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– Eating in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country is one of the true pleasures of life. Now these pleasures are shared in this collection of recipes, some of them family heirlooms and here made public for the first time, treasured by generations of Amish, Mennonite and other Pennsylvania Dutch folk. Edna Eby Heller spent nearly 15 years listening, watching, measuring and testing to standardize directions like “sugar to sweeten and flour to stiffen” for cooks everywhere. The result of her research is a marvelous combination of colorful food, helpful hints on its preparation and some of the history of these delightfully individualistic people. Nearly 300 recipes include well known favorites like Shoo-Fly Pie, Apple Butter, Fasnachts (donuts), and Milk Pie. The traditionally hearty main dishes of a farming people, such as Chicken Corn Pie or Pork, Sauerkraut and Dumplings and savory soups like Brown Potato Flour Soup or Philadelphia Pepperpot, will delight all lovers of good food. Relishes , breads, puddings, cakes like Cinnamon Flop and Blotch Kucha, treats like Sticky Buns, and pies of every kind and for every meal, make this an enchanting culinary tour of the land of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
