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@WrCombs The first Thanksgiving was a harvest celebration, not a winter stockpile celebration. To eat anything that they had in their winter stocks, rather than only what was excess from the recent harvest, would have been weird and dangerous. If they had turkey saved for the long, grueling winter, it seems reckless for Bradford to have suggested that they eat that at this big party (which was mostly Indians), rather than going to town on the harvest food that they were supposedly celebrating of which they had plenty, and fresh.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
It is a customary dinner which serves as a reminder of the four wild turkeys that were served at the first Thanksgiving feast.
Yeah, but is there any record of turkey being eaten at the 1621 meal? I don't think that Bradford mentions it.
William Bradford, in Of Plymouth Plantation wrote:
They began now to gather in the small harvest they had, and to fit up their houses and dwellings against winter, being all well recovered in health and strength and had all things in good plenty. For as some were thus employed in affairs abroad, others were exercised in fishing, about cod and bass and other fish, of which they took good store, of which every family had their portion. All the summer there was no want; and now began to come in store of fowl, as winter approached, of which this place did abound when they can be used (but afterward decreased by degrees). And besides waterfowl there was great store of wild turkeys, of which they took many, besides venison, etc. Besides, they had about a peck a meal a week to a person, or now since harvest, Indian corn to the proportion. Which made many afterwards write so largely of their plenty here to their friends in England, which were not feigned but true reports
Right. How did Bradford recording "at one point, we stockpiled turkeys" translate into "we had four turkeys for 143 people at a specific party in 1621"? The one is unrelated to the other.
I have yoghurt in the fridge right now, it doesn't imply that we served it to someone yesterday.
This is America!
We dont have Rhyme or Reason for what we do.and I saw it on a google search for "History OF thanksgiving" from this https://kiddyhouse.com/Thanksgiving/symbols.html
which is less than adequate.But the thought probably was " they had wild turkeys, so that means, they had wild turkeys"
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Ordering an Urn
Just to be prepared, I hope.
Nope, my grandmother passed from a stroke on the 12th of November.
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
But the thought probably was " they had wild turkeys, so that means, they had wild turkeys"
The thought was probably "Butterball and the turkey lobby gave us money to say this..."
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Ordering an Urn
Just to be prepared, I hope.
Nope, my grandmother passed from a stroke on the 12th of November.
Oh that sucks, I'm sorry
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
But the thought probably was " they had wild turkeys, so that means, they had wild turkeys"
The thought was probably "Butterball and the turkey lobby gave us money to say this..."
https://i.imgur.com/07tNwOb.png
This is what I saw, and I haven't had enough coffee to think properly this morning.but this is 'merica!
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Ordering an Urn
Just to be prepared, I hope.
Nope, my grandmother passed from a stroke on the 12th of November.
My condolences,
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
But the thought probably was " they had wild turkeys, so that means, they had wild turkeys"
The thought was probably "Butterball and the turkey lobby gave us money to say this..."
https://i.imgur.com/07tNwOb.png
This is what I saw, and I haven't had enough coffee to think properly this morning.but this is 'merica!
That's definitely a source that just made it up.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
But the thought probably was " they had wild turkeys, so that means, they had wild turkeys"
The thought was probably "Butterball and the turkey lobby gave us money to say this..."
https://i.imgur.com/07tNwOb.png
This is what I saw, and I haven't had enough coffee to think properly this morning.but this is 'merica!
That's definitely a source that just made it up.
This is 'Merica!
I haven't had enough coffee to think correctly so above is my only argument to that.
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@WrCombs the only meat we know from official sources is from Winslow and he did record that an attempt was made to get fowl (not necessarily turkey, but turkey would qualify) but that they got any wasn't recorded (nor was it recorded that they didn't... he only records that people were sent out hunting.) The only food verified for certain, and way more important given the massive difference in quantity, was that five entire deer were provided.
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There were about 145 people at the 1621 Thanksgiving. The meal was three days. Four deer, on average, is 220 lbs of meat. 1.5 lbs of venison, per person (including small children, elderly, etc.) for the tiny people of the time, is a massive amount of food. That's half a pound of meat per person, per day, assuming that the feast was three entire days, not just spanning three days. You'd have quite a party based on the venison alone, no need for supplemental meats or other protein sources. I'm sure that they had them, but there is little question that the meal was all deer, and breads and so forth. Given that they were celebrating the grain harvest, not the hunting season, we'd logically expect crazy amounts of bread and other carbs.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs the only meat we know from official sources is from Winslow and he did record that an attempt was made to get fowl (not necessarily turkey, but turkey would qualify) but that they got any wasn't recorded (nor was it recorded that they didn't... he only records that people were sent out hunting.) The only food verified for certain, and way more important given the massive difference in quantity, was that five entire deer were provided.
that's it! I'm eating deer for thanksgiving next year then.
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
that's it! I'm eating deer for thanksgiving next year then.
Kind of have to, if you want to truly celebrate the real pilgrims
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
that's it! I'm eating deer for thanksgiving next year then.
Kind of have to, if you want to truly celebrate the real pilgrims
well then i've have to grow all my own food and would miss out on stuffing.. I'll pass on that. but Deer meat is Delicious.
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on an unrealted note;
Getting into the gym(starting today) and starting my Martial Arts Training again this next month. I Lacked way hard on this stuff, so I gotta get back in there. -
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-was-on-the-menu-at-the-first-thanksgiving-511554/
Historians talk about it there. Good reference to have. They talk about what the known references say, and what likely else was there.
Common foods that might have been eaten were small birds, broth, pottage, mussels, eels, lobster, shellfish and clams.
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
well then i've have to grow all my own food and would miss out on stuffing.. I'll pass on that.
Stuffing goes back to England long, long before coming to America. If they did have birds, they would likely have stuffed them.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-was-on-the-menu-at-the-first-thanksgiving-511554/
Common foods that might have been eaten were small birds, broth, pottage, mussels, eels, lobster, shellfish and clams.
ewww... Clams??
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-was-on-the-menu-at-the-first-thanksgiving-511554/
Common foods that might have been eaten were small birds, broth, pottage, mussels, eels, lobster, shellfish and clams.
ewww... Clams??
Think about New England coastal communities today. It's all about seafood.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
well then i've have to grow all my own food and would miss out on stuffing.. I'll pass on that.
Stuffing goes back to England long, long before coming to America. If they did have birds, they would likely have stuffed them.
Then MAYBE i can make this work.. but what about cranberry sauce?
wine? (would it have to be mead?)
