School project
2007-11-07 02:05:48 · 6 answers · asked by Jessica 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
FISH: cod, bass, herring, shad, bluefish, and lots of eel.
SEAFOOD: clams, lobsters, mussels, and very small quantities of oysters.
BIRDS: wild turkey, goose, duck, crane, swan, partridge, and other miscellaneous waterfowl.
OTHER MEAT: venison (deer), possibly some salt pork or chicken.
GRAIN: small quantity of wheat flour (from England), Indian corn and corn meal, barley (mainly for beer making).
FRUITS: raspberries, strawberries, grapes, plums, cherries, blueberries, gooseberries (these would have been dried, as none would have been in season).
VEGETABLES: small quantity of peas, squashes (including pumpkins), beans.
NUTS: walnuts, chestnuts, acorns, hickory nuts, ground nuts.
DRINKS: beer (the primary drinking beverage for everyone), possibly grape wine, hard liquor similar to whiskey or brandy, and springhead water.
OTHER: maple syrup, honey, small quantities of butter, Holland cheese, and eggs.
2007-11-07 02:13:55 · answer #1 · answered by L H 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The pilgrims ate what the Natives taught them to hunt and gather or what they stole from the Native villages. Corn, beans, berries, rabbit, dear and elk.
Link to the truth...
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_2259.shtml
2007-11-07 02:11:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nasty stuff... lol, but no the pilgrims had to grow most of their own food, so corn and potatoes anything easy to grow in whichever province they were from and for the meat they aite game... like deer, rabbit, and turkey!!!! Good luck... Google my friend!
2007-11-07 02:09:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
they ate turkey and pumpkin pies and stuffing and stuff.
2007-11-07 07:55:59 · answer #4 · answered by Tracy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maize corn, turkey and fruit, lobster
2007-11-07 02:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
turkey, corn, beef. fish
2007-11-07 04:06:01 · answer #6 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋