Hehee. Yeah, I was pretty surprised myself. It's on purpose. Those wacky Pennsylvania Dutch folks and idea of "pie." There's a number of other odd things in PA.
Rita's Water Ice. Exactly what kind of ice do you normally make without water? For a long time we though oh, it's just like a normal italian ice that's not impressive at all. Then someone told us to get the gelati which is alternating layers of the italian ice with frozen custard. So good.
The last weird PA food I've encountered is apple dumplings. This is a peeled cored apple wrapped up in pie crust pastry stuff. Whole apple. We tried it at first and had no idea why they appeared so popular that they were sold everywhere. Once again, someone who grew up in PA revealed to us the secret - you're supposed to bake it in this syrupy sugar sauce thingee. After that it's soooo good. Especially with some milk or ice cream added.
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Date: 2006-06-03 04:42 pm (UTC)Rita's Water Ice. Exactly what kind of ice do you normally make without water? For a long time we though oh, it's just like a normal italian ice that's not impressive at all. Then someone told us to get the gelati which is alternating layers of the italian ice with frozen custard. So good.
The last weird PA food I've encountered is apple dumplings. This is a peeled cored apple wrapped up in pie crust pastry stuff. Whole apple. We tried it at first and had no idea why they appeared so popular that they were sold everywhere. Once again, someone who grew up in PA revealed to us the secret - you're supposed to bake it in this syrupy sugar sauce thingee. After that it's soooo good. Especially with some milk or ice cream added.