Eventually, the restaurant will offer an "Amish-style wedding meal," which consists of creamed celery and roast chicken, filling, corn, mashed potatoes and pie.

What is "filling"? (Besides this meal itself, of course.)

My mother always referred to poultry stuffing as "filling".

Filling = stuffing without the violence

Don't a chicken your puppet

Less filling!
Tastes great!

The Amish market shown in the photo moved to Laurel. It is located on eastbound Route 198 in a shopping center near the Home Depot.

I really love the roasted chickens at the Amish market in Hunt Valley as well as some of the meats from the butcher. I do find it kind of sad that the amish have begun selling cheapo products made with additives like MSG and corn syrup, namely the baked goods and other prepared foods.I guess it's like everything else in the world. They can make a profit using the ingredients that don't cost much. I haven't been to the Lancaster market in awhile. Does anyone know if this practice goes on up there?

@Tis no barn

D'oh-eth!

do they sell whoopie pies at the market in Cherry Hill?

i love the whoopie pies from Hunt Valley . . . except for the one i bit into that had a 6 inch long hair swirled into the filling

This is great! I love farmers' markets and had no idea there was a new one. Thanks for the update, and I'll look to read about your experience there soon.

This is great! I love farmers' markets and had no idea there was a new one. Thanks for the update, and I'll look to read about your experience there soon.

I don't know why but I feel obligated to point out that there is no way that these market folks are Amish. Pennsylvania Dutch, yes, Amish, no way. It'd be too long a drive from Lancaster down 83 on the horse and buggy.

Hi, Joyce. They hire a driver. LV

Amish and PA Dutch have ZERO intersection. Amish are Swiss and PA Dutch German.

Well, hey chewey, I believe that the "Dutch" stands for "Deutsch" which just means that all spoke German.

The term that's missing is Mennonite. Both Amish and Mennonites live in PA.

PA Dutch stands for Deutsch? Uh duuuuuuuuuh. PA Dutch are FROM Germany, the Amish from Switzerland. Their German is quite different and not mutually intelligible.

The girls in the photo are obviously Mennonites. No Amish maiden would dress in such a flamboyant and bold manner. Blue? Ach! There are a bunch of different varieties of Mennonites whose ethnicity, code of dress and other things vary substantially.

The Amish market is open Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sorry I didn't include that information from the start.

While the Amish have historical roots in Switzerland, they are hardly "Swiss" today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish

And, chewey, while, "Old-Order Amish" do adhere to strict rules as to attire, many sects within the larger Amish community have relaxed those rules.

That being said, I have to admit some ongoing confusion between the definitions of "Amish" vs. "Mennonite." When I was growing up, the "Mennonites" were MUCH more relaxed in attire, with both genders basically wearing (modest) "English" attire and the women wearing a smaller "prayer cap."

Meekrat, I live in Lancaster Co. PA. and know tons of Amish. These are typical Amish girls. Puffy sleeves and heart-shaped coverings are the norm here. Amish dress varies from state to state.

While the Amish have historical roots in Switzerland, they are hardly "Swiss" today.

Your Wikipedia skillz are bitchin', anon. You should be like, a wiki-professor.

Write about what you know, not what undocumented crap is on an open source garbage dump like Wikipedia. No wonder you didn't sign your name. Puuuuhhhhhhhh...........

Wikipedia is something, but tis not a proper barn, English-anon. Start over!

Chewey,

Sorry I forgot to post under my "real" name. Would be interested if you were able to come up with any credible evidence to refute my post.

I admit that wikipedia is not entirely authoritative, but I really don't think my referring to it in this context merited your amazingly caustic response.

Sheesh. We're talking farmers markets here.... Hate seeing you invest your vitriol on something so benign.

Last night while walking through Roland Park, I noticed a Mennonite Church. I'm assuming this church must cater to a more modern sect, as I have yet to see puffy sleves at Petit Louis' Sunday brunch.

I know both Amish and Mennonites from PA. While their dress differs from place to place, their values remain the same. From my aunt's account, Amish will only travel by foot or buggy, Mennonites will travel by car if someone else drives. The again, her farm in PA is closer to canada then anyplace else, so who knows.

I grew up in Snyder County, Pa., in a territory many Amish relocated to when land got too expensive in Lancaster County. In addition, one of my neighbors was a noted authority on both the Pennsylvania Germans and their language, and I have textbooks on Amish culture and society from Johns Hopkins U. on my shelf.

The Amish/Mennonite religion and culture is as monolithic as, say, Jewish or Catholic faith. Just because someone is a Catholic does not mean they understand Latin or oppose abortion, and just because someone is Jewish doesn't mean they wear a beard or yarmulke, or speak Hebrew.

The Amish and Mennonites have many variations among their faiths, just as, say, Christians or Baptists or Catholics have among their faiths. There are followers who make or take all kinds of variations to church teachings, and bishops who have different interpretations of biblical law. Look up "rumspringa;" you can go crazy as a kid until you make the commitment to church principles. And some leave the faith for personal, philosophical, or financial reasons. I had one classmate who stayed in public school and eventually joined the Army, at the cost of being disowned from his Amish family. To run a dairy in Pennsylvania, you need mechanical refrigeration, in the form of generators, which are OK--it's not using power that is viewed as wrong, but being dependent upon an outside source.

The "Pa. Dutch Markets" down here in Md. are something of a gray area; they're not 100% Amish/Mennonite, and to do some of what they do does involve compromising a religious principle or two. It certainly doesn't rise to the level of deception, but then again neither is it really "kosher," if you'll pardon the term.

Not to beat a dead draft horse here, but how does using a generator to power your dairy operation constitute being independent from an outside source ... unless you're drilling for Pennsylvanian crude and refining your own fuel?

BankStreet, the Amish are not against using power, they believe, (and I think they are right) that electricity has in part helped to destroy family life. It creates false light that keeps people up later than they should be and computers? Don't even get them started!

Joyce,

This conversation is probably more suited for "In Good Faith," but I guess my ... impatience ... is with religious orthodoxy in general ... and when inconsistencies in that orthodoxy seem to be impelled by convenience, comfort., or financial gain. While I enjoy the Amish Market, I don't delude myself that the folk running it are emblematic of religious faith; rather, I look upon it as a sort of Disneyland, with costumed vendors eager to fabricate a fantasy that will enhance the bottom line.

And you'll have to convince me that a chain of "Amish Markets," with a myriad of vendors and countless suppliers, can be managed without computers. Stubby pencils and composition books can take you only so far.

While I do agree that the "blessings" of modern life are not without peril, without them, the "Amish" could not stock and staff huge mega-markets miles from their homes.

I look upon it as a sort of Disneyland, with costumed vendors eager to fabricate a fantasy that will enhance the bottom line.

That's offensive.

C.H.U.D.

Was not my intention to offend. I would not want to -- and do not -- mock religious faith. I do find marketing of the trappings (vestiges?) of religious faith worthy of my cynicism and stand by my analogy.

You are ridiculous. People show up to work wearing their normal gear. That;s' neither marketing nor costuming.

At the risk of wading further into this quagmire:

I've been in camera stores in New York City that were far more Jewish, in real life, than ANY "Jewish deli" I've ever been in. Yes, including Attman's, Lenny's, and the like.

The Brewer's Art is called a "Belgian-style" brewpub, which tells the knowledgeable what kind of beers to expect. But nobody expects that the beers on tap are actually from Belgium, do they?

If I go into a "Dutch market" (or, for that matter, most Weis Markets), I know I can expect certain things--most particularly shoo-fly pies, chow-chow, and sweet-and-sour coleslaw, and probably potato salad of a certain style and certain other foodstuffs. That's good enough for me to detour from the Wegman's, Target, or Shopper's Food Warehouse on occasion. I don't go for any religious orthodoxy or any pretensions of "wholesomeness".

Oh, and many of the lovely "Dutch" cakes and pies you can get at these markets? You can also find them right at the source in the H&S Bakery Outlet on Fleet Street in Fells Point!

You guys really need to stop believing what you read in books and false movies based on the amish. These markets are there businesses and they only want to support their families. The name "amish" don't really have anything to do with it. It's just the same as if a bunch of jews or catholic people go together to form a farmers market. It's only work to them and they are just trying to pay the bills. I think that the public has way too high expectations from them when they don't ask for it. They are human just like the rest of us. I'm not bashing what anyone has written, i'm just pointing out how it is. I grew up with the amish in PA and have many friends from there. And there is no difference from PA dutch or Amish. It's the same thing. And they don't drive their buggies to market, they car pull in serveral 15 passenger vans and get a non amish driver to take them and drop them off back home again. Just don't make such a big deal about it. It's just like going to a walmart or giant but their products are a little more homemade and fresh. I love going to Amish markets . They have friendly attitudes and yes they may have a bad day here and there but all together they are fun to work with when you are shopping.

And by the way BankStreet, most Amish do not use computer to run their businesses but some do. They are hard workers and don't mind putting an extra days work in to get organized for the busy days. It's really not that hard to run a business without a computer. The generation of this day is so used to convenience that they don't know how to work the "old fashion" way. It can be done and it is being done by the amish and some other businesses out there.

Susan,

I can't disagree with anything you have said (although the "Amish" with whom I grew up on the Eastern Shore did drive -- black cars). As I said earlier, I did not mean to mock the Amish as a people. In fact, your point about the markets being a means of livelihood underscores my point: that they are typically very industrious and ambitious. The point that got me into trouble was, I admit, a little snarky: that they are willing to capitalize on the image others have of them ... but who among us is not?

that they are willing to capitalize on the image others have of them

Again, ridiculous. Who can control another's false perception? Stick to religious rants on the religion blog. This sort of semantic double talk serves no one

As someone who was born and raised in Lancaster, lived there for 25 years, AND happens to come from family line of Pennsylvania Dutch, I can tell you that you do not have to be Amish to be PA Dutch (sorry Susan). I can also tell you (sorry to Meekrat's Aunt) that Amish will travel by car if driven- i know this because I used to have an Amish cleaning lady growing up and an Amish guy (EG Stoltzfus- great builder) built our houses and sometimes, when they didn't have a ride, we'd pick them up. They even ride Amtrak- thats how some of them get to markets in Philly everyday.

There are plenty of generalizations and a lot of misinformation out there on the internet. I'd encourage any of you to take a quick ride up to the Intercourse area (okay, no laughing!) of PA and explore for yourself. We had our wedding in Lancaster and were so concerned with the misconceptions we even had an Amish history and lifestyle summary in our gift bags!
Here's a good summary from the official Lancaster County tourism website: http://www.padutchcountry.com/towns-and-heritage/amish-country/amish-history-and-beliefs.asp

Sorry Kristen but i used to be Amish so i think i know what i'm talking about. I didn't just grow up around them i was one of them. The Amish are known as the "PA Dutch". There are many other secs that are branched off of the Amish like mennonite, black bumper, beachy, new order Amish and many others. Many people think they are "dutch" or "amish" but they are not. And yes they will travel with car and some even drive cars (like the new order amish). And (sorry kristen) they do not travel to Philly market by the Amtrak because i used to work at the market in Philly. Most of the Amish that go to Philly are new order Amish so they drive down themselves, again, in 15 passenger vans. I know every one of the Amish stand holder personally in the Philly market. But yes they will ride on the Amtrak if the wish to.
And BankStreet, I didn't think you were mocking but you say that they hold their image high. They don't really. The Amish know that they are not perfect but its people that did not grow up knowing them that expect them to perfect. As soon as they hear about an Amish person doing something wrong they just cannot believe it. They are only human and make mistakes like everyone else in the world. And again i'm not dissing what anyone is saying. The Amish don't ask to held on a pedestal but because of there traditional ways people just happen to do so. I'm not trying to prove anyone wrong, i just want people to understand a little better who and what the Amish are about.

C.H.U.D.,

If you have read my postings on "In Good Faith," then you know I am persistent in making my point. However, you also know that I am respectful of the opinion of others and have no respect for those who engage in bullying from the comfort of anonymity.

I have made my point here, have spoken from my experience, have heard and learned from others, and have -- I think -- evinced a modicum of humility and grace.

I realize you enjoy bullying others, and that is sad and pitiable. I happen not to share your delight in belittling others. Moreover, I realize that a bully derives satisfaction when he provokes a reaction from his taunts. I will no longer give you that satisfaction. If you engage me (and the others on this blog) with rational discourse, I will respond in kind. Otherwise, I will give you the silence you deserve.

BankStreet, you are tedious and ruin the religion blog. So too here. Bullying YOU? Your remarks are uniformed and racist. Park your cross somewhere else. You are boring. We're done.

C.H.U.D., I have to think you are perhaps mistaking BankStreet for any number of other commenters on the religion blog. His is one of the few calm, rational, and civil voices over in that den of iniquity. His contributions are regularly well-informed, never racist, and he certainly isn't the one bearing a cross over there.

Perhaps LL. That blog is so idiotic it fogs my brain. But I can't look at another word BankStreet says on this topic or my own brain might explode. The idea that people dress modestly in order to whore themselves to sell cheese is beyond ridiculous, offensive and so weirdly racist.

People, let us make peace and stop this squabbling. Can we not all agree that marketing is everything. That's why I marketed my image to look like Kenny Loggins. You know why? Because I'm all right, nobody worry 'bout me. Plus, I'm into the danger zone.

Thank you, LL.

Thank you, Jesus.

I learned all this from Isaac Esh, one of the organizers of the market and owner of Esh's Meats. He sells beef, pork, turkey, veal and lamb, all of it raised on pasture without the routine use of antibiotics.

Apparently, that's not quite accurate:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bs-fo-amish-market-20100608,0,1538471.story

I learned all this from Isaac Esh, one of the organizers of the market and owner of Esh's Meats. He sells beef, pork, turkey, veal and lamb, all of it raised on pasture without the routine use of antibiotics.

Apparently, that's not quite accurate:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bs-fo-amish-market-20100608,0,1538471.story

I learned all this from Isaac Esh, one of the organizers of the market and owner of Esh's Meats. He sells beef, pork, turkey, veal and lamb, all of it raised on pasture without the routine use of antibiotics.

Apparently, that's not quite accurate:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bs-fo-amish-market-20100608,0,1538471.story

Kathleen,
What are you trying to say?

Anyhoooo.........While all of you are bickering back and forth about what is and is not Amish...I am going to the market. I think that was the topic of the article.........