AT THE TABLE WITH JAMES A. GARFIELD

Mentor Farm sausage & vegetable supper

Name: Mentor Farm sausage & vegetable supper
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 pork sausages, about 400 g / 14 oz; 200 g fully cooked ham, thickly sliced; 600 g potatoes, cubed; ½ small green cabbage, sliced; 1 onion, sliced; 2 tbsp oil; 25 g butter (2 tbsp); 3 tbsp water; ½ tsp salt; Black pepper

Keep the cabbage soft and buttery to balance the browned sausages.

Dinner50 minServes 4

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THE STORY ON YOUR PLATE

A dinner built from the Garfield grocery receipts

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The twentieth president was a teacher, soldier and congressman before the White House.

Historical reconstruction

Garfield family purchase records list ham, sausage, potatoes and cabbage among the Mentor Farm provisions. This supper combines those recorded ingredients into one manageable modern meal.

The president & the table

National Park Service research into Garfield family receipts reveals the everyday provisions at Mentor Farm: ham, sausage, beef, cheese, eggs, potatoes, cabbage and other vegetables. A shopping record gives a different kind of intimacy from a ceremonial menu.

Behind this story

National Park Service research on Garfield family food purchases and receipts at Mentor Farm.

Mentor Farm sausage & vegetable supper

A dinner built from the Garfield grocery receipts

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