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Look out Grandma...This new soup might just replace your chicken noodle soup! Chicken Noodle is a one of America's favorite comfort foods that warms our hearts and lifts our spirits. Our chicken noodle is a clear broth soup that boosts thick handmade Amish noodles, all natural ingredients, along with freeze dried peas and carrots. This soup will help you get through the cold and flu season and is guaranteed to cure what ails you! No pantry should be without this soup mix on hand. This classic soup cooks up in about 40 minutes and tastes just like homemade. Serve with crackers or a loaf of good homemade bread for a nutritious meal. It is so good; it will make you 'cock a doodle do'! - Click to Order Form
 
This soup will give you enough energy to raise a barn! One of our newest additions to our popular lineup of soups, this mix has a rich medley of vegetables such as carrots, green beans, corn and peas. Simply add a can of diced tomatoes along with some chopped cabbage and you have a meal that the entire family will enjoy. This soup can easily be made into a chicken or beef vegetable, or keep it vegetarian for a healthy meal. This soup was named after Cooke Tavern's authentic barn raising in May of 2004. See the link on our Home page to read more about the once in a lifetime event! - Click to Order Form
Read about how this soup got its name!
 
Tavern guests were greeted by tempting aromas of hot chowders, stews and soups that simmered by the hearth all day. Corn Chowder was a favorite dish among colonial travelers. Imagine them dining on Candlelight Corn Chowder in tavern rooms with pewter spoons and bowls, by candlelight.
An easy to make 30 minute cream-based soup. The freeze-dried corn tastes like it's fresh off the cobb. It is seasoned just the right amount of herbs & spices. Chicken, turkey or seafood can be added to make a hearty chowder, which will serve 10 — 12 persons. Also great vegetarian style. - Click to Order Form
 
Colonial taverns played an integral part of town life. Their patrons were from all walks of life from lawyers to tradesmen. The taverns were often used as a gathering place to transact business, talk politics, play cards, and gossip over a tankard of ale while quenching their appetite on a hearty Chowder such as Colonial Broccoli Cheddar Chowder.
Colonial Broccoli Cheddar Chowder is the newest addition to our list of great soups! Another 30-minute chowder mix containing freeze-dried broccoli, pasta and all natural seasonings. The combination of cheese and broccoli is both delicious and nourishing. Served with a sandwich or a fresh loaf bread makes for a satisfying lunch or supper. Serves 8. - Click to Order Form
 
In Colonial days, meals were prepared in iron kettles over the open hearth of the fireplace. Wonderful soups, stews and chowders were always simmering ready to serve the weary travelers.
Fireside Supper Bean Soup would have been a traditional soup fare served by many Colonial taverns. A hearty bean soup that makes the kitchen smell as heavenly as the soup tastes! With a warm loaf of bread and our Fireside Supper Bean Soup, your meal is complete. Try this for your next office or pot luck supper. Serves 12. (Try our Brunswick Stew variation found on our website). - Click to Order Form
 
Colonial politicians, and the elite gathered at taverns to partake of elegant meals, sprits, gossip and music. Many of the wealthy traveled to support their political concerns and land interests. Few taverns would have been selected to accommodate the elite. If your tavern was chosen, special meals would have been prepared to gain favor. The Cooke Tavern would have been chosen and our Ten Shilling Sherried Mushroom Soup would have been selected as a prominent first course.
Need a gourmet touch to your meal? Our Ten Shilling Sherried Mushroom Soup is sure to bring you rave reviews at your next dinner party! Freeze-dried mushrooms, wild rice and our unique blend of herbs & spices flavor this easy 30-minute soup — but everyone will think you spent all day on this soup. This makes an elegant appetizer course for 12 people or main dish servings for 10. - Click to Order Form
This luscious soup will make a grand first course for any Fall family feast! This unique blend of red and yellow lentils, peas, brown and wild rice, along with our creative spice mix is topped off with a can of 100% Pumpkin Puree. Serve this festive soup in a hollowed out Pumpkin shell to impress your guests with your culinary expertise. - Click to Order Form
  Many taverns had skilled blacksmith's living on site, due to the constant need for stage coach and other repairs. The Tavern Blacksmiths would work long hours reparing coaches for the next days travel. As you can imagine their appetites were quite hardy and the Blacksmith's Black Bean Chili became their favorite hunger quenching meal.
Cold winter nights call for some hot stuff, and our black bean chili will fill the bill! Not too spicy — just a nice medium chili which you can spice up to be "anvil red" if you like! This chili can be prepared vegetarian and served over rice. Leftovers make great burritos & taco salads. Serves 8-10 - Click to Order Form
 
Upon arriving at the colonial taverns, the wagoners generally surrounded the fireplace to dry their clothes and warm themselves. The wagoners had a hard job transporting goods and travelers while sitting atop the stagecoaches. At the taverns, they demanded a hearty full meal — like our Wagoner's White Bean Chili. This chili or stew would have been simmering all day in anticipation of their arrival. After dinner, they would spread their bedrolls on the floor of the tavern room where they spent the night.
Some folks call this "chicken chili"! It has a southwestern flavor with no tomatoes or red meat. A great way to use leftover chicken or turkey! The chili is medium spicy. Garnish this chili with a generous scoop of grated cheese and you will have a wonderful tasty southwestern style treat. You can also cook this mixture down in a crockpot, add some cheddar cheese and serve with tortilla chips as a warm dip. Serves 8. - Click to Order Form
 
Colonial travel required long hours on bumpy unpaved roads called turnpikes or pikes. Stagecoach owners frequently contracted with tavern keepers for food and lodging along their journey. Passengers traveling along Penns Pike were fortunate to find a grand owned by James Cooke Esq which offered fine soups, stews as well as the finest rums and ales around. Penns Pike Potato Leek would have been a popular soup offered by Mr. Cooke to his Colonial guests to make their long journey a bit more pleasant.
Penns Pike Potato Leek is a creamy potato soup flavored with leeks-good either hot or chilled. Add bits of ham & bacon and top with your choice of grated cheese for different versions to suit your family's taste. A fast & easy, ready in 30-minutes. Serves 8 people. Suggestions — don't want to cut up those potatoes? We recommend substituting Oreida frozen potatoes in the recipe. They're easy and delicious. - Click to Order Form
 
Running a tavern was much like managing a home — only the tavern was nearly always crowded with travelers coming or going. Tavern owners and their family members had to work hard at keeping it operating. They raised animals, smoked their meats and grew fresh vegetables on site to supply the demands of the constant guests.
Pioneer Split Pea soup would have made a hearty meal offered to travelers. Tavern keepers would have prepared this hearty soup from their own smoked hamhocks, fresh peas, carrots and potatoes.
Pioneer Split Pea is old-fashioned flavor with modem day ease of preparation. All you need to make this delicious soup is a piece of ham or sausage, potatoes, and water. A smoked turkey leg can be substituted for the ham — and it can also be made meatless. Customers who say they don't like split pea try ours & love it! One pot serves 12 people generously. - Click to Order Form
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