Tag Archives: Pilgrims

5 Ingredients, 5 Minutes for Cranberry Relish

Posted on November 8, 2015 by heritagerecipebox

When the English settlers arrived in Massachusetts in 1621, they found an unfamiliar, low-growing fruit: the cranberry.

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Puritan Pumpkins: ‘Fruit of the Lord’

Posted on November 23, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

Pumpkin pie will grace most Thanksgiving tables this week, including mine. Yet at the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621, the pumpkin would likely have been stewed, not baked.

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Blueberry Cake from the Land of the Pilgrims

Posted on July 28, 2014 by heritagerecipebox

Americans always think of the Pilgrims at Thanksgiving, but the first English settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts ate a far more extensive diet than cranberry sauce and turkey. The Plimoth Colony Cook Book, published in 1957 by the Plymouth Antiquarian Society, … Continue reading →

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