There’s nothing like a hot meal after a hard day of work. For the enslaved at Barrington, this typically meant cooking their ration of cured pork and cornmeal over an open fire, supplemented with seasonal vegetables from their garden. Come join us as we demonstrate cooking a traditional meal for the enslaved using period ingredients […]

There’s nothing like a hot meal after a hard day of work. For the enslaved at Barrington, this typically meant cooking their ration of cured pork and cornmeal over an open fire, supplemented with seasonal vegetables from their garden. Come join us as we demonstrate cooking a traditional meal for the enslaved using period ingredients […]

Come help us sow and rake in our Winter Wheat and hope for a bountiful harvest!  Anson Jones noted in his journal on Nov. 16, 1846 – “Sowed Wheat & finished sowing Rye…”  Although corn was the standard grain Anson Jones grew, he usually planted a smaller plot of another grain, such as wheat. Come […]