A little history on Thanksgiving.......How much do you know?
Thought out history the Pilgrims and Indians celebrated with a 3 day feast for their bountiful harvest. But it was not celebrated as a National holiday of Thanksgiving. Many farmers in the 1600's believed their harvest contained spirits which either caused the crops to grow or die. Many farmers believed that the spirits were released when the crops were harvested. Some of the celebration they would defeat the spirits.
In 1621, the Indians and Plymouth colonist shared in a feast, the main reason for the feast was to show or symbolize the cooperation and interaction between the white people and the Indians. Many historians feel this was the very first Thanksgiving celebrated.
Do you know about their celebrations?
1. Do you know what was on the menu?
2. Do you know what they ate with?
3. Do you know what a cloth napkin was used for by the people?
4. Do you think they used salt and pepper?
5. How was the food served to the people?
Answers are below...
The first Thanksgiving celebrated by our country was after the Revolutionary War. In 1863 when Abraham Lincoln was in office, he declared the last Thursday of November will be "Thanksgiving Day" a national holiday! In 1941 Congress set the national holiday of Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of every November, then the decision was reversed when President Roosevelt wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving on the third Thursday of November, "this would give people more time to shop for Christmas." (Good decision, LOL)
Answers to above questions:
1. Lobster, seal and swan
2. Pilgrims didn't use forks, the ate with spoons, knives, and their fingers.
3. The cloth napkin was used for wiping their fingers/hands and to pick up hot morsels of food.
4. Salt was placed on the table for the feast so people could sprinkle salt on their food, pepper was used for cooking, but not placed on the table for use.
5. Pilgrims didn't set down and eat like we do today, they placed the food on the tables at them same time, meat dishes, pudding and sweets were placed all together and people at in the order they chose.
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