print email comment close History of Pumpkin Pie URL: http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/PieHistory/PumpkinPie.htm Description: Background about the traditional Thanksgiving dish pumpkin pie. "Early American settlers of Plimoth Plantation (1620-1692) ... might have made pumpkin pies (of sorts) by making stewed pumpkins or by filling a hollowed out shell with milk, honey and spices, and then baking it in hot ashes. An actual present-day pumpkin pie with crust is a myth, as ovens to bake pies were not available in the colony at that stage." Includes recipes. From a cookbook author. Author: Stradley, Linda Publisher: What's Cooking America Extra Keywords plymouth LII Database Information: Record 27039 created by Maria Brandt on 10/27/2008 Last modification on 11/03/2008 Published: 11/06/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27039