From 11:00-1:15PM, I was at the Burritt on the Mountain, they were having an event called Fire on the Mountain.
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| Blacksmiths |
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| Blacksmiths |
Demonstrators were engaged in open-hearth cooking throughout the park in different cabins.
I sampled a biscuit with homemade Apple Butter, & Chocolate cake.
Other demonstrators were cooking sweet potato pie, roast, and blackberry pie either in open hearths or old cookstoves.
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| Demonstrators cooking biscuits on an open hearth |
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| Cooking Chocolate Cake |
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| Cooking on Cook Stove |
None of the cabins had utilities, just like our ancestors.
The Blacksmith demonstrators gave the public a chance to see history in the making.
A child was asked what happens when the rods get hot? She replied it softens.
The buildings I visited were the Meals Cabin, built-in 1845, the Gardiner Cabin in 1845, the Candler House, the Smoke House, the Bernstein Spring House, the Joel Eddin’s House, the Smith Williams House 1969, the Burritt Barnyard 1890, the BlackSmith Shop 1860, the Sorghum Mill and Furnace, the Balch House and the Madison Church 1884.
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| Barnyard Animals |
The Burritt Mansion was the last building that I toured.
Two rooms of the mansion were dedicated to Maria Howard Weeden’s, paintings, poems, and art.
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| Weeden Art |
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| Burritt Mansion |
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| Inside the mansion, I saw a Music Box |
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| Burritt's Desoto |
I traveled down Monto Santa Mountain to VBCC in Huntsville, where I was going to the home and Garden Show.
I bought my ticket and was given a bag to fill with goodies.
I talked to several vendors, collected a few items, and walked back to my car.
I had to cross over to Big Spring Park where I saw goldfish swimming.
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| GoldFish in Big Spring Pond |
Called hubby and they said to meet me in Rogersville for the first Saturday Fish Fry.
Our meal consisted of one piece of fried catfish, four jumbo shrimp, fries, coleslaw, onion, two deep-fried hush puppies, and a drink.
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| Catfish Meal |
We bought two boxes of Girl Scout Cookies as we were leaving the Fire Department.
After a full day of driving, walking, and eating I was ready for relaxing.
A long hot shower stretched out on the sofa.
