Show thanksgiving dinner in 1621 hardly what would be considered much of a special spread today A modern transplanted to puritan new E give many thanks over thanksgiving day dinner lie le would find it pretty bad fare are cranberries were available in 1021 1621 a and n d wild turkey it if the head or of the house was a good marksman there were nut trees in the woods and wild grapes cut but the stock ot of perishable foodstuffs was meagre probably grain was to be had to supplement the small supply of indian corn but butter milk and eggs were almost unheard of in plymouth years ago maybe they had potatoes in 1021 1621 but if they did they came by ship A modern expert in nutrition tion given a puritan thanksgiving dinner to analyze would have several conniption dr walter 11 eddy points out an in good housekeeping that he would find new flew green vegetables no milk a high preponderance of proteins and acid ash wild fruits may have helped to avert scurvy says doctor eddy but this disease was always imminent in the winter and probably much of the so called winter were due to scorbutic join pneumonia and what was called consumption wiped out whole families in old new england En doctor eddy points out because the food did not have the proper vitamin content palatability and quantity were in those days almost the sole guides to dietary adequacy he be says but families daml were large and in spite of high mortality that would produce a scandal in health circles today they managed to survive and gradually increase in numbers FROM ibrom tinie time immemorial the bring ins ing in of the last sheaves of corn and the cutting of the last of the fruits of the land have been accompanied by feasting and all the outward expressions of joy and happiness it is a time for reunion of families famil iet for happy greetings for the renewal of friendships s and of gaiety |