Menu, Preble House, Portland, 1914
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Maine Historical Society
The "first" thanksgiving with the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag Indians in Massachusetts included a feast that lasted three days, according to Edward Winslow's journal in 1621.
Most historians agree that the menu probably did not include turkey or many vegetables. Venison and wild fowl likely were the main features.
As this menu from a Thanksgiving dinner at the Preble House in Portland in 1914 suggests, the early 20th century version offered numerous choices -- bluefish, salmon, capon, beef tenderloin, venison, ribs of beef and turkey for starters.
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