Raisin pie was not on the weekly menu. “We had to buy the raisins. It just wasn’t as common as cherry because we grew our own cherries.” In contrast to some groups of Germanic heritage, the Lancaster Amish of this century do not—and have no memory of—serving raisin pie at their funerals. “We often have stewed prunes, but raisin pies are not a funeral tradition,” said a minister’s wife, whose explanation was corroborated by several others of varying ages. The most traditional pie is one in which the raisins are stewed in water and that juice is thickened, rather than a cream pie to which milk is added.