A Three-Day Thanksgiving;
An Authentic 1621-Style Feast, Plimoth Patuxet style, by the New Plymouth Shore
Opening scene
Mist rising off a cold salt marsh; the roar of the Atlantic just beyond the dunes. Kettles hiss on a hearth, a drift of woodsmoke threads the air, and someone hauls a basket of mussels soaked clean in seawater. Fowl hangs from a hook. A great pot of maize porridge thickens slowly. Venison arrives—gifted by Wampanoag hunters. For three days,…
