[Sca-cooks] New Thanksgiving Cookbook

[Ron Carnegie]

Don't believe everything they teach at Berkely Plantation. Their history is a little warped and contrived.  If you were to believe them most of American History began at Berkeley!  

Ranald De Balinhard

>From: Johnna Holloway <johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu>
>Date: Tue Oct 11 05:51:07 CDT 2005
>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] New Thanksgiving Cookbook

>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
>
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