Bulk Food Shopping At The Mennonite/Amish Store.

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  • čas přidán 13. 05. 2022
  • Road trip to bulk food shop at the Mennonite/Amish stores in our state.

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  • @mikewood3203
    @mikewood3203 Před 2 lety +39

    May I suggest for those that do not have access to a bulk store for spices....San Fransisco Herb Company on-line. Have used them for 5+ years, inexpensive ( I would say cheap compared to other on-line stores), excellent quality, no shipping over $30 (I think it's 30 might be 40), quick turn around, never have had an issue. I buy over $100/year in spices and their other products. I do recommend the Saigon Cinnamon, it has a flavor that will blow the top off any store bought.

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 2 lety +5

      Thanks for sharing. That’s good information.

    • @kedeglow2743
      @kedeglow2743 Před 2 lety

      Thank you! We've been looking for a new place to get our "Once Yearly" big spice order ever since the "lefties" at PeN_eY_ lost their last remaining brain cells a few months ago.

    • @jenniferibarra7737
      @jenniferibarra7737 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Thank you I love my spices and need to save money

  • @kedeglow2743
    @kedeglow2743 Před 2 lety +7

    What a huge and beautiful Bulk Store!
    I so much appreciate that you were so careful and respectful about their wishes not to be filmed! Thank you.

  • @kathy48622
    @kathy48622 Před 2 lety +19

    I am in central Michigan and I am within a 8 mile radius of at lest 25 different Amish, Mennonite stores. Everything from bulk food stores, canvas repair, small engine repair, quilt store, garden centers, hardware store, general store, bakery, and the list goes on and on. I have the Amish build my sun room, (at 1/3 the cost of other builders) install and build custom windows, and decks.

    • @tiffanywhipple3364
      @tiffanywhipple3364 Před 2 měsíci

      When you say central mi. Could you send me the names of some of the stores I'm located in central Michigan also but Im just new to the area.
      I trying to find them

    • @tiffanywhipple3364
      @tiffanywhipple3364 Před 2 měsíci

      Also do you have a reference for the sunroom builders I would like to buy my aunt a sunroom for her home

  • @driftlesshermit9731
    @driftlesshermit9731 Před 2 lety +20

    Cool. I live close to a large Amish community and usually visit their stores once a month or so and look for deals. Like you said you really have to look at the dates. Around here they buy truckloads of expired or near expired of miss matched stuff. Never know what you're gonna find,but it's always interesting. Lol.

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 2 lety +3

      One other thing is they always have a lot of home grown produce in season. Good place to pick up extra to can.

  • @alicel8010
    @alicel8010 Před rokem +1

    Love this!!! When I was a kid like late 80s early 90's I remember going to a bulk food store in Oxford MI. Thanks for the memories!

  • @lyneberge
    @lyneberge Před rokem +3

    Amazing! NY needs this! I need to consider moving to your state!❤

  • @user-lv8wg5zm1n
    @user-lv8wg5zm1n Před 2 lety +4

    Thank you for sharing your trip. That is such a fantastic store!

  • @SassyGalPrepping
    @SassyGalPrepping Před 2 lety +3

    That store is really well stocked... on everything! Nice. I'm originally from Michigan and I miss going to the Amish stores. Closest Amish/Mennonite store to me here in VA is over 2 hours away. I do have a store that gets shipments of cheese, butter, eggs and deli meats from Amish farms in Lancaster County in PA. So that's cool. Enjoyed the video! Have a great week.

  • @SoldierPoet
    @SoldierPoet Před 2 lety +4

    That's an awesome looking store; I would love to shop there. I could spend a lot of money at that place LOL. The homemade jams and jellies are my weakness. Thanks for sharing this and have a wonderful Sunday. 👍

  • @averagejoesmiling456
    @averagejoesmiling456 Před 2 lety +2

    Thanks for taking us along, Modern Refugee. Nice video!

  • @patrice3603
    @patrice3603 Před 2 lety +7

    They carry a very nice selection of everything in that store! I wish we had something similar around where I live.

  • @AlaskaPrepper
    @AlaskaPrepper Před 2 lety

    Awesome video, thank you for the tour.

  • @catherinebrown7299
    @catherinebrown7299 Před 4 měsíci

    I love how informative you are. I came across your channel tonight and joined. Awesome and detailed info, Thank You

  • @StabbinJoeScarborough
    @StabbinJoeScarborough Před 2 lety

    Thanks MR , I buy in bulk quite often now , great vidja man !

  • @janwc1
    @janwc1 Před 2 lety +1

    Really appreciated this video.

  • @JamieSantos
    @JamieSantos Před 9 měsíci

    Country View Market?! When we lived in the thumb of Michigan we used to go there all the time. I remember when they were a tiny store and how there was no space in the aisles for two carts passing each other before they added on and expanded to include a restaurant. Sure do miss shopping there for some of their products. Thank you for taking us on this tour! Sure do miss Michigan!

  • @resoluteoutdoors
    @resoluteoutdoors Před 2 lety +6

    Amish stores are some of the most underrated stores out there. On top of preparedness they typically have a cool selection of different foods and good prices!

  • @MichaelR58
    @MichaelR58 Před 2 lety +1

    Very cool store and tour , thanks for sharing , God bless !

  • @sarahashley580
    @sarahashley580 Před rokem +1

    My family home! Just stocked up at country view last weekend. I love this store. All my spices and canning supplies I get here.

  • @jasonharris9990
    @jasonharris9990 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I've been to that store a few times, great selection of everything, in the Fall they'll have pallet boxes of local winter squash and apples outside. You must have lunch there at the cafeteria/lunch room. Homemade soups and all the sandwiches are on homemade bread and the prices are great!

  • @mariebooze956
    @mariebooze956 Před 2 lety +2

    my fav mennonite bulk store in michigan💞..hoping 2 go this weekend, haven't been since the borders 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 closed..my mom and i really enjoyed your vid🥰..thx marie from 🇨🇦

  • @Sandy-_s
    @Sandy-_s Před 2 lety +4

    I love that store🤗. Thanks for the walk thru. Need to plan out a shopping trip. I buy the bulk powdered chicken, beef and ham stock in the fall. Nice to see they are stocked. 👍

  • @keeperofthehomestead9193

    Oh my God!!! You're in Snover, right around me. I love that store. I've been shopping there since the building was only one pole barn. They've expanded over the years.

  • @karenminor4541
    @karenminor4541 Před 2 lety

    I love going to our local amish area in Ohio. I'm in northern Ohio, I'll have to check & see how far out is from me. We're always interested in other areas to visit. Thanks for sharing with us!

  • @ruralqueen1568
    @ruralqueen1568 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video! I am lucky to live not far from a great Mennonite community to shop and a little further from the biggest Amish Community in the country. Love to be a patron of their businesses.

  • @cpieper73
    @cpieper73 Před 9 měsíci +2

    I live in central Michigan, my favorite places to shop are the Amish stores. I get 98 percent of my canning supplies from there. I try to go at least every couple weeks to pick up bulk supplies to add to the shelves.

    • @tiffanywhipple3364
      @tiffanywhipple3364 Před 2 měsíci

      Could you please share the names of the stores that you like. Thank you so much

  • @ncmomma7384
    @ncmomma7384 Před 2 lety +1

    We love Country View! We grew up just north of there!

  • @SomewhereInIndiana1816
    @SomewhereInIndiana1816 Před rokem +1

    I love shopping at the Amish bulk food store in Shipshewanna Indiana!! It's awesome!!

  • @tammybrennan2040
    @tammybrennan2040 Před 2 lety +3

    I love Michigan, a preppers paradise. 🇺🇸💞

  • @jayboston9620
    @jayboston9620 Před 2 lety

    Never Seen a Shop like That…. Amazing, I’ll be sure to seek 1 out. ThankYoU

  • @ambrosemclaren145
    @ambrosemclaren145 Před 2 lety +2

    We have one in Bloomingdale MI. It is nice and the proprietors are great people. Not as large or varied as this one.
    Blessings, MR.

  • @stevea.8816
    @stevea.8816 Před 2 lety +1

    Those people put the work in, so clean and organized also.
    Upstate has a population of Amish and they damn good builders.
    There weren't many in the Bronx growing up and l dont blame them.

  • @davebrooks2942
    @davebrooks2942 Před 2 lety +1

    I miss those stores. Probably what I miss most about leaving Lancaster county Pennsylvania. In Tennessee now guess I'll have to investigate and find some

  • @jerrimenard3092
    @jerrimenard3092 Před 7 měsíci

    I like the smoked cheddar and the soft goat cheese. What a selection! Thanks for sharing.

  • @subdawg1331
    @subdawg1331 Před 2 lety +1

    very cool, thank you... we have bulk material stores or sewing cloth stores run by the Mennonites here in Ontario

  • @marygallagher3428
    @marygallagher3428 Před 2 lety +1

    Great store! I love going to the Amish and Mennonite-run stores near me in PA but I don't think I've ever seen one as large as that one near Sandusky :-)

  • @wildadventures4173
    @wildadventures4173 Před 8 měsíci

    Great video, thank you for sharing 😁🥰💪👍

  • @brendaackerman9941
    @brendaackerman9941 Před rokem +1

    I remember the old store they stated with. I was in the new store once before I moved out of Mich. They didn't have the green house. Been a long time and I really miss that place.

  • @eleanorjpoindexter4299
    @eleanorjpoindexter4299 Před rokem +1

    Nice market!

  • @JT-2012
    @JT-2012 Před rokem +1

    I would go nuts in that store.😀. Those spices are incredible. I wish we had an Amish store.

  • @pattyevans7444
    @pattyevans7444 Před rokem

    I love this store!

  • @itsthedirtywitch
    @itsthedirtywitch Před 5 měsíci

    Great video thank you! I just found one only an hour from me. Can't wait to check them out. 😅😊

  • @fourdayhomestead2839
    @fourdayhomestead2839 Před 4 měsíci

    A tip for those that can't find something you're looking for. I asked if they could locate a 25# bag of large lima beans (butter beans). They weren't available locally. They found a supplier, ordered them & were

  • @Diebulfrog79
    @Diebulfrog79 Před 2 lety +2

    great video

  • @cbass2755
    @cbass2755 Před rokem +2

    1.5 hours away from me. I’m going. Thanks MR!

  • @bigskirtmcgirt89
    @bigskirtmcgirt89 Před 2 lety +2

    That’s a really cool store. I don’t think we have anything comparable to that here in Central Texas.

  • @justusupnorth8262
    @justusupnorth8262 Před 2 lety +3

    We have a Mennonite grocery nearby, great resource. Sometimes they’re the one who has certain things.

  • @paulinehecht2353
    @paulinehecht2353 Před 2 lety +3

    I didn't know you were a fellow Michigander!! Hello from Vassar! Me and my fiance go to Country View store often☺☺

  • @GUITARISTED
    @GUITARISTED Před rokem +1

    We were there today, awesome market. Chicken tenders…wow.

  • @marylafrance9547
    @marylafrance9547 Před 2 lety +3

    Hey Michigander! Thanks for the heads up - this would make a nice little day trip. Not too far (an hour maybe!) Here's a tip for you: if you head toward Ludington, there's a town called Dublin and the butcher makes friggin awesome smoked meats and jerky. They sell at the grocery store there.

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 2 lety

      I’ll put it on my list. Thank you!

    • @itsallperfectlynormal9805
      @itsallperfectlynormal9805 Před rokem

      If your over on the West side, Sanders in Custer, MI is a must visit. They have the absolute best ham. Excellent butcher shop!

  • @tomm2812
    @tomm2812 Před rokem +1

    Oddly that is my weekend trip. About 30 minutes or so away. GREAT place. Best

  • @capnjimmy7357
    @capnjimmy7357 Před rokem +1

    My aunt lives up by this store. She loves it.

  • @gailsfoster3406
    @gailsfoster3406 Před rokem

    My favorite place to shop!!!

  • @trustingod9160
    @trustingod9160 Před rokem +1

    I live in Mississippi and I don't know if there's one close to me, need to keep them in our prayers, love there butter I buy from the store,they where hear after the Katrina Storm and helping out with building homes,

  • @SuperPangloss
    @SuperPangloss Před 6 měsíci

    Besides the Amish stores there are also "Bishops Warehouse" stores. They are the LDS (Mormons). Even cheaper for bulk items than the Amish. Lot of the larger communities have them.

  • @sunsetheritagefarm1189
    @sunsetheritagefarm1189 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I just came across this video, but I was shopping at Country View this week. I managed to get out of there just under $1,000 😂 and I forgot some stuff 😆. Lorie 😊

  • @hardnackfarms1736
    @hardnackfarms1736 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Good morning! I enjoyed this video a lot! However, you went really fast so I wasn’t able to view the products. I would really like to see everything. I am growing herbs and making my own spices. My husband built me a solar food dehydrator. I would spend a fortune in that store! Have a very blessed day! Wendy🎄⛄️🐞

    • @tiffanywhipple3364
      @tiffanywhipple3364 Před 2 měsíci

      How does your solar food dehydrator work?
      It sounds absolutely incredible 😁

  • @PenntuckytheCrag
    @PenntuckytheCrag Před 2 lety +1

    so glad we've so many Amish round here. catching up missed this one nice store indeed

  • @truthinplainsight1602
    @truthinplainsight1602 Před 2 lety +3

    I'm in Indiana and have 2 stores within about a 30-45 min drive. The lunchmeat and cheese selection kills the big box grocery stores and the prices are way cheaper too. Most everything is $2-3/lb cheaper than Kroger or Walmart.

  • @itsallperfectlynormal9805

    I remember going to the co-op in Columbiaville when I was a kid! Love the Amish stores, we go to the ones in Clare country when we're in the area.
    The Braggs has gotten SO expensive. You can unpasteurize cheap apple cidar vinegar. Pour a cup out of a new half or full gallon and add the Braggs with the mother back to it (glass jars preferred). Let it sit in a cool dark place and the mother will do its thing 😉

    • @kevinjoseph517
      @kevinjoseph517 Před 9 měsíci

      ??? vinegar + cider or apple juice or?

    • @itsallperfectlynormal9805
      @itsallperfectlynormal9805 Před 9 měsíci

      @kevinjoseph517 put the Braggs into new, pasteurized apple cider vinegar. Tuck it in a cool, dark cupboard. The mother will grow and the color will darken. You'll end up with beautiful, flavorful, unpasteurized vinegar.
      If you get a quality red wine, or other vinegar with mother in it, you can do the same. Currently aging some cheap red wine vinegar I added the last of a quality vinegar with the mother into. I hope this helps!

  • @patriciandcowgirl6044
    @patriciandcowgirl6044 Před 2 lety

    I’m jealous! Very cool

  • @CharityS-Minnesota
    @CharityS-Minnesota Před 2 lety +1

    We’re lucky here in Northwestern Minnesota to have an Amish/Mennonite store real close to me.

  • @ambrosemclaren145
    @ambrosemclaren145 Před 2 lety +1

    MR, I have a 1955 Settlement Cookbook I would be glad to send you. It has a ton of old fashioned ways and recipes. I got it for next to nothing at a thrift store. I already had one when I got it but it was too good a bargain not to pick up.
    Tells you how to make a fireless cooker, window cooler, how to make your own liquers etc...I made the Cherry Bounce and it was fantastic!
    Maybe you could provide a P. O. Box or a public address that you could receive it from. A store, workplace or similar place.
    Dang! Sandusky is 4 hours from me. It would be worth the trip though.
    Thanks!

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 2 lety

      Thank you very much. I’m sorry I don’t have a P.O. Box and I don’t want to put my address out there. I do appreciate the offer, and I hope you understand. Take care.

    • @ambrosemclaren145
      @ambrosemclaren145 Před 2 lety

      @@ModernRefugee I do understand. No problem. Cheers.

  • @allienoneya4257
    @allienoneya4257 Před 2 lety +1

    My town has a small Mennonite/ Baptist brethren store in the 45807 area NW Ohio, also has a large Amish community here in SE Ohio I run in town once a month and filling up the pantry. I cook from scratch daily so it helps me out a lot.

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 2 lety

      I remember going to the Amish communities in Ohio when I was a kid with my parents. Good memories.

    • @allienoneya4257
      @allienoneya4257 Před 2 lety

      @@ModernRefugee The Amish learned how to merchandise and advertise from the “English” They know their high quality productse are respected and used by the English. It’s a preppers paradise. But cost is another thing. A lot of the high end products like grinders, wood stoves, propane refrigerators and stoves are very expensive but excellently made. I loved the bakery sections. I bought Amish aprons, utensils, grains, flours and bought several oil lamps,wicks,oil. Bought a book on how to dig a root cellar or storm shelter. I was amazed to see the simple toys I played with as a child…jacks,dominos, checkers, simple rolling wood toys like trains. Gives ya that warm fuzzy feeling looking back at the life on the farm as a child being so similar to the Amish in many ways.

  • @usha777
    @usha777 Před rokem +1

    Im sure someone else has said this but its not an expiration date, its a best buy date. This is very important to know. Good vid

  • @lakelili
    @lakelili Před 2 lety

    Pea green... wish we had something like that around here but the only Costco in our province is a 7-hr drive and more than once a year is not happening. The price you pay for living on the fringe... and for the most part we are happy to pay it... just occaisionally small twinges of envy.

  • @sadie21962
    @sadie21962 Před 2 lety +1

    If you buy the gallon bottle of molasses it will keep on the shelf after opened for many years. I've done it. I love my local Amish bulk food stores.

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 2 lety

      I was going to get the gallon, but my wife gave a “hard no” on that. We already have some lol.

    • @sadie21962
      @sadie21962 Před 2 lety

      @@ModernRefugee lol. I understand. I use it to make my brown sugar. Mix white cane sugar with a small amount till you like it. My 91 year old mother in-law said it's the best brown sugar. Great video tour.

  • @theresamoshier1768
    @theresamoshier1768 Před 2 lety +1

    I shop there all the time. Love buying there pasta is bulk

  • @michelledavis5455
    @michelledavis5455 Před 2 lety +1

    Wow wish we had one in Alabama

  • @patmitchell2389
    @patmitchell2389 Před 8 měsíci

    I like your channel so I signed up

  • @barbarasutherland8000

    Nice bulk items like the cheese.💯👍💯🥰💯👏💯💃💯✌️💯☘️💯😋💯

  • @merccadoosis8847
    @merccadoosis8847 Před 6 měsíci

    For several years I have watched many of these Amish/Mennonite thrift store shopping videos and have repeatedly pleaded with those folks to give us a shop or two here in St Paul, MN. Sadly, all my pleadings have been ignored. I guess they hate us.

  • @augustcanyon3438
    @augustcanyon3438 Před 5 měsíci

    Remember: if you are going to prep ask yourself what would you do if none of these items ever became available again, and how much do you have to last you until you can be self-sufficient on your own land.

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 5 měsíci

      We grow what we can right now, and some the things come from our area. We prep season to season.

  • @CamppattonFamilyCompound

    We don't have any around here 😭 Wish that we did.

  • @LifePrepared
    @LifePrepared Před 2 lety

    Hey next time you get to Countryview, hit me up. I'd love to meet up. It is my go to store!

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 2 lety +1

      Will do, but probably not going back for awhile.

    • @LifePrepared
      @LifePrepared Před 2 lety

      @@ModernRefugee How long of a drive is it for you?

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 2 lety

      @@LifePrepared couple hours. I’m a back roads guy. Always traveling the back roads in the mitten.

  • @lornacs8036
    @lornacs8036 Před rokem

    I go to Seneca Falls in NY--they have better and bigger cuts of meat.

  • @docgalt2801
    @docgalt2801 Před 2 lety +1

    Holy Cow MR! That place looks like a Prepper’s wet dream! 😂 Gee Whizz! That place is well worth a road trip even if you are not local. If you have the money, bulk up all at once! Excellent video!

  • @AlwaysSurvive
    @AlwaysSurvive Před 2 lety +1

    We got one kinda close try to hit them up about once a month

  • @elizabethschurg6341
    @elizabethschurg6341 Před rokem

    Quick question. If things are close to expiration, how about the bulk foods? Is it fresh enough to vacuum seal in mylar bags? I live in se lower Michigan.

  • @helenjones604
    @helenjones604 Před 2 lety

    Such an amazing and terrific store omg I'd love to shop on an Amish and Mennonite store is that possible if you're not close to any I know they really don't do the internet so How Would someone Be able to buy from The Stores Could you please Let me know if you could purchase from there

  • @7392318
    @7392318 Před rokem

    Was that a 60’s Plymouth at the end?

  • @glen1arthur
    @glen1arthur Před 2 lety +1

    Do you also have family member with celiacs? My wife and youngest boy are.
    I would be too worried about those "Best Before' or 'Best By" products all that means is that the manufacturer is only guaranteeing the product to that date and they often have a lot of wiggle room usual you can add a year or more to the date before there is any problems.

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 2 lety +1

      Yes there is a family member with celiac. The storage method is more important then the date in my experience.

    • @glen1arthur
      @glen1arthur Před 2 lety

      @@ModernRefugee very true - nothing else matters if you don’t store it correctly.

  • @grind75hoursaweekjusttoget48

    Are those meat fresher and more nutritous than the ones at walmart cause i have a feeling the one at walmart has been processed and doused with some chemicals

  • @marilynhill6358
    @marilynhill6358 Před rokem

    I live in north Ga. Which the Amish would come to the south.

    • @thehungrygoldfish
      @thehungrygoldfish Před rokem

      There's an Amish community in Florida so they're not all in the north.

  • @irmuggle
    @irmuggle Před 2 lety

    Huh Looks like I'm moving to Michigan

  • @andrekentjr
    @andrekentjr Před rokem

    A.P.A.N.C.E.

  • @jenniferk1129
    @jenniferk1129 Před rokem

    Can some one tell me where this store is? I also live in Southeast Michigan

  • @darleneeide7090
    @darleneeide7090 Před 9 měsíci

    Where is this place located

  • @CorsairTrainers
    @CorsairTrainers Před 2 lety +1

    Bacon cheese!!!!!

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 2 lety +1

      Yum

    • @glen1arthur
      @glen1arthur Před 2 lety

      oh my god did you see all the shortages!!!! 😝

    • @glen1arthur
      @glen1arthur Před 2 lety

      @@ModernRefugee but is it Canadian bacon or just american?

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před 2 lety +1

      @@glen1arthur lol, probably just plain American.

    • @glen1arthur
      @glen1arthur Před 2 lety

      @@ModernRefugee I drop you some of the good stuff in the mail for ya. 😋

  • @sandytmobile4467
    @sandytmobile4467 Před rokem +1

    I own a store that's not a expectation date that's a ( Best By Date , so you can wait three year's past the Best By and if it doesn't look right cook it feed to farm animals and it doesn't smell right give to pig's, if it's growing green mulch it. Tossing food in our house will get your butt spanked many times . All good cheese has a wax keep refrigerator endless you dry and waxed in parts but cheese not touched will last tell it turns to water mold cut off carful because age cheese is six times more money then new age.

  • @ultramagapatriot5874
    @ultramagapatriot5874 Před rokem

    What state is this in please?

  • @andrekentjr
    @andrekentjr Před rokem

    P.O.W.

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před rokem

      👍

    • @andrekentjr
      @andrekentjr Před rokem

      @@ModernRefugee why is your name refugee. As an Alumnus of Health Occupations Students of America and in the collegiate and professional divisions with plans to enter Future Business Leaders of America Phi Beta Lambda Collegiate and professional divisions I’m curious. I’m not a refugee and live in North Carolina, Virginia and Texas. Curious as to what type of refugee you are.

    • @ModernRefugee
      @ModernRefugee  Před rokem

      @@andrekentjr I strive to live a older way of life like my ancestors. I try to bring there way of life back to the modern world. They lived a life of constant preparedness. So I am a refugee to the modern world we live in longing to go back to my old time home land. I hope this explains the name to you. Peace.

  • @bendover3838
    @bendover3838 Před 2 lety

    There's an even better priced "Amish" store not veryfar from where you're standing