37+ What Did They Eat At The First Thanksgiving Pictures. Interested in some first thanksgiving facts to get you ready for the holiday? We know that the celebration of thanksgiving is based on the original meal that occurred in 1621.
Documents from the era record that among the food at the first thanksgiving were five deer brought by the native americans.
The first thanksgiving meal observed in what is now canada occurred in 1578, when english explorer martin frobisher and his crew held a meal to thank god for granting them safe passage turkey has become the traditional thanksgiving fare, but did you know that it was at one time a rare treat? What did they really eat at the first thanksgiving? Did the pilgrims and native americans share the same thanksgiving meal that we eat now? Nobody knows exactly how this particular bird earned a place of honor at the table each november, but historians have a few different theories.
