At the Homestead Museum we use replica food in our historic houses, both
to avoid attracting pests and to ensure the exhibits look good
throughout an entire season.  We purchase our replicas from Iwosaki in
California, who creates everything from nuts to tacos to bread to
vegetables to sausages to glasses of milk.  Most of it is quite
convincing but expensive!

Max van Balgooy
Homestead Museum

Richard A. Fields wrote:

> Hello List,
>         You have all been so helpful in the past, I thought some one
> mught
> point me in the right direction here.  One of the structures we have
> at
> our site is a reconstructed 1860s miliutary bakery.  We use this
> facility about six times a year for living history demonstrations, but
>
> the rest of the time, it is open for visitors with little
> interpratation.  We are in the process of creating a display panel to
> explain the bakery's function, and the process of baking bread, but
> what
> we lack is bread.  Any suggestions?  Would baked bread that has been
> preserved for display work, or would we have a problem with animal
> infestation (field mice)?  The bakery doors are open during the day.
> One suggestion was to use artificial loaves of bread, but I was
> wondering about the look, and durability of artificial loaves.  Oh,
> the
> loaves will be displayed on a proof (cooling) rack, and I thought a
> couple of dozen loaves would be about the number on display.  Any
> comments would be greatly appreaciated, and you can reply off list if
> you like.  Thanks in advance.
> --
> Richard A Fields
> Superintendent, Fort Gibson Historic Site
> Fort Gibson, OK 74434
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> (918) 478-4088
>
> Fort Gibson's 175th Anniversary Celebration
> April 16-18, 1999.  Call for details!



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