Yes; the native Americans brought venison for both parties, the pilgrims and themselves, to eat.
Pilgrims did not eat turkey on Thanksgiving. The turkey was hunted by the wampanoag Indians as a piece offering to the Pilgrims. The population of turkey was plentiful, however, they did eat deer meat, or venison as they called it, on Thanksgiving. Venison was one of the wompanoag's favourite dishes.
The historical record is fairly vague, it does not specify turkey, or any other bird for that matter. It only lists fowl which could be turkey, duck, goose, or almost any other bird. It also specifies that it was boiled fowl. There is nothing that indicates what it was boiled with. It may have been boiled alone but a very popular European custom of the time was to boil everything in one big pot.
yes, during the first thanksgiving, the pilgrims settled in Massachusetts colony (which is now Massachusetts state). They were enriched with a surplus of food from: deer, lobster, salmon, corn etc. but the one thing they did not have was a turkey. yes- there was no turkey during the first thanksgiving.
Yes, it is believed that venison was served at the first Thanksgiving and the Indians brought it to the feast.
No one really knows, but it is doubtful.
no
Their hands.
they didn't eat clams at the first thanksgiving
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yes they did
No, the pilgrims didn't have tomato sauce or even an oven
it is an original tradition that started with the pilgrims
they had corn and squash for sure
yes they did
they ate buffalo meat
We have more variety of foods to choose from than the pilgrims had. Also, our traditions have gradually changed over the years.
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