Some evidence exists of what the Pilgrims ate. Based on
records left by William Bradford and others, historians have been able to piece
together what the early settlers might have consumed. Here are two contemporary
menus including foods that could have been on tables in 17
th-century
Plymouth. According to historical documents, all ingredients listed here were available
to the early colonists. Whether they would have put them together in this way
is merely educated conjecture.
Early Thanksgiving Menu
Lobster stewe with corn bread or mussels seethed (steamed)
in beer
Roasted turkie , goose or venison with sauce of crane
berries (cranberries)
Stewed pompion (pumpkin)
Rocket sallet (arugula salad)
Indian pudding, crane
berry slump
Ale, cider
