What traditional foods are eaten on Thanksgiving?

Traditional foods eaten on Thanksgiving include: turkey, cranberry jam, sweet potatoes, cornbread, and mashed potatoes.

1. Turkey

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There is a saying that during the harvest festival in the 16th century, the British Queen Elizabeth eating roast goose. When news came that the Spanish Armada had sunk on its way to attack her beloved England, the Queen was so delighted that she ordered another goose to celebrate the success.

Therefore, geese have become the favorite birds of the British harvest season. When the Pilgrims came to America from England, roast turkey became the main dish instead of roast goose because turkeys were more plentiful and easier to find than goose on the North American continent.

2. Cranberry jam

Sweet and sour cranberry jam was the food on the first Thanksgiving table, and it is also on the table today. Cranberries are small, tart wild berries that grow in swampy areas in Massachusetts and the New England states. The Indians used its fruit to treat various inflammations and used the juice to dye red carpets and rugs. They taught the Pilgrims how to cook cranberries with sugar and water to make cranberry jam.

3. Sweet potato

Sweet potato is one of the main foods on Thanksgiving. Sweet potato contains dietary fiber, carotene, vitamins A, B, C, E, potassium, iron, copper, selenium, calcium, etc., and has high nutritional value. As we all know, sweet potatoes are very nutritious. However, what is even more valuable is that in the "ranking list" of 20 anti-cancer vegetables recently announced by the National Cancer Research Center of Japan, sweet potatoes also won the first place.

4. Cornbread

Cornbread, this is a food loved by both British and Indians. According to the origin of Thanksgiving, when the British Puritans immigrated to the United States and had no food to eat, the local Indians gave them their own food. In order to express their gratitude, Thanksgiving Day was born. Therefore, this cornbread has continued like this and has become a must-have dish on Thanksgiving.

5. Mashed potatoes

The traditional Thanksgiving food is sweet mashed potatoes. Potatoes are rich in protein, even better than soybeans, and are closest to animal protein. Potatoes are also rich in lysine and tryptophan, which are unmatched by ordinary grains.

Potatoes are also foods rich in potassium, zinc, and iron. The potassium contained in it can prevent cerebral blood vessel rupture. It contains 10 times more protein and vitamin C than apples, and its vitamin B1, B2, iron and phosphorus contents are also much higher than those of apples.