Foods Then and Now

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Foods Then and Now

• What foods do we eat today that were not
  available to people of long ago?

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Foods Long Ago

• Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims in 1621
• What did they eat?
• Where did they get it?
• How did they cook it?
• How did they store it?

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Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims What They Ate Then
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Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims What They Ate Then
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Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims What They Ate Then
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Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims What They Ate Then
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Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims What They Ate Then
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Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims What They Ate Then
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Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims What They Ate Then
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Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims What They Ate Then
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Foods Today

• Thanksgiving with our families today
• What do we eat?
• Where do we get it?
• How do we cook it?
• How do we store it?

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Thanksgiving with Our Families What We Eat Now
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Thanksgiving with Our Families What We Eat Now
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Thanksgiving with Our Families What We Eat Now
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Thanksgiving with Our Families What We Eat Now
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Thanksgiving with Our Families What We Eat Now
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Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims What They Did Not
Eat

• Cranberry Sauce
• The Pilgrims had cranberries, but no sugar to
  make the sauce.

• Pumpkin Pie
• The Pilgrims made pumpkin pudding (called Stewed
  Pompion), but there was no crust or whipped
  topping.

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Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims What They Did Not
Eat

• Corn on the cob
• The Indian corn that the Pilgrims had was only
  good for making other things (cornmeal,
  Succotash, bread), not eating on
  the cob.

• Popcorn
• Many think that Pilgrims ate popcorn at the
  first Thanksgiving. But sweet yellow corn (that
  makes popcorn) wasnt introduced for another
• 150 years.

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References

• All images found on
• http//www.pics4learning.com
• http//office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
• Additional information found on
• http//members.aol.com/calebj/thanksgiving.html
• http//www.plimoth.org/learn/
• This PowerPoint presentation was created by
  Ashley Pak
• Meridian Elementary, Kent, WA, 2004.