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7 Animals (Besides Turkey) Eaten at the First Thanksgiving

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What was eaten at the first Thanksgiving? The answer may surprise you. No one really knows exactly how turkey became a Thanksgiving staple. While the Pilgrims probably had the now-traditional bird, it wasn’t the centerpiece of their famous meal, and those who participated in the first feast of the holiday had something much different on their plates. The

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Under Our Feet, Mushrooms Offer New Tastes For Ocean State Foragers

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Under Our Feet

We see them on our walks and commutes, growing under bushes, popping out of mulch or clinging to oak trees. Some species are more commonly found in shaded, damp woods while others will grow in rotting hay bales or near areas rich with cow manure. From the gorgeous whites of a lions mane to short stemmed bolets freckled orange and yellow to some out-of-this-world feather patterns on a peasant polypore, mushrooms thrive all around us but few understand how many are native to Rhode Island and more importantly for some, which are edible.

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Finding And Understanding Wild Mushrooms In Every Season

Coral Mushroom Aquarium

Following the path along the bank of a stream, I slowed down to cross another small brook. Glancing sideways up its stony course, I suddenly came to a complete stop. The brook, bordered with pale green sphagnum moss, was coming down through a little ravine full of beech trees. This was a textbook Black Trumpet spot, an area where it would actually be worth my time to scan the forest floor for those camouflaged little devils. I saw just what I had hoped to see: dark grey trumpet-shaped mushrooms. In this patch they weren’t camouflaged at all, they were growing right up out of the moss, the colors contrasting perfectly and I could see the mushrooms continuing further up into the ravine along the banks of the brook.

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Home Sausage-Making Accident Forces 69-Year-Old Vet to Cut Off His Own Arm


This sausage-making accident was more than an ordeal for North Dakota’s Myron Schlafman. A Vietnam veteran and 69-year-old Jamestown, North Dakota man suffered a lost hand when he got it stuck in his electric meat mixer, forcing him to cut a part of his own arm off to prevent bleeding to death. “I just looked and knew

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This 30-Minute Venison Skillet Lasagna Works Any Night of the Week

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Venison Skillet Lasagna

Yes, this venison skillet lasagna recipe is truly that simple.  Who doesn’t love lasagna? The meat sauce alone makes me crave it, but adding in ground venison with some spices and ricotta cheese just makes an Italian masterpiece. The only problem most people have with making this is the time required to do it properly.

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