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Have you ever wondered what foods were popular in 19th century America? Did they have “comfort foods” like macaroni and cheese? Find out June 10 at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site.

The site will demonstrate frontier cooking from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free event will showcase fare from plain to fancy through baking, boiling, frying, roasting and toasting.

Learn about the seasonality of 19th-century ingredients and the equipment and methods for both cooking and preserving food. Period “receipts” (recipes) will be available for many of the foods, adapted for use in your own kitchen.

Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, a Gateway Site for the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area, was the 1840s home of Abraham Lincoln’s father and stepmother, Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln.  It is located eight miles south of Charleston and 14 miles southwest of Mattoon, Illinois.

For more, visit www.lincolnlogcabin.org or look for the cabin on Facebook.

The site is operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. IHPA protects the state’s historic resources, which contribute to education, culture and the economy. IHPA sites include ancient burial mounds, forts and buildings erected by settlers, and homes connected to famous Illinoisans.

Learn more about IHPA at www.IllinoisHistory.gov, on Twitter and on Facebook.