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Lancaster County is know for it's Pennsylvania Dutch-style cooking. According to folklore, a well-laden feast should include a first course of "seven sweets and seven sours". A few restaurants in Pennsylvania Dutch country serve home-style meals and continue this tradition. An array of sweet or spiced fruits, spreads and preserves, is served along with tangy salads such as coleslaw, pepper cabbage, and pickled foods.

Many things are pickled around here! Red beets are pickled and eggs are then pickled in the red beet juice. Chow chow is a medley of vegetables, pickled and preserved in a sweet and sour dressing. Yellow string beans are pickled. Peaches are sometimes pickled.