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An Official Newspaper for the Village of farmingdale
Vol. 59 No. 5 K S S S f f S S Hiursday, November 24,1977 Copyright 1977 by
The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $ 5 per year
11jaifksgiYiifg 1850- f r> e Way We Were
Preparations for a traditional
Thanksgiving celebration, 1850
style, will be the highlight of
" Fall Foodstuffs" this weekend,
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 26 &
27, at the Old Bethpage
Restoration Village.
Stoves have been stoked with
wood and coal and the fires for
cooking outdoors and on the
hearths are set to be lit. The
Church is ready to receive
visitors for holiday services and
even the organ in the Layton
parlor has been dusted off. Activities
are scheduled for nearly
every restored building as the
museum re- creates this most
American of feast days.
At the 1760 Schenck house
sauerkraut will be made and
pumpkins, squash, parsnips,
turnips and beets have been
stored in the huge cellar so that
food preservation methods can be
seen.
The clam chowder kettle will
bubble in the Conklin kitchen
while utilitarian type decoys are
being' carved in the rear
workroom. A Seaford skiff is
on view in the, yard and decoys
will bob in the nearby pond. The
history of hunting on Long Island
will be evidenced by the loading
and firing of a flintlock fowling
piece.
The housewife was busy about
the 1865 Layton kitchen getting
ready cranberry and applesauce
and mixing the plum pudding
while a chine ( pork loin) roast
sizzles in the cast iron stove.
Early Victorian music will be
played on the parlor organ
throughout the afternoons.
Further down the roud, at the
Hitch house, a turkey or goose
will roast in the tin reflector oven
on the hearth. The tantalizing
aroma of just- baked rolls, bread,
beans and apple and pumpkin
pies will issue from the Powell
house brick oven at various times
during both days. Outdoors at the
farm, visitors may help with
peeling the apples for apple
butter made from cider and fresh
fruit. Most of the food will be
supplied by the Friends of The;
Nassau County Museum.
A Thanksgiving service will
take place at the restored
Manetto Hill Methodist Church at
3 p. m. each day. Sunday visitors
will also hear songs by the Old
Bethpage Singers at 2 and again
at 3: 30 p. m.
The American Thanksgiving
dates back to 1619 and has always
meant gathering the whole
family around a table laden with
a variety of the best eatables
available. A nineteenth century
menu might include several
types of roasted fowl, a boiled
ham, mashed potatoes, sweet
potatoes, cole slaw, creamed
onions, turnips, beets, granishes
of pickles and preserves, plum
pudding and several kinds of pie.
Old Bethpage, a facility
operated by the Museum Division
of the Nassau County Department
of Recreation and Parks, is
located on Round Swamp Road,
just south of Long Island Expressway
Exit # 48. Hours are
from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Admission is $ 2.25 for adults
and $ 130 for children through age
17, with youngsters under five
welcome free of charge. The fees
for Nassau residents are $ 1.75
and $ 1.25 respectively. Parking is
free.
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