The Old Colony, Kleine Gemeinde, and Old Order have a diet which mainly consists of homemade bread, cottage cheese, noodles, pork, potatoes, and stewed beans. Milk is used in many of their meals, such as casseroles and faspa foods. Some dishes from the Plautdietsch groups are: nuddelsuppe: noodle soup made with home-made noodles werenaki: (perogies see picture above ) made of pockets of flour with glums (cottage cheese) filling, schmaunfat (white gravy made of flour, milk and black pepper), and formavorscht (pork sausage). The perogies are then boiled and served. I recommend it to anyone who wants to try out Plautdietsch foods although I prefer the fried ones. Cheesy or creamy casseroles: often it will contain meat and cream with potatoes or macaroni borscht: a vegetable soup with bits of meat sometimes added to it Clops: patties from either ground m...
The Kleine Gemeinde They believe the headcovering is mandatory as found in the Bible; however, as time goes by it is being viewed more as a necessary garment required by the church after baptism than as a symbol of Biblical obedience. Some of them wear the covering without a clear understanding of exactly why they must wear it. Thus, while pre-teen girls do not wear any headcoverings, by the age of 15 or 16 they are considered to be of "joining age". Although they are not physically forced to join, the verbal and emotional pressure placed on them by parents and peers is more than enough to convince them to enter baptism classes ( this is the opinion of an ex-KG girl who spoke to me. ) From then on the black triangular, fall-back headcovering is worn, held with clips, until she decides to leave the KG church. Holdeman Mennonites Beli...
Music, the comfort of the soul, the way of sin to some, a sign of true worship to others. Within the Mennonite family in Belize music to some degree is used or listened to, with each branch viewing it based on their understanding of the Bible. The Kleine Gemeinde Used to consider any musical instrument as wrong. But after acapella recorded music was approved, it introduced a need for tape recorders, then slowly over the years other instruments were approved. Church singing is still acapella, and radio and TV are still not accepted. However, instruments such as violins (which is often played by KG youth girls) and guitars are used during youth singing, community concerts, and personal entertainment or family singing. The organ is also used sometimes in such events. The Beachy and Conservative Mennonites Also sing acapella style dur...