Monmouth County Historical Association invites the public to enjoy Open Hearth Cooking Demonstrations at the Covenhoven House on Nov. 12 between noon and 4 p.m.
Come and observe 18th-century style cooking over the open hearth and experience colonial life as you tour the house. Visitors will be invited to sample treats made from authentic “receipts” provided by our guest hearth cook, Susan Luczu. The menu will reflect a Thanksgiving theme, with a turkey roasting in the reflecting oven, accompanied by mushroom-barley soup, cheddar-rosemary batter bread, sweet potato biscuits and zucchini and sweet corn sauté.
Guests will be able to take guided tours of the house built in 1752 for William and Elizabeth Covenhoven. The Covenhoven House later served as headquarters for British General Sir Henry Clinton before the Battle of Monmouth in June of 1778. The tour of the house will include a discussion of how tea was served in the eighteenth century.
Admission is free. Covenhoven House is located at 150 W. Main Street in Freehold near the Rt. 9 overpass. Parking is available at Grace Lutheran Church at the corner of West Main Street and Business Route 33.
