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Upcoming Program - reservations required

Hands on open hearth cooking class May 23, 2010 Hands-on open hearth cooking class on May 23, 2010 Presented by the Skippack historical Society at the Indenhofen Farmstead Summer Kitchen Class will focus on the fundametals of open hearth cooking. We will be using period receipts, primarily 18th century. Class time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact: Abigail Ray at 610-584-1166 or Connie Unangst, ceunangst@comcast.net

Recent Program Specialties
Hearth-roasted Chestnuts		An 18th century Holiday Dinner: Chestnuts, Roast Turkey, and Tarts

The kitchens in the homes of our ancestors was the most central room of the house.
The typical American depended on the fire place for their survival.

All cooking was done over the fire which was kept burning continuously.

Cook stoves did not become common untill the mid 19th century.

We will be learning the diversity of the cooking and eating habits in early America, what types of food colonists would eat, and how they would prepare it.