Amish Sunday morning breakfast

Have you had coffee soup yet #amishlife

[erinaa]

When you said "smells like home, " your face was not so happy... Interesting how smells and tastes can transport you somewhere instantly

[MelissaThompson]

At first I thought, this looks like a "struggle meal, " and then I realized: no work on Sunday. It's not cooked, it's scalded, which is an "ox in the ditch" situation. Raw milk is heated for safety. And stale bread is saved for Sunday because you don't bake on Sunday, either. You soften the dry bread with scalded milk. Voila. 🙂

[vacafuega]

Interesting that you're restricted from wearing pins diagonally in your dress because it's too fancy, but instant coffee (highly processed industrial and using imported crops) and sugar (again imported, exotic) is considered everyday stuff. Not so long ago coffee and sugar were two of the most luxurious goods money could buy.

[karenmbbaxter]

My husband's old boss was Italian and for many year after the war families were poor and stale bread with brewed coffee over it and sugar ( much like this recipe) was common or breakfast.

[ajarnt]

The whole family ate this? I'm imagining making this for my family on Sunday morning and my daughters bouncing off the walls in church. Hahaha.

[zexsfre]

I am a midwife in north east Ohio and I have worked along side some midwives that serve the Amish and I didn’t believe them that the Amish eat coffee soup until like four or five plain serving midwives said it

[AngelaMastrodonato]

My parents grew up in rural Pennsylvania near where there are a lot of Amish people. My Mom also ate something similar as a kid, with the bread. She just called it coffee soup. I’m not a fan of soggy bread and it doesn’t appeal me, but I like French toast and bread pudding, probably because the bread gets soft on the inside but crispy on the outside

[onetuliptree]

Coffee soup sounds awful when you've never had it before, but actually it is a lot like the box cereal we ate, starch, sugar, salt, flavor and milk.

[sugarspice]

Oh goodness. I remember my mom making this. I don't remember the salt part though. We are Eastern European immigrants. Hehehe. I can't believe my mom gave us kids coffee for breakfast. ☕ Of course it's mostly milk, just favored enough to feel special. 🙂

[SharonKBM]

This is so interesting. My father grew up in PA and his family was very poor and there were 10 children to feed. Sometimes when the money was running low for the month, they would have a similar dish for dinner. They called it coffee soup. It had a lot less milk and sugar in it, though. It was pretty much black coffee, with a touch of milk and sugar, over toast. Imagine giving all that caffeine to children for the evening meal.

[agathareimer]

We had something similar to the bread one and we called it brocken. My parents didn't grow up Amish but they grew up old colonist.

[mordeys]

Ok we didnt mix our up like this but EXTREMELY similar.
Dad called it coffee toast. You would take a piece of toast, best if it was leftover from breakfast, then for us kids he would do over half a coffee cup of milk, sugared good and the add coffee to the rest. Then he would pour it over the toast. It was soso good. When it was really cold out or you were feeling poorly. And especially when it was flipping icy cold out and you just had to bareback down to the 2 ponds and use the pick to break up the ice on the pond..then ride back up and feed and water everything, spending twice as much time because all of the water tubs or waterers where frozen over. You come all frozen and still have to get ready to get on a bus, (in 70s there were no heaters really on busses) praying the guy on the tv would call your district number and you had the day off. Dad would be getting his last cup of coffee before work. He would rerunn the rest of the coffee and some extra water through the percolator.. then make us this.. ohh quisp was my go to breakfast food..unless dad made this. His momma used to make this for him and hers before. Strong German/ Pennsylvania Dutch/Friends families. So it was a common way to warm ppl up, use leftovers all up and not make more work with fixing more food that meant more dishes and more money.

[liza]

That’s funny my Italian uncle would eat that all the time for breakfast!

[b.snow-fotomkr]

Interesting. When I was a young kid, among 7 kids, my parents always did not have a lot of $$ and a breakfast of bread, hot milk & sugar was our substitute for cereal or oats. My mom was of German heritage so I wonder if there was a connection.

[cheskydivision]

My Hungarian mom used to make coffee milk and we dipped our bread in it. My dad loved a bowl Of bread with sugar and milk.

[conniebarber]

My mom used to fix coffee soup for us kids when we were growing up, usually on a Saturday morning!! Oh yes, this brings back memories!! I’m 73 now and I made this for my kids also and I still eat coffee soup now and then quite a bit!! Thank you for sharing and for the memories!!

[thehealingfairee]

My dad (Brazilian, not Amish) woukd make this with hot chocolate instead of coffee

[bris]

Steamed milk, coffee, sugar.. for the most part it’s a latte! Yum. I’d just drink it and eat toast separately lol

[cherylriffle]

I'm not Amish but I grew up eating this. We called it coffee soak and always used bread in it. It was a treat for us to have once in a while.

[kathydurow]

Reminds me a little of bread cereal my family had sometimes as a "treat" (cold, without the coffee & probably with more sugar). Was laughing as I instantly thought of the "healthy" types & their mocha overnight oats/chia concoctions. Also Malaysian Kopi or Kopi Tarik which is coffee & sweetened condensed milk (and evaporated milk as well, for the Tarik version).