Leslie Landrigan

So some of the pilgrims who were of the gentry would have been familiar with the sweet potato. But the sweet potato didn't come to America, I think, until 1764. The Irish potato didn't come to the United States until 1718, when there were five shiploads of

So some of the pilgrims who were of the gentry would have been familiar with the sweet potato. But the sweet potato didn't come to America, I think, until 1764. The Irish potato didn't come to the United States until 1718, when there were five shiploads of

So some of the pilgrims who were of the gentry would have been familiar with the sweet potato. But the sweet potato didn't come to America, I think, until 1764. The Irish potato didn't come to the United States until 1718, when there were five shiploads of

Scots-Irish who came to Boston, and the Boston Puritans didn't want to have anything to do with them, so they sent them to the New Hampshire frontier. And in what is now Derry, New Hampshire, they planted the first potato, the first Irish potato. And it was viewed as a food for the poor and For pigs and for the Irish, you just didn't eat the potato.

Scots-Irish who came to Boston, and the Boston Puritans didn't want to have anything to do with them, so they sent them to the New Hampshire frontier. And in what is now Derry, New Hampshire, they planted the first potato, the first Irish potato. And it was viewed as a food for the poor and For pigs and for the Irish, you just didn't eat the potato.

Scots-Irish who came to Boston, and the Boston Puritans didn't want to have anything to do with them, so they sent them to the New Hampshire frontier. And in what is now Derry, New Hampshire, they planted the first potato, the first Irish potato. And it was viewed as a food for the poor and For pigs and for the Irish, you just didn't eat the potato.

And the French hated the white potato even more. They banned its harvesting or they banned the planting of the potato because they thought that it caused leprosy. But then during the Seven Years' War, around 1755 or so, there was a French pharmacist who was captured by the Germans. And while he was in prison, they made him eat potatoes.

And the French hated the white potato even more. They banned its harvesting or they banned the planting of the potato because they thought that it caused leprosy. But then during the Seven Years' War, around 1755 or so, there was a French pharmacist who was captured by the Germans. And while he was in prison, they made him eat potatoes.

And the French hated the white potato even more. They banned its harvesting or they banned the planting of the potato because they thought that it caused leprosy. But then during the Seven Years' War, around 1755 or so, there was a French pharmacist who was captured by the Germans. And while he was in prison, they made him eat potatoes.

So after he got released, he got really interested in nutrition and he rehabilitated the potato and The French came to embrace the noble spud, and they served Thomas Jefferson French fries in Paris when he was minister to France. And Thomas Jefferson liked the French fries, so he served them at the White House when he was president.

So after he got released, he got really interested in nutrition and he rehabilitated the potato and The French came to embrace the noble spud, and they served Thomas Jefferson French fries in Paris when he was minister to France. And Thomas Jefferson liked the French fries, so he served them at the White House when he was president.

So after he got released, he got really interested in nutrition and he rehabilitated the potato and The French came to embrace the noble spud, and they served Thomas Jefferson French fries in Paris when he was minister to France. And Thomas Jefferson liked the French fries, so he served them at the White House when he was president.

And that's how the white potato became a popular menu item at Thanksgiving.

And that's how the white potato became a popular menu item at Thanksgiving.

And that's how the white potato became a popular menu item at Thanksgiving.

They would have known about the sweet potato, but they wouldn't have had them here. It was something, you know, it was like a really fancy food.

They would have known about the sweet potato, but they wouldn't have had them here. It was something, you know, it was like a really fancy food.

They would have known about the sweet potato, but they wouldn't have had them here. It was something, you know, it was like a really fancy food.

Oh, they would have had cranberries, definitely. The natives revered the cranberry. In fact, there is a... There are some Wampanoag people who live on Martha's Vineyard. And their Thanksgiving is the second Thursday, I think, in October. And it's Cranberry Day. And the kids get out of school and they eat cranberries. It was very, very useful. It was used as a dye. It was used as a sweetener.

Oh, they would have had cranberries, definitely. The natives revered the cranberry. In fact, there is a... There are some Wampanoag people who live on Martha's Vineyard. And their Thanksgiving is the second Thursday, I think, in October. And it's Cranberry Day. And the kids get out of school and they eat cranberries. It was very, very useful. It was used as a dye. It was used as a sweetener.