Posted On: November 2nd 2026, 02:30 am
In the fall of 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag shared a harvest feast that ran three days. Roughly 50 colonists and 90 Wampanoag men. The food we actually know about: venison, wild fowl, fish, and corn. Turkey might have been there, but nobody wrote it down, and there was no pie, no mashed potatoes, no cranberry sauce.
Night 1 of 26.
The holiday started as a harvest party with the neighbors, and honestly that version sounds better than half the ones I've sat through. What's the one dish that has to be on your table or it isn't Thanksgiving?
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