A successful trip to the Mennonite Farm Market in Englewood, Tennessee
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
May 8, 2017 10:23am CST
We had not yet been to the Mennonite Farm Market in Englewood, Tennessee yet this season. Today was a nice day for a ride...it's not around the corner, more like 1 1/2 hours round trip - but worth that trip!
I wanted strawberries and got them. They are cleaned, sliced and in the fridge. I got a pound of English peas, shelled and ready to be cooked. I picked up 3 patty-pan squash and 3 tomatoes. Oh, and a jar of homemade strawberry preserves.
All the Mennonites work the farm and the store. One or two families make all the cookies and breads and they are out of this world! I always take a few photo when we go, but I am very careful not to take a photo of any Mennonites....that is highly frowned upon.
Photo is mine. The empty space in the strawberry display - well, those berries are in my fridge!
16 people like this
17 responses
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
8 May 17
My friend used to show at one of the mennonite shops here and would bring us the all natural fresh milk, and butter. SO GOOD.
3 people like this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
They don't do milk at the place here...just fruit/veggies/cookies/etc.
1 person likes this
@LadyDuck (502950)
• Italy
8 May 17
@AbbyGreenhill There are several varieties of strawberries, I have three different in the garden and only one variety is ready to pick up now. The others come later.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
@LadyDuck They only grow/sell one kind here that I know of. One year we had 40 plants, that didn't last long - we were novices to them and it was such a mess we got rid of them. My grandfather was a strawberry farmer and my father was in the fields picking when he was old enough to walk. He worked those fields until he went to college. He started growing them at his house in New Jersey and they did amazing. I never really paid attention to the work, only the eating!
1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
Theirs are usually in way earlier than the ordinary gardener...I guess they have some 'pull'.
1 person likes this
@celticeagle (190074)
• Boise, Idaho
9 May 17
Mmmmm. Yes, those strawberries do look good. We had strawberry short cake the other night.
1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 May 17
I was going to buy a pound cake for the berries but we just ate them by themselves. Super sweet and not a rotten on in the bunch.
1 person likes this
@celticeagle (190074)
• Boise, Idaho
9 May 17
@AbbyGreenhill .....That's great! We didn't have any rotten ones but a few that weren't as ripe as they could have been.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 May 17
@celticeagle I should have bought more ... oh well.
1 person likes this
@rebelann (117283)
• El Paso, Texas
8 May 17
The only Mennonites I know of around here are in Juarez, they speak a strange mix of Spanish, German and English. They are also kinda unsociable. I wonder if that's because they're Mexican citizens, I wondered if the ones up your way are like that too.
1 person likes this
@rebelann (117283)
• El Paso, Texas
8 May 17
I think that what they're speaking when I see them shopping at Sams @AbbyGreenhill the men always look stern. I can't recall their wives and daughters even looking at anyone. I can't imagine what kind of life those women lead.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
When they first opened a few years ago they didn't talk much. Now they are a little more friendly. They speak German when they don't want you to know what they are saying!
1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 May 17
@rebelann They all work their butts off - we can see them in the fields, hand weeding, in the hot sun with all those dark heavy clothes on. The kids, and there are lots of kids, work or plan right beside them.
1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
Theirs have been ready since last month. I can't wait for their corn it is usually ready before anyone else.
2 people like this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 May 17
@amadeo We had some the other day - not so wonderful.
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
8 May 17
@AbbyGreenhill we have been getting corn coming out of Florida/
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
8 May 17
Now that you have supplies, time to get cookin'.
2 people like this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
Peas just take a few mins....squash are young and tender and they don't take much to cook.
2 people like this
@Shellyann36 (11383)
• United States
8 May 17
Those strawberries look so good! Glad you had a successful shopping trip.
1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
They are super sweet no need to add sugar and not a bad one in the bunch!
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
8 May 17
Yum those strawberries looks delicious and I bet they are going to be too! Did you make any other stops ?
1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
Nope, that's enough ride for one day!
1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
@infatuatedbby Can't wait until dinner
1 person likes this
@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
8 May 17
Apparently there is a small Mennonite town close to where we live. Must pencil it into our calendar too. We seem to do nothing but work on our "farm" and it's time to enjoy someone elses!!
1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
When we first saw the Mennonites we were shocked, had no clue they were down south.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
I think they will be very good....and gone fast
1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
It was and I can't wait until dinner!
2 people like this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
@Courtlynn The berries are super sweet!
2 people like this
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
8 May 17
I used to stop at a Mennonite store when we would go to Jackson twice a month to see Tony`s sister that was put there in a "special" nursing home. Prices were high but the food was good!
1 person likes this
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
@andriaperry If there were farms selling produce in this county I would do that - this is farming community but farming for horses, cows and hay.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
Price are good for what you get - you can't beat their stuff unless you grow it at home and no can anyone grow lettuce that huge! I don't mind paying more for quality...the Ingles sells junk produce.
1 person likes this
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
8 May 17
@AbbyGreenhill I always would buy from a farmer than a store!
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
that's right, they use no chemicals.
2 people like this
@LeaPea2417 (40061)
• Toccoa, Georgia
8 May 17
Fresh vegetables and fruits always taste better when purchased at farmers markets. I wonder why the Mennonites don't like to have their pictures taken?
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
9 May 17
@LeaPea2417 They are modest people and I guess having your photo taken is considered vanity.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 May 17
It is against their religion. You can take photos of the horses or the food, but not of them.
1 person likes this
