DeAnneLobster for Thanksgiving!
November 20th 2007 12:42
Where did we get our Thanksgiving food traditions?
A traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner in my family consisted of roasted turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, and lots of yummy desserts including pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Since I've been married, a few new items have been added to the menu, traditions from my husband's family. Chicken & dressing with giblet gravy, sweet potatoes, pinto beans, and rice dishes have been added to the feast. But where did we get these traditions?
What did the Pilgrims eat at their first Thanksgiving Feast?
According to The History of Thanksgiving on The History Channel website, the only foods historians are sure the Pilgrims ate during that feast were wild fowl (not necessarily turkey, but it could have been) and venison. Several other foods they had available to them were lobster, clams, swan, eagles, seal, onions, lettuce, radishes, grapes, acorns, olive oil, and parsnips, just to name a few.
Pumpkin pie wasn't on the menu; historians say the recipe didn't exist at the time and the Pilgrims didn't have enough sugar or any ovens for baking. They probably ate pumpkin in some other form, however, because other vegetables were scarce at that time of year.
Many of the foods listed above don't sound very appetizing to me, but I sure wouldn't mind trading turkey for lobster at my next Thanksgiving meal!
A traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner in my family consisted of roasted turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes & gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, and lots of yummy desserts including pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Since I've been married, a few new items have been added to the menu, traditions from my husband's family. Chicken & dressing with giblet gravy, sweet potatoes, pinto beans, and rice dishes have been added to the feast. But where did we get these traditions?
What did the Pilgrims eat at their first Thanksgiving Feast?
According to The History of Thanksgiving on The History Channel website, the only foods historians are sure the Pilgrims ate during that feast were wild fowl (not necessarily turkey, but it could have been) and venison. Several other foods they had available to them were lobster, clams, swan, eagles, seal, onions, lettuce, radishes, grapes, acorns, olive oil, and parsnips, just to name a few.
Pumpkin pie wasn't on the menu; historians say the recipe didn't exist at the time and the Pilgrims didn't have enough sugar or any ovens for baking. They probably ate pumpkin in some other form, however, because other vegetables were scarce at that time of year.
Lobster - A Thanksgiving Tradition
Many of the foods listed above don't sound very appetizing to me, but I sure wouldn't mind trading turkey for lobster at my next Thanksgiving meal!
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