Household Chores, Historic Clothing, & Lentil Soup Cooking Demo
Join Susie Worcester in our Historic Kitchen House as she recreates historic foods from the North Carolina backcountry. Susie uses historic receipts to make her food preparation as authentic as possible.
Suggested donation $5/adult, $2/seniors and children
(Historic foods are not for public consumption but for educational demonstrations.)
Topics Related to President James K. Polk
Due to inclement weather this event has been cancelled. Join us in February for our next Historic Cooking Demonstration.
Homeschool students ages 6-12 will learn about traditional fiber crafts during this hourlong program at 10 a.m. Jan. 15. Cost is $5 per student. Register by calling the site at (704) 889-7145.
Professor Dr. Hugh Dussek will discuss the origins of the Twelfth Night holiday 11 a.m.-noon Jan. 4 at the James K. Polk State Historic Site.
Historic interpreter Susie Worcester will demonstrate how to cook a colonial holiday meal. She will be in the kitchen cabin 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, for this free event.
Join us Sept. 28 as we explore receipts from “The Raised Hearth” a translation from two 18th century German cookbooks. Our focus is going to be the wonderful potato!
Learn about the culinary traditions of the Catawba people at this free, one-hour session 11 a.m. Sept. 14.
Historic cooking demonstration 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 10 at the James K. Polk State Historic Site featuring corn and cucumbers. Free.
This captivating program kicks off the Polk site's celebration of the events surrounding the America 250 commemoration in North Carolina.