The First Thanksgiving in 2002 Prices
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| 50 Pilgrims 90 Indians |
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| 1621 Menu |
current price |
serving size pp |
amount for 10 |
purchase price for 10 people |
| Lobster |
$3.50 a pound[1] |
16oz |
10 lobsters |
$35.00 |
| Roast Goose |
$2.88 a pound[2] |
3/4 pound |
10lbs |
$28.80 |
| Boiled Turkey |
$1.49 a pound[3] |
4oz |
16lbs |
$23.84 |
| Stewed Coney (rabbit) |
$2.81 a pound[4] |
8oz |
5lbs |
$14.05 |
| Native Corn |
$.60 an ear[5] |
1 ear per |
10 ears |
$6.00 |
| Cod stewed |
$5 a pound[6] |
3/4 pound |
7.5lbs |
$37.50 |
| Roasted Ducks |
$3.95 a pound[7] |
3oz |
3lbs |
$11.85 |
| Pompion (pumpkin) |
$.12 a pound (canned)[8] |
3oz |
2lbs |
$0.24 |
| Venison |
$9.00 a pound[9] |
4oz |
4lbs |
$36.00 |
| Seasonal fruit/dried fruit |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Wine |
10.99 a bottle[10] |
glass |
2 bottles |
$21.98 |
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$215.26 |
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| Footnotes on prices |
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| [1] Boston Shippers’
Market Oct. 22 2002 |
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| [2] Foodland.com
(2 pounds serves 2-4 people) |
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| [3] Stop &
Shop (1-1.5lbs per person) |
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| [4] http://www.drycreekrandr.com/rabbits.html
(price converted from Canadian $3.25 a pound) |
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| [5] Stop & Shop |
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| [6] New York Fulton Fish Market |
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| [7] http://www.gamesalesintl.com/index.html |
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| [8] Stop & Shop |
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| [9] Musicon Karm, Goshen
New York (average deer yields 50 pounds of meat) |
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| [10] Woodbridge Zinfandel/BlanchardsLiquor.com |
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