TRADITION STARTED BACK IN 1833: AREA MENFOLK GATHER FOR EEL CHOWDER

Footnotes to Long Island History

Tradition Started Back in 1833:

Area Menfolk Gather for Eel Chowder

by

Thomas R. Bayles

Early Diners:

This group of men in a scene from yesteryear enjoyed the same eel chowder dinner as did today's members of the Hunters Garden Association when they met last Thursday at Brewster's Lot, located off a dirt road some two miles west of the Riverhead – Moriches Road. Though clothing styles may have changed a bit, since 1890, when this picture was taken, the menu remains the same and the dinner is cooked in the same pots used 100 years ago.