Sturbridge Village Thanksgiving recipes
Marlborough Pudding Cranberry Sauce Dried Apple and Cranberry Pie Gourd Soup Lemon Pudding Mince Pies Potted Cheese Pounded Cheese Raspberry Charlotte Roasted Cheese
Museums
The Pioneer kitchen at the museum in Watertown New York is the scene for hands-on pioneer kitchen work for children during the Pioneer Times program. On the other side of the room you can see over 50 years in the future to a Victorian kitchen — a good way to compare historic kitchens side-by-side! Like
Visit the 1950s kitchen at Lansing Michigan’s Historical Museum (PDF). A youtuber posted a casual view of the exhibit:
Genesee Country Village & Museum is conveniently located South of Rt 90 in Le Roy / Mumford, New York. Video by Rena Goff of Merrymeeting Archives LLC. They offer historic cooking and cheese-making classes.
You can help in the kitchen…
and make cheese…
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The Farmer’s Museum, also in upstate New York, holds workshops including A Morning at Lippitt Farmstead where you will collect eggs and other morning farm chores before helping to cook and then eat a farm breakfast of traditional foods such as sausage, eggs, Indian Cake, toast, and boiled coffee.
More Classes
Jourdan Bachman Pioneer Farm in Austin, Texas has a fun class catalog. And more often would be good! Like
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The complete history of the Green Giant Co. is displayed at the Le Sueur Museum in Le Sueur, Minnesota. The company was founded in 1903 as the Minnesota Valley Canning Company. How 1953 Jolly!
Raye’s Mustard Mill Museum is a working stone-ground mustard mill and mustard shop in Eastport, Maine that moved to that location in 1903. The family began making mustard to compliment the local sardine industry.
Speaking of sardines, there is a Sardine Museum in Lubec, Maine — travel from the mustard museum either 38 miles by car, or only 4 miles by boat.
Wow! The American Museum of Baking in Manhattan has samples of Egyptian bread, cake more than 3,800 years old, priceless 200 year old baking books, and much more! The museum is part of The American Institute of Baking on Baker’s Way…near a major road named “Pillsbury!” Like
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Ancient grist mills automated
In the 1780s Oliver Evans of Delaware invented a grist mill design that was more efficient. Before this, grist mills hadn’t changed their design since the Middle Ages. He was the 3rd person to be granted a patent by the newly opened American Patent Office. Out of necessity in the 1790s many grist mill owners switched to Evan’s grist mill design to stay competitive in the marketplace.
His design included a hopper to process and dry grain, automated conveyances, and other updates.
1830s Grist mills locations unlimited to water supply
By the 1830s mills were powered by steam engines, and no longer had to be located on a river to generate power.
In 1850 there were over 100,000 gristmills. Because people had to visit the mill weekly to get their flours, the local mill became a social event. Now there are fewer than 1,000 mills in the United States, but some are open to the public. Like
If you’d like to visit one, here is a partial list:
- 1636: Jenney Grist Mill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- mid-1600s: Water Mill, Water Mill, New York
- 1682 (rebuilt 1955): Wye Grist Mill, Wye Mills, Maryland
- 1689: East Rockaway Grist Mill Museum East Rockaway, New York
- c. 1735 (rebuilt 1885): Slade’s Mill, Revere, Massachusetts
- c. 1750: Obadiah Latourette Grist and Saw Mill, Washington Township, New Jersey
- c. 1751: Stony Brook Grist Mill, Stony Brook, New York
- 1756: Yates Mill, Raleigh, North Carolina
- 1785: Burwell-Morgan Mill, Millwood, Virginia
- 1700s: Saddle Rock Grist Mill, Saddle Rock, New York
- 1802: Clifton Mill, Clifton, Ohio
- 1816: Caverns Creek Grist Mill, Howes Cave, New York
- 1820s-1890s: Hanford Mill, East Meredith, New York
- 1825: Bollinger Mill State Historic Site, Burfordville, Missouri
- 1826: Algonquin Mill, Carrollton, Ohio
- 1826: Cooper Gristmill, Chester, New Jersey
- 1832 (rebuilt 1974): War Eagle Mill, War Eagle, Arkansas
- 1839: Busti Mill, Busti, New York
- 1845: Rikard’s Grist Mill, Beatrice, Alabama
- 1846: Florence Mill, Omaha, Nebraska
- 1847: Wolcott Mill, Ray Township, Michigan
- 1856: The Old Mill, Ortonville, Michigan
- 1864: The Aztec Mill Museum, Cimarron, New Mexico
- 1870: Verdigre Heritage Museum Complex, Grist Mill, Verdigre, Nebraska
- 1872: Butte Creek Mill, Eagle Point, Oregon
- 1873: Parker Mill Grist Mill, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 1876: Cedar Creek Grist Mill, Woodland, Washington
- 1880s: Neligh Mill, Neligh, Nebraska
- 1888: Champion Mill State Historical Park, Champion, Nebraska
- 1888-1889: Phelps Mill, Underwood, Minnesota
- 1896: Grimes Mill, Salisbury, North Carolina
- late 1800s: Cleveland Roller Mill Museum, Mora, New Mexico
- 1903: Raye’s Mustard Mill Museum, Eastport, Maine
- 1908: Dillard Mill State Historic Site (water-powered gristmill), Davisville, Missouri (See Old Mills of Missouri)
- 1909: Grenola Elevator Museum, Grenola, Kansas
- 1913: Murray’s Mill, Newton, North Carolina
- 1929: Stump Lake Park Pioneer Village, Flour Mill
- T.J. Walker Flour Mill, Kathryn, North Dakota
More Mills:
See the wikipedia site for List of Water Mills, tidemills, and Gristmill
See Threshing and Milling post
Reference:
* Gristmills, Grinding grain, preserving history by Marti Attoun. American Profile. Harold Rapp, president of the Society for the Preservation of Old Mills.
* Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, by Andrew F. Smith, 2009
* The Young Mill-Wright and Miller’s Guide, by Oliver Evans, 1795
Visit these historic grocery stores if you’re in the neighborhood:
- Watson’s Grocery Store Museum, State Center, Iowa
- Adam Ponthieu Grocery Store, Moreauville, Louisiana
- The DeBoer Grocery Museum, Ashton, Iowa
- Old West Museum, Culbertson, Montana
General Store Museums
- Country Store & Drug Store Museum, Mt. Airy, Maryland
- Harkin’s General Store, West Newton, Minnesota
- Minnesota Pioneer Park, Annandale, Minnesota
- W.H.C.P.A. Pioneer Museum, Long Lake, Minnesota
- Causeyville General Store and Mill, Meridian, Mississippi
- Liberty County Museum , Chester, Montana
- Folsom Museum , Folsom, New Mexico
- Caroga Museum Caroga, New York
- Phelps General Store Palmyra, New York
- 1910: Old West Museum, Culbertson, Montana
- 1886: Custer County Historical Society Museum, Broken Bow, Nebraska
- 1785: Ralston General Store, Ralston, New Jersey
- Carl J. McEwen Historic Village, Ira V. Ferguson Country Store, Mint Hill, North Carolina
Clabber Girl Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana
Every Saturday
9:00 am–4:30 pm
at the Living History Farm at Morningside Nature Center
The Living History Farm comes to life with staff interpreting day-to-day life on a rural Florida farm. Sample biscuits, fresh butter and a slice of life from 1870! FREE.
Check their website to confirm information before travel.
