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Foods The Pilgrims Didn't Have
While you can make quite a feast out of these foods, there are a number of dishes at a "traditional" Thanksgiving that the Pilgrims would NOT have had: 1) Pies: Flour was in short supply, as was sugar. They didn't have any milk. And in any event, they probably didn't have an oven. While it is possible to bake using a cast iron kettle set in the fire -- as in a "dutch" oven -- the product would have been more akin to a cobbler. Instead of pumpkin pie, they more likely made a pumpkin soup. And apple pies were not available because there were no apples at the time in North America. 2) Ham: while they had brought pigs with them, there's no mention of one having been slaughtered. 3) Cranberry Sauce: They had cranberries, but with no sugar, the sauce probably was not on the menu. 4) Corn on the cob. At that time of year, corn still on the cob was being dried for winter storage. Its more likely that corn was used as a flour to make fried bread. Some contemporary accounts mention the women making "hoe cakes." 5) Milk products. There weren't any cows on the Mayflower. 6) Chicken and eggs: While some were stored on the Mayflower, it isn't known how many, of any survived to the fall of 1621. Go back To Foods The Pilgrims Had - |