Guests will be taught the basics of early nineteenth-century open hearth cooking techniques by preparing their own period meal under the guidance of our domestic life historians in period dress.
Menu selections reflect the seasonal ingredients available to local families like the Royers during the early nineteenth century and can be tailored to participants’ dietary needs.
You will learn about historic hearth equipment, how it works, and use it safely to create a delicious and hearty repast.
Nothing tastes better than a hearth-cooked meal made by your own two hands!
Throwing Pots, Past and Present – Instructors: Kitty Monn, Scott Parker
Retired Teacher and Potter Kitty Monn will teach you about basic pottery making techniques, tools and materials that she uses in her work while Scott Parker will discuss how those techniques, tools and materials were applied to ceramics in the eighteenth and nineteenth century by industrial potters. Sign up required. Number of Participants – Minimum: 6 Maximum: 15
