Pure Honey

August 16, 2010

Kauffman’s country market stocks several different local brands of high-quality honey. Our friend Gary Stockin not only is a highly-skilled beekeeper, but he also supplies us with pure honey and maintains a working beehive enclosed in a glass case in our market. Pure honey is well known to be a healthy ingredient and is a [...]

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New Hope Mill’s baking mix

August 13, 2010

Our family is going to our mountain cabin property for some vacation next week. Mom enjoys making pancakes for breakfast. Chances are she will take along a pancake mix from New Hope Mills. New Hope Mills is one of those companies that does only a few things but does them well. All of us like [...]

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Pie Filling Tube

August 12, 2010

It’s a lovely time of year – pies are all around! Peach pie, apple pie, pumpkin pie soon to come… ah, good eating. But what if you don’t have good access to the good stuff (the pie filling)? Simple – buy a pie filling tube. Offering your choice of a dozen flavors, these tubes are [...]

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Jams and Jellies

August 11, 2010

Many of our readers are the type that would enjoy a simple breakfast of toast and a cold drink. May I suggest a topping for your toast, a jam, jelly, or spread homemade by Mennonites in Ohio’s Amish community. Fantastic in flavor, these jams and jellies make a good piece of toast great. You can [...]

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Lancaster County recipes

August 9, 2010

Savvy cooks, chefs, and bakers use all the resources at their disposal to create their handiwork, no matter the time of year. In winter, hot dishes and drinks rule the day, while during the summer, it’s cold drinks and desserts. In the spring, preserves and canned items often are used quite a bit, and pumpkin [...]

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Apple Snitz (dried apples)

August 5, 2010

A number of Kauffman’s employees are active outdoors-type people, including runners, hikers, and football/softball players. On the hiking and canoeing side especially, it is well-known that nutrition can make or break the race or your energy level or both. Dried fruits have long been a favorite of hikers because the fruit is generally naturally high [...]

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Mrs. Wages Spaghetti Sauce

August 4, 2010

We keep hearing comments about peoples’ tomato gardens, something about tomatoes being all over the place. This is a good thing! It speaks to good weather, good soil, and good gardening. Here is a product to help put all those tomatoes to good use. Homemade spaghetti is a very good thing, at least in this [...]

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Penn Dutch Foods

August 3, 2010

The bulk food section in our country market along Rt. 340 has featured a collection of high-quality, homemade nut butters since 2009. This feature, featuring free samples of several different nut butters, has been pronounced a success by quite a few shoppers over the past months. Including almond, cashew, peanut, and chocolate peanut butters, the [...]

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Mrs. Wages Salsa Mix

August 2, 2010

Hmmm… I’m writing about Mrs. Wages products again?! Yep – you see, the harvest is in full swing, and it’s soooo Lancaster County to be enthused about tomatoes, pickles, cucumbers, canning, and gardens in general. You just wait until you have fresh cucumber salad or freshly sliced homegrown tomatoes on your table, and you will [...]

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Time to make pickles

July 22, 2010

The produce auction in Leola is bursting with Lancaster County fruits and vegetables. The corn fields are growing higher and higher. Home gardens are lush with fresh harvest. It’s Lancaster County in July after a few well-timed, soaking rains. Most Lancaster County gardeners insist on growing and canning pickles. A very popular pickling mix, one [...]

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