Amish Woman Shares Her Favorite Dishes

Marlene Lehman shares some of her favorite traditional Amish dishes, including Poor Man's Steak, Bob Andy Pie, and Salad Dressing Cake.

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[mandyratliff]

The Amish are great cooks their cakes, pies, bars, cookies, doughnuts, ice cream and sandwiches made with sourdough bread are all delicious!! ❤

[stantonmagid]

Thank you for sharing this Erik, I like your personal interviews with the Amish

[terrylee]

My mother used to make salad dressing cakes when I was growing up. Loved it

[madtownangler]

There used to be an Amish family that sold pies at our Wednesday farmers market but they have not been there for a few years. Miss it

[kimfleury]

I came across the mayo cake recipe in an old recipe collection. My Mom said her Mom's was the best. I wanted to make it because I had run out of eggs, and there aren't any eggs or any oil in this recipe. Technically that's not correct, because mayonnaise is made from whipping together eggs and oil. But if you have mayo and don't have eggs or oil, you can still make cake.

[EmzNotBroken]

I used to live in St. Anna, Wisconsin. Across the street from me were Amish folks. While I was living there, they built a school and a bakery! The bread, cookies, pies, jams, everything! It was all so yummy! The Amish folks are so welcoming and nice people. I've also purchased a few puppies from them, in different locations in Wisconsin and the puppies were healthy and well socialized! I always was in awe, watching them plow their fields with those huge horses and also, seeing them go by in their buggies. Just really great people! And if you ask the ladies for how they made something, they usually will tell you. They always loved chatting with me. Someday, I have been dreaming about this for a long time, I hope to own an Amish quilt! I'm disabled now, so I know I'll never be able to afford it, but I still look at them and dream. Thank you for having this channel. I miss seeing the Amish.

[sarahs]

I look forward to these interviews with Marlene. Her magazine is a favorite in my home.
I'd love to get a hold of the cookbooks she mentioned.

[bonbon]

Salad dressing cake was my Moms favorite cake to make and ours to eat! It was the most moist cake ever. She would make the simple buttercream frosting different ways - peanut but, chocolate, or vanilla were here 3 favorite ways. Thank you for being of back this memory for me!😊

[lex]

There used to be an Amish restaurant in Calloway County Kentucky when I was a teenager. My grandparents lived in Calloway County and we would visit every summer and go to the Amish restaurant, the food was so good.

[adriangoede]

The salad dressing cake is, in essence, the mayonnaise cake. It first showed up in the 1920's but really gained popularity during WW2 due to rationing of other ingredients & goods. It is positively the BEST chocolate cake you will ever have. Moist, dense & rich. My wife is a firm believer as well. When we were first dating... some 30 years ago now, I introduced her to my mother's recipe and she never turned back. Still making them to this day for special occasions or whenever you just need a little of that sinful goodness. 🤣 Try it with homemade orange or mint frosting. Awesome.

[janicew]

We love Salad Dressing Cake, make it regularly. It is so moist (1 cup of Miracle Whip and 1 cup of water.)

[susanschuck]

Another great video! Thank you so much for all these fascinating stories!

[mariebooze]

we would call this mayo cake..the mayo replaces the oil and eggs in a recipe..thx marie from canada

[dennistaylor]

When I was a kid women would make you guess a chocolate cake secret ingredient. It was instant coffee.

[Jon-fneo]

aaaand now I'm hungry. My mom made a mocha cake which called for real mayonnaise, not miracle whip. It is the fat for the recipe. Yum!

[terridaniels]

I'm from Lancaster, PA and I never heard of pouring milk over shoo fly pie. It is good ala mode, though

[debbimeyersbrant]

I make my salad cake with mayonnaise Hellman's and my poor man steak is baked in the oven you don't taste mayonnaise in the mayonnaise cake just like you don't taste the sauerkraut and the sauerkraut cake

[kcueu]

I think I have the recipe for Miracle Whip Cake; I know my first husband's mother used to make it and it was delicious!

[jackieforestieri]

Rise 'n Roll is what you mean I think.

[cf]

I'm guessing there are no Amish vegans or vegetarians.