Times are changing

[shampine]

There is an Amish community a few miles from our campground. Everyone is always driving there to get the baked goods. We went with some of our friends as they were always raving about how amazing the food was. Within 2 minutes of getting there I saw about 15 health code violations, and decided I wasn't going to purchase anything. When my friends asked why i wasn't getting anything I just simply replied did you see the kid come from the outhouse to the stand? They nodded, and then I asked them where in the outhouse was the sink? They have never gone back.

Fresh cooked fried food I would try. Baked goods that were cooked who knows when I'll skip.

You made a wise choice . Outhouses are for taking a crap , the rest of the time you do your business in the garden . My wife worked on an amish farm , we do not frequent their stands any longer .

[MUSTANG]

You pays your money - you makes your choice.

The US Population is expanding - but principally based on Immigration (predominantly H1B, H2B, Illegal Aliens - Illegally entering the US and Illegal Aliens - Overstaying Visas).


Yet: Take a look at the graph of the Amish Population increase from 1901 to 2018- and it's not from the grandchildren of the Hippy Generation running out and converting.

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ive eyed those tables full of amish goodies at the truck stops for years, after reading this I won't be looking no more, I'll be wondering if the kids working at mickyd's,
attached to the pilot station where the sweet treats are for sale, are amish

[Scrounge]

Is giving customers smaller containers their solution to not raising the price per can?

You nailed it.

[Scrounge]

That has happened with lots of stuff.

It might be my imagination, but it seems like candy bars have shrunk too.

It is not your imagination. Many things are now sold in smaller packages. Ice Cream used to be sold in pints, quarts, and gallon. Now it's pints, .75L, and the occasional gallon.

[tai95]

ive eyed those tables full of amish goodies at the truck stops for years, after reading this I won't be looking no more, I'll be wondering if the kids working at mickyd's,
attached to the pilot station where the sweet treats are for sale, are amish

Sorry for putting the thoughts into your head. Even if the kids selling them aren't Amish, with no electricity and running water how sanitary do you think the area the food was prepared in can be? I have been in and out of the restaurant business for the majority of my life, so I look a lot more critical than most do. My wife hates it when we go out to eat because I'll speak up if I see anything sub standard. Hell I even emailed Gordon Ramsey one time. I went with a group of friends to his steakhouse in the Paris casino in vegas and the lights were literally coated in cobwebs. I've watched his shows and seen him destroy people for less. I took pictures I should see if I can find them on my old phone and I could post it.

I don't go out of my way looking for things to bitch about, but if you give me a menu that's sticky, there are dust bunnies big enough to carry away a small child , or cobwebs that have there own zip code I'll mention something. Especially if there is a group of workers staring into their phones doing nothing. My management motto was if you have time to lean you have time to clean. If an establishment is ok with that kind of presentation in the front of the house you can only imagine how bad the food prep area the general public can't see could be.

[Winger Ed.]

I even emailed Gordon Ramsey one time.

There's news stories of his restaurants in Europe being shut down for multiple health & sanitation code violations.

[Digger]

More then 50yrs ago, I was a bad boy and got sent to a Military School for a year.
Got KP duty immediately.
Sat & Sun the Good Kids got to go home for the weekend.
The cooks didn't work Sunday lunch, so it was PBJ's with either strawberry or grape jelly.
The PB came in 5gal buckets and the jelly in #10size jars that needed four hands to open.
We had special measures to make the sandwiches. On White sandwich bread.
To this day I haven't eaten grape anything and I'm allergic to strawberries.

I eat about one PBJ a year.
Fresh JIF creamy with KNOTT's Berry Farm Boysenberry Preserves on Good wheat bread.

Wow ! , KNOTT's Berry Farm Boysenberry ...my absolute favorite to this day .
Is boysenberry available any more ?
Haven't found it on the store shelves.
When I was a kid , we went to Knott's Berry farm park and that was where I found my favorite for life ..Boysenberry Pie !
Those were the days when there was no fence around the park , walk in from any direction , fun place in those days.
Absolutely love Boysenberry pie !.

[blackthorn]

Quote" Sorry for putting the thoughts into your head. Even if the kids selling them aren't Amish, with no electricity and running water how sanitary do you think the area the food was prepared in can be?"

Well, I grew up to age 10 "off the grid" no power, no running water, outhouse etc. etc. We had a wash basin by the back door and in the kitchen. My Mother would have applied some "smarten up" techniques if I did not keep clean. Her kitchen (and house) was as spotless as she could make it. So I guess the answer to your question is (as in most things) "it depends"---