Samuel Cole in Boston opened the first tavern on March 4, 1634. ![]() It was also the place where meetings of all sorts and events like formal balls were held. During the colonial period the tavern meant much more to the early settlers and travelers of the day. The tavern in Colonial America, or the ordinary as it was referred to in Puritan Massachusetts, was a staple in the social, political, and travel lives of colonial citizens from very early in this country’s existence. A colonial tavern was part bar, part restaurant, part hotel, and part stable. This exclusive location is central to George Washingtons' boyhood home Ferry Farm, and his great-great Grandfathers mansion – Warner Hall. Tavern Keeper By Sharon Fabian 1 From the carved sign hanging out front to the conversation inside, a colonial tavern was an interesting place. Campbell’s oysters are grown in the pristine waters of Morattico Virginia. ![]() Make a batter of cream, eggs, flour & salt, dip them in and fry…beat butter up thick with claret and orange juice…pour on the sauceįrom the waters of the Rappahannock River, Mrs. (Inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s acclaimed 250 varieties of greens at Monticello)Ĭold salmon put in a mortar with butter put it in a pot Shread fennel very small, season it high (The Experienced English House Keeper, Elizabet Raffald, 1769)Ĭut cod in thin slices put in boiling salt water…garnish with parsley shallots good oil, mustard and vinegar (The Practice of Cookery Pastry, Pickling, Preserving, &c, Mrs. When your pease are boil’d…add a little mint, young pease and neatly cut toast (Dictionarium Domesticum, Nathan Bailey, 1736)ĭressed with ver jus and the finest Italian oil
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