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The
SpringHouse was opened in December, 1975 when
the Sam and Bev Minor family, complete with five little people twelve and under, started
milking cows, processing HORMONE FREE
milk, and running the country store. Over the years The SpringHouse has grown and changed, as has the Minor family.
With the emphasis on quality and good service for our customers, Sam and Bev first
concentrated on the freshest milk in town, delicious cheeses, homegrown sweet corn and
old-fashioned hickory smoked meats in a old-time
country atmosphere. Adding a
bakery
gave the SpringHouse an opportunity to serve hot sandwiches and soups along with our other goods.
In 1986, an expanded version of The SpringHouse opened to include buffet style
meals where you can get a different homemade meal everyday, homegrown
produce, a bakery, old-fashioned gifts and knick-knacks, country catering,
farm-fresh dairy products, hickory smoked hams and ice cream
concoctions, all in an old-time country setting.
SpringHouse
Farm Fresh HORMONE FREE Milk - You'll find on our milk cooler
shelves our own chocolate milk, buttermilk, and heavy cream, along with
whole, 2% and skim milk, all pasteurized and homogenized, and freshly made
by our 200 cow herd, which we milk two times a day.
Everyday,
the SpringHouse bakers fill the antique stoves with oodles and oodles of
homemade cookies; Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Sugar Icing (great Aunt
Gladys' recipe), Orange Drop Cookies, Ginger Snaps, Tollhouse Cookies,
Peanut Butter Cookies, Pie Scraps (just like your Grandma used to make -
butter, sugar, and cinnamon rolled in flaky pie dough), Peanut Butter
iced brownies, and Cowabunga Cookies. Plus, lots of special breads are
cranked out by those bakers too; Country Bread, Farmers' Bread, 8 Grain,
Caraway Rye, Veggie Focaccias (in the summertime with summer-fresh
veggies), pan rolls, sandwich buns and more!
We
also do from-scratch pies (Yes, we really do make the pie dough by
hand, peel the apples, and cook the fruit fillings...you should see
our muscles!), and delicious family recipe cakes like Chocolate
Raspberry Bash, Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing, Banana Flip
Cake, Blueberry Cheesecake Bars, Apple Crisp and lots more. Six to
ten homemade desserts are featured everyday on our buffet line Come
hungry! Eat a
piece at our place or order a pie for your family.
Ten
Foot Deli
Case - Our very own Salad Lady starts early
in the morning to make homemade fresh vegetable and pasta deli salads
everyday.
Meats and Cheeses
- Fresh lunchmeats, smoked sausage, kolbassi and lean ground chuck
fill our meat case. We also offer a variety of sharp and mild
cheeses for sandwiches and cooking: have it sliced or in a hunk.
Hot
Buffet - We fill our buffet with a different homemade lunch and supper
every Monday through Sunday (yes, we really do peel and mash our potatoes!)
Sunday meals and suppers feature all your favorite family-recipe
main dishes and casseroles and lots of desserts too! Lunch
menus are complete with hot and cold sandwiches, casseroles, vegetables and soup, and
homemade desserts. Feel free to sit in the sunporch and watch
the cows out in the field as you eat. |
Memory
Making Events - Throughout the year, the SpringHouse
features fun family events like Mothers' Day Chicken Bar-B-Q,
Father's Day Steak Fry, Teddy Bear Tea Party, Breakfast with Santa,
Autumn Hog Roast Meals and More! Visit the
Calendar of Events page to learn what's
coming up!
Fresh Produce - Harvest time at
The SpringHouse means the
produce tables overflow with local tomatoes, peppers, green beans, cantaloupes, sugar
babies (baby watermelons), broccoli, cauliflower, and, of course, our own
farm fresh sweet
corn. Isn't summer great!?!
Hickory
Smoked Hams - Yes we do use real hickory wood in our smokehouse out
back! And, yes, it really does take 12-18 hours to smoke a ham the old-fashioned
way. People tell us our hams taste the way they remember them tasting in the
"olden days". These will make the perfect centerpiece
for your party or celebration, or a unique gift to give.
Whole ham
(18-22 lbs.) Butt half (10-12 lbs.) Shank half (8-11 lbs.)
"A Little Bit of
Everything" - The antique jelly cupboards are full
of orchard-made jellies and jams, canned pickles and relishes, and
unique dressings and toppings. All the walls and the wooden
harvest wagon are covered with country baskets, corn husk dolls, funny
stuffed farm animals, and lots more that make great gifts for any
occasion.
Ice
Cream Concoctions - Stop by the ice Cream case for a
real Milkshake, Mud Covered Dirt Ball, Toasted Almond Fudge Ball, Apple
Dumpling with Ice Cream, and Strawberry Ice Cream Shortcake (in the
summertime). Plus, everyday, we're up to our elbows dipping 25 kinds of
ice cream on every kind of cone imaginable. In the Spring and Summer, we
feature chocolate chip cones, pretzel cones and M & M cones. And,
all year long you can have the SpringHouse folks pile it high on a sugar
cone, cake cone or waffle cone.
Gift
Baskets - Holidays call for special baskets
filled with lots of goodies from our country store. We'll heap
them full of scratch pies, cheeses, breads, teas, special fruits,
meats, jellies, candies, coffees, cookies and more.
Call
us at 724-228-3339. We'll help you fill your gift baskets with
just the right goodies for all your gift giving.
Festivals
- You may even find our SpringHouse booth at your favorite
festival. We love to serve all kinds of ice cream concoctions
like Apple Dumplings with Ice Cream, Strawberry Shortcakes, Fresh
Fruit Parfaits, and Boston Coolers to all of you festival goers.
If you'd like our little red booth at your function, just give us a
call at (724) 228-3339; we like to be where the action is!
Come and enjoy some of the many things to see
and take home at The SpringHouse in Eighty Four, PA. |