Turkeys and ducks are very popular at Thanksgiving.
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5 Facts About Thanksgiving: 1. Thanksgiving in the U.S. is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. 2. Though eating turkey is popular today, the pilgrims may or may not have eaten turkey, but we do know that they ate some kind of fowl. 3. Pumpkin pie is probably the most popular dessert on Thanksgiving. 4. Thanksgiving day is a day when families get together for a big Thanksgiving Day dinner. 5. Though some stores, especially convenience stores and some restaurants, remain open on Thanksgiving, most are closed.
Everything they could find. Specifically wild fowl.
Venison and fowl are the only foods that we know for sure were served at the first Thanksgiving. The rest is guess work. But venison and fowl still may be found at Thanksgiving meals nowadays.Additionally, it's possible that the first Thanksgiving meal included berries, fruits, nuts, and vegetables. Such fare is common nowadays too. For example, cranberries and pumpkins find their way onto modern Thanksgiving tables. So might they have been found during that first Thanksgiving celebration.
Turkey was the largest fowl in the area of what would become Massachusetts in 1621
The Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving dinner included potatoes, fowl, and beans. I'm not so sure they had rice.
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The popular root of a Thanksgiving dinner is a yam. Other Thanksgiving foods are turkey, mashed potatoes, ham, and assorted vegetables.
At the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims probably ate foods they grew, hunted, or gathered. These can include wild fowl, venison, Indian corn, flour, beans, pumpkin, currants, cranberries, plums, and walnuts. Wild fowl that were hunted could be wild turkey, goose, duck, and pheasants.