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What were the only two foods historians are certain were on the menu of the first thanksgiving?
Historians are conflicted about specific food on the first Thanksgiving menu. The two foods most are certain the pilgrims had are corn and venison.
What food was contributed in the first Thanksgiving by the pilgrims?
The Pilgrim's first Thanksgiving meal was different from the one we enjoy today. Instead of roast domestic turkey with all the trimmings, the Pilgrim table likely contained an abundance of plums, melons, grapes, cranberries, leeks, wild onions, squash, beans, cabbage, turnips and spices. There would also have been native birds, game fish, shellfish and other game on the menu.
Which foods did the pilgrims possibly have on the first Thanksgiving?
There are no records mentioning any foods for the 1621 Thanksgiving feast other than venison (deer meet) and fowl. Some believe they probably also had seafood such as lobster and cod, and swan, duck, and turkey meat. The feast would have had more meats than vegetables, which were less bountiful, but the vegetables served would probably have been pumpkins, turnips, peas, onion, and beans. It is likely they also had fruits; possibly plums and grapes. It is doubtful they had sweet desserts, as more than likely, their supplies of sugar brought over with them would have been gone by the time the feast was held. There are some records of the first Thanksgiving celebration that it was a three-day event.
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Was pumpkin pie served at the first thanksgiving?
Although turkey has become the de facto main course for Thanksgiving dinner, there is no evidence that turkey was eaten at the first Thanksgiving meal between the Pilgrims and Indians. They most likely ate venison (deer) and seafood. It is possible that turkey was on the menu, but it would have just been another bird that was shot the same as a duck or a goose. It would have been cooked differently. More than likely the turkey would have been roasted over a fire or boiled. It certainly would not have been deep fried in oil or stuffed and oven roasted as it is today. So how did we get the idea that you have turkey and cranberry and such on Thanksgiving? It was because the Victorians prepared Thanksgiving that way. And they're the ones who made Thanksgiving a national holiday, beginning in 1863, when Abe Lincoln issued his presidential Thanksgiving proclamations...two of them: one to celebrate Thanksgiving in August, a second one in November. Before Lincoln Americans outside New England did not usually celebrate the holiday. (The Pilgrims, incidentally, didn't become part of the holiday until late in the nineteenth century. Until then, Thanksgiving was simply a day of thanks, not a day to remember the Pilgrims.)
