Our week in photos:
We had to try a Whoopie Pie, made here in Lancaster, PA. |
We drove through Bird-in-Hand, Blue Ball, stopped at Intercourse and didn't make it to Paradise--all here in Pennsylvania, of course. |
The store was canning pickled eggs today. I asked two different employees how many eggs they pickled in a day's work and neither one could tell me. I guess they just worked there. |
You cross one end over the other and then cross it again. |
Of course, the pretzel makers here at the factory use the spin and twist-in-the-air method, which we all tried. This is my dismal attempt. It's definitely not as easy as it looks. |
All that work made us hungry, so upon the advice of Don and Vicki, we headed to the Shady Maple Smorgasbord in East Earl, PA. As did every other senior citizen in the county. |
Denny really isn't in pain, despite his appearance. And this is but a small segment of the several buffet lines that make up the vast eatery that is Shady Maple. |
This is a beautiful area and in addition to eating a lot of fat food (there is also a small shoo-fly pie in our refrigerator) we have been gorging ourselves on the local peaches, green peppers, tomatoes, apples and sweet corn. The farms here are lovely as is the countryside. It is fun to drive the back roads looking at the farms and watching the hard working Amish and Mennonite families harvest their crops with their huge Belgians and big mules. Farm stands offer fruit and vegetables unmanned, relying upon the honor system of payment. It is a step back into the past here, and a most welcome one. I could live here.
4 comments:
I'm sorry but the name of the factory has left me in a state. ;)
Who knew pretzles were hand made?
I love Amish country and really admire the people.
Hope you get out of there safely.
As always my dear, when you are on a roll......why yes you do. How funny...
Linda, the other
It's so odd. I've been able to see the golf course post in Reader for days now, but it still isn't here.
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