Let's Go Dutch
by Tami Quigley
Title
Let's Go Dutch
Artist
Tami Quigley
Medium
Photograph - Photography~ Digitally Enhanced
Description
“Kumme esse”
~ Pennsylvania Dutch phrase for “Come eat ”
The Hamburg Diner advertises its Pennsylvania Dutch fare on its sign on a late June afternoon in historic Hamburg, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, the diner closed after 50 years in business in May 2018, a month before I shot this image. Hopefully it will reopen!
The Pennsylvania Dutch are a cultural group formed by early German-speaking immigrants to Pennsylvania and their descendants. The work “Dutch” does not refer to Dutch people or language, but to the German settlers known as Deutsch in standard German and Deitsch in the principal dialect they spoke, Palatine German.
Most emigrated to the Americas from Germany or Switzerland in the 17th and 18th centuries. Over time, the various dialects spoken by these immigrants fused into a unique dialect of German known as Pennsylvania German or Pennsylvania “Dutch.” At one time, more than one third of Pennsylvania’s population spoke this language.
Pennsylvania Dutch specialties include Schnitz un knepp ( a dish of ham or pork shoulder with dried apple and dumplings), apple butter, baked apple, chicken and waffles, Chow-chow, cole slaw, corn fritters, Lebanon bologna, pork and sauerkraut, potato filling, pot pie, fastnachts, funnel cake, funny cake, angel food cake, whoopee pies, shoofly pie, sugar cookies, root beer and birch beer.
As I am half Irish and half Pennsylvania German, I grew up with much of these tasty offerings because my late grandmother was a wonderful baker and cook, and fastnachts, shoofly pie and angel food cake were my favorites of hers.
Hamburg, Pennsylvania, officially founded in 1787, was named after Hamburg, Germany.
The origin of the phrase to “Go Dutch” is traced back to the 17th century when England and the Netherlands fought constantly over trade route and political boundaries. To “Go Dutch” implies an informal agreement that each person will pay his or her own expenses during a date.
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Comments (26)
Michael Mazaika
Wow, Tami. A visual homecoming. I grew up literally three doors down and had several family members work there. Great memories (and the fries (a full or with if you no the local lingo) were great. - Mike (V/F)
Tami Quigley
Thanks so very much to the buyer in Piedmont, Oklahoma of a 30" x 22" inch print, I hope you enjoy it for many years!
Tami Quigley
Many thanks Nina Prommer for the feature in ART - It Is Good For You, much appreciated!
Shoal Hollingsworth
Fantastic image but the description really told the tale, and a lot more, of this image. I hope some day someone re-opens this business so you can return and night and photograph this sign all lit up. Hopefully the food is nearly as good as your grandmothers as well. Now I am hungry, LOL.
Tami Quigley replied:
Thank you so very much Shoal for your kind and thoughtful comment, much appreciated! I hope it reopens too and it would be great to be able to photograph it at night :)
Tami Quigley
Thanks so very much John Bailey for the feature in Images That Excite You, greatly appreciated!
Felix Lai
Fabulous capture of the restaurant sign, love the colors and presentation, very well done! l/f
Robert Bales
Very nice capture and presentation Tami!! I bet the food was great!! v/f/t
Tami Quigley replied:
Thanks so very much Robert! Unfortunately the diner closed about a month before I took this. Hoping it reopens, I hear the food was very good!