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Thanksgiving food

1, roast turkey-a must-have roast turkey for Thanksgiving is an indispensable dish on the Thanksgiving and Christmas tables of westerners. The main materials are poultry and turkeys in North America, and the tools people use to roast turkeys are mainly electric ovens or more primitive charcoal. This dish originated from 1620. In order to thank the Indians who helped them, the British immigrants held a rich Thanksgiving party and entertained the Indians with roast turkey and corn cake.

2, corn bread-a gift from Indians Corn originated in Mexico and Peru in Latin America. After Columbus discovered the New World, he took corn to Spain. A group of English Puritans arrived in America on the Mayflower, which was unbearable for religious persecution. It was winter, the climate was cold and the fields were desolate. The local Indians generously took out corn and potatoes stored for the winter, and sent wild ducks and turkeys that were hunted. When spring comes, Indians teach them to grow corn and pumpkins and raise turkeys. White immigrants and Indians established a close friendship, and from then on there was Thanksgiving Day. So, corn bread continued like this.

3, pumpkin pie-Thanksgiving traditional food 1620, the famous "Mayflower" was full of 102 pilgrims who could not stand the religious persecution in Britain and arrived in America. In the cold and hunger, the kind Indians brought necessities to the immigrants. There is pumpkin food for the first time on Thanksgiving Day, so until now, pumpkin is still one of the essential foods on Thanksgiving Day, in order to thank God for the bumper harvest and the help of Indians.