From "Pennsylvania Kentucky Rifle" page 132, "Cannister was used by the country storekeeper to hold gunpowder which was sold retail in small quantities. Is is about 12 inches high."
Unusual but delicious, funnel cake is a Pennsylvania Dutch food specialty to be enjoyed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Flour, sugar and eggs are used to create a sweetened batter which is pured from a funnel-pitcher into a skillet of hotoil in a swirled pattern. The resulting "squiggly donut" is duested with confectioner's sugar and served warm.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Delectable Pennsylvania Dutch desserts of Lancaster County, PA, include (left to right), funnel cake, shoofly pie and dried apple schnitz. funnel cake is made from batter poured into hot oil, and shoofly pie is a sweet compination of molasses, brown sugar and spices with a crumb topping. Schnitz are dried apple slices often eaten as snacks or asan ingredient in schnitz and knepp, a main dish.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Shoofly pie is among the most popular Pennsylvania Dutch desserts served in Lancaster County, PA. Although no one really knows were the name originated, "shoofly pie" was probably first created by German immigrant housewived who innovatively used the ingredients which would have survived the long voyage from Europe. - flour, molasses, shortening, brown sugar and spices.
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Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
