Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Planning a Christmas Menu- Help Wanted!



by Angie Braddock from the Murder, Plainly Read by Isabella Alan

Until the age of ten, I lived in Holmes County, Ohio and interacted and lived by the Amish every day. In fact, my beloved aunt Eleanor left her English life to marry my Uncle Jacob and join the Amish church. However when I was ten years old, my father got a big fancy executive job in Dallas Texas, and he, my mother, and I moved to the Big D. I never expected to come back.

Then over twenty years later, my engagement to a Texas lawyer was in shambles and my aunt Eleanor died, leaving me her Amish quilt shop, Running Stitch. I gave up my high-paying advertising job, told my ex-fiancé to take a hike, and moved back to Holmes County to take over the shop. It was the best decision I’ve ever made, and that is never more evident than at Christmastime. There’s nothing quite like an Amish Country Christmas: the Christmas carols, the greenery, the snow… and the food. The very best part is the food.

This year, my boyfriend, Sheriff James Mitchell, and I are co-hosting a Christmas dinner party at his house. We’ve invited all our Amish and English friends. Everyone will be there from the ladies in my quilting circle at Running Stitch to Mitchell’s son. Even Mitchell’s ex wife is coming. She’s not so bad… most of the time.

We're having the party in early December before Christmas itself. It’s very important for the Amish to have Christmas at home, so we thought it would best to put it on another date to ensure that most of them would be able to come. One of the things that I want to share with my Amish friends is our non-Amish food traditions, and I need help. 

If you were hosting a big Christmas dinner party what would you put on the menu? What is the dish you can’t live without at Christmas?



Leave the name of your favorite Christmas food in the comments of this post for a chance to win Murder, Simply Stitched, the second book in the Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries, written by my biographer Isabella Alan. Please include your email address with your comment. The winner will be notified by email. The contest ends at 12pm EST on Sunday, December 6, 2015. The contest is open to U.S. and Canada residents only. Good luck and thanks in advance for those food ideas!


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78 comments:

  1. L J DogsmomDecember 2, 2015 at 12:32 AM

    I have to have peanutbutter thumbprint cookies, but pumpkin pie is always good too

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  • AnonymousDecember 2, 2015 at 1:01 PM

    I have to admit to a sweet tooth. I love Dark chocolate Turtles. Turtles are pecan halves dropped with caramel and covered with dark chocolate. They look like turtles.

    When I was in high school in southern Indiana I worked at the Tastes Frees. A Mennonite would occasionally bring a car full of Amish friends for a great. They would always get a giant vanilla soft serve cone or a large orange crush drink.

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    1. AnonymousDecember 2, 2015 at 1:06 PM

      I forgot!
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