I actually don't have any experience with them and only see them once a great while driving on the highway one time. I just heard they are very good and seen videos. I would love to live close by so I can go buy things from their farms. Ashlanddog lives right next to them.
When I was a teenager and living with my Grandmother, the closest Amish (which actually were the Mennonite sect as they strictly wear black clothing only) was in a small town over. My grandmother would stop there to buy butter from one family. My grandfather would go there as they had a Sawmill to buy wood slabs to fire his barn for Dark-Fired tobacco, and they also had a General Store called Penchum's. They sold everything there that they canned, baked, or made. There were no other Amish/Mennonites around but them until about 30 years ago.
When I moved on the road I'm on in another town, about 25 years ago, you very seldom saw an Amish buggy. Now you see them everywhere. Like I said, there is an Amish store not far across the road from me.
I don't know about cow's milk being sold raw, but I do know they have a herd of goats that they milk. I think they also make goat cheese. Would you like to try some of that? The cows milk comes in bottles with heavy cream on top that helps seal the lid. You have to take a spoon and scrape some off the top to get the milk to pour. He stirs the cream in his coffee and drinks the milk with cookies. He could possibly churn butter with it if he wanted to. My husband loves it as he goes and buys it for himself. I am on a diet and it would be too fattening for my high blood pressure. I have several of the (old-fashioned) bottles they come in as they are returnable. Not sure how raw the milk is as it is bottled, but it is sold as Amish milk.
The very top layer that hardens up is the buttermilk. My Dad likes to tell the story of how the kids in his family in the 1940s would always try and be first in line after the milkman came so they could eat that buttermilk topping.
I work with an Amish framing crew. We interact all the time. The "boss" is quite a joker.
I actually don't have any experience with them and only see them once a great while driving on the highway one time. I just heard they are very good and seen videos. I would love to live close by so I can go buy things from their farms. Ashlanddog lives right next to them.
Ashlanddog is very lucky too.
When I was a teenager and living with my Grandmother, the closest Amish (which actually were the Mennonite sect as they strictly wear black clothing only) was in a small town over. My grandmother would stop there to buy butter from one family. My grandfather would go there as they had a Sawmill to buy wood slabs to fire his barn for Dark-Fired tobacco, and they also had a General Store called Penchum's. They sold everything there that they canned, baked, or made. There were no other Amish/Mennonites around but them until about 30 years ago.
When I moved on the road I'm on in another town, about 25 years ago, you very seldom saw an Amish buggy. Now you see them everywhere. Like I said, there is an Amish store not far across the road from me.
Can you get raw milk there? I would love to have some please. LOL
I don't know about cow's milk being sold raw, but I do know they have a herd of goats that they milk. I think they also make goat cheese. Would you like to try some of that? The cows milk comes in bottles with heavy cream on top that helps seal the lid. You have to take a spoon and scrape some off the top to get the milk to pour. He stirs the cream in his coffee and drinks the milk with cookies. He could possibly churn butter with it if he wanted to. My husband loves it as he goes and buys it for himself. I am on a diet and it would be too fattening for my high blood pressure. I have several of the (old-fashioned) bottles they come in as they are returnable. Not sure how raw the milk is as it is bottled, but it is sold as Amish milk.
You know, I might be interested in trying goat cheese. Yes, the heavy cream on top is what raw milk is like. I love the taste.
The very top layer that hardens up is the buttermilk. My Dad likes to tell the story of how the kids in his family in the 1940s would always try and be first in line after the milkman came so they could eat that buttermilk topping.
I work with an Amish framing crew. We interact all the time. The "boss" is quite a joker.