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Foodways at S-WH
Food in colonial times was much different compared to what we eat today. Religious beliefs, traditions, geography, growing season, harvest, and cooking methods all played a role in what was available and how much was eaten with each region developing their own unique dietary habits. "Living history" expert Dennis Picard will share anecdotes about New England colonial life while demonstrating how to start a fire and cooking either in the hearth or on an open campfire.
Colonial Thanksgiving
Saturday, November 14
Beginning at 12 noon
A hearth-cooking program with Dennis Picard in the Whitman Tavern exploring the foods, techniques, seasonal rhythms, and domestic labor associated with Thanksgiving and harvest traditions in early New England. Dennis will demonstrate period cooking practices while considering how foodways reflected agriculture, family life, regional resources, trade, and changing ideas about Thanksgiving.
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