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»«7!\\ imnwB ii wm^^irmjimmmmm*,. -P«WW\ Happy Thanksgiving MISS FDHA THE L.r. ill •', PIERAPOWT- 1 pi i cri& ftCIJBTT 12-49 COKP y4 Pra* Winning Weekly Serving The Greater Farmingdale Arm Since 1920 ^fj^K An Official Newspaper for the Village of farmingdale Vol.59 No.5 KSSSffSS Hiursday, November 24,1977 Copyright 1977 by The Farmingdale Post price 15c - $5 per year 1 1jaifksgiYiifg 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. Ac- tivities 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 Depart- ment of Recreation and Parks, is located on Round Swamp Road, just south of Long Island Ex- pressway 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.
