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George Washington's Mount Vernon: Make George Washington's favorite breakfast

George Washington's Mount Vernon
Hoecakes and Honey
Hoecakes and Honey
While foods at Mount Vernon ranged from fish to mutton to hazelnuts, one of George Washington's favorite meals was also one of the simplest: hoecakes and honey.

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Hoecakes Cooking Demonstration
Watch Chef Justin Cherry, from Half Crown Bakehouse, demonstrate how to make one of Washington's favorite foods: hoecakes.
HISTORIC RECIPES
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Try Your Hand At These Historic Recipes
Hoecakes


Want a more detailed look at historic recipes and food in the 18th century? Check out Dining with the Washingtons. This book combines vivid photography and engaging essays to shed light on historic recipes, entertaining, and hospitality at Mount Vernon in the 18th century.
Mount Vernon Kitchen
Mount Vernon's Kitchen, 1933

Mount Vernon's Kitchen

The kitchen was used to prepare all meals served to the Washingtons and their many guests. Cooking in Mount Vernon's kitchen was hot, smoky, demanding, and skilled work. Enslaved cooks like Doll, Hercules, Nathan, and Lucy, worked long hours each day to ensure there was always enough food.

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Kitchen Video
Why Is The Kitchen Outside?
Thomas Reinhart, Director of Preservation, explains the good reason that 18th-century kitchens were their own separate buildings.

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Refreshments outside kitchen
A History Of Southern Hospitality at Mount Vernon

In the 19th century, Mount Vernon was miles from the nearest tavern or restaurant. Visitors could enjoy light refreshments at a simple table just outside Washington's kitchen.

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THE SHOPS AT MOUNT VERNON
Gristmill Products
Stone-Ground Products From Washington's Gristmill
Treat yourself to grains that have been stone-ground by water power at George Washington's gristmill. Recipes for cornbread, pancake mix, and hoecakes are included!

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UPCOMING DINING EVENTS
Champagne
Join us for one of these four-course dinners at the Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant.


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United States
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