Post by desert dweller on Nov 19, 2015 10:43:52 GMT -8
And it was held by the Spanish.
Before the Pilgrims, Floridians celebrated the ‘real’ first Thanksgiving
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
STEPHENIE LIVINGSTON
“A Mass and feast of Thanksgiving was the first thing Menendez did, and he invited all of the local native people who were so curious about them,” she said.
Besides salted pork and red wine, those in attendance ate garbanzo beans, olives and hard sea biscuits. The meal may have also included Caribbean foods that were probably collected when Menéndez stopped to regroup and resupply at San Juan Puerto Rico before continuing to Florida, Deagan said. If the Timucua contributed, it would likely have been with corn, fresh fish, berries or beans, she said.
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Before the Pilgrims, Floridians celebrated the ‘real’ first Thanksgiving
NOVEMBER 18, 2015
STEPHENIE LIVINGSTON
“A Mass and feast of Thanksgiving was the first thing Menendez did, and he invited all of the local native people who were so curious about them,” she said.
Besides salted pork and red wine, those in attendance ate garbanzo beans, olives and hard sea biscuits. The meal may have also included Caribbean foods that were probably collected when Menéndez stopped to regroup and resupply at San Juan Puerto Rico before continuing to Florida, Deagan said. If the Timucua contributed, it would likely have been with corn, fresh fish, berries or beans, she said.
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