Icecream Journal

This week’s “Taste of Lancaster County” entry is about Pennsylvania Dutch food and our legendary Kitchen Kettle Village. As always, we’ll give away a Lancaster County prize to one commenter chosen at random from this entry. Good luck!

As you’ve seen from some of our other Taste of Lancaster County entries this month, a big part of the county’s heritage is the cooking and food. You’ll love the great tasting Pennsylvania Dutch foods that are widely available in the Lancaster County Region.  Pennsylvania Dutch are descendants of German immigrants, who brought over not only a whole new culture, but also some great recipes which became a huge part of the Lancaster County heritage.

The tradition of the Seven Sweets and Seven Sours, a common aspect of Pennsylvania Dutch cooking, is celebrated at many tourist-oriented restaurants and at annual festivals around the area.  During the presence of company or in many large families, seven various picked foods, relishes, and spreads would be laid out along side several Dutch dishes as part of dinner. Foods you could commonly find in the local area includes chicken corn soup, scrapple, chicken pot-pie, chow-chow, and shoofly pie.

Kitchen Kettle Village is a wonderfully charming village of stores located in the heart of Amish Country in Intercourse, PA and it’s the perfect place to hunt for some of these Pennsylvania Dutch delicacies. A great place to take the family, the village has over 40 restaurants and shops to explore. You’ll have a wonderful time shopping, eating, and socializing with people from all walks of life and it is a great place to start on your trip to Lancaster County.

Today’s Taste of Lancaster County prize is a collection of jams from Kitchen Kettle Village’s legendary jam and jelly shop. The shop is known for providing samples of their goods, which include everything from traditional options to more unusual (yet surprisingly good) jams like jalapeno jam and garlic herb jelly. Enjoy!