Word of the Week – Smutz Biks
Hello InsidersI have a few fun words for you today. The word I am sharing is not one that everyone would use regularly. However, I am certain that many would be familiar with it. Certainly, if you grew up in a rural community, farming or similar. Smutz Biks (Sh-mutz Bix) – Grease gun, used to grease […]
Homemade Yogurt
1 gallon
milk2 TBSP
plain gelatin½ cup
cold water4 TBSP
plain yogurt1 ½ cup
white sugarHeat
milk to 190 degrees. While heating the milk, dissolve the gelatin in the cold
water. Add this to the hot milk then cool the milk to 140 degrees. Add yogurt
and sugar. Beat well. Cover and put into the oven with the pilot light on
overnight or set […]
Word of the Week – Glicklich
Hello Insiders,I am behind a few days, normally I am working not the word of the week earlier. However I hope you enjoy this weeks word. The word this week is one that can be used on a day to day basis. It could be used often in conversations and used in expressions. That being […]
Word of the Week – Gale Reeva
Hello Insiders, It’s that time again,Your turn to learn a few more words in Pennsylvania Deutsch. Today I have the name for most people’s favorite vegetable or one of them. Also I thought it would be fun do give you a few descriptive words to learn as well. Gale reeva – CarrotsGale – Rree-vahGrik som […]
A New Land, A New Life
In the last
article, we met William Penn, the Quaker leader, whose influence and faith led
him to found a colony where religious freedom was instrumental in the
Mennonites and Amish coming to America. For the Amish in Europe, land ownership was most often not an option,
and there was the ever-present fear of persecution. Imagine the excitement that […]
A New Continent | Hope for a future
Last month we
introduced the Charming Nancy, the ship that brought a group of eleven Amish
families to America. Hans Jacob Kaufman,
who historians believe was an Amish Bishop, kept a small calendar journal that
was discovered in the 1970s. In a few
short paragraphs, he records when they left German soil and when they arrived
in America. But what is […]
Word of the Week – Animal Names
Hello Insiders,I was looking at my list of words to share with you today. I was undecided which animal to use, so they all are going at the same time. There isn’t going to be any sentences for each animal, just a list. An interesting thing that I did in making this list was to […]
Meatball Veggie Casserole
3 lb
ground beef½ cup
cracker crumbs1 medium
onion, chopped2 ½ tsp
salt¼ cup
milkdash of
pepper
Mix all
of the ingredients together. Form into balls and place on a cookie sheet. Bake
at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes. In a
large cooking pot, cook 8-10 potatoes cubed, 1 qt peas, and 1 lb carrots sliced
for a short time. Place the vegetables and […]
Settling New Lands
Here in America, the Amish and Mennonites settled on lands
they could finally own themselves. Here
they could raise their families and their crops and finally find some peace
from the oppression that they and their ancestors had suffered under. Here they could finally find the peace that
they had so desperately sought to worship in ways that they […]
Cream Cheese Cookies
3 ¾ cup
sugar1 2/3
cup margarine1 2/3
cup shortening5 eggs5 TBSP
baking powder2 ½ tsp
salt5 TBSP
vanilla8 ¾ cup
flourMix
sugar, butter, shortening, and eggs. Add baking powder, salt, vanilla, and
flour. Bake at 350 degrees. Immediately press your thumb into the middles. Cool
completely. Prepare the filling.Filling:4 ½ cups
powdered sugar8 oz
cream cheese, softened3 TBSP
vanilla6 TBSP
flourFill the
holes in the cookies with cream cheese mixture. Prepare the topping.Topping:½ cup
butter2 […]