Cod for Thanksgiving

Mark Kurlansky, who visited in 2004, may have started a movement with his 1997 nonfiction book, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World.

Perhaps we should all be eating cod with cranberry sauce.

Jennifer Kennedy of About.com Marine Life cites and paraphrases Kurlansky on a page devoted to cod and the Pilgrims (here):

"In a move that eventually led to their displacement, local Native Americans took pity on the starving Pilgrims and assisted them, believing they would 'receive blessings' for their generosity. They showed the Pilgrims how to catch cod and use the uneaten parts as fertilizer. They also introduced the Pilgrims to quahogs, 'steamers,' and lobster.