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Thanksgiving: The First Thanksgiving

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Many Americans love to eat. And Thanksgiving is a great time to stuff your face with moist turkey and buttery mashed potatoes. For dessert, sweet pumpkin or pecan pie. It’s a good thing this holiday is coming up. But do you ever wonder what it would be like to go back in time to over 400 years ago to the first Thanksgiving? Let's explore what they ate back then vs what we eat today.
Let's start with the meat. When you think of Thanksgiving you usually think about eating some kind of meat, unless you are a vegetarian. Not everyone eats turkey, but come on, it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without some kind of meat. Back in 1621, they served birds but not turkey. They tried to find a creature that was abundant to the land. This usually was a type of duck, geese, or swan. And what about the stuffing? They filled these luxurious birds with herbs, onions, and even nuts. They might have even had seafood. A matter of fact, lobster, bass, clams, and oysters might have been served according to History.com staff. These birds don’t gobble, but most Americans would be …show more content…

Buttery corn on the cob? Or maybe crunchy green bean casserole? You at least have to have the cranberry sauce! Well, not quite. Normal veggie options were onions, beans, lettuce, cabbage, carrots, and peas. And they know how to serve fruit because they had blueberries, plums, grapes, gooseberries, raspberries, and yes, the cranberries to make beautiful cranberry sauce to compliment the rest of the feast. But wait, wasn't corn an abundant resource back then? Well yes but, they enjoyed corn a little differently. Instead of smothering it in rich butter and seasoning it, they cut the corn away from the cob and grounded it into cornmeal. Then, they would boil it and pound it into a thick mush and they sweetened it with molasses. That's not the exact way we enjoy corn these days, but it could work as a

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