Thanksgiving includes turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, stuffing, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole. But the menu of the First Thanksgiving was much different. The smaller birds were spit-roasted, while the bigger birds were boiled. Birds were likely stuffed, though not how we stuff them today. Instead they were stuffed with chunks of onions and herbs. The pilgrims probably ate eels and shellfish like, lobsters, clams, and mussels. Thing have changed about Thanksgiving meals over the years. And other things ever since then.
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