Lady Abigail sets about to make a pumpkin pie.
I made pumpkin pies from pumpkins grown in the Corgyncombe Vegetable Garden.
The photographs below show the steps in preparing the pumpkins for pumpkin pie.
Extreme care must be taken whilst cutting the pumpkins.
The photographs below show the steps in preparing the pumpkins for pumpkin pie.
Extreme care must be taken whilst cutting the pumpkins.
The Corgyncombe Butt'ry
What a splendid turkey!
After the pumpkins are cut in two, the seeds are scraped out and the pumpkin is then put on a baking pan and put into the oven. The seeds were dried and saved.
Lady Abigail was named after Abigail (Gibbs) Swift who was my 7th great grandmother. Abigail's family was also related to Tasha Tudor. Abigail (Gibbs) Swift was the great granddaughter of Richard Warren who came on the Mayflower in 1620. I am related to Tasha Tudor several times over through old New England families.
The name Abigail was passed down from Abigail (Gibbs) Swift to each generation of my family, continuing on to my great great grandfather's sister Mary Abigail (Taylor) Bassett. My great great grandfather served in the Civil War. Mary and her brother's grandfather and two great grandfathers all served in the Revolutionary war. Mary Abigail's obituary said she was "always ready to stand for the right as she saw the right with all the fortitude of her puritan ancestry."
After cooling, the outer skin is peeled off and the pumpkin is mashed.
The pumpkin is then put into cheesecloth and tied up.
The cheesecloth bag is put into a colander in a bowl and pressed with a weight overnight in the ice box or the cool butt'ry to remove the excess liquid. In the morning the cheesecloth bag with the pumpkin in it is squeezed to get the rest of the liquid out.
The pumpkin is put into a bowl and the rest of the ingredients are added.
Lady Abigail is grinding cinnamon and ginger.
The Mayflower was the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620.
I descend from Mayflower passengers Myles Standish, George Soule, Stephen Hopkins and his daughter Constance, another line to Stephen Hopkins with his wife Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins, Edward Fuller and his wife, Peter Brown, John Howland, John Tilley, his wife Joan (Hurst) Tilley and their daughter Elizabeth, Richard Warren, Isaac Allerton, his wife Mary (Norris) Allerton and their daughter Mary, and Francis Cooke and am researching another line to Francis Cooke.
The kitchen fireplace at the Van Alen house, circa 1737, in Kinderhook, "York State".
Amongst some of our early ancestral Dutch families is the Van Alen family.
Cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and a little bit of nutmeg make the Corgyncombe Cottage kitchen smell delightfully like Thanksgiving.
Lady Abigail rolls the pie crust.
Lady Abigail fills the pie crust with the pumpkin mixture.
The pumpkin pie before baking.
The baked pumpkin pie!
After barn chores pumpkin pie is served with cheese... always with cheese!
Chickadee and Sparrow
Lady Ann and Lady Abigail enjoy their pumpkin pie with cheese.
I bring out some of my Tasha Tudor Christmas card collection to enjoy at tea with pumpkin pie, cheese, and tea. Birds have always been a favorite subject for Tasha Tudor at Christmas and throughout the year.
On the art stand, lit by soft kerosene lamplight, is the Tasha Tudor book "First Poems of Childhood".
The book is open to the poem "Thanksgiving Day" or "Over the River and Through the Wood" by Lydia Maria Child. Tasha Tudor illustrated Thanksgiving food and a family going over the covered bridge with horse and sleigh to a lovely old house and barn where they will enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. The old house and barn that Tasha Tudor illustrated reminds us of Corgyncombe Cottage and barn (pictured above).
The book is open to the poem "Thanksgiving Day" or "Over the River and Through the Wood" by Lydia Maria Child. Tasha Tudor illustrated Thanksgiving food and a family going over the covered bridge with horse and sleigh to a lovely old house and barn where they will enjoy Thanksgiving dinner. The old house and barn that Tasha Tudor illustrated reminds us of Corgyncombe Cottage and barn (pictured above).
Some of the photographs and some of the writings on this post are from previous Corgyncombe Courant posts that can be found here on the Corgyncombe Courant and from our web site and our previous postings elsewhere on the internet.
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