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The Ephrata Cloister or Ephrata Community was a religious community, established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel at Ephrata, in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The grounds of the community are now owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and are administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission .
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In 1745, Jacob Gottschalk arranged with the Ephrata Cloister to have them translate the Martyrs Mirror from Dutch into German and to print it. The work took 15 men three years to finish and in 1749, at 1,512 pages, it was the largest book printed in America before the Revolutionary War. [2] An original volume is on display at the Ephrata Cloister.
The entire Ephrata community reportedly abstained from meat eating, which Beissel considered spiritually undesirable. [4] Beissel invented a vegan diet for the Ephrata community that excluded all meat, dairy, eggs and honey. [4] His diet consisted of buckwheat, cabbage, fruit, green vegetables, potatoes and wheat. [4]
A pie with a filling of corned beef, onion and other vegetables such as corn, peas or carrot. The pie can be made with a mashed potato topping, as in cottage pie, or with a traditional pastry crust. Coulibiac: Russia: Savory A baked pie with a filling made with salmon or sturgeon, [7] rice, hard-boiled eggs, mushrooms, and dill. Cumberland pie
Marie Elizabeth Kachel Bucher (November 21, 1909 – July 27, 2008) was an American school-teacher and the last surviving resident member of the German Seventh-Day Baptists religious congregation of the Ephrata Cloister, a United States National Historic Landmark located in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.
The town of Ephrata, Pennsylvania [7] The Ephrata Cloister, Pennsylvania, United States. The town of Ephratah, New York; The town of Ephrata, Washington, United States. The locality and creek of Eprapah, Victoria Point, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Nearby Coochiemudlo Island also has an Eprapah Street.
The first season of The Great American Baking Show, released under the title The Great Holiday Baking Show, premiered on ABC on November 30, 2015 as part of ABC's holiday programming schedule. [1] Six amateur bakers competed in twelve challenges throughout the competition for the title of America's best holiday baker.