Comments on: Eat Like the Pilgrims

By: ovaryacting

ovaryacting — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:43:00 +0000

Oh God, I just got the name thing too.

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:23:00 +0000

Click on my name to see info about the real first Thanksgiving. It was in Berkley Planation, Virginia.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:30:11 +0000

No honey…no honeybees in America at that time!

By: Sperry

Sperry — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:11:05 +0000

DW and Miss Shirley, please cite your sources for this information. Thank you.

By: Miss Shirley

Miss Shirley — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:22:55 +0000

Actually, the first Thanksgiving was at Berkley Plantation in Virginia…… as with the “Miss Whatever” being born in Virginia we are all a Miss!

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:03:05 +0000

amywithlemon, you are far from the first! People who have known me by that name for years still have their lightbulb moments.

By: amywithlemon

amywithlemon — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:44:19 +0000

can’t corn just be sweet on it’s own too?

i mean, corn syrup (although, i know they didn’t have that…) is from corn.

and most starches become sweet if you break them down enough.

oh and i feel really dopey. i just got the ‘miss cellania’ thing. i’ve been reading for months. duh.

By: DW

DW — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:57:21 +0000

Please don’t lend any credence to this crazy pilgrim myth. The first Thanksgiving was in Berkeley, VA 1619.

By: Shama Hyder

Shama Hyder — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:37:22 +0000

Beautiful! I love history!

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:24:30 +0000

Great post… there is so much we are still learning about the first Thanksgiving. The recently published book “A Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England” discusses the first Thanksgiving, as well as having some first person accounts of the time when the Native Americans were first met by the Pilgrims. Very interesting, not at all what people understand when they think of Thanksgiving today.