The first Thanksgiving in Plimouth*, had a very different feasting menu than the one we enjoy today. Food historians say that the Pilgrims, and their guests may have enjoyed a pumpkin custard from a pMore information
The first Thanksgiving in Plimouth*, had a very different feasting menu than the one we enjoy today. Food historians say that the Pilgrims, and their guests may have enjoyed a pumpkin custard from a pumpkin shell that was baked in the hot coals of their fires. By 1844 pumpkin pie had a place at the traditional New England Thanksgiving table, and appears in the Thanksgiving poem, Over The River And...
The first Thanksgiving in Plimouth*, had a very different feasting menu than the one we enjoy today. Food historians say that the Pilgrims, and their guests may have enjoyed a pumpkin custard from a pumpkin shell that was baked in the hot coals of their fires. By 1844 pumpkin pie had a place at the traditional New England Thanksgiving table, and appears in the Thanksgiving poem, Over The River And Through The Wood, by Linda Maria Child. However our pumpkin tradition began, the taste of pumpkin and New England spices has become an American Autumn tradition that in recent years has found its way into coffee beverages.
* Plimouth is the 17th Century contemporary name of the original Pilgrim homestead. This spelling is found in Plimouth Plantation, the title of the original history of the Plymouth colony written by William Bradford, the first leader of the colony. Plymouth is the modern spelling of the word.