Norfolk Island Celebrates American Thanksgiving with Corn and Coconut Pies

Norfolk Island is a community of about two thousand people in the south Pacific Ocean that are governed by Australia. They have a unique heritage with much of the population descended from the mutineers of HMS Bounty. The island is a mixture of Tahitian, English, Australian, and mutineer cultures.

There's even an American element. During the Nineteenth Century, American whalers frequently visited Norfolk. When an islander became the American consul, he decided to put on an American Thanksgiving Day celebration.

The practice stuck, although Gastro Obscura explains, the Norfolk approach has a local flavor. Churches are decorated with corn. There are pumpkin pies, but there are also coconut pies. Tahitian fish salads and many banana dishes appear at the feasting table. Norfolk is almost self-sufficient agriculturally and the Thanksgiving Day menu proves it.


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