Leslie Landrigan

They may have dressed it up a little bit and it would have been plentiful because of the time of year, but it was pretty much what they ate. I was gonna say one of the things that they always ate and they ate to excess and they have eaten it since 1620 and they're still eating it is pumpkin. Pumpkin was hugely important. And you know how we call people in Wisconsin cheese heads?

People used to call New Englanders pumpkin heads. New England was the pumpkin dominion, and the first American folk song was written in 1620, and it was about how they ate too much pumpkin all the time.

People used to call New Englanders pumpkin heads. New England was the pumpkin dominion, and the first American folk song was written in 1620, and it was about how they ate too much pumpkin all the time.

People used to call New Englanders pumpkin heads. New England was the pumpkin dominion, and the first American folk song was written in 1620, and it was about how they ate too much pumpkin all the time.

Actually, they did know of pumpkin in England, and pumpkin pie was really popular. The Spanish had brought it over. And then it kind of fell out of favor. But it grew well. It was more resistant to deer and insects and fungus and things like that. So I think it was just its hardiness, and it kept for a while.

Actually, they did know of pumpkin in England, and pumpkin pie was really popular. The Spanish had brought it over. And then it kind of fell out of favor. But it grew well. It was more resistant to deer and insects and fungus and things like that. So I think it was just its hardiness, and it kept for a while.

Actually, they did know of pumpkin in England, and pumpkin pie was really popular. The Spanish had brought it over. And then it kind of fell out of favor. But it grew well. It was more resistant to deer and insects and fungus and things like that. So I think it was just its hardiness, and it kept for a while.

They tended to stew it. They would do a lot with it, but mostly they'd chop it up and stew it and mix it up with other stuff. I don't know that it was terribly appetizing.

They tended to stew it. They would do a lot with it, but mostly they'd chop it up and stew it and mix it up with other stuff. I don't know that it was terribly appetizing.

They tended to stew it. They would do a lot with it, but mostly they'd chop it up and stew it and mix it up with other stuff. I don't know that it was terribly appetizing.

No.

No.

No.

It's pretty nutritious, though.

It's pretty nutritious, though.

It's pretty nutritious, though.

Well, you know, the natives, they grew what was called the three sisters, the pumpkin or squash, beans and corn, which for some reason having to do with amino acids or carbohydrates or something, I don't know, makes for a very nutritious diet.

Well, you know, the natives, they grew what was called the three sisters, the pumpkin or squash, beans and corn, which for some reason having to do with amino acids or carbohydrates or something, I don't know, makes for a very nutritious diet.

Well, you know, the natives, they grew what was called the three sisters, the pumpkin or squash, beans and corn, which for some reason having to do with amino acids or carbohydrates or something, I don't know, makes for a very nutritious diet.

no it wasn't for a long time they may have had turkey at the first thanksgiving turkeys are wild turkeys are really stupid birds they roost in the same place all the time so you know if you want dinner you just go get yourself a turkey but in in fact they were so easy to kill that they were obliterated from new england uh probably by the civil war turkey it was a part of the meal and it was something they ate