Kathy and I traveled to the Amana Colonies in Iowa in June and loved the place. Everything is
German there. Restaurants serve family style meals. Although we're not German, we felt a kindship
with the wonderful folks who cooked the meals and served them at the "dinner halls."
I don't recall souse but I assume it has to do with pickling?
Isn't that a great place, Rudy?
The three of us were there several years ago, maybe five or six, and absolutely loved it. Did you go into the shop where they make brooms? The wonderful gentleman there taught my daughter how to do it! And the food is just very, very nice. The entire experience was great, from the food, to the brooms, to the furniture factory, and especially the people. Who would have figured I could spent three days in the Amana Colonies?
I have been to the Amana colonies..
Teri, my daughter-in-law and I went there for 4 days.
She had to go on a business trip for Koch Industries and I traveled with her a lot at that time.
We had a great time and the food was scrumptious!
Because we're in the newspaper business, we can't get too far from home for our vacations. So, we usually head to Branson. We know it well, and we've been going there since we were teen-agers. But I've always dreamed of taking a little vacation and just relaxing. That's precisely what we did in the Amana Colonies. And, yes, we brought a little broom for our granddaughter.
Rudy did you read about souse? I put it over with the recipe section.
I hate to say this, but I think Diane may be getting a little obsessed with souse.
I wonder if we should recommend Souses Anonymous?
But I guess that would get a little confusing.
;D
I say let's get together and get soused!
In my yoot, I became soused a couple of times. I didn't like it. Now that I'm old, I pretty much forget to drink at all. For the last umpty-ump years, my drinking has consisted of a single neat Scotch, a very good single malt, once a week or so. Now I never remember to do even that.
Were I to remember, I wonder if that would go with souse?
Absolutely not!!!! :o
No, I didn't think so.
Now about that souse ;D.... Rudy was interested and since it had to do with food, I put it on the other site, because Teresa is trying to keep us from wandering all over the place. I'm a wanderer, so I thought I should cooperate. The teacher in me wanted Rudy to know what souse is, (whether he wanted to or not) so I let him know where it went. Got that? There'll be a quiz on Monday!
Yes, teacher. I'll go to the other site and learn my lesson on souse.
Believe me, Kathy and I take this food thing seriously, so we'll take good notes.
Fred and I visited the Amana Colonies in the spring of 2000. He had been there before on a business trip, and could hardly wait until I could go too. We had just purchased our new 31' 5th wheel, with 3 glide outs and we thought we were "Big Stuff" with that. We had a wonderful 3 days and from all of our windows we could enjoy everything that was going on in the park where we were.
The food - the friendly folks and all the history made for a grand time.