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Nov 18, 2011 · For many Americans, the Thanksgiving meal includes seasonal dishes such as roast turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. The holiday dates back to November 1621 ...
Nov 23, 2021 · What They (Likely) Did Have at the First Thanksgiving. Venison. Fowl (geese and duck) Corn. Nuts (walnuts, chestnuts, beechnuts) Shellfish. So venison was a major ingredient, as well as fowl, but that likely included geese and ducks. Turkeys are a possibility, but were not a common food in that time. Pilgrims grew onions and herbs.
- Turkey. There’s a good chance the Pilgrims and Wampanoag did in fact eat turkey as part of that very first Thanksgiving. Wild turkey was a common food source for people who settled Plymouth.
- Mashed Potatoes. Keep dreaming. At the time the Pilgrims celebrated their first Thanksgiving, most Europeans had never even seen a potato, let alone learned to mash them and drown them in gravy.
- Cranberry Sauce. By fall 1621, the Pilgrims were essentially out of sugar. Translation—no cranberry sauce. Even with sugar, the Pilgrims still wouldn’t have used it to sauce cranberries.
- Corn. It’s very, very likely the Pilgrims and Wampanoag ate corn for the first Thanksgiving—but not the frozen kind that you heat up in the microwave (obviously).
Nov 2, 2024 · The geographical landscape of Plymouth (or Plimoth Plantation as the settlers called it in 1621), was a direct link to the foods that were eaten at the first Thanksgiving. Plymouth's coastal location overlooking Cape Cod Bay offered a multitude of shellfish to those who inhabited the area.
Nov 21, 2011 · Senior Editor. November 21, 2011. Traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes but the First Thanksgiving likely included wildfowl, corn, porridge and venison ...
Nov 22, 2023 · The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 -- ah, seems like just yesterday! Nowadays, the Thanksgiving menu features wide array of items, with a handful of staples that you’ll find on most ...
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Sep 8, 2022 · Historical Records About Foods at the First Thanksgiving. In a letter dated December 11, 1621, Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow offers some of the only historical information about what they ate at the first Thanksgiving. After noting that the colonists had harvested a good crop "Indian corn" and an acceptable crop of barley but lost their ...
