Is that really a thing? I'm making Amish chicken and noodles and some of the reviewers are saying it's best served over mashed potatoes which I thought was some strange kind of typo. Apparently it's not, Ohio reviewers say that's how it's served in Amish restaurants. Ever tried it?
Amish chicken and noodles over mashed potatoes
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Yep. In Nebraska people make beef or chicken and noodles served over mashed potatoes all the time in winter. Throw in peas and carrots for nutrition.
Sounds really filling. It's not too much...I don't know...starchy stuff?
It's a heavy meal for sure, but delicious. Feeds a lot of hungry people on the cheap.
Thanks - think I'll give it a shot!
Didn't get that far. Blandest dish I ever made in my life. I don't know if it was the recipe or if Amish food is really that tasteless, but it was pretty lousy even after I doctored it up.
One of my favorite cookbooks is our Amish cookbook. Meals usually high in calories (carbs) but they are performing manual farm labor.
Are the recipes pretty much devoid of spice? I looked up Amish chicken and dumplings. Looked a lot like the recipe I just recently used.
I'll look at some of the chicken recipes, but I don't remember the Amish straying too far off the spice reservation.
Are Amish and PA Dutch the same thing? Because PA Dutch restaurants have the best food EVER, so not sure why that wouldn't translate to their recipes.
Yes.
There are A LOT of Amish/PA Dutch cookbooks out there. This is the one given to my wife and I by a late friend. An oldie but goodie.
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Very interesting and a bit humorous.
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Thought the Amish were a specific religious group with strict rules, while the Pennsylvania Dutch are a cultural group with varying religious beliefs and lifestyles. They do share some cultural practices and traditions but are different.
No offense but you were that kid in class weren't you? Coming from a family of German immigrants in SW Pennsylvania, the PA Dutch were the Amish and Mennonites.
And I do know the history of the Pennsylvania "Deutsch" as the English called all German immigrants.
Anyway, the key to good cooking is salt. And butter, but mostly salt. When food tastes bland, typically all it needs is a pinch of salt to bring it alive.