Day 3: 17th Century Plimoth Plantation

Day 3:  Thursday, August 1, 2013

Have you ever eaten banana bread French toast or crunchy stuffed French toast?  Our taste buds were awakened with these wonderful breakfast foods...  We returned to the Plimoth Plantation to interact more with the 17th century colonists.  We were fortunate to interview mistresses and good wives about their daily cooking and chores.  Then, we hiked along the Eel River through the Wampanoag village in route to a pottery presentation.  We gathered more artifacts and then preceded to the Nye Barn.  Did you know that there was 1 cow and 2 goats shared between 6 people on each homestead?  Then it was time to say "be well" to our plimouth friends, but it was not the end of our Plymouth adventure. Next, we voyaged to the Maritime Museum.  We are sad to say the Mayflower II is dry docked for repairs, but we were pleasantly surprised by our guide, Patty Ann.  She was extremely informative and we were able to see the shallops (boats that ferried the pilgrims from the Mayflower to shore).  Our guide was also a teacher and requested for us to be pen pals next year.  We are making many new friends in Plymouth. What is the difference between Plymouth and Plimoth? Yes, the spelling. We learned today that in the 1700's spelling was based upon phonetic sounds of words, like Plimoth. As time passed, spelling/pronunications and spelling rules changed; as a result, the original Plimoth changed to Plymouth. Interesting! Back to our day...it was rockin! Seriously, we saw the Plymouth Rock that the pilgrims first stepped on when they found land. This is a belief on a secondary information. We continued to the common or Brewster Gardens/Park, where the first Thanksgiving feast occurred. We even walked on the first street created, Leydon Street which leads to the First Pilgrim Church. Finally, we ate dinner at Wood's Seafood. Lobstah!!! (only for Mrs. Bell)

 Day 2 Answers:
Dolls are made from corn husks. They do not have faces so that children do not become vain.
17th Century shelters were covered by cattails or wood.
Mrs. K picked her 'own' Plymouth rock.

Day 3 Questions:
True or False  Tomatoes were plentiful in the 1700's Plimoth gardens.
Why is Plymouth Rock less than 1/3 of its original size?
What flavor was Mrs. Hellmann's favorite cupcake at Charlie's Cupcake shop?
a. red velvet      b. chocolate raspberry       c.  butterscotch        d. peanut butter