When egg prices were high last year, I made the mistake of telling my Amish friends about a farm a few miles away that was selling them for $2/doz. They got me to go over there and clean them out three days in a row! Easily 5 dozen eggs per household. They bake a LOT.
Another great video ! A few years ago I struck up a conversation w/ an Amish lady that was running the family furniture store in Shipshewana ,In. . We got to talking about canning & started sharing different recipes for Salmon & Venison. It was very interesting talking w/ her & on a later visit, we shared written recipes. As for the eggs raising cholesterol, it has been proven to not do so. I started a diet last May & went from seldom eating eggs to eating over a dozen a week. Along w/ a lot of other changes my #s dropped to unbelievable #s ! The protein in eggs outweighs any of the cholesterol concerns. As for canning 1,000 qts. a year,..... we do about 200-250 per year & that is a ton of work ! Can't imagine doing 1,000 !!! They eat more pizza than I do 😆
Well that's great news for me if eggs are healthier than I assumed...and yes 1,000 quarts sounds like a lot doesn't it...helpful to have extra hands in the family to get it done of course
Would love to get copies of the canning recipes. I have been canning off and for about 24 - 26 years. Would like to try some different kinds of traditional canning.
@@ajalicea1091I have read articles and watched videos about Amish canning. As I understand, their canning process is always hot water bath. I have canned meat and used my pressure canner. It’s supposed to be the USDA recommended plan. I know my maternal grandmother canned meat with the hot water bath method. That’s the way people did it. 💙
I was in a convenience store in heuvelton New York a couple years ago. I have lots of Amish friends in the area. One of them was an old white bearded Swartzentruber Amish farmer and he reached in the drink cooler ahead of me for a mountain dew energy drink. He told me that it gives a nice little boost to get the work done. Then he added that as long as he got drinks for the other men working back at the farm they would have most of the work done by the time he got back from the store. He gave me a wink and we shared a chuckle.
I do a lot of backroads bicycling in the Amish country here in rural central Missouri. It is not uncommon when I stop at a convenience store for a snack to see an Amish farmer, on a hot summer day, pull in and slam down a Gatoraide.@@AmishAmerica
I take my Amish friends over to Heuvelton a lot and there are a number of Amish bulk food and variety stores in the area we stop at on a regular basis. While I can't buy anything, they'll grab me a bag of the chips they like, or some candies. We also stop by a local BBQ restaurant in nearby Rensselaer Falls and pick up 100 lbs of frozen chicken leg quarters, frozen ground beef and other items they can buy cheaply in bulk. Finally, my wife makes some mean home made pizzas, and they especially love her Jalapeno and ground beef pizzas (my favorite). We've had 3 frolics and a couple of other activities here on our land where we've had from a dozen to 30 or so men gathered and the wife feeds them all each time. (They'll bring their own packed lunches, but always save those for later.) We've begun to think they are thinking up reasons to have a frolic here now... and we love it.
Cholesterol from eggs is not the concern that it’s made out to be … inflammation from excess fructose and glucose is much more likely to lead to heart disease
The local pizza place down the road from me in Shreve, OH always had orders from the nearby Amish. I introduced my college roommates in Kentucky to Trail baloney and was never allowed to return to school from break without taking a couple pounds of it back. They loved the stuff.
Great video Eric. My Swiss German Grand mother got me hooked on eating Scapple and Egg Sandwiches for Breakfast when i was a kid. I still love them to this day. Beef, Butter, Bacon and Eggs. A Proper Human Diet. Keep the Great videos coming. You are much loved here in Baltimore Maryland.
I live in Western Pa, close to a few Amish communities. My wife and I regularly see them eating at the local Golden Corral. We've also seen them at Taco Bell and a chicken wing restaurant.
Just remember there’s a difference between the Amish and those who dress similar to the Amish for modesty beliefs such as the German Baptist and Mennonites. German Baptists are called "plain" people, but unlike the Amish, German Baptists have telephones and electricity in their homes and drive automobiles. Worship services last about two hours; men sit in one section and women in another. I once saw an Amish looking woman videotaping her kids at a museum and I asked her if she was German Baptist and she was so thankful I didn’t call her Amish and she was indeed German Baptist and not Amish. We hit it off mostly because I treated her family as fellow Christians and not a side show. We got to know “each other.”
@SRose-vp6ew New Wilmington and Volant Pa are mainly Amish, and that's where the people I see are coming from. Until recently there were always some horse and buggies tied up at the local Walmart, now it's usually the passenger vans.
So my husband and I are friends with Amish families in South Whitley IN and Grabil IN. Yes they do order pizza because my husband usually picks it up for them. Which is cool because they will buy enough for us too. I have seen the size of their gardens and have picked up some tips for our garden. If you have ever been invited to one of their Christmas parties you know they like junk food when the snacks come out after supper😂
I can't imagine an Amish Vegetarian or Vegan. I know a lot of activist types like to claim their diet doesn't hinder their strength or stamina, but I tried being a vegetarian for many years, and I had to quit because it severely hindered mine. A hard working farmer needs animal protein. A soft living city person, not so much. And not all proteins are the same.
@@kurtm.7494 dear a vegan does not eat ANYTHING comming from an animal source. A vegetarian will eat milk products eggs and sometimes fish( listed in the old testament as not being an animal but separate category) and birds ( fowl) which is a reptile. Anyone whom has studied diet because of medical needs is taught this by a DIETITIAN. When vegetarian or vegan are exhausted THEY LACK FAT IN THEIR DIET. also people whom don't eat meat are lacking calcium and sometimes other vitamins. Iron can be gotten if beans are eaten properly. I'd look up a dibiatic cookbook it has the basics tells you about protein fats and carbs and how the body uses each. Also teaches about balance. And measures of a balanced diet. Also gluten free/allergy cookbooks that have food family in them are helpful.
In our Amish communities (west-central and central Missouri) there are a LOT of sweets. When it comes to baked goods, their desserts well outnumber their breads. Heavily frosted cinnamon rolls and sugar-rich crusts on their pies can readily be found on Friday and Saturday (baked good days). Even the Amish greenhouse sold fried pies and they were scary sweet. One store has the first aisle being filled with candies and more candies. Another Amish store has almost half of a wall full of chips. But it is rare to encounter an Amish person with a weight problem.
When I lived in Lancaster County my favorite local foods were chicken red eggs, corn soup, chicken pot pie, Lebanon bologna, homemade local ice cream, whoopie pies and shoo fly pie.
So, when Weird Al's music video for "Amish Paradise" depicted Amish feeding leftover delivery pizza to chickens, that isn't so far fetched after all? Interesting.
Wow very instresting facts ! I never imagined the Amish sitting at the dinner table eating pizza and Little Debbie cakes ....who knew ! Always pictured a pot roast and heaping bowls of homegrown veggies and home baked bread, but sometimes the lady of the house just needs to take the day off !
Hi Erik, I remember being in a cafe in Middlebury, Indiana and seeing Amish people eating there and being so surprised at that!! lol. Sidenote: Unbeknown to us the cafe didn't take cards and we had no cash or checks on us. The owners were willing and trusting enough to let us send them money for our meal after we returned home. We felt so bad but made it right of course. ps. the food was good!
Great story and that sounds about right for an Amish business! I can understand the surprise I probably had something like that as well when I first saw the McDonald's Amish drive-thru :)
Am I wrong to say the Swartzentruber Amish are generally poorer therefore do not have the wherewithal to purchase outside foods. And they don't just frown on cell phones, they forbid them. And it's a big deal in that very strict, no frills community.
Hi, Erik. I just learned that you've branched out to TH-cam. Maybe I should have been paying better attention. You have a good voice for presentation. (I go by the name Spokesrider in other forums and am the guy who goes bicycling in southwest Michigan, sometimes in Amish country there and in Ohio, Indiana, and elsewhere. Have you gone to Poland recently?)
Hi John, glad you found it! I of course remember you from the early days of the website, always enjoyed your Amish observations from your bike travels. Not too much Poland but I was there to visit my grandmother not too long back
Based on my own observation, I would venture to say that: Amish eat far more apple sauce and noodles than the average consumer, and drink significantly less soda pop, although there seems to be a general fondness for root beer and mountain dew. And they certainly hold their own when it comes to ice cream!
This is funny timing you putting up a video mentioning Pizza. I went to the little Pizza hut take out store here in Farmville, Virginia yesterday evening (1/5) and a young Amish man came in on a horse and buggy and came in and picked up 10 large pizzas for a Youth group party Friday night. Also Erik if you are down this way this year, there is a rumor that a young Hutterite family have bought a small farm here in the area and came here from Western Canada. I haven't met them yet but will be on the lookout for them to welcome them.
Very interesting...I almost went through Farmville again on my way up to PA recently, would like to make another visit. If that's the case wonder if they are still affiliated with Hutterite church
Near IN/OH border here, and when candy goes on clearance (after Halloween, Easter, etc.) it's normal to see at least a few Amish get to the store shortly after it opens and fill two carts of clearance candy. Not hyperbole.
We recently helped a couple of Amish families move and when one was emptying out their cellar, they had huge tubs filled with canned goods. Between that and the 30 or so mattresses they loaded up, I joked that it looked like all all our friend did was eat and sleep. That one got a pretty good laugh from all of them.
Good video, Eric. I knewAmish weren't a variant of back-fo-nature hippie, of course. But it just didn't occur to me that potato chips and commercial cookies might be a significant part of their diets.
I guess I eat more eggs than they do. 28 just fried for breakfast. I thought for awhile they abstained from fast food until I seen a couple in Arby's in Indiana 1 day. That was about a decade ago I drove semi 🚛 & hated getting behind them with a heavy load. Cars would pass me just to pull in front of me slamming the brakes so they wouldn't hit the buggy because of oncoming traffic. US 33 few miles inside Indiana from Ohio. I drove semi into Holmes county & people realized I'm stuck behind a buggy & didn't attempt passing me until I was going over 30 mph
I think the weirdest Amish food fact I heard recently was in a documentary (here on TH-cam) th-cam.com/video/CfhbwuPehW4/w-d-xo.html time stamp 5:15 saying that the Amish eat pb&j sandwiches for the meal after church services. 🤣 I thought there was more to it than that! Plus, do they make their own peanut butter?
Ha very cool you shared that doc, I actually know the lady speaking in the vid about the church meal...in fact, I just saw her and her family a couple weeks ago :) And the funniest part is she gave me a container of this peanut butter to take home with me. It's actually a special sweetened spread called peanut butter schmier which contains marshmallow creme. They also eat a spread cheese called schmier kase, both are great on a piece of sandwich bread. th-cam.com/video/_SmpkrPWWkY/w-d-xo.html
I know how to make peanut butter and I'm not big talent in kitchen. Just give me a blender (ha, some Amish can't have it!) - but yeah, they can't grow peanuts by themselves.
@@AmishAmerica yes! I know of the schmeir because former Amish now Mennonite Lynette Yoder made it on her channel. I mean, there are few food products that wouldn’t be improved with a little marshmallow fluff, but I don’t know if I could sit through the Amish service knowing that my (earthly) reward was going to be a pb&j sandwich 🥪 😂 cool that you know the woman speaking in the doc! I should have guessed that! I hope you enjoyed your schmeir on some crusty thick slice homemade bread. 🙏
It's actually not with jelly, just the peanut butter :) But people may add other things to it, I usually do (the cheese spread). They also eat other things as well (pickled beets, pretzels, etc), I went over some of it in this vid th-cam.com/video/_SmpkrPWWkY/w-d-xo.html
Dont know that this has ever been done or even could be done but it would be very interesting to have a health study on a group of Amish to see how long they live on average and what major health issues the have.
So if person retiring from pizza business to get out in country it would give a decent income if they moved in middle of Amish & took one of their pizza ovens or built wood one had a part of their home with porch that is small pizza parlor that caters to Amish. It could be a pizza, coffee, tea, & book nook also with second hand shop that barters sonetimes.
Interesting information, I never really thought about the Amish having food delivered, but it makes some sense since so many now own cell phones and such for businesses, and who doesn't like a pizza now and then. I sure wish I could eat from the Amish canned good shelves, I think I'd be eating a lot better than I do now. Thanks for sharing Erik, you always share such great info.
I'm surprised about the take-out foods. I thought the women and girls were always busy in the kitchen with home-cooked meals. I suppose if you're hard-working, especially running a farm, you need calorie rich foods and lots of proteins. One thing I love that's "Pennsylvania Dutch" is scrapple. Whenever I stayed over at my paternal grandma's house, she cooked scrapple for breakfast.
In a Amish community in southwestern michigan. There is a gas station/ convenient store. It has a Subway restaurant in it. It is a popular place on Sunday afternoon for Amish youth to hang out at. They get Subway and hangout in the parking lot with their house and buggies. It even has a place to tie the horse at. It's an interesting site to see.
The Amish canning meat makes total sense to me. They have limited capability to store meat uncooked (small fridges or no fridges) and canned meat is shelf stable. Not to mention that home canned meat is delicious!
Great video ❤ I grew up in Indiana and we frequently went to Amish actions/fleamarkets… as a child I had always wanted to join the Amish but was told I didn’t belong… I still have a longing to be in community… 20 years ago I moved to Idaho… moved to a remote area 6 years ago and there is an Amish store in the middle of nowhere! 😮 ❤ 😮 Hearing there are no vegetarian Amish was interesting 🤔 Thanks for sharing
Could you do a video about what Amish people would regard as generally applicable life advice for every human? I'd be interested in what they'd have to say and why they'd recommend it.
Is type 2 diabetes a issue in Amish communities? It seems that they have a high fructose high glucose modernized American approach to food fast and convenience…
The demonization of junk food in the "modern world" is sometimes so ridiculous, yes we all know that it is not healthy food but it can be eaten from time to time. Don Gorske has been eating McDonald's every day since 1972 and today, at 70 years old, he is still alive and relatively healthy.
Ranch Dressing, Eric. You forgot to mention Ranch Dressing. There are two things you will find an abundance of in any Amish pantry - they are ranch Dressing and Cream of Mushroom Soup. The Ranch Dressing thing, though, is out of control. There is almost nothing that the Amish will not put Ranch Dressing on - pizza being one of the favorites. Speaking of eggs, my best friend’s family in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County will go through at least four of those large, square egg cartons (not sure how many eggs are on these) in one week. They are a young family of seven with four girls and one boy. The eldest child, one of the girls, finished 8th grade last year. The youngest is two years old. All of the children, except for the two-year- old, know how to cook eggs, and whenever I am there for breakfast, they always make two versions of scrambled eggs - one with cheese and one without. With scrambled eggs, though, they don’t go with the Ranch Dressing - I don’t think I have ever seen an Amish person eat scrambled eggs without putting artificial maple syrup on them. The same goes for scrapple.
@@kurtm.7494 Ranch dressing on just about everything - not just pizza - except at breakfast. Mrs. Butterworth’s seems to be the preferred topping for almost everything on the breakfast table. I bring my own real maple syrup and every Amish person I have talked into trying it does not like it. But when it comes to imitation maple syrup, it’s Mrs. Butterworth’s.
💢💢💢💢💢 *****. PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION BELOW***** 💢💢💢💢💢 Something I've always wondered about was if the Amish hunt? It seems as though if they did hunt it would be for food and not sport. Presumably, they hunted years ago to put food on the table for their families. Yes, no?? If so, they probably used firearms, do some Amish still use firearms, either to hunt or simply for sport/hobby? They could also "trap" animals but it seems like hunting with firearms must have been in their lifestyle at one point in time. I have wondered about this for quite some time. Thanks for another interesting and informative video. I was surprised to hear about the Amish "ordering in", more so because I was under the impression the Amish don't generally have/use phones. I know some Amish have "emergency" phone booths and some utilize phones for business but I don't know how that works most of the time. Thank you. 🙏👍
I'm not surprised that the Amish aren't modern "New Age dietarians" 😂 I did have the misconception that they would focus on eating naturally healthy, with fewer snacks and sugary treats than the World. Then I bought an Amish cookbook so I could have healthier recipes, and when I opened it, I thought the publisher must have put the wrong cover on the book 😂😂😂 It was whoopee pie this and snickerdoodle that 😂😂😂 Later, as I was studying a bit of religion and theology, I learned that the Amish early on in their history made it a point to have absolutely zero dietary laws. I'm Catholic, and am aware of the dietary requirements during Advent and Lent. The Eastern Churches call these the Small Fast and the Great Fast. The foods that are permitted have changed, according to the local bishop, sometimes the Latin Pope or Eastern Patriarch. At one time, one of the Popes issued a rule for the whole Catholic Church everywhere forbidding butter. This makes sense in Italy and Spain at that time, because butter was a luxury food. For the necessary amount of fat in the daily diet, Southern Europeans used olive oil, which wasn't readily available in Northern Europe, where the population relied on butter and other fats from animals. You can see where it would be seen as an injustice committed by an out-of-touch Prelate in a far away land. The sense of the food limitations is to urge the wealthy to share with the poor, who weren't forbidden many luxuries during the Fast Seasons. The Law of Fasting only applies to those who are 14 through 59 years of age, who are healthy, not pregnant or nursing a child, and those who do not perform heavy labor. The food limitations only apply to those who are regularly able to eat, so the poor who depended on alms were permitted to eat whatever was provided to them. But most people even today don't know all that, no matter how many times they're told, or how many parish bulletin's print the information. Back then and still today, people in a given community basically hear by word of mouth what the rules are, and assume it applies to them, no matter what their circumstances. This seems to have been the case with the first Amish, because one of the first precepts of the religion was to eliminate all food and dietary laws. They take verses such as Mark 7: 19, Acts 21: 25, 1 Corinthians 10: 27-28, Romans 14: 14,1 Timothy 4: 1-5, and Peter's vision of clean and unclean animals in Acts 10, to mean that all foods are permitted. The verses in 1 Timothy are also interpreted to mean that anyone, any Church, who places restrictions on any food is acting under the influence of deceiving spirits. Put that together with he part of the verse that warns that in the latter days, apostates will enforce celibacy and abstention from marriage. These two latter are used as evidence against the Catholic Church (although the Eastern Churches also have laws about food, covering all baptized members, and celibacy for monks and for priests who are unmarried when they are ordained). So you can see where the first Amish would have been eager to throw off all such laws, and choose instead to place zero restrictions on any foods at any time, even during Advent and Lent.
How do the Amish order food to be delivered? From their phone shanties? Is it common for Amish to raise beef cows or pigs for meat? Not a good place for vegetarians.
That's right from their phone shanties typically, some who have them might use their cell/smart phones. Pigs are pretty common to raise and slaughter in the fall. You are right, not a vegan or vegetarian type community, though one could probably do alright sticking to the vegetables and dairy side of things!
I used to believe the whole concept of Amish eating a pristine diet. But go to their grocery stores and they sell a bunch of whoopie pies and other baked goods. I wouldn’t say the most health conscious.
Many do have them in phone shanties outside the home, but within close enough distance. How the Amish Make Phone Calls - th-cam.com/video/RW2IbJ5IB6s/w-d-xo.html
It kind of surprises me that the Amish don't crack down on processed junk foods in their community for religious reasons and tell their people they need to stop eating that stuff for the same reasons that they use the buggy and ban electricity. (because it's to worldly)
Another youtuber pointed out that yes, the amish do have large gardens and eat from those. While on the surface that is healthy, how you prepare those fruits and vegetables can "take away" from the healthiness- if that makes sense. For example, having coleslaw with cabbage and carrots from your garden is healthy but if the dressing for the coleslaw has 1 cup of sugar in it or fruits canned in heavy syrup.
That would be the Beachy Amish Fellowship, who have cars, phones, electric, and other technology, as well as a relaxed mode of dress. Of the horse and buggy people, the electric New Order would be the most progressive.
@@kenpack183 I saw a video where a bunch of Beachy Amish were at a bluegrass concert. The women were wearing the traditional dresses and caps, but their dresses were tie dyed! And I think some of them had motorcycles that they were driving their kids around on. I was curious if that's the most liberal order or if there are any other ones who are even more liberal than that.
I know many of the Beachys have ventured far from their roots in the last decades, but what you are describing is a shocker to me! My own church is Midwest Beachy affiliation, the most conservative of the Beachys- we don't have close contact with the other Beachys. Many of the Beachys identify more as Mennonites. When you get more progressive than Beachy, you'll find groups who no longer embrace an Amish identity, or never did. I think the liberal Beachys would be the most progressive of groups still considered to be within the Amish designation.
Strong disagree, but to each his own. And which restaurant? What are described as "Amish restaurants" are usually not Amish-owned/run, though Amish may work there
When egg prices were high last year, I made the mistake of telling my Amish friends about a farm a few miles away that was selling them for $2/doz. They got me to go over there and clean them out three days in a row! Easily 5 dozen eggs per household. They bake a LOT.
😄got to grab that deal while it's available!
Great video Erik!! Give me a Scrapple Sandwich 🥪 and a Cold glass of Whole Milk. 🐄 ❤🇨🇭🇩🇪
Interesting. It never occurred to me that any Amish would order out.
Yes that's one of the more surprising ones. You'll definitely see Amish in restaurants too, especially in the larger communities
Another great video ! A few years ago I struck up a conversation w/ an Amish lady that was running the family furniture store in Shipshewana ,In. . We got to talking about canning & started sharing different recipes for Salmon & Venison. It was very interesting talking w/ her & on a later visit, we shared written recipes. As for the eggs raising cholesterol, it has been proven to not do so. I started a diet last May & went from seldom eating eggs to eating over a dozen a week. Along w/ a lot of other changes my #s dropped to unbelievable #s ! The protein in eggs outweighs any of the cholesterol concerns. As for canning 1,000 qts. a year,..... we do about 200-250 per year & that is a ton of work ! Can't imagine doing 1,000 !!! They eat more pizza than I do 😆
Well that's great news for me if eggs are healthier than I assumed...and yes 1,000 quarts sounds like a lot doesn't it...helpful to have extra hands in the family to get it done of course
Would love to get copies of the canning recipes.
I have been canning off and for about 24 - 26 years. Would like to try some different kinds of traditional canning.
@@ajalicea1091I have read articles and watched videos about Amish canning. As I understand, their canning process is always hot water bath. I have canned meat and used my pressure canner. It’s supposed to be the USDA recommended plan. I know my maternal grandmother canned meat with the hot water bath method. That’s the way people did it. 💙
Cholesterol isn't actually unhealthy for you. Similar to fats they were given a bad rep with pseudo science in the 60's.
I was in a convenience store in heuvelton New York a couple years ago. I have lots of Amish friends in the area. One of them was an old white bearded Swartzentruber Amish farmer and he reached in the drink cooler ahead of me for a mountain dew energy drink. He told me that it gives a nice little boost to get the work done. Then he added that as long as he got drinks for the other men working back at the farm they would have most of the work done by the time he got back from the store. He gave me a wink and we shared a chuckle.
Generous of him to think of others...and he wasn't wrong about the boost! 😄 Great anecdote thanks
I do a lot of backroads bicycling in the Amish country here in rural central Missouri. It is not uncommon when I stop at a convenience store for a snack to see an Amish farmer, on a hot summer day, pull in and slam down a Gatoraide.@@AmishAmerica
I take my Amish friends over to Heuvelton a lot and there are a number of Amish bulk food and variety stores in the area we stop at on a regular basis. While I can't buy anything, they'll grab me a bag of the chips they like, or some candies. We also stop by a local BBQ restaurant in nearby Rensselaer Falls and pick up 100 lbs of frozen chicken leg quarters, frozen ground beef and other items they can buy cheaply in bulk. Finally, my wife makes some mean home made pizzas, and they especially love her Jalapeno and ground beef pizzas (my favorite). We've had 3 frolics and a couple of other activities here on our land where we've had from a dozen to 30 or so men gathered and the wife feeds them all each time. (They'll bring their own packed lunches, but always save those for later.) We've begun to think they are thinking up reasons to have a frolic here now... and we love it.
Cholesterol from eggs is not the concern that it’s made out to be … inflammation from excess fructose and glucose is much more likely to lead to heart disease
The local pizza place down the road from me in Shreve, OH always had orders from the nearby Amish. I introduced my college roommates in Kentucky to Trail baloney and was never allowed to return to school from break without taking a couple pounds of it back. They loved the stuff.
The Trail bologna & Swiss sandwich is a good one 👍
What distinguishes it as bologna for the trail? I’m thinking trail mix and jerky…
@@ericahoelscher3733 It is a beef bologna that originated and still produced in Trail, Ohio by the Amish Troyer family.
Whenever I rode the California Zephyr from Illinois to California the Amish on board ate hot dogs and root beer almost entirely.
Great video Eric. My Swiss German Grand mother got me hooked on eating Scapple and Egg Sandwiches for Breakfast when i was a kid. I still love them to this day. Beef, Butter, Bacon and Eggs. A Proper Human Diet. Keep the Great videos coming. You are much loved here in Baltimore Maryland.
I live in Western Pa, close to a few Amish communities. My wife and I regularly see them eating at the local Golden Corral. We've also seen them at Taco Bell and a chicken wing restaurant.
Yes, Amish really like buffets.
Just remember there’s a difference between the Amish and those who dress similar to the Amish for modesty beliefs such as the German Baptist and Mennonites. German Baptists are called "plain" people, but unlike the Amish, German Baptists have telephones and electricity in their homes and drive automobiles. Worship services last about two hours; men sit in one section and women in another. I once saw an Amish looking woman videotaping her kids at a museum and I asked her if she was German Baptist and she was so thankful I didn’t call her Amish and she was indeed German Baptist and not Amish. We hit it off mostly because I treated her family as fellow Christians and not a side show. We got to know “each other.”
@SRose-vp6ew New Wilmington and Volant Pa are mainly Amish, and that's where the people I see are coming from. Until recently there were always some horse and buggies tied up at the local Walmart, now it's usually the passenger vans.
eggs good protein we eat at least 6 a week good for you
So my husband and I are friends with Amish families in South Whitley IN and Grabil IN. Yes they do order pizza because my husband usually picks it up for them. Which is cool because they will buy enough for us too. I have seen the size of their gardens and have picked up some tips for our garden. If you have ever been invited to one of their Christmas parties you know they like junk food when the snacks come out after supper😂
I can't imagine an Amish Vegetarian or Vegan. I know a lot of activist types like to claim their diet doesn't hinder their strength or stamina, but I tried being a vegetarian for many years, and I had to quit because it severely hindered mine. A hard working farmer needs animal protein. A soft living city person, not so much. And not all proteins are the same.
@@kurtm.7494 True. I was mostly saying that because city people in general don't work as hard as farmers, unless they work construction.
The difference is not the protein but the FAT IN YOUR DIET.
You were fat deprived not protein deprived.
My husband worked with a lady who was a vegan and she was constantly sick. He would always tell her she needed to eat some hamburger or steak.😅
@@kurtm.7494 dear a vegan does not eat ANYTHING comming from an animal source.
A vegetarian will eat milk products eggs and sometimes fish( listed in the old testament as not being an animal but separate category) and birds ( fowl) which is a reptile.
Anyone whom has studied diet because of medical needs is taught this by a
DIETITIAN.
When vegetarian or vegan are exhausted THEY LACK FAT IN THEIR DIET. also people whom don't eat meat are lacking calcium and sometimes other vitamins. Iron can be gotten if beans are eaten properly.
I'd look up a dibiatic cookbook it has the basics tells you about protein fats and carbs and how the body uses each. Also teaches about balance. And measures of a balanced diet.
Also gluten free/allergy cookbooks that have food family in them are helpful.
The human body requires meat and animal products. If not you must supplement with B vitamins and omega 3s or you can develop paralysis.
In our Amish communities (west-central and central Missouri) there are a LOT of sweets. When it comes to baked goods, their desserts well outnumber their breads. Heavily frosted cinnamon rolls and sugar-rich crusts on their pies can readily be found on Friday and Saturday (baked good days). Even the Amish greenhouse sold fried pies and they were scary sweet. One store has the first aisle being filled with candies and more candies. Another Amish store has almost half of a wall full of chips.
But it is rare to encounter an Amish person with a weight problem.
Mennonites have bakeries and pizza restaurants in Chihuahua Mexico. Mennonites are different than Amish though.
Mennonites are a sect or denomination of Amish.
canning has picked up with all the people homesteading now, I canned some vegetables and chicken last year for the first time and im not young:)
When I lived in Lancaster County my favorite local foods were chicken red eggs, corn soup, chicken pot pie, Lebanon bologna, homemade local ice cream, whoopie pies and shoo fly pie.
My brother and I used to make our own pizza. When we could get it, we would put Lebanon Bolirgna on it for the meat topping.
@@jacquelyns9709 yum!
So, when Weird Al's music video for "Amish Paradise" depicted Amish feeding leftover delivery pizza to chickens, that isn't so far fetched after all? Interesting.
I knew about the canning but was surprised by the pizza delivery. Thanks for the information always informative and enjoyable
Caseys pizza and a buggy ride is an Amish date night in Iowa
we got so much in common with the Amish love them
I've noticed at the horse sales they drink a lot of Mountain Dew soda.
I lived with an old order Amish family in Lancaster PA for a few weeks and they loved pizza hut!
Wow very instresting facts ! I never imagined the Amish sitting at the dinner table eating pizza and Little Debbie cakes ....who knew ! Always pictured a pot roast and heaping bowls of homegrown veggies and home baked bread, but sometimes the lady of the house just needs to take the day off !
Hi Erik, I remember being in a cafe in Middlebury, Indiana and seeing Amish people eating there and being so surprised at that!! lol. Sidenote: Unbeknown to us the cafe didn't take cards and we had no cash or checks on us. The owners were willing and trusting enough to let us send them money for our meal after we returned home. We felt so bad but made it right of course. ps. the food was good!
Great story and that sounds about right for an Amish business! I can understand the surprise I probably had something like that as well when I first saw the McDonald's Amish drive-thru :)
Am I wrong to say the Swartzentruber Amish are generally poorer therefore do not have the wherewithal to purchase outside foods. And they don't just frown on cell phones, they forbid them. And it's a big deal in that very strict, no frills community.
You are right on both counts, they tend to have lower incomes which also affects how much they'd eat from outside sources.
I’ve seen the local Amish smoking pipes while fishing from a really nice bass boat in my area. They pay someone to tow the boat.
@@kurtm.7494 I’m in SW Missouri, maybe the rules are different here.
Hi, Erik. I just learned that you've branched out to TH-cam. Maybe I should have been paying better attention. You have a good voice for presentation. (I go by the name Spokesrider in other forums and am the guy who goes bicycling in southwest Michigan, sometimes in Amish country there and in Ohio, Indiana, and elsewhere. Have you gone to Poland recently?)
Hi John, glad you found it! I of course remember you from the early days of the website, always enjoyed your Amish observations from your bike travels. Not too much Poland but I was there to visit my grandmother not too long back
I was surprised that the Amish group that was having a skeet shot day on 12/30, last Saturday had pizza.
Based on my own observation, I would venture to say that: Amish eat far more apple sauce and noodles than the average consumer, and drink significantly less soda pop, although there seems to be a general fondness for root beer and mountain dew. And they certainly hold their own when it comes to ice cream!
This is funny timing you putting up a video mentioning Pizza. I went to the little Pizza hut take out store here in Farmville, Virginia yesterday evening (1/5) and a young Amish man came in on a horse and buggy and came in and picked up 10 large pizzas for a Youth group party Friday night. Also Erik if you are down this way this year, there is a rumor that a young Hutterite family have bought a small farm here in the area and came here from Western Canada. I haven't met them yet but will be on the lookout for them to welcome them.
Very interesting...I almost went through Farmville again on my way up to PA recently, would like to make another visit. If that's the case wonder if they are still affiliated with Hutterite church
@@AmishAmerica Maybe Bruderhof?
Near IN/OH border here, and when candy goes on clearance (after Halloween, Easter, etc.) it's normal to see at least a few Amish get to the store shortly after it opens and fill two carts of clearance candy. Not hyperbole.
We recently helped a couple of Amish families move and when one was emptying out their cellar, they had huge tubs filled with canned goods. Between that and the 30 or so mattresses they loaded up, I joked that it looked like all all our friend did was eat and sleep. That one got a pretty good laugh from all of them.
Canned meat is cooked and has gravy with it. This makes it easier to make a dinner because they only have to heat the meat up and pour it over taters.
Oh how I want to go visit Holmes county its beautiful there, Lynette border has a TH-cam channel and her family is from there.
Good video, Eric. I knewAmish weren't a variant of back-fo-nature hippie, of course. But it just didn't occur to me that potato chips and commercial cookies might be a significant part of their diets.
INTERESTING!!! Do take care. Fl.
Thank you. Happy New Year.
Your background looks nicely rustic
I guess I eat more eggs than they do. 28 just fried for breakfast. I thought for awhile they abstained from fast food until I seen a couple in Arby's in Indiana 1 day. That was about a decade ago I drove semi 🚛 & hated getting behind them with a heavy load. Cars would pass me just to pull in front of me slamming the brakes so they wouldn't hit the buggy because of oncoming traffic. US 33 few miles inside Indiana from Ohio. I drove semi into Holmes county & people realized I'm stuck behind a buggy & didn't attempt passing me until I was going over 30 mph
I live in the Phila region and have been to Lancaster many times. I really enjoy your videos.
Here in Webster County Missouri they come to Wal-Mart and load up on white bread, sugar, chips and other unhealthy foods as well as beer.
Really interesting
Glad you thought so!
Very interesting video, love hearing about the Amish.
Sad to hear some eat the GMO laced junk food from corporate America.
I think the weirdest Amish food fact I heard recently was in a documentary (here on TH-cam) th-cam.com/video/CfhbwuPehW4/w-d-xo.html
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saying that the Amish eat pb&j sandwiches for the meal after church services. 🤣 I thought there was more to it than that! Plus, do they make their own peanut butter?
Ha very cool you shared that doc, I actually know the lady speaking in the vid about the church meal...in fact, I just saw her and her family a couple weeks ago :) And the funniest part is she gave me a container of this peanut butter to take home with me. It's actually a special sweetened spread called peanut butter schmier which contains marshmallow creme. They also eat a spread cheese called schmier kase, both are great on a piece of sandwich bread. th-cam.com/video/_SmpkrPWWkY/w-d-xo.html
I know how to make peanut butter and I'm not big talent in kitchen. Just give me a blender (ha, some Amish can't have it!) - but yeah, they can't grow peanuts by themselves.
@@AmishAmerica yes! I know of the schmeir because former Amish now Mennonite Lynette Yoder made it on her channel. I mean, there are few food products that wouldn’t be improved with a little marshmallow fluff, but I don’t know if I could sit through the Amish service knowing that my (earthly) reward was going to be a pb&j sandwich 🥪 😂 cool that you know the woman speaking in the doc! I should have guessed that! I hope you enjoyed your schmeir on some crusty thick slice homemade bread. 🙏
@@AaAa-pf7tj clever!
It's actually not with jelly, just the peanut butter :) But people may add other things to it, I usually do (the cheese spread). They also eat other things as well (pickled beets, pretzels, etc), I went over some of it in this vid th-cam.com/video/_SmpkrPWWkY/w-d-xo.html
Dont know that this has ever been done or even could be done but it would be very interesting to have a health study on a group of Amish to see how long they live on average and what major health issues the have.
So if person retiring from pizza business to get out in country it would give a decent income if they moved in middle of Amish & took one of their pizza ovens or built wood one had a part of their home with porch that is small pizza parlor that caters to Amish.
It could be a pizza, coffee, tea, & book nook also with second hand shop that barters sonetimes.
Fits right in with the ordnung! You could have a volleyball net out back for the rumspringers.
I'm 'English' and my Mother and Grandmother regularly canned meat, as well as everything we grew in our very large garden.
Interesting information, I never really thought about the Amish having food delivered, but it makes some sense since so many now own cell phones and such for businesses, and who doesn't like a pizza now and then. I sure wish I could eat from the Amish canned good shelves, I think I'd be eating a lot better than I do now. Thanks for sharing Erik, you always share such great info.
Thank you, yes the canned goods are great to have especially this time of year. Cracked open some Amish-made pickles recently with my uncle
My favorite would be the Pickled Beets.@@AmishAmerica
Interesting information
About the same as in Somerset County we can everything and I never pressure can I come back to water bath everything including meat
I'm surprised about the take-out foods. I thought the women and girls were always busy in the kitchen with home-cooked meals. I suppose if you're hard-working, especially running a farm, you need calorie rich foods and lots of proteins. One thing I love that's "Pennsylvania Dutch" is scrapple. Whenever I stayed over at my paternal grandma's house, she cooked scrapple for breakfast.
Good info
Great video once again Erik! Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Again dear heart, another fascinating insight to Amish life :), blessings to you and a very happy new year :)
In a Amish community in southwestern michigan. There is a gas station/ convenient store. It has a Subway restaurant in it. It is a popular place on Sunday afternoon for Amish youth to hang out at. They get Subway and hangout in the parking lot with their house and buggies. It even has a place to tie the horse at. It's an interesting site to see.
Well - some people have many ideas.... :) Great video!
Another great video Brother Weaner!
Loved the bonus fact.
The Amish canning meat makes total sense to me. They have limited capability to store meat uncooked (small fridges or no fridges) and canned meat is shelf stable. Not to mention that home canned meat is delicious!
Very interesting video Eric. Enjoyed it!
So how do the Amish order the food for delivery? I know there are some Amish that do have smart phones, but many do not.
Many have a phone shanty on an English neighbor’s property, with the bill coming in an English’s name.
Where are you? The background looks European. Very quaint.
Great video ❤
I grew up in Indiana and we frequently went to Amish actions/fleamarkets… as a child I had always wanted to join the Amish but was told I didn’t belong… I still have a longing to be in community…
20 years ago I moved to Idaho… moved to a remote area 6 years ago and there is an Amish store in the middle of nowhere! 😮 ❤ 😮
Hearing there are no vegetarian Amish was interesting 🤔
Thanks for sharing
That must be the Lemhi County community! amishamerica.com/the-amish-in-idaho/
Yes 🙌
The Mennonite community is growing in the lost river valley as well 🥰🥰🥰
Wow! I wonder How do they order delivery with no phone or internets!
very interesting.
Is there any Amish winter tricks?. Is there any winter history from the 1800s?
I'm not surprised by the fact there were no vegetarians!
Surprised about the pizza 🍕 delivery
Was there a meat shortage during WW1 that triggered a “extension homemaker”program across the country to get people to can as much meat as possible…
Interesting!
Could you do a video about what Amish people would regard as generally applicable life advice for every human?
I'd be interested in what they'd have to say and why they'd recommend it.
Interesting, I would be curious to see the layout of a typical Amish garden. What vegetables do they grow? How do they plan it? Etc..
Is type 2 diabetes a issue in Amish communities? It seems that they have a high fructose high glucose modernized American approach to food fast and convenience…
pineapple on pizza with a side of a dozen eggs 😮
Pineapple on pizza is common in Australia
How? How do they order delivery? I thought they don't allow phones.
Actually most do, though not in the home. Typically in the barn or shared phone shanty
I never delivered a pizza to any Amish folk in Queensland. Mennonites though may be another matter.
I have canned chicken and hamburger. I even have canned meatloaf.
The demonization of junk food in the "modern world" is sometimes so ridiculous, yes we all know that it is not healthy food but it can be eaten from time to time. Don Gorske has been eating McDonald's every day since 1972 and today, at 70 years old, he is still alive and relatively healthy.
The Amish order out? How tho?
Probably a phone that they most likely used from a shared phone shed away from the home or maybe an English friend’s phone!
Most Amish have access to phones (a shared phone in a phone shanty, or a family phone on the property, bu not inside the home).
I drive Amish people here in Ohio and almost all of them have cell phones, not smart phones though. They use flip phones.
Ranch Dressing, Eric. You forgot to mention Ranch Dressing. There are two things you will find an abundance of in any Amish pantry - they are ranch Dressing and Cream of Mushroom Soup. The Ranch Dressing thing, though, is out of control. There is almost nothing that the Amish will not put Ranch Dressing on - pizza being one of the favorites.
Speaking of eggs, my best friend’s family in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County will go through at least four of those large, square egg cartons (not sure how many eggs are on these) in one week. They are a young family of seven with four girls and one boy. The eldest child, one of the girls, finished 8th grade last year. The youngest is two years old. All of the children, except for the two-year- old, know how to cook eggs, and whenever I am there for breakfast, they always make two versions of scrambled eggs - one with cheese and one without. With scrambled eggs, though, they don’t go with the Ranch Dressing - I don’t think I have ever seen an Amish person eat scrambled eggs without putting artificial maple syrup on them. The same goes for scrapple.
Great addition to the list thanks Bruce :) Yea I'm not sure about ranch + eggs, might be wise of them to avoid that one
@@kurtm.7494 Ranch dressing on just about everything - not just pizza - except at breakfast. Mrs. Butterworth’s seems to be the preferred topping for almost everything on the breakfast table. I bring my own real maple syrup and every Amish person I have talked into trying it does not like it. But when it comes to imitation maple syrup, it’s Mrs. Butterworth’s.
If you don’t have a phone how do you order?
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Something I've always wondered about was if the Amish hunt? It seems as though if they did hunt it would be for food and not sport. Presumably, they hunted years ago to put food on the table for their families. Yes, no?? If so, they probably used firearms, do some Amish still use firearms, either to hunt or simply for sport/hobby? They could also "trap" animals but it seems like hunting with firearms must have been in their lifestyle at one point in time. I have wondered about this for quite some time. Thanks for another interesting and informative video.
I was surprised to hear about the Amish "ordering in", more so because I was under the impression the Amish don't generally have/use phones. I know some Amish have "emergency" phone booths and some utilize phones for business but I don't know how that works most of the time. Thank you. 🙏👍
Amish around us hunt lots of deer and turkey (PA). They use guns, muzzle loaders and crossbows. Even the girls, wearing pants under their dresses.
Yes as sweetbriar says here they definitely do, even the young ladies sometimes. I made a video on it: th-cam.com/video/NoTCy6tXGJE/w-d-xo.html
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Thanks so much. I will definitely be watching that video right now. Appreciate everything you do. God bless.
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Thanks so much for answering that for me. It's something I've always wondered about. Happy New Year!!
But how do you order out without a phone or internet? Send a letter?
Most actually do have phone access, though they locate the phone outside the home to be used when necessary. Control the tech rather than vice versa
In a way it's a good thing they're not as into diet culture. Though it is concerning about how much possible process with the may be eating.
I'm not surprised that the Amish aren't modern "New Age dietarians" 😂 I did have the misconception that they would focus on eating naturally healthy, with fewer snacks and sugary treats than the World. Then I bought an Amish cookbook so I could have healthier recipes, and when I opened it, I thought the publisher must have put the wrong cover on the book 😂😂😂 It was whoopee pie this and snickerdoodle that 😂😂😂 Later, as I was studying a bit of religion and theology, I learned that the Amish early on in their history made it a point to have absolutely zero dietary laws. I'm Catholic, and am aware of the dietary requirements during Advent and Lent. The Eastern Churches call these the Small Fast and the Great Fast. The foods that are permitted have changed, according to the local bishop, sometimes the Latin Pope or Eastern Patriarch. At one time, one of the Popes issued a rule for the whole Catholic Church everywhere forbidding butter. This makes sense in Italy and Spain at that time, because butter was a luxury food. For the necessary amount of fat in the daily diet, Southern Europeans used olive oil, which wasn't readily available in Northern Europe, where the population relied on butter and other fats from animals. You can see where it would be seen as an injustice committed by an out-of-touch Prelate in a far away land. The sense of the food limitations is to urge the wealthy to share with the poor, who weren't forbidden many luxuries during the Fast Seasons. The Law of Fasting only applies to those who are 14 through 59 years of age, who are healthy, not pregnant or nursing a child, and those who do not perform heavy labor. The food limitations only apply to those who are regularly able to eat, so the poor who depended on alms were permitted to eat whatever was provided to them. But most people even today don't know all that, no matter how many times they're told, or how many parish bulletin's print the information. Back then and still today, people in a given community basically hear by word of mouth what the rules are, and assume it applies to them, no matter what their circumstances. This seems to have been the case with the first Amish, because one of the first precepts of the religion was to eliminate all food and dietary laws. They take verses such as Mark 7: 19, Acts 21: 25, 1 Corinthians 10: 27-28, Romans 14: 14,1 Timothy 4: 1-5, and Peter's vision of clean and unclean animals in Acts 10, to mean that all foods are permitted. The verses in 1 Timothy are also interpreted to mean that anyone, any Church, who places restrictions on any food is acting under the influence of deceiving spirits. Put that together with he part of the verse that warns that in the latter days, apostates will enforce celibacy and abstention from marriage. These two latter are used as evidence against the Catholic Church (although the Eastern Churches also have laws about food, covering all baptized members, and celibacy for monks and for priests who are unmarried when they are ordained). So you can see where the first Amish would have been eager to throw off all such laws, and choose instead to place zero restrictions on any foods at any time, even during Advent and Lent.
How do the Amish order food to be delivered? From their phone shanties? Is it common for Amish to raise beef cows or pigs for meat? Not a good place for vegetarians.
That's right from their phone shanties typically, some who have them might use their cell/smart phones. Pigs are pretty common to raise and slaughter in the fall. You are right, not a vegan or vegetarian type community, though one could probably do alright sticking to the vegetables and dairy side of things!
I used to believe the whole concept of Amish eating a pristine diet. But go to their grocery stores and they sell a bunch of whoopie pies and other baked goods. I wouldn’t say the most health conscious.
Do Amish ever move between churches? Like an old order Amish becomes new order or Vice versa
It does happen. Probably the most common cause would be marrying into a different group
How can Amish order out when they dont have phones?
Many do have them in phone shanties outside the home, but within close enough distance. How the Amish Make Phone Calls - th-cam.com/video/RW2IbJ5IB6s/w-d-xo.html
Maybe they're ordering out is on the days they LOL we may never know😅
No vegetarians, I had a feeling they had better mental health.
It kind of surprises me that the Amish don't crack down on processed junk foods in their community for religious reasons and tell their people they need to stop eating that stuff for the same reasons that they use the buggy and ban electricity. (because it's to worldly)
Another youtuber pointed out that yes, the amish do have large gardens and eat from those. While on the surface that is healthy, how you prepare those fruits and vegetables can "take away" from the healthiness- if that makes sense. For example, having coleslaw with cabbage and carrots from your garden is healthy but if the dressing for the coleslaw has 1 cup of sugar in it or fruits canned in heavy syrup.
Good point, coleslaw seems healthy but can hide a lot of sugar
Which is the most progressive Amish church group in the U.S?
That would be the Beachy Amish Fellowship, who have cars, phones, electric, and other technology, as well as a relaxed mode of dress. Of the horse and buggy people, the electric New Order would be the most progressive.
@@kenpack183 I saw a video where a bunch of Beachy Amish were at a bluegrass concert. The women were wearing the traditional dresses and caps, but their dresses were tie dyed! And I think some of them had motorcycles that they were driving their kids around on. I was curious if that's the most liberal order or if there are any other ones who are even more liberal than that.
I know many of the Beachys have ventured far from their roots in the last decades, but what you are describing is a shocker to me! My own church is Midwest Beachy affiliation, the most conservative of the Beachys- we don't have close contact with the other Beachys. Many of the Beachys identify more as Mennonites. When you get more progressive than Beachy, you'll find groups who no longer embrace an Amish identity, or never did. I think the liberal Beachys would be the most progressive of groups still considered to be within the Amish designation.
@@kenpack183 You're Amish? You use the internet? Why do they call it Beachy?
Moses Beachy, 1927, Somerset, PA. This is my sister's phone.
Hard manual labor and Vegetarian don't go together.......
😲Shocking!😲 Somehow, The Amish and Dominos just doesn't ring true for me.
I have had many pizza parties with my Amish friends.
The Amish I know eat more junk food than I do.
Canned meat doesn’t sound too appealing. On another note, I wonder if they use DoorDash ha ha.
Some of those with smartphones just well might!
So sad. I was sure they choose peace food.
They are the worst cooks on Earth. I got roaring sick with food poisoning from one of their damned restaurants.
Strong disagree, but to each his own. And which restaurant? What are described as "Amish restaurants" are usually not Amish-owned/run, though Amish may work there