Harvest Suppers The Dining Room at the Huddleston Farmhouse An important stop for pioneers traveling the National Road, visitors could stop for the night, have a meal and have their wagons repaired. Women could cook their own meals in the hearths which they were accustomed to at home. The Huddleston Farmhouse Inn and Museum is open to visitors, and is located on U.S. 40 just east of Cambridge City. The home has been restored to its original appearance. The interior woodwork has been returned to its original “painted” color, and the exterior bricks, which were made on the property, would also have been painted. Authentic Heritage Dining at the Huddleston Farmhouse Inn Museum Cambridge City, Wayne County Oct. 6-7, 13-14 and Nov. 10-11, 17-18 Your ancestors might have enjoyed just such a meal in the nineteenth century. Now you have the opportunity to enjoy an authentic harvest supper in this 1840s inn where early settlers traveling west on the National Road once stayed. Watch - and participate if you like - as your supper is prepared from fresh ingredients over the deep kitchen fireplace and served family-style in the candlelit dining room. The menu for Harvest Suppers includes: Ox-tail Soup (rich beef broth chock full of fresh vegetables) Lettuce with Mason Family Dressing (crisp salad greens with creamy homemade dressing) Beef Olives with Gravy (beefsteak fried the old-fashioned way, with gravy made from the drippings) Roast Pork (brushed with butter and dusted with sage) Mashed Potatoes (creamy and buttery; seasoned with herbs) Roasted Carrots and Onions (subtly enhanced by roasting with the pork) Mrs. Gray’s Rolls (yeast rolls made from scratch, served with jellies and jams Pears with Vanilla Sauce (real vanilla bean flavors a rich sauce poured over stewed fresh pears) Pickled Cucumbers and Brandied Peaches Coffee, Blackberry Shrub Tea In addition to your sumptuous meal, the evening includes a tour of the restored property. Harvest meals always sell out, so call soon to reserve your place for a delicious sample of historical cuisine. The Huddleston Farmhouse Inn Museum, now a Historic Landmark, was once a guest house where pioneers traveling by wagon could stop to for the night, or long enough to have their wagons repaired. This 78-acre farm was owned and operated John and Susannah Huddleston, who raised eleven children here. They rented out the first floor <back to top>

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