Ancient history

What did the pilgrim children eat?

Food Preserved Before Leaving England:

- Salt beef - salted or corned beef (beef preserved in a salt solution) cut into strips and dried

- Hard cheese

- Dried fish

- Dried fruit

- Oatmeal

- Rice

- Dried peas

- Dried beans

- Sugar

- Pickled foods - foods preserved in a brine solution of salt and water, often with vinegar and spices added. Pickles are cucumbers that have been pickled.

Foods that the Pilgrims Found in America and Learned How to Use from the Native Americans:

- White fish or freshwater bass

- Clams

- Oysters

- Mussels

- Freshwater eels

- Shad (type of fish)

- Herring (type of fish)

- Blueberries

- Cranberries

- Wild plums

- Gooseberries

- Acorns

- Corn (Native American staple food of maize)

- Pumpkins

- Squash

- Beans

- Peanuts

Additional Foods:

- Poultry, such as turkeys and ducks

- Deer

- Bear

- Rabbits