The Authentic Thanksgiving Dinners At Plimoth Planation Will Teach You About Thanksgiving
Where everything, including the spelling of Plimoth, is authentic to the 17th-century
Plimoth Plantation, a Smithsonian-Affiliate living history museum, takes you back in time.
You can participate in the harvest celebration (it was not called Thanksgiving until the mid-1800s) 17th-century meal. Centuries-old psalms and songs will entertain you, and you will be encouraged to join in singing. The Settlers and the Natives’ first harvest celebration together lasted four days.
You will not have a fork during the feast because they were not that common during this period.
There was likely turkey during this time, but that would not have been the only fowl. There were ducks, geese, passenger pigeons, quail, and there might have been little shorebirds. There was also likely fish, codfish, eels, and maybe some shellfish.
The meal prepared at the Plimoth Plantation Harvest Celebration represents the food during the time. It includes:
Cider
Cheate Bread and Butter
FIRST COURSE
A Sallet
