what were the dishes in 1621 plymouth,massachusets
2007-11-12 14:37:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
The original feast in 1621 occurred sometime between September 21 and November 11. Unlike our modern holiday, it was three days long. The event was based on English harvest festivals, which traditionally occurred around the 29th of September. They ate deer, duck, fish, geese, lobster, wild turkey, seals, and swans for meat according to what historians currently believe. They did not have many sweet things for lack of sugar and they had few vegetables - they only could have what was in season. Here is a list of what was probably on their menu according to http://www.history.com/minisites/thanksgiving/viewPage?pageId=873:
Foods That May Have Been on the Menu
Seafood: Cod, Eel, Clams, Lobster
Wild Fowl: Wild Turkey, Goose, Duck, Crane, Swan, Partridge, Eagles
Meat: Venison, Seal
Grain: Wheat Flour, Indian Corn
Vegetables: Pumpkin, Peas, Beans, Onions, Lettuce, Radishes, Carrots
Fruit: Plums, Grapes
Nuts: Walnuts, Chestnuts, Acorns
Herbs and Seasonings: Olive Oil, Liverwort, Leeks, Dried Currants, Parsnips
What Was Not on the Menu
Surprisingly, the following foods, all considered staples of the modern Thanksgiving meal, didn't appear on the pilgrims's first feast table:
Ham: There is no evidence that the colonists had butchered a pig by this time, though they had brought pigs with them from England.
Sweet Potatoes/Potatoes: These were not common.
Corn on the Cob: Corn was kept dried out at this time of year.
Cranberry Sauce: The colonists had cranberries but no sugar at this time.
Pumpkin Pie: It's not a recipe that exists at this point, though the pilgrims had recipes for stewed pumpkin.
Chicken/Eggs: We know that the colonists brought hens with them from England, but it's unknown how many they had left at this point or whether the hens were still laying.
Milk: No cows had been aboard the Mayflower, though it's possible that the colonists used goat milk to make cheese.
2007-11-12 15:23:22 · answer #1 · answered by reydi 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In Howard Johnson. And all Spanish dishes. Greens, boiled turkey and pecan pie.LOL Happy Thanksgiving to all the world. May you be LOVED and WELL.
2007-11-12 21:04:13 · answer #2 · answered by Bob Dylan ♪ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venison was the main meat of the meal.
2007-11-12 15:09:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turkey and pig "grilled" and some kind of fruit salad.
2007-11-12 14:46:23 · answer #4 · answered by Meneses 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the natives. and that's the beginning of cannibalism...
2007-11-12 14:48:56 · answer #5 · answered by lorenzo ruiz 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋