What a Great Turnout

We would like to thank everyone who came out yesterday for the Outdoor Cooking Demonstration. Not only was the weather perfect, the attendance more than doubled from last years event. Free samples of some of the foods that were being prepared were given out and everyone enjoyed standing around the fire as they were being told about making an outdoor fire and how things were cooked or baked prior to the invention of the modern range.

Thanks again and we look forward to seeing all of you at the Christmas Open House on Sunday, December 6th, from 1-4pm.

2nd Annual Outdoor Cooking Demonstration

The second annual Outdoor Cooking Demonstration will take place at the Pierre Menard Home on Sunday, November 1st, 2009 from 1-4pm. Once again volunteers from the Friends of the Menard Home will be dressed in historic clothing and cooking outdoors next to the home’s summer kitchen demonstrating 19th Century outdoor cooking techniques. Food cooked in period kettles, Dutch Ovens and skillets will be demonstrated and samples of items produced will be given to visitors. This is only the second year for this event, so if you have questions about how food was prepared in the 19th Century please come out to the Pierre Menard Home for an educational afternoon. Sample foods, enjoy the smell of wood smoke and take a tour of the home and newly reopened museum given by the volunteers and historically dressed staff.

This event is solely sponsored and paid for by the Friends of the Menard Home. All monies collected during special events stay on site and are used to help the home and to put on special events throughout the year.