What’s cooking at the Daggett Farmhouse?

I grew up next door to my grandparents on a small family farm. I remember my grandmother spending the latter part of her mornings in the kitchen fixing dinner for my grandfather and herself. The midday meal was their main one — usually a stick-to-your-ribs, meat-and-potatoes menu that filled the gap since breakfast and stayed with my grandfather until evening.

Turns out my grandparents’ meal routine in many ways resembled that of colonial farm families: a small, cold breakfast, followed by a big midday spread with lots of protein, and then a small evening meal. But colonial meals, such as those prepared in the Daggett Farmhouse in Greenfield Village, were much more dependent on the calendar.