Eating turkey on Thanksgiving Day is the most widely known, and turkey is the traditional main course of Thanksgiving Day. The process of making turkey is complicated. In addition to filling the belly with pre-prepared stuffing, the turkey has to be roasted for at least four hours. Turkey is tender, with protein content above 30%. Most people like turkey.

There is also a certain emphasis on how to eat turkey. It needs to be roasted whole, the chicken skin is roasted to dark brown, and its stomach is stuffed with a lot of miscellaneous food such as broken bread. After serving, the host cut it with a knife and distributed it to everyone. Then everyone poured marinade and sprinkled with salt, which was very delicious.

2, cranberry sauce

Cranberry sauce, also known as cranberry sauce, has always been the ingredient and condiment of turkey, the main dish of Thanksgiving and Christmas. According to Pharmacopoeia, cranberry has been used as an adjuvant against cystitis and urinary tract infection, and its remarkable curative effect has been widely recognized. According to Chinese Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine, cranberry leaves are "bitter in taste, mild in nature and slightly toxic", which can induce diuresis and detoxify, and are often used for rheumatism and gout. Its fruit can "relieve pain and treat dysentery". What makes people sit up and take notice is that cranberry is listed as one of the five healthy foods for human beings by FAO because of its high economic value, medicinal potential and development prospect.

3.pumpkin pie

What to eat for Thanksgiving? Pumpkin pie is an essential food for this occasion. Pumpkin is a symbol of harvest and abundance. It comes from Huang Chengcheng and is very auspicious.

Pumpkin is rich in carotene and vitamin C, which can strengthen the spleen, prevent gastritis, prevent night blindness, protect the liver, make the skin tender and neutralize carcinogens. Yellow fruits and vegetables are also rich in two vitamins A and D; Vitamin A can protect gastrointestinal mucosa and prevent gastritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases. Vitamin D can promote the absorption of calcium and phosphorus, thus strengthening bones and muscles, and has a certain preventive effect on common diseases such as rickets in children, myopia in adolescents and osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly people.

4. Sweet potato puree

Mashed sweet potatoes are also an indispensable food for Thanksgiving. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica" and other ancient documents, sweet potato "tonifies deficiency and benefits qi, strengthens spleen and stomach, strengthens kidney yin" and "has a long life and fewer diseases". "Chinese Materia Medica" says that it is "sweet in taste and flat in nature, belonging to the spleen and kidney meridian", "tonifying the middle warmer, promoting blood circulation, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production, widening the stomach and relaxing the bowels". In the best healthy food recently selected by WHO, sweet potato was rated as one of the best vegetables in 13.

5. Indian pudding

Besides turkey and pumpkin pie, Indian pudding made of corn flour is the most common traditional food for Thanksgiving. Indian pudding has nothing to do with Indians, just because this dessert is made of corn flour that Indians like. Indian pudding is an essential dessert for Thanksgiving and Christmas, which was very popular during the early British immigrants to the United States.

6.cider

There are many delicious traditional foods on Thanksgiving Day. It's perfect to have a drink after a big meal. Cider is one of the indispensable foods for Thanksgiving. The alcohol content of cider is low, about 2%-8.5%. Apple mainly contains fructose, which has a fresh aroma and a slight apple flavor. The taste is slightly sweet and slightly acidic, and the fruity taste is strong or light.