First Thanksgiving Food List. The happy marriage of the tuber with caramelized gooey goodness owes itself to two developments of the 1800s. The forest provided chestnuts and walnuts and crops provided squash carrots and peas for sides.
The forest provided chestnuts and walnuts and crops provided squash carrots and peas for sides. They wouldn t have been able to make the dough for the crust. Most of today s classic thanksgiving dishes weren t served in 1621 says curtin.
Many of the foods that were included in the first feast except notably the seafood have since gone on to become staples of the modern thanksgiving dinner.
But if one were to create a historically accurate feast consisting of only those foods that historians are certain were served at the so called first thanksgiving there would be slimmer. Though corn is one of the most iconic thanksgiving foods it s unlikely that settlers had corn on the cob this time of year the only corn present at the first thanksgiving was dried. The forest provided chestnuts and walnuts and crops provided squash carrots and peas for sides. Thanksgiving is a holiday that s celebrated in the united states on the fourth thursday of november every year.
