[Sca-cooks] New Thanksgiving Cookbook

[Johnna Holloway]

Actually I suppose those that live in Texas might
support the following:
http://www.new-life.net/thanks01.htm  where it
talks about
The first recorded Christian thanksgiving in America occurred in Texas 
on May 23, 1541 when Spanish explorer, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, 
and his men held a service of thanksgiving after finding food, water, 
and pasture for their animals in the Panhandle.

The book will be out this week, so we can then see what it actually
says. It does have recipes from Markham in it, so it might be interesting.

Johnnae


>> Johnna
>> > Another new cookbook--
>> > http://www.plimoth.org/givingthanks/
>>
>> Ummmmm.....I must note here that the Thanksgiving held at Plymouth
>> Plantation was not the first in this country.  Rather the first was  
>> held
>> at Berkeley Plantation in Virginia, near Jamestown, in 1617  (IIRC).  
>> Not
>> to denigrate the cookbook in any way...just wanted to set the facts
>> straight!
>>
>> Kiri...who grew up in Virginia!
>
> I seem to remember that being the case, also. However, nothing in the  
> above section that Johnnae quoted indicates whether Kathleen Curtin  
> and Sandy Oliver said Plimoth Plantation or Jamestown was the site of  
> the "First Thanksgiving", even if Kathleen Curtin is Plimoth  
> Plantation's Food Historian.
> But yes, it might be wise to keep in mind that there may be a bit of  
> bias, just as when looking at French historic cooking books.
> Stefan