 |
|
|
|
Now I can’t divulge details. But if I am to be
honest how I feel about food, this place needs to be included here,
so forgive the very purposeful vagueness. For years now, my Mom’s
crew friends, has been heading out into the country for a feast that
is like no other. On par with Thomas Keller, Joel Robuchon, and Eric
Ripert when it comes to flavor and hospitality lives a tiny and
seasoned Amish woman. While the first three strive to ensure
seasonality, local ingredients and freshness, she lives it. I
believe everything we have ever had there is created by hand by her
or someone else in the community. It is also grown there. |
 Photo Redacted for Dining Security |
|
|
Being welcomed into anyone’s home is a real
treat and here they make it something really special. Served by the
matriarch herself, her son and other family members, all of whom
don’t take their sense of hospitality from an employee handbook, but
from the soul and a real sense of service to others. All I can say about the food is this. I have never so much enjoyed a meal away from home. There is no pretension. Tonight we had fruit cocktail, apple butter and black raspberry jam on unbelievable bread, ambrosia salad, layered salad, roast pork loin with sweet chili sauce, mashed potatoes, creamed peas, sweet corn, stuffing, and pie, pie, or pie. You think to yourself, sounds like an average dinner. But you are wrong. Between care and ingredients this woman and her family bring out flavors I have not had anywhere else. There is no sous vide cooking. There are no commercial flavor enhancers. Everything is cooked in a gas stove or on a Coleman camp stove. Every ingredient is at the peak of freshness, with the exception of the fruit cocktail which they cannot get year round here. Long standing traditions centered around providing meals that restore family togetherness and strength for long days of work make for an exceptional delicacy for those of us more familiar with drive-thrus. |
|
It may not be as healthy for the more sedentary lifestyle with pie
crusts made with lard and potatoes full of butter, but I tell you
friends the pie crusts are unmatched and the potatoes, Sweet God the
potatoes, they don’t reek of butter but the butter supports what you
would imagine if God made mashed potatoes for you saying “this is
what these should taste like”. I have forever been struck by that
bowl of smooth starchy awesome. I’m not going to say anymore. There
is nothing else to say. If you should happen to learn of this
location the three year wait to get in is worth it without question.
If you want to learn the location from me. Too Bad!
I would
never risk the possibility of you getting our date!!! I know
selfish. OK. I'm selfish.
So here
are the pictures. I tried very hard to be subtle taking them so as
not to offend our most gracious hosts. Hope I succeeded. They have
always taken special care to spend time with us and make certain we
felt like honored guests in their home. |
|
 Fresh n Way too Awesome |
 Sensing a theme? Something about fresh and awesome |
 Ambrosia Salad with Celery and Carrot, Which Doesn't Make Sense, But Deserves the Name...Ambrosia |
 Fruit Salad Starter Laid Out on China When You Arrive |
 Brown Butter Topped Clouds of Treasure Dug From the Ground |
 Round One and I The Only Way I Eat Peas is Raw or Here, So Good! |
 Apple |
 Blueberry |
 Cherry |
|
If you ever get a chance to do something like this...take it. There
is hardly a better way to share time with family and friends. |
| Ratings | |||||||
 Food |
 Service |
 Ambiance |
 What's Best |
 What's Worst |
 Overall |
||
| A+ | A | A | A+ | N/A | A+ | ||
| Believe it or
Not Mashed Potatoes |
No Single Standout | ||||||
