JEAN'S TUNA BURGERS

JEAN'S TUNA BURGERS

1 7 oz can tuna, drained and flaked
1/2 Cup fine fresh bread crumbs (2 slices of bread)
1/2 Cup celery, chopped
2 Tablespoons minced onion
1/3 Cup mayonnaise
2 Tablespoon chili sauce
1 teaspoon lemon juice
4 hamburger buns, toasted
lettuce and tomato slice

Combine tuna, bread crumbs, celery and onion.  Blend mayonnaise, chili sauce and lemon juice.  Stir into tuna mixture.  Form into 4 patties.  Fry in lightly oiled skillet over medium heat about 5 minutes or until browned.  Serve on hamburger buns with lettuce and tomatoes.

During lent, I know, many people eat fish on Friday.  This is a quick dish you can make anytime of year. 

Be With God,
Jean

FRIDAY IS JONATHON EICHER'S FARM\

NEXT WEEK WE HAVE SOME GREAT POSTS

JEAN ANSWERS SCHOOL QUESTIONS

 

I don't know if I can answer all the questions you asked about the school in one post, but I will start.  It takes Susan and the other children abour 20 minutes to get to school from Martha and Joseph's house.  They go in a carriage and stop along the way to pick up some of the other children that go to school.  It is too far to walk.  Some of the other children live right down the road or near the school and they can walk. 

 

Our teachers do not have a college education to teach.  If  a young lady would like to be a teacher in a school, she starts as a teachers's assistant when she is about 16.  She also goes to teacher meetings with the current Old Order Mennonite teachers that they have three or four times a year.  When a teacher position is open, then the assistant teacher can apply likes ours did when our teacher retired.  So our previous assistant teacher is now our teacher. A teacher's assistant can not become a teacher until she is at least 18 years old.

 

Yes, Old Order Mennonite conserve and reuse as much as we can like we did in the construction of the new school.  If it can be fixed up or refinished and use, why waste the money to replace it?  On  the other hand if it is dangerous, we would not keep it to injure someone especially one of the students. Of course in books, teaching supplies, have to be kept up with the State of New York so old ones are replaced as needed.

 

In most of the subjects the students have to follow state regulation as far as what is taught and they do have to take certain exams that are given by the State.  Our grades one through eight must match that of the state of New York's same grades. They are both the same grade level although when tests are given it seems that Old Order Mennonite and Amish students get higher marks than many of the public schools students of the same grade do.  We believe it is do being in a one room school each student get special help or put up a grade in one subject.  Like Susan reads in fourth grade level even though she is in second grade-so the teacher has her reading on a fourth grade level while the rest of her subjects are on second grade level.  Also if a child has problems with a subject like say math (as the high schools call it), they may be on a lower grade while the rest of their subjects are in their regular grade.  Also teacher, teacher's assistant and older students will give special help to a student that needs it to bring them up to the levvel they should be.  I don't think special help or time are given to students in the public schools like is given in ours. 

 

I believe I answered this, but will again, Old Order Mennonite 8th grade education has to be at least as high as the State of New York's.  We believe ours is a little higher than the states, but our grade level does not go to high school level.  We feel that education after the 8th grade level is not needed for our way of lives.

 

There are still more questions and I will continue to answer these questions in a coming post. 

 

Be With God,

Jean

 

 

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE COURT RESULT WAS REGARDING THOSE TWO AMISH THAT KILLED THOSE PUPPIES?  I HAVE TRIED THE NEWSPAPER AND THE TV STATION WITH NO RESULTS.  IF YOU KNOW PLEASE CONTACT ME AT:

lincolnlady1121@yahoo.com

 

Marilyn

 

 

 

OLD ORDER AMISH AUCTION-PART II

That you Teresa for these beautiful pictures of the auction.  Teresa told me she took over 300 pictures of the auction-these are just a few of them.  It is so kind of you, Teresa, to share them with us.
Marilyn

OLD ORDER AMISH AUCTION-PART I

 

Teresa from Indiana says: The Amish husband and wife were holding the auction to get rid of their excess household and farm items, that were no longer needed.  They had moved into the Dawdy House at their son's farm.

 

When the Amish are older and no longer have children living at home, they move into a smaller house which is called a Dawdy House.  Usually the youngest son,  purchases the farm from them.  This way, in their senior years, they are cared for by the son's family.

 

 

Thank you Teresa for the beautiful pictures.  I was going to let this be the only post, but there are so many more beautiful pictures that she sent me of the auction.  I was going to be greedy and keep them for when I needed a picture-but I can't do that with all of them.  So tomorrow is Old Order Amish Auction - Part II.

 

Marilyn

 

 

 

FAMILY LIFE & YOUNG COMPANION MAGAZINES

Just thought I would let everyone know that I have the Family Life Magazines and Young Companion Magazines on.  I think that is all I have, but I may find some more later.  I moved from upstairs down to the first floor and I wasn't there when the moving company moved me-so I might have some hid away somewhere.  I've been in my new apartment for a  year, I am still finding items. 

I will try to get the Amish and Mennonite made dresses on this week and the kapps (caps or hats).  Also, I have a couple of other things I want to put on. 

If you live in the United States and purchase more than one item, I give a discount in postage.  Outside the United States, please advise what country you live in so I can figure postage. 

TOMORROW AND SATURDAY ARE AN OLD ORDER AMISH AUCTION PICTURES

If anyone has any Amish or Mennonite pictures, recipes, etc. that you would like to share with us, please let me know at lincolnlady1121@yahoo.com

Marilyn

LOWELL'S VINEGAR CUSTARD PIE

I thank you Lowell in Michigan, for sharing this recipe with us.  His story behind this recipe is:  My Mother used to make it and years after she died, I wanted to make it, but I had no recipe.  Then one day, I was going through her recipes.  Well, her recipes, for the most part, consisted of the ingredients, but no amounts.  Then she had writen to bake something in a hot or warm oven.  Well, that didn't mean anything to me.  So I went on the internet and between that and my own ingredients, I figured it out.  My grandson and I like it.  Try it.  You just may like it to.  Then again...

Lowell's Vinegar Custard Pie

1 unbaked pie crust
1 1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp nutmeg
1 3/4 cups waater
6 TBS cider vinegar, or less if you prefer a less vinegary flavor
2 1/2 TBS butter, melted
4 eggs, beaten
1 - 1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Place pie curst in a 9 inch pie plate.  In a 450 degree oven, bake pie shell until it is lightly browned (about 8-10 minutes).  Remove from oven and set aside to cool. 

In a medium mixing bowl sift together sugar, flour and nutmeg.
In another mixing bowl, combine other ingredients.
In a medium saucepan, combine all wet and dry ingredients and cook until thick.
Pour into prepared pie crust.
Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for about 30 minutes.
Filling may be thin when removed from oven, but will thicken as it cools.  Allow to completely cool before cutting.

Jean wanted to try this recipe so I gave it to her.  She said it has a different taste-which was enjoyed by all.  Jean liked it so well, she said to put it where her recipe would go this week-which I did.

I thank Teresa from Indiana for the beautiful picture of an Amish Farm at sunset, that she took and shared with us.  It is really appreciated.

AMISH & MENNONITE ITEMS IN MY EBAY STORE

 

Just want everyone to know that I'm putting lots of Amish and Mennonite items in my ebay store.  Right now I have Family Life Magazine for the 1970's through the 1980's.  I plan on putting the 1990's today and the 2000's tomorrow.  I still have to scan all the 2000's yet. 

 

Family Life Magazine and Young Companion, which I will also be putting on, are by the Amish and Mennonite for the Amish and Mennonite.  There are articles, Health Questions, Homemaking,  poems and more.  If you want to know about the real Amish and Mennonite, these are the magazines to read.

 

Also, I have more Amish and Mennonite made dresses to put on which I hope to have on by the end of this week.  I also have a few prayer Kapps.   I have some other items to put on, too.  Just go to Family Life on the right and press it to get to my store.

 

Also, I have been looking to see if any of Jean or Martha's family would like to sell some items in my ebay store.  I got a call from Bridget, last night, Kevin's wife.  She does many crafts but loves to knit.  We are wondering if people would be interested in knitted ladies or children's slippers, scarfs, pot holders, etc.  that she makes.  I told her I would ask here.  As she is married, she can no longer work outside of the home except for bake sales, vegetable sales, etc.  As they don't have their home, and bake sales already have people-she thought of taking my offer to sell here.  All her items would come to me, I would put them on ebay and mail them out when they sold.  These items would be handmade by Bridget.  This is just talk right now, but she has lots of yarn.  What do you think folks ?????

 

So keep an eye on my ebay store.  It will be getting larger with more items.

 

Marilyn