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Thursday, November 28, 2013

What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving?

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception



The pilgrims probably didn't eat turkey. So why do we?
Today, the traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes any number of dishes: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, candied yams, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. But if one were to create a historically accurate feast, consisting of only those foods that historians are certain were served at the so-called “first Thanksgiving,” there would be slimmer pickings.

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