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First Feast

Tonight we went to a First Feast celebration in which the very first Thanksgiving in 1621 was recreated. The decor, the food, the activities and the guests...Miles Standish, William Bradford and the likes were in attendance. The actors that played those from the first feast were amazing. Never breaking character. We ate without forks as they explained the first settlers believed they were the Devil's pitchfork and shouldn't be used. We ate amazing grape juice, greens, corn pudding, pumpkin, cabbage and leeks, turkey, smoked salmon and pork. We also had goat's milk and cheese with a wonderful hard bread. It was very fun to go and it helped make Thanksgiving seem more than the over-eating, football holiday, pre-Christmas sales day it has become. We all had a blast.
 

 

 

 
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The Brown Family said…
That looks like so much fun! We need to take Pearl to something like that. She has been studying about the pilgrims at school and I think that she is getting a little confused with the pioneers...it is still all so new for her! A visual experience like the First Feast dinner would probably be a great thing for her...and fun for everyone.

Kim
November 24, 2008 at 9:40 PM
RamblingMother said…
what fun. wish we had that here!
November 25, 2008 at 7:09 AM
The Stanley's said…
You go to all of the cool things. Was this part of your school? It looks very interesting and fun. I do have time to change the menu for Thursday but, I do believe my family would revolt...Hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving!
November 25, 2008 at 7:57 AM
Valorie said…
Laurel,
Where was this at. What a great idea. I would love my kids to experience that.
November 25, 2008 at 8:27 AM
grandma GiGI said…
Sounds so fun. WIsh we could do fun stuff like that. Nothing happens in Idaho (that I'm aware of)
November 25, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Anonymous said…
What a great idea...except for the leeks..yuck! I love that you do so many creative things to celebrate holidays. Happy Thanksgiving:)
November 26, 2008 at 5:11 PM
hooli said…
speaking of thanksgiving... do you have a copy of my mom's sweet potatoe/praline recipe? I'm supposed to bring it to a dinner... and I can't find my copy. I can't get a hold of my mom... so I hope you can help.
November 26, 2008 at 10:31 PM
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