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Here are some interesting food facts about the first Thanksgiving celebration ever held, when America was still a British colony and most of the country remained quite unknown to the white settlers who had just come over from Europe.

• Fish
• Birds
• Meat
• Fruits
• Nuts

• Ham - they had no domestic pigs
• Sweet Potatoes or Yams - these were not native to New England
• Corn on the cob - they only had Indian corn which was good for cornmeal, not to be eaten off the cob
• Pumpkin Pie - perhaps they consumed a pumpkin pudding, but no crust could be made because they had no flour or dairy products
• Cranberry Sauce - cranberries were available to them but not sugar