Pretzels and hot mustard.
And a Lillie Beer just to taste.
Lillie is an Italian Pilsner bittered with Hallertau Mittelfruh and dry-hopped with Saphir and force carbonated.
Not sure what that all means, but the beer was tasty. 😉
(Credit Photo: Dossy Blumenthal)
Imagine running into these farmers.
They are a perfect couple.
Look like brother and sister.
In the dark, with a flashlight on their faces, I think I’d take some fright.
And the pitchfork would give me a sharp little pause as well. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
A bull with large horns, a nose ring, and a pearl necklace.
How gorgeous honey, simply gorgeous! 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Ben and Jerry’s has great ice cream and an earthy, peaceful decor.
This cow comes with child’s seat is a good use of the store’s “real estate.”
Both country fresh milk from the farm cow and a kid-friendly environment too. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Men and women of many religions cover their hair for modesty.
On display were some nice, colorful, country-style hats for women.
Head coverings in church, mosque or synagogue, are a way to express modesty and humbleness before G-d.
Also, we cover our hair/head, more generally, to remember that G-d is above us, watching and guiding us always.
Modest, humble, and G-d fearing–a hat is a potent symbol of faith. 😉
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
It was a fun time at The Amish Experience today in Lancaster Country, Pennsylvania.
One and a half hour bus tour of Amish country.
45 Minute movie about Jacob, an Amish teen, trying to decide whether he wants to be in the outside world or in the Amish one.
And another hour of so tour of an Amish school house and home.
Felt like I learned a lot about their culture (including no TV, internet, electricity [just batteries and solar], and education only through 8th grade).
Honestly, it doesn’t seem like they really have much a choice in whether to choose the church and become Amish or leave, because if they choose to leave they are shunned (i.e. excommunicated)!
So you either choose you family, church, community, and a wife (and there is no divorce) or you run off to G-d knows where completely alone and “divorced” from everything you know.
The video is when we stopped at an Amish farm and I went in to the big barn with all the cows.
After so much time on the bus, I needed to ham it up a little and have fun with:
“How now brown cow. It is so nice to eat you! You are beautiful animals. And thank you Hashem for making you!” 😉
(Credit Video: Andy and Dossy Blumenthal)
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