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Rea231
True Blue Farmgirl
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 Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 05:55:01 AM
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I went to our local Amish Grocery this weekend. I love buying bulkand the barter system is great.I have started trading my homemade granola in the neighborhood for fresh eggs and farm raised chicken! I am trying to talk the neighbor into getting milk goats so I can make cheese.
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 10:07:07 AM
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I shop several times a year at an Amish bulk foods store in Lancaster County, PA. Everything is very fresh and the prices when buying bulk are so much cheaper - amazing! I'm headed there again in a couple of weeks - gotta get my list made!
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 10:12:16 AM
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I have been to one little Amish community in Tn years ago. Everyone just stared at us. It was wierd. I'm sure it's different now. I would love to go again. We have lots of Mennonite people around here. I just love them.
I love to barter. I have bartered goats milk for all kinds of things. And eggs, too. I just recently bartered eggs for hay. I would so much rather do that than use money. Although money comes in handy!
Kris
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Laila
True Blue Farmgirl
273 Posts
Laila
Kutztown
PA
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 10:22:08 AM
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Luanne,
Where do you go in Lancaster County? I go there several times a year and I'm due for another trip.
Laila |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
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Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 10:41:35 AM
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We have a local Amish Store called Brubaker's about 45-minutes drive from here. We LOVE it! The deli meats are always very fresh and I just love buying the dehydrated pre-mixed calico soup blends. The whole wheat bread is just like grandma used to make. My DH and I go there once in a while and gather supplies for a picnic drive around the county...
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Melody
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AuntPammy
True Blue Farmgirl
488 Posts
Pamila
williamstown
wv
USA
488 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 11:00:45 AM
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I buy all of my baking goods from our Amish store! It is fantastic..everything is so fresh and nice. We (my DH and I) also go up to the Sugarcreek area in Ohio about two or three times a year. We both look forward to a stop at Lehman's hardware store and there are a few other places we just have to visit when we go. The cheese shops are devine and there is even a couple of "flea" markets.
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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
686 Posts
Emily
Thomasville
PA
USA
686 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 11:09:40 AM
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ok lancaster is a bit of a hike for me but where are these shops?
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 12:12:04 PM
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Hi Laila -
I go to the Centerville bulk foods store. It is on the corner of Centerville Road & Scenic Road in Leola/New Holland (just off Groffdale Road) if you are familiar at all with that area. I have Amish friends who live on Musser School House Road.
I try to go down several times a year to visit my friends and shop. I will be going down in two weeks for the annual Gordonville Fire Company mud sale. They auction off a lot of local crafts and quilts as well as antiques, livestock, etc. I have come home with some beautiful quilts at reasonable prices in the past. Wish me luck!!
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 12:13:24 PM
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Hi Emily -
There are several bulk foods in the Lancaster area that I know of. See my post to Laila above - that is the one I usually go to!
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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lulu bell
True Blue Farmgirl
94 Posts
Karen
Ashland
NE
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 12:38:24 PM
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| I am so jealous we have nothing like that in our are and I would love to go to Lehman's store oh maybe someday! |
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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl
686 Posts
Emily
Thomasville
PA
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 1:44:11 PM
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thanks that is actually about an hour from my house! I love these forums more and more everyday
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 3:48:02 PM
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You ladies are so blessed!!
Hugs,
Channah
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MBurns
True Blue Farmgirl
1798 Posts
Marlene
Swisher
IA
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 4:15:45 PM
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We have a wonderful Amish town near us - Kalona, Iowa about an hour
from Cedar Rapids, They have baked goods and wholesale and bulk also
and in the summer fresh. Can't beat their fresh rhubarb-strawberry pies and angel food cakes.
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Laila
True Blue Farmgirl
273 Posts
Laila
Kutztown
PA
USA
273 Posts |
Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 4:21:56 PM
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Thanks Luanne. I'll have to stop there on my next trip. Good luck at the mud sale. I've heard alot about them but have never been to one.
Laila |
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herblady55
True Blue Farmgirl
3470 Posts
Judy
Louisville
Ohio(Stark Co)
USA
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Posted - Mar 01 2010 : 8:31:25 PM
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Pamila, we go down to Sugarcreek in Summer too. We just love Lehman's Old Time Hardware. And You are right...the cheeses around the area are "To-Die-For!" It makes for a great day-trip. Where else do you like to go when you come here? We like Walnut Creek, especially in fall. It's gorgeous!
Sister-chick# 905(Oct.7th2009)
Judy
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