amish in ohio?

[Alaskapat528]

Originally Posted by EarthBound?

Lorain and Medina counties are filled with the old order Amish.

So is Wayne County.

[fumbling]

What is "old order" Amish? Like first generation/older Amish? Is it a more "authentic" less touristy Amish experience for visitors?

[EarthBound?]

Originally Posted by fumbling

What is "old order" Amish? Like first generation/older Amish? Is it a more "authentic" less touristy Amish experience for visitors?

Old Oders Amish stick to the old ways, ie, dark hand made clothes, with loops and hooks, some buttons, not zippers and blue work shirts. White shirts are for Sabbith meetings, weddings and funerals. All black buggys and horses, buggies are only lined with white reflector no red on them and the lights are usually oil lamps. The community is governed by the elders of the order to include who marries who and where they live. They don't want their pictures taken, because to them it's a sign of vanity.
Basically they stick hard core to the old ways. Those that I have delivered lime stone too, would not allow me to spread dump it for them because the elders want them to do their own work and not let anyone do it for them. True salt of the earth folks that will drop what they're doing to help a friend and a (GOOD) nieghbor out when needed.

But don't get ne wrong, all Amish are good folks in my book. But these that I live by and do business with are my friends and I enjoy their company.

[EarthBound?]

Originally Posted by Alaskapat528

So is Wayne County.

True AP, but most of them are of a more progressive order. You can see this by the way they dress, live and just look at the buggies they own and the homes they live in. Very clean.

[Alaskapat528]

Originally Posted by EarthBound?

True AP, but most of them are of a more progressive order. You can see this by the way they dress, live and just look at the buggies they own and the homes they live in. Very clean.

EB, have you ever eaten their food? I never got the chance when I was in Ohio.

[EarthBound?]

Originally Posted by Alaskapat528

EB, have you ever eaten their food? I never got the chance when I was in Ohio.

All the time. There's a great little place in the town of Charm that serves the best over cooked roast beef and home amde mashed taters. Just like mom's. And in Millersburg we stop in at the "DerDutchmen" everytime we get a chance. Plus Hienes cheese factory has the best s cheese in the country and all types of cheese as well.

Now the local Old Oder Amish do tend to use a lot of lard in their cooking and bakeing, but that's what my Mom use to cook with all the time when I was a child growing up on the farm. But they, like my Mom, you never get up from their table hungry .

[Alaskapat528]

Originally Posted by EarthBound?

All the time. There's a great little place in the town of Charm that serves the best over cooked roast beef and home amde mashed taters. Just like mom's. And in Millersburg we stop in at the "DerDutchmen" everytime we get a chance. Plus Hienes cheese factory has the best s cheese in the country and all types of cheese as well.

Now the local Old Oder Amish do tend to use a lot of lard in their cooking and bakeing, but that's what my Mom use to cook with all the time when I was a child growing up on the farm. But they, like my Mom, you never get up from their table hungry .

Sounds good.

[the_windwalker]

I seem to remember what looked like a fairly large community of Amish near Mount Eaton. Take US-250 south of Wooster. Any time I drove that road, there were always horses and buggies on it. I've also seen one of the horses get spooked when a truck went by.

[EarthBound?]

Originally Posted by the_windwalker

I seem to remember what looked like a fairly large community of Amish near Mount Eaton. Take US-250 south of Wooster. Any time I drove that road, there were always horses and buggies on it. I've also seen one of the horses get spooked when a truck went by.

I helped to re-pave SR 250 a couple of years ago for the buggy extention of the road.