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POPSIn Memoriam: Margaret Truman CNN reports that Margaret Truman, only daughter of former president Harry S Truman, died on January 29 at age 83. Truman was the author of several mystery novels centered in Washington, as well as having a brief career as a a singer. She wrote a great history of the White House, called The President's House , that I enjoyed.
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POPSA brief story of the first Thanksgiving
Mental Floss has a nice, brief history of the first Thanksgiving, including a few of the foods that were served at that first festival (which was three days long). There were no pumpkin pies or cranberry sauce, no sweet or white potatoes. Yes, there was turkey, but there was also venison, swans, ducks, partridges and seafood including lobsters, clams and eel. The vegetables were usually stewed: squash (including pumpkins - a new treat for the Pilgrims) onions, beans, peas and carrots. There was no sugar available, so they satisfied their sweet tooth with corn pudding and dried berries. All this was cooked primarily by the nine surviving females: four married women and five adolescent girls. Fire roasting (such as venison) was handled by the men. Water at the time could easily be contaminated, so the Pilgrims and their Native American guests drank beer and occasionally goat's milk. No cows at that time, either. There are some good links to authentic recipes and more history,
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