I just learned that the Hutterites brought a bean with them to the New World when they left Europe, and that this bean is widely eaten today. You may have heard of it – it’s called “the Hutterite bean”. I think that beans and legumes are delicious, and I would like to try this Hutterite bean. Here is a recipe for Hutterite bean soup that looks promising. I bet they would be good in bean salad. They might also be good with pasta. (Pasta with beans is delicious. If you haven’t tried it, you are really missing out.) Alright, enough about beans and bean dishes; it’s almost lunch, and I am making myself hungry.
To be honest, I didn’t realize that there were Hutterite communities any longer. It was interesting to learn that the Hutterites are thriving in several areas around the world. Apparently, they have preserved many Anabaptist sermons from the sixteenth-century, copying them by hand over the last five hundred years, and they still read these sermons at Sunday worship. I find that impressive. They also speak a dialect of German that can be traced back to the original Hutterites. I find that impressive too. I wonder if it’s possible to support them by buying their agricultural products. I don’t suppose that there are many websites run by Hutterites. At any rate, I think it’s great that they are still going strong, and I would like to learn more about them.
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