books, and kitchen items.
Hi Eric if you make it out to Seymour Mo visit J and A Country store. It's a good little place.
Thanks for the note, I am overdue to visit Missouri again. I spent two summers there but it was "pre-Amish"
When we go to Shiloh General Store in Union Grove,NC we love to get their sandwiches and chip combos and Kutztown Orange cream soda and thier cinnamon rolls will melt in your mouth and pickle beets are my favorite.
I was a nurse before I retired. I had a problem with my knee. I needed surgery. Until it got that bad, I used an Amish product called unker’s. A save that took the pain away. I couldn’t sleep from the throbbing pain. I would apply the save and the next thing I would remember was the sun shining through the window . Great stuff! The Amish sell it.
I buy baked goods- vegetables- a sugar free candy- want to try their butter sometime.I like the oddities- coloring books- aprons- straw hats etc.
Been to 2 Amish stores. One is a tourist stop, but has alot of Amish items and foods. My favorite is their canned , sliced green tomatoes-for frying, and sesame sticks. The other is on an Amish farm. Mixture of Amish foods and bent and dent stuff. They do have a Velveeta type cheese there called "Melty", Makes the best grilled cheese ever. Some day I want to hit the Dutchman store in South Eastern Iowa. Over an hour and 1/2 drive so.....maybe this Spring.
We only have a Mennonite store in our area.... they carry the Walnut Creek deli products and sell a lot of them so they are super fresh. I like to buy bags of hominy in the dry form which I can at home. A good savings from buying at Walmart.
There is an Amish store near me in Homer Georgia I love the homemade jam, candy and chow chow I love the store
Great video, thanks!!
Thanks, glad to hear!
I get all my canning supplies from the local Amish store, along with birdseed and cookbooks.
Amish store west of Paris, TN. I buy several items on a regular basis. Great lunch time deli sandwiches as well.
Sandwiches! 👍 And they usually don't skimp on the ingredients
If I'm not mistaken, Walnut Creek also processes large Amish crops. Wheat, corn etc
Erik, I don't know if you're ever in New Jersey, since I don't think there's much of an Amish community there. But there IS a wonderful Amish Market in Kingston, Central NJ called Pennsylvania Dutch Farmers Market. It's open Thurs-Sat.
I'm assuming they come in from the Lancaster area, which isn't TOO far from there.
Excellent cheese selection! I highly recommend it if you're in that area.
Have you ever been to the amish community around Bainbridge in Ross County, Ohio? It isn't far from Oak Hill and there is a lovely general store there called JR's. There is a bakery nearby that also sells fresh glazed donuts (we always went early on a Saturday morning to get them while they were still warm) and I grew up calling them "5 pound donuts." Not only do the donuts feel like they weigh 5 pounds, but you might gain 5 pounds by eating them. You'll never eat Krispy Kreme again. 😆
Great haul! Nice to get all the syrup and different Amish food. TFS 👍
I've now had a chance since posting this to try the "turpentine can" maple syrup. I can report it was quite good (probably not a surprise I know) 👍 Not too sweet and a nice maple flavor
Super tonic is fire cider. I make it every fall. It helps with immune strength to fend off viruses but it also helps when you are sick because the herbs in it help with symptoms like opening up your sinuses and your bronchioles. Yummy tasting and so easy to make.
I like to buy vitamins, produce, kitchenware, greeting cards, office supplies, books, batteries, and decorative items. I've recently found Amish and Mennonite hardware stores as well. If I lived closer to the Amish stores I would do all of my shopping there and dispense with big box stores altogether.
I live in Lancaster county in pa. A lot of Amish farms will have a stand or store with great prices on vegetables and fruits
I'm curious to what Amish furniture store you went to in Ohio.. I bought a beautiful bedroom set, desk, dining table and chairs and a rocking chair from Amish oak. Such great quality and beautifully made.
I like the Amish farmers markets like Green Dragon in Ephrata, Pa and Roots in Manheim, Pa both in Lancaster County.
Both have excellent savings on fruit and produce along with being just plain nice people. I know personally about 1/4 the standholders at Green Dragon so it's not only the savings but visiting with your Amish friends every Friday night.
Great point about the appeal of visiting. Catch up with people you've gotten to know. You don't really get that same value shopping at Wal-Mart
My maternal grandmother (1889-1978) used to make Chow Chow; sometimes, I think she would spice it up and one had better watch out!! ha I enjoy your presentations.
I like to buy jars of pears much better than the pears in regular grocery stores, shoofly pie of course, handmade cloth handbags and since I can't afford a quilt I bought a quillow (the quilt top pillow that folds out into a spread)
Great video. Fresh eggs - Trail Bologna - Swiss Cheese favorites. Holmes Co. Ohio
If you use a lot of maple syrup, go to the producer and buy directly. So much cheaper by the gallon. I can into pints by heating and sealing.
In Washington State the Amish sell the nicest homemade butter.
Great video! I was wondering, will you upload a video about your experience in the Colorado community? I had no idea that they’re also in Colorado. It’s only 11 hours from me. Maybe when I check out Monte Vista, I’ll buy something there.
I will - that's been a bit delayed b/c of this second trip I made adding more topics :) I'm planning one on Colorado for the video after next. So should be up next week 👍
We go to Berlin, Ohio and buy furniture at Dutch Crafters
Most interesting video...seems all the Amish communities have these stores..Shettlers Supplies is basically a old fashioned general store little bit of everything..dented can store a few miles up the road..and M&M bulk foods..fresh made subs to order homemade butter..tons of nuts chips pretzels flour sugar cheese beef sticks..anything and everything for baking canning etc..the Wasabi peas are awesome ! Lol..the maple syrup and honey I get come in mason jars and I like to buy and taste the different jams and jellies..but have not been brave enough to try the newest flavor.." Bacon Jam " lol.. Walnut Creek I do believe is Amish owned from what I've been told ..the brand is not only in the Amish stores but the little English owned gas station/ convenice store just down the road from me half a mile on my way to work has the Walnut Creek brands there .. everything from meats to potato chips cheese cookies a huge variety of products..thier chips are a full 16oz 1 pound bag for 4 bucks !! "Buffalo Wing or Quasa" flavor.. the prices of things seem to be all approximately the same there as here..excellent video very well done..I live in Amish community and still learn something new from your videos and watch them more than once..have a better one..👍🙏
Thanks Ron and you are right you can find some great variety in some of these places, especially the larger ones that have a more non-Amish customer base. As is probably clear from the video I usually always leave these places with something tasty 😄
Unfortunately no Amish communities I know of where I live, but I have wanted one of their quilts for the longest time (lost the one I got when I was a teenager).
Just found your channel and find your videos interesting :)
Howdy! I am really enjoying your videos about the Amish, which are very informative - thank you so very much! I have ties to the Amish in Big Valley, Pennsylvania (some of my ancestors were Yoders and Kaufmanns, families from that area). Next time you visit Big Valley, please be sure to stop by Peight's Store in Belleville. It is an Amish-owned variety store, which is highly popular with the locals and visitors. It sells a wide variety of products, ranging from food to clothing to housewares, etc. There are other smaller Amish stores scattered throughout the valley, some of which sell homemade baked goods. Whenever I stop in one, I love to buy whoopie pies and half-moon pies - YUM! Thank you once again for the videos!!
Happy hear that and glad you found the channel! Thanks for the tip on Peight's too. I've been in an Amish store or two there but I don't think that one. Really like visiting BV though it's been a few years
The Sorry! We're open sign at Walker Valley Market always cracks me up. It's been a while since I got to visit. I need to make that happen soon! I still say they have the best sandwiches in the county!
They are definitely up there!
I look for laundry items. Hanging devices with attached metal clothes pins. Found a wooden frame with nine lines to hang clothes on in a house. Would love to find a manual half size Lehman type washing for a mini apartment.
I would use it in a shower, so, it has to be small enough for a half size wringer.
Ohhh look for some cook books 😀
I'm not sure if they are is or Mennonite, but next time you're in Southern KY check out Sauders in Elkton KY. They have a large store. Furniture , grocery items, cooking supplies. It's really nice!
We live just south of Middlefield Ohio and love to shop the dented can stores . A lot of the furniture in our house is Amish made and in the back of Amish directory (the Yoder Pages) they have my wife's photo the customer from hell she is tighter than they are .
I always buy different kinds of cheese, lots of cheese curd, plain and flavors!
when in Philly...I always eat at the Amish restaurant /stand at Terminal Market in downtown.
I would like to try the Chow Chow, the super tonic, the maple syrups and the jams.
I loved this video! Felt like I was shopping with you and you shared your haul, haha. Now here’s a question what are you going to do with all that syrup? Are you a pancake lover or waffles or do you just dip your chocolate covered pretzels in the syrup? Inquiring minds need to know….. Great video here thanks again.
Happy to hear it Jean - I was hoping that would be the experience. So, I actually gave away all three syrups this time, but, I made sure they went to people I know pretty well 🙂 So I just was able to try the one I called "turpentine can" syrup, it's good stuff with I guess a "medium" color and flavor. For my top syrup-worthy foods I rank them 1. Pancakes 2. oatmeal 3. waffles. Chocolate pretzels would be a new one but I'll try most things once 😄
I love Amish cheese, especially Butter Cheese which is Havarte. The Amish call it Butter Cheese. Nutty and good.
Love this channel! My husband is from the Chautauqua area of NY and grew up next door to many Amish families. I was wondering if these items are available to purchase online?
Glad to hear it Denise! So the tricky part here as you can imagine is that most of the let's say "true" Amish stores (I mean Amish-owned and run little places like these in this video) are not going to be doing much online (at least not directly, though they may sell through a non-Amish partner). But there are some online outlets where you can get Amish or Amish-style products. Here's one business, I know these folks from some years back (they are former advertisers), I believe it is mostly if not all Amish-made: www.amishworkshops.com/ . As far as things like canned goods you should be able to find various options for that as well.
thank you so much !
Have you been to the Amish community around Bellville/Mansfield/Fredericktown area, (Southern Richland county) near Columbus Ohio? It was interesting, I found out about the community driving on I-71 to Columbus seeing Amish buggies crossing over bridges, haha. Can I guess if that’s new community in Ohio you were talking about?
I've been in the Fredericktown community before but it's been about 10 years. It's grown a good bit I think since I was there. That's actually not the community I was talking about 🙂I'll have to keep it mum til I post the vid but I can say it's about 2 hours or so away from there
I've never been to an Amish store! I only picked up a couple Amish cookbooks at an Ohio truckstop when I was working as a cook on the inland river tow boats. I was hoping for some recipes from scratch, but was surprised to find most of them called for prepackaged boxes of cake mix and seasonings like instant dry soup 😂
One of those things that belies the "Amish are all-natural, all-the-time" stereotype 😉 time-savers and conveniences like that are also appreciated although I guess flavor might suffer for it
I have my own frog jam recipe but with out the hot peppers. It’s delicious. That tonic sounds very similar to the folk remedy called “fire cider” . A lot of people swear by it. I’ve never used it but I use a lot of ginger in cooking and tea and find it helps calm my stomach issues for sure.
You just reminded me I think some commenters referenced fire cider on the other video I did where I mention it. I enjoy it, maybe because I like spicy foods, and if it keeps me healthy, can't beat that. The homemade frog jam sounds great