Restaurant Hosts Colonial Feast for Thanksgiving and Other Historical Meals

The menu will include slabs of venison, root vegetables, dark rye, succotash and hasty pudding for dessert.

Some might say we are always grappling with history whenever we eat. After all, even cheeseburgers and pizza have long and rich narratives that stretch back through many decades and many cultures. However, it's one thing to appreciate turn of the century New York City; it's a whole other thing to get down and dirty with what people were snacking on in the 1600s. That's what one NYC restauranteur is getting into, however.

West Village eatery Chapter One has recently begun hosting monthly historical dinners, in which customers can feast on authentic takes on food from olden days. This is going to come to a head on Thanksgiving, when the restaurant will present a colonial style meal like they had on the actual first Thanksgiving way back in 1621. The menu will include slabs of venison, root vegetables, dark rye, succotash and hasty pudding for dessert. The chef also gives a history lesson mid-bite just in case you like learning as you masticate.

If you live near NYC, and the thought of celebrating Thanksgiving without mashed potatoes and turkey excites you, then check out this meal. It's only $39.

To make your own original Thanksgiving feast at home, check out our step-by-step instructions to make sobaheg, a turkey stew.

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