"Ye Corne Beer and Rosted Deer:" Thanksgiving Food and Drink Traditions of Early Virginia

Schedule

Sat Nov 30 2024 at 10:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

251 Henricus Park Rd, Chester, VA, United States, Virginia 23836 | Chester, VA

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If you enjoy the smell of wood fires, iron-pot cooking over hot coals, and clay oven bread baking, come to our annual autumn event!
This event will demonstrate the old and new traditions of how English people mixed giving thanks for a successful harvest with what bounty Virginia offered the people arriving here. Looking at how the English were influenced by other cultures and places – Asia, Africa, and the Americas – in their foods and feasts.
Staff will especially examine how the interactions with the Powhatan Indians wove a new diet into their experiences in the New World. Pottages, roasts, loaves of bread, desserts, and drinks common to feasting in early Virginia and what forms of thanks were given on those occasions will be demonstrated.
Date: Saturday, November 30
Time: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Cost: $13/adult, $9/children ages 5-12; Henricus Members: free
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251 Henricus Park Rd, Chester, VA, United States, Virginia 23836

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Henricus Historical Park

Host or Publisher Henricus Historical Park

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