SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
FIRST THANKSGIVING HISTORY FACTS FOODS
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“For many Americans, the Thanksgiving meal includes seasonal dishes such as roast turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie.”
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“While no records exist of the exact bill of fare, the Pilgrim chronicler Edward Winslow noted in his journal that the colony’s governor, William Bradford, sent four men on a ‘fowling’ mission in preparation for the three-day event.”
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“The 1621 Thanksgiving celebration marked the Pilgrims’ first autumn harvest, so it is likely that the colonists feasted on the bounty they had reaped with the help of their Native American neighbors.”
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“Culinary historians believe that much of the Thanksgiving meal consisted of seafood, which is often absent from today’s menus.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -A little research on the history of Thanksgiving illustrates how turkey has taken the place of geese, deer gave way to ham, plum pudding has become cranberry sauce, and mincemeat pie has gradually been replaced with pumpkin pie.
Detailed explanation-2: -First Thanksgiving Meal Those delicious mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce weren’t even invented yet. The dinner was most likely duck, venison, or seafood for the meat, and cabbage, onions, corn and squash for the sides. The only thing that might be the same now is eating pumpkins, however not pumpkin pie.
Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to wildfowl and deer, the colonists and Wampanoag probably ate eels and shellfish, such as lobster, clams and mussels.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fish and Shellfish Culinary historians believe that much of the Thanksgiving meal consisted of seafood, which is often absent from today’s menus.