1, roast turkey

Every Thanksgiving, Americans eat fat and tender chicken. Turkey is the traditional main course of Thanksgiving. It used to be a wild bird living in North America, which became delicious poultry after being raised in large quantities, each of which could weigh 40 to 50 kilograms. Some places still have hunting grounds for people to hunt before Thanksgiving. Interested people can go to the hunting ground and spend some money to shoot some wild turkeys themselves and go home. Make the festival more interesting.

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 jam

History books tell us that cranberries are delicious for Americans on the first Thanksgiving. Nearly 400 years later, this fruit still appears on the holiday table of every household. Cranberry sauce is a traditional ingredient of turkey, the main course of Thanksgiving in the United States. Because the sour taste of cranberry itself is relatively strong, the juice as a beverage will generally be mixed with sweeter ingredients such as syrup or apple juice.

3. Sweet potato

Sweet potato is one of the main foods for Thanksgiving. Sweet potato contains dietary fiber, carotene, vitamins A, B, C, E, potassium, iron, copper, selenium, calcium and so on. With high nutritional value, it is the champion of "Top Ten Best Vegetables" selected by the World Health Organization.

The wild variety of sweet potato originated in tropical America and was successfully planted by Indians. Resistant to pests and diseases, easy to cultivate. When Columbus first met the Queen of Spain, he presented the sweet potato brought back from the New World to the Queen, and Spanish sailors spread it to the Philippines.

4. Pumpkin pie

In western countries, on Thanksgiving Day, the hostess will put fruits and vegetables, including pumpkins, on the table instead of flowers. Why do you eat pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving Day? In order to remember the hardships of immigrants and celebrate the annual harvest, the United States has set up Thanksgiving Day, when every family will eat pumpkin pie.

Pumpkin pie is a traditional food for Thanksgiving. Wash pumpkin, peel and remove pulp, and cut into pieces. Mash in a steamer, add honey and flour, then make a round cake of the same size (don't add water because it is wet after steaming), and then dip it in bread crumbs for later use. Sit in a pot, pour in cooking oil, light the fire, and when it is ripe, fry the round cake in oil until golden brown.

5. Corn bread

Corn bread, a favorite food of both British and Indians. Corn represents the survival experience of Puritan immigrants in death. Decorations used on dining tables or doors, corn represents harvest and autumn. It is said that almost all corn bread is made by American mothers. Corn bread is used as stuffing for turkey.