A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Bird-in-Hand, United States by TravelPod blogger Pykesonthego. See this TripWow and more at More

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Bird-in-Hand, United States by TravelPod blogger Pykesonthego. See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com Amish Country - Shoofly Pie and Sticky Buns-YUMM! We took a drive today to Lancaster County - one of the largest and oldest Amish communities in the United States. Best known for the unique names of the towns: Intercourse; Mount Joy; Paradise; Blue Ball; and Bird-in-Hand. We stopped at the Lancaster Brewing Company so Greg could try the local brew, and we had their specialty appetizer, chicken wings, for a light lunch. We went to the Bird-in-Hand Farmers Market, which was filled with so many luscious things that we just had to bring home a few things - Apple Butter, Amish Pretzels, Sticky Buns (gooey and full of pecans!), and what I'd been wanting to taste again for years - Shoofly Pie! "Wet-bottom Shoofly pie is kinnd of like the filling of a pecan pie, but not quite as sweet, and it's covered with a wonderful cinnamon crumble. The main ingredients are molasses, brown sugar, and cinnamon. The Legend behind Shoofly Pie is this: before home refrigeration became commonplace, most fresh foods had to be eaten quickly before they would spoil. Shoofly pie, however, did not spoil quickly and could be kept around the house for over a week for the family to snack on. This made it a practical pie for people without refrigerators. After the pie came out of the oven, it would be placed on the windowsill where a breeze <b>...</b>
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