Jerry S. Eicher - The Amish Family Cookbook

Cover by Garborg Design Works, Savage, Minnesota Cover photos Chris Garborg; Bigstock / mcfields, anyamay THE AMISH FAMILY COOKBOOK Copyright 2012 by Jerry and Tina Eicher Published by Harvest House Publishers Eugene, Oregon 97402 www.harvesthousepublishers.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eicher, Jerry S. The Amish family cookbook / Jerry and Tina Eicher. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-7369-4377-2 (pbk.) ISBN 978-0-7369-4378-9 (eBook) 1. 2. 2.

Cooking, American. I. Eicher, Tina, II. Title TX715.E327 2012 641.566--dc23 2012007742 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any otherexcept for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

Growing up Amish, my mom did a lot of canning and baking.

At one point she sold baked goods from our house on Fridays and Saturdays. Breads, cinnamon rolls, pies, and angel food cakes were some of her bestsellers. She would also make noodles, both for sale and for our own use. I remember the spare bed often having noodles drying on it. The Amish community we moved to when I was eleven also had many good cooks. I still have the community cookbooks they made and use recipes from them.

I cooked infrequently at home as a girl. I would always weasel out of it if I could. Gradually, I got into cooking and found it rewarding when people liked my food. At first, I stayed close to the recipe instructions and amounts. Eventually I realized I could successfully make small changes. But Im still prone to think I cant make a recipe if I dont have all the ingredients and have to improvisea thing Im not nearly as good at as some of the cooks Ive watched.

This cookbook has quite a few recipes in the baking sections with chocolate in them. I do not like chocolate or chocolate chips but my family loves them. Its rather handy that way, because Im not tempted to eat so much. I am grateful to our daughters, Jolene and Stacie, for all the new bars and cookies they tried (many of them with chocolate) when they went through their baking stages. Their experiments came in very handy when I went to type up the recipes. I am still surrounded by good cooks.

Both of my sisters live in this area and, of course, all the ladies from church. I have also gleaned many good recipes from Jerrys mom, sisters, and sisters-in-law. I hope you enjoy this cookbook and find many new recipes to try. God bless! Tina

So what would you do if someone gave you two cows? the skeptic asked of the three men. Id give both of mine to charity, and expect my reward in heaven, the Quaker said. Id give my two cows to the colony, and theyd keep my family in milk, the Hutterite said.

I think Id keep one of my cows, and trade the other for a bull, the Amish man said.

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