Harvest on the Homestead: Pumpkins and Spice

Celebrate fall with us at this month’s Living History Saturdays! Learn about the Carolina Piedmont’s agricultural heritage through activities people historically did during the harvest season to prepare for winter. Each week will have a different harvest-time theme. This week’s theme is pumpkin & spice.

On-going Activities
• 18th century foodways: “Potato Pumpkin” and “To Make Shrowsbury Cakes”
• 19th century foodways: “Pumpkin Pudding” and “Muskmelon Sweet-Meats”
• Food preservation