#InTheLoop | Enjoy Modern Company With 18th Century Cuisine
BY QEDC It's In Queens
Queens is known for its diverse, authentic ethnic food. Thai? Romanian? Greek? Colombian? It’s all here. But now the borough offers “time diversity” with cuisine from the 1700s.
Queens County Farm Museum is about to host seven Tavern Nights in November and December.
Consider it edible history, as the hosts will use an open hearth and 18th century recipes to prepare the spread, which will be enjoyed with period tableware and candles. Of course, dinner will be served in the on-site Adriance Farmhouse, a restored NYC Landmark where a Dutch family lived from about 1772 to 1808.
Without giving it all away, here’s a sneak peak at the menu.
Spicy corn relish, freshly baked bread, churned butter, artichoke, pickled cucumber, olives
Sweet and sour raisin soup
Roast beef, chicken fricasee, king’s arm tavern sweet potatoes, creamed onions with peanuts
Pumpkin pudding with freshly made whypt cream (That’s not a typo.)
Beer, wine, and period-accurate cocktails.
Tickets cost $100 (modern currency only).
The meals are scheduled to run from 8 pm to 11 pm on Nov. 11, Nov. 19, Dec. 2, Dec. 3, Dec. 9, Dec. 10, and Dec. 17.
Editor’s note: These meals are extremely popular. Tickets sell out fast.
With an entrance at 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy. in Glen Oaks, Queens County Farm Museum is NYC’s only working, undisturbed farm. In operation since 1697, the 47-acre venue features livestock, heavy machinery, planting fields, and a vineyard.
Top and bottom two images: Queens County Farm Museum; second image: Rob MacKay