Foods

Women did most of the cooking in colonial Pennsylvania, while the men worked. German settlers cooked noodle dumplings, pretzels, coffee cakes, and pies. These were all German traditons. But what everyone ate most was corn. Corn was what a poor family would live on. They made almost everything out of corn and roasted corn. Cooking was very important in their every day lives. The Dutch presereved crops before winter. They preserved fruit by slicing them into wedged shape pieces and preserved them. The most famous Dutch dish was schnitz (dried fruit). The Dutch in the worst weather could still make good tasting food.