Pilgrims. Did you hear about pumpkin pie that apologized to the Pilgrim? It was a piece offering. Turkey Jokes. What’s the best way to stuff a turkey? Serve it pizza and ice cream.

Pilgrims. Did you hear about pumpkin pie that apologized to the Pilgrim? It was a piece offering. Turkey Jokes. What’s the best way to stuff a turkey? Serve it pizza and ice cream.

The Pilgrims probably didn’t have access to many of the things needed to make pie crust, including butter, flour, and ovens. But that doesn’t mean pumpkin was left out of the meal entirely.

Without ovens, though, the pilgrims initially had no way to make pumpkin pie. As the pilgrims flourished in New England, they preferred “apples, pears, and quince tarts instead of their former ...

Native Americans introduced pilgrims to the gourd, so it’s likely that pilgrims ate boiled pumpkin with seasonings at the first Thanksgiving since the required flour, sugar, and molasses was not ...

The Pilgrims were eating pumpkin from the get-go. That was what sustained them over those first few years and those winters especially, when they didn't really have much of anything else.