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Open Hearth Cooking Demonstration

Apples and Sage

On Saturday, November 10, 2018 the Monadnock Center for History and Culture hosted a demonstration of open hearth cooking at the Phoenix Mill House in Peterborough, NH.

Volunteers prepare a delicious meal of carrot soup, pork and apple pie, Marlborough Pudding and Quaker plum pudding with sweet sauce.  The food was served with bread baked in a beehive oven and freshly pressed apple cider.

Phoenix Mill House hearth cooking demonstration in Peterborough, NH
Phoenix Mill House hearth cooking demonstration in Peterborough, NH

Basting a chicken with butter

A chicken on a stick is basted with butter
A chicken on a stick is basted with butter
The chicken is supported on a branch attached with a string so it can be rotated aka rotisserie chicken
The chicken is supported on a branch attached with a string so it can be rotated aka rotisserie chicken
A beehive oven is built into the hearth which is used for baking pies and bread
A beehive oven is built into the hearth which is used for baking pies and bread
Removing bread from oven
Removing bread from oven
Freshly baked bread
Freshly baked bread
A five minute hourglass was used to time the baking time. The metal pegs were used to mark the number of cycles
A five minute hourglass was used to time the baking time. The metal pegs were used to mark the number of cycles
Preparing pie crust
Preparing pie crust
Pie filling
Pie filling
The pork and apple pie was delicious
The pork and apple pie was delicious
Cooking with a dutch oven covered with hot coals
Cooking with a dutch oven covered with hot coals
Whisk used to beat eggs
Whisk used to beat eggs
Plum pudding does not have plums, it has dried fruit. Topped with bread.
Plum pudding does not have plums, it has dried fruit. Topped with bread.
Phoenix Mill House in Peterborough, NH
Phoenix Mill House in Peterborough, NH
Some of the ingredients used in the cooking were grown at the Phoenix House garden
Some of the ingredients used in the cooking were grown at the Phoenix House garden
Historical context of the Phoenix Mill
Historical context of the Phoenix Mill

 

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