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When I was curator of education at Monmouth County Historical
Association (NJ), back in the 1990s, we frequently did open hearth
cooking programs at the Covenhoven House in Freehold. Once a week
from we did a cooking program for school groups which was always
fully booked, with interpreters in period clothing, using
reproduction cooking gear [Dutch ovens, spider skillets, grid irons,
et al.]. And we did an annual "Open Hearth, Open House" public
program on the day after Thanksgiving, which usually attracted 500 to
750 visitors in a day. The local fire department regularly inspected
the fireplace for us, and led fire safety workshops for the
interpreters. According to the MCHA website,
[http://www.monmouth.com/~mcha/education.htm ] they're still offering
the open hearth school program.
Pat McDermott
Development Officer
Newark Public Library
>I have a question for those historic sites that are doing living
>history. What are the thoughts on doing open hearth cooking in
>historic structures? Are there any sites that do this? Any legal
>issues involved with this? If any sites are doing this, were there
>insurance issues?
>
>Sharon Maguire
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