This week on Jean: Baseball and the old order Mennonites.
April 2, 2012 by cherrylane1968
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Jean is old order Mennonite from New York State.Jean and her husband David and family live on a dairy farm, and travel their community using horse and buggy. She tells her story exclusively on Amish Stories.
Richard asked if we play baseball. The Old Order Mennonite most common sports are baseball and volleyball. The children usually learn to play baseball during their school years. Baseball is played at recess a lot in the Fall and Spring. Of course there are exception’s to that rule. Now that David Jr. has learned to walk-Dad David wants to buy him a plastic baseball bat and ball this Spring. Not to far from our house is a field and lots of times young folks play baseball there. Many times folks get together and play ball at someones home. Michael goes to Martha’s house to play baseball. Of course with nine children Martha has her own team. LOL- We don’t play baseball at our house too often after the girl hit the baseball through our bedroom window. There really isn’t that much room!
Adults also play baseball, every year at the end of school there is a baseball game where the boy students play their Fathers. The ladies usually sit, talk and cheer on the teams, girls play as well as boys. We have a few girls and ladies that hit better than some boys or men. If a team is short a person or two, I have been called into play. I am not a hitter, but I am a runner. I remember when we were courting and I couldn’t hit a baseball-when it came my turn to hit David stood behind and he hit it. I ran the bases. That’s been years ago and I never forgot that.
Men and young folks also like the baseball teams, Michael and David like the New York Yankees. Although we don’t sit and watch baseball on TV, the men get the scores. Sometimes Michael will see a game at a friends house. The Firehouse has a room where the fellows can rest after they get back from a fire and that has a television in it and if a baseball game is on-they watch it. Also many stores and restaurants have televisions in them.

Michael would like to go to Yankee Stadium and see them play live with David. For Old Order Mennonites that is unusual, so David is trying to justify the cost for that trip. They would both have to have bus fair and maybe a hotel room, meals, game cost and more. There is that cost, but with all the expenses we found out about after the fire-David is thinking. We have spoken to our meeting (church) about it and due to Michael not being Old Order Mennonite it was OK for both of them to go at some point, David thought maybe an early gift for Michael’s birthday-we’ll see how finances are then. It would be a one time experience because we would not do it again.
Be With God. Jean
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Hot Potato Salad with Bacon Specks (Mennonite) recipe. From Recipe goldmine.
4 slices lean bacon
1/2 cup finely chopped onions
1/4 cup chopped celery
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 cup hot water
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoon Boiled Dressing
1 tablespoon vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
4 cups diced, hot, boiled potatoes
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
1 teaspoon finely chopped chives
Additional heavy cream (optional)
2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
Cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove and crumble. Drain off all fat except 1 tablespoon, return to medium heat, add onions and celery. Stir in flour to coat the vegetables. Add water, stir and cook till thickened. Remove from the heat and blend in the cream, boiled dressing, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Pour over the potatoes in a large bowl. Add the parsley and chives. Mix well to blend flavors. Add more cream if desired, taste, add salt if desired. Sprinkle crumbled bacon on top and garnish with the sliced hard-boiled eggs.
Boiled Dressing:
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 cup vinegar
2 eggs, well beaten
1 tablespoon butter
Combine sugar, salt, and mustard in the top of a double boiler. Add vinegar. Stir to combine. Add well-beaten eggs. Place over moderately boiling water. Stir until the mixture is creamy about the consistency of custard. Beat in the butter. Cool. This dressing may be stored, covered, in the refrigerator, and will keep up to two weeks. From www.Recipegoldmine.com
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I thought that id try and make it a little fun this week by having some sort of theme, so i thought "why not baseball". So somehow i got motivated and decided to carry this over for the the whole week, so i hope you folks like it! Richard
Good Morning,Baseball !!! Baseball season will be starting soon. I can't wait to see what else you have to put on Richard. If anyone gets an e-mail from a Deborah Adams-DO NOT OPEN IT. I belong to a dog group and the club name was under subject. I thought she was a member. When I opened it I got a Trojan. My computer spent yesterday at my computer ladys house. I couldn't get on the internet or anything. I got it back and went to my e-mail and there was another e-mail from this Deborah Adams again-I deleted it. Unless you know who it is for sure DO NOT OPEN any e-mail you don't who it is. Marilyn
Thanks for that info Marilyn, funny that you say that because I'm always getting E-mails like that. I used to open them but now i dont, its just too expensive trying to get rid of a virus on your computer now. Now if you should get a note from me please make sure that you open it,lol. A little on the cool side this Monday morning with the sun trying to crack through the clouds, have a very nice day folks and ill be back a little later. Richard
You are welcome Richard. I think I know your e-mail. I delete a lot of stuff I get that I don't know what it is-but I blew it yesterday. It's the first time I've done that in a couple years. My computer lady says its hard to avoid sometimes-even she has done it. I will be even more carefull from now on. It is cool here, too. We are suppose to hit the 40's. Marilyn
Wonderful post Richard and i really enjoy your web sight very much. Susan
Thanks Susan and welcome. Richard
very interesting…Benny & Lily
RICHARD!!!!!!!!!HOW ARE YA???? Thank you for coming to visit! And this baseball theme is putting me into even a greater mood of spring and all the fun that comes with it. Like always, your accompanying recipes set the tone for fun and tradition.THANK YOU SO MUCH for visiting and yes, I am making a career change, but I will still be a substitute teacher next September to insure some income as I try to make ends meet with discovering art and writing. This summer it will mean I have to CRASH INTO some local guilds and get myself OUT THERE but most of all, IMPROVE my art!!!!!!Thank you for your kind words and HAVE A FUN APRIL! Anita
Change is sometimes a very welcome thing Anita, so i wish you the best of luck with your new travels. A cool morning here and i had my heat come-on a few times as well, but at least we are expecting a full sunny day today and the temps should rise a little into the low 60s eventually. Richard
It's suppose to be in the 50's here today. It's going up slowly. They are remodeling here and they took down the three trees in front of my windows yesterday. A lot of us are not happy. Use to look at out and see birds, squirrels, etc. Now we get a good shot of the parking lot. Miss all those birds and animals.marilyn
It's suppose to be in the 50's here today. It's going up slowly. They are remodeling here and they took down the three trees in front of my windows yesterday. A lot of us are not happy. Use to look at out and see birds, squirrels, etc. Now we get a good shot of the parking lot. Miss all those birds and animals.marilyn
Hi There, I too love baseball. My Daddy loved it—so I learned alot about it when I was young. I never played –but certainly enjoyed watching…That hot potato salad sounds delicious. I may just have to try that recipe. Thanks so much.Have a great week.Hugs,Betsy
Good morning Marilyn and very nice to see you stop by Betsy. And Marilyn i hate it when we sometimes have no control of what goes on around us like them cutting down the tree's around your apartments. The same goes even when you own your own home so i can not tell my neighbors what color to paint their home, like in Florida i had someone down the block who painted their home pink! Well I'm out for the day and will visit my own blog a little later, enjoy the day folks….. Richard
Hi Richard! The recipe sounds soo good! now I am hungry (0: I used to play baseball. It was so fun. My dad also had it on TV all the time during the season. Great memories of when I was young. Hope all is well with everyoneBlessings~ Lissa
It's a good time of year for a baseball theme! Thanks for having Jean share with us. Thanks also for the recipe!Have a great week,Karen
Cheers to baseball and this fabulous potato salad recipe.Velva
Nice to see you Karen and welcome Velva. Lissa i used to play in New York city what is more a version of stick ball than baseball, and sometimes softball on the grass (if we could find some that is!). Richard
I grew up playing baseball. First on the pee wee team with my dad as the coach, then moving up to minors, switching over to softball and on to the majors. Never got into playing it at school though unless it was in PE. Still a sport I love to play rather than watch.
Oh and we are already in the 90's. Anyone who wants some of that- you can have it. It's going to get worse here in the next few months.
I'm with you Linda on playing baseball compared to watching it, and after a cool start we are warming-up just a little here. But i think another cool front is on its way to me! Richard