Bulk Cheese Purchase

When we were in Indiana this past Monday we went to an Amish Bulk Food Store.   This was the biggest bulk food store we have ever been to.  It would take a good half day or more to go up and down every isle and look at everything.  We were there for a couple special items and CHEESE.  Buying cheese in bulk saves so much money.  We cut it in chunks, vacuum seal it and then freeze it until we are ready for some.  Amish areas always have huge varieties of cheese and most have samples.  Of course there were samples of almost every cheese they sold and I tasted almost all of them.
We picked up small chunks of the following cheese:
Yogurt Cheese, Horseradish Cheese, Salsa Cheese, Cheese and Salami and Pepperoni Cheese.
We got 2 lbs of Amish Creamery Cheese, 6 lbs of the following: Baby Swiss, Smoked Baby Swiss, Smoked Mozzarella, Mild Cheddar and 12 lbs of Colby.
Prices for bulk cheese is a lot cheaper than small packages.  The cheddar was $1.99 #, Colby $3.15 #, smoked mozzarella and baby swiss was $4,49 # and the most expensive was the smoked baby swiss at $4.89 #.  If you would get any of the above cheese at a deli you would pay $2+ more a pound.
We also picked up 5 lbs of deli sliced smoked ham at $1.99 # and 6 lbs of smoked turkey at $1.99 #.  We packaged the ham and turkey in one pound packages and also that is how we packed the cheese.

Side parking lot and side of the bulk food store.

More of the side parking lot and side of the bulk food store.

1st basket of cheese going in the freezer.

The ham and turkey packed and in the freezer.

The Colby and Mild Cheddar before cutting.

2nd basket waiting to go in the freezer.

3rd basket ready to go in the freezer.

The Truck After Our Amish Weekend



All the totes and garbage bags are full of Amish clothes, 6 large tubs in the bed of the truck and 2 small totes inside the truck.  We had 8 garbage bags and 2 paper sacks full of clothes.  All the garbage bags of stuff and paper sacks have been hung up and only about 1/3 of that stuff has been posted to sell.  The totes have not been touched yet and probably won't get touched for a month or so.  I should have enough stuff to sell for several months.

Back of truck before we added stuff from the cab.

Back seat of the truck before we moved stuff to the bed of the truck.

After moving stuff.

Truck ready for the trip home.

Pictures of Our Amish Trip to Northern Indiana

Pa-Ma Treasure Trove, the second hand store we shopped at and the parents of the couple we ate with.  The store is on the right and side and their house is on the left side.

Inside the store.

Inside the store.



Buffalo at an Amish buffalo farm.



Deer stand on an Amish farm.



Amish farmer harvesting his corn.



Some buggies at one of the stores.

Trying to hang laundry on a windy day.



Corn cut and stacked to dry.



One row corn picker.



Some odd looking ducks we saw.



More ducks.

Saturday in Southern Indiana in Pictures

We went to Ferdinand Indiana today for an auction and went to see the Monastery that is there after the auction.

This is a huge place with about 250 sisters living there.

The color of the brick was beautiful.

The cemetery for the priests and sisters.  

Side entrance.

Another part of the cemetery for the priests and sisters.  

Cross in the cemetery.

There are birds nests on both sides of Jesus's head, beautiful.

Scenes coming back to the motel. 

Beautiful Amish house.

Amish farm where the ducks were in the same pen as the sheep.

Beautiful horse and nice and shiny buggy.  Most likely all cleaned up for church tomorrow.

We saw several open buggies with patio umbrellas attached to them for shade.

The scooter is bigger than the little Amish boy.

Another beautiful Amish house.

Friday in Daviess County Indiana

We left bright and early this morning for our weekend trip to Indiana.  We arrived in Daviess County about 11 am and was able to check into our motel.  We brought in our stuff and set out for our day.  We ate some lunch at an Amish style restaurant, it was buffet style and I had some wonderful chicken and Ron ate some catfish and other items.  We then set out to do some sight seeing.  The Amish in this area have very nice well kept houses and property.  We stopped in an Amish variety store and when we were leaving I asked about if there were any second hand Amish stores around and to my surprise she said there was.  She drew me a map and off we went to try and find it.  It took 2 stops asking people for help with the directions but we finally found it.  I spent over 2 hours there and went through less than 1/4 of the shop.  I could have spent a whole day there but I have no idea where we would have put more stuff.  I have the whole back seat of the truck stuffed with bags of Amish and Mennonite clothes.  The young lady running the shop was very nice.  Ron talked to her and her dad while I shopped.  She said she would be willing to hold items for me if I contact her in the future if we come back down.  She also gave me the name of a shop in Arthur, Il that sells second hand Amish items.  So the next time we are in Arthur we will have to check it out.
We left there and went to Dinkies Auction and it was very disappointing.  Hardly anything there and nothing we were interested in.  When we leaving one building to go to another I wasn't watching very good where I was going and tripped on a trailer hitch, fell landing on both hands and knees.  I scuffed both palms, took some skin off of my right arm, took some skin on my right knee and have a small hole in my knee and broke the toe nail of my big toe and my toe is caked in blood.  I also did something to the muscles in my right side and I am sore.  I'm sure tomorrow will be worse.  Just what I needed to start my weekend.  Oh well it could have been worse.
The worst part was after I fell I sat there in the white rock calling for Ron to help me up who I thought was still right behind me.  He never came and I kept calling his name.  Then a very nice looking buff gentleman came along and asked if I fell and needed help getting up.  I said thanks but was waiting for my husband and I was totally embarrassed.  He said he did see me fall so I shouldn't be that embarrassed.  He started in the building and I heard him say "are you Ron, your wife has fallen and needs your help."  He told Ron he offered but I wanted him to help me.
We left the auction and then went to supper and am getting ready for bed early.  Long day and am pretty tired and sore.

Amish farm, notice the white wagon.  It holds benches for church meetings.  It must be this families turn to have services at their house this week.

Turkeys, there are a lot of Purdue turkey farms run by the Amish in the area.

Some beautiful horses at an Amish farm.

Goats resting by a tree.

 

Saturday's Pictures South of Tomah Wisconsin

Catholic church with a beautiful bell tower.

Amish man hauling 2 large bales of straw.

There was a young Amish man working at an English house and had his buggy covered.

Amish plowing his field.

Large Amish farm where many family members live.

Laundry blowing in the wind.

Amish girl walking up the lane barefoot, it did not get above 60 degrees today and it was cold.

Amish man stacking straw bales.

You see this a lot around Amish homes selling maple syrup.  This is blue tubing that goes from tree to tree and then to a large vessel that collects the syrup.  I have never seen anything like this before.

A tree that has been tapped for maple syrup.

Little boy playing in the field where others were stacking straw.

Amish men stacking straw.

Huge barn with the second floor where the chickens were living.  They were sitting in the windows looking around.

There are 4 ducks here but one ducked down before I took the picture.  They almost look fake.

One of the 4 wild turkeys I spotted but they all got into the woods before Ron got their picture.

Amish man raking hay.

Unusual house for an Amish, this is a brick home and the majority live in white plain wood homes.

Buffalo farm.

A team of work horses waiting to be hitched up.