Sunday, November 15, 2009

What an Odd Painting....


What an Odd Painting!  

I found it at Freakingnews.com
I like it :) I don't think it's old but who knows, I'm not an expert.

The First Thanksgiving. What Was Actually on the Menu at the first harvest feast?

Well, historians aren't completely certain about the full bounty, but it's safe to say the pilgrims weren't gobbling up pumpkin pie or playing with their mashed potatoes ( or undoing their pants and watching football highlights after the first meal;)
Following is a list of the foods that were available to the colonists at the time of the 1621 feast...However, the only two items that historians know for sure were on the menu are venison and wild fowl, which are mentioned in primary sources. The most detailed description of the "First Thanksgiving" comes from Edward Winslow from A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in 1621:

"Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors.
They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week. At which time, among other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed upon our governor, and upon the captain, and others.
And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty."

2 comments:

  1. LOL!!! That totally cracked me up! Look at her face! Its like she is thinking "you really want me to chop its head off?"! Hilarious! I prefer a shotgun!

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