What is cranberry?

Cranberry is a creeping shrub native to the United States, belonging to the family Cranberry. Ripe fruit is red, a bit like coffee beans. Generally, the plant height of the varieties planted is only ten inches, the leaves are rectangular and the flowers are pink or white. The flower shape is a bit like the head, neck and beak of a crane, so the Puritans called it Crane-berry, which was later simplified to cranberry. If translated literally, it should be called "cranberry" In addition to its unique flavor, cranberries are also rich in vitamin C. Besides being widely loved as fruit juice, jam and cakes, fruit juice can also cure urethritis, which is a well-known folk prescription. According to research, there is a component in fruit juice that can prevent bacteria from adhering to the urethral wall, which is beneficial to excrete bacteria in urine. On Thanksgiving Day, Americans eat roast turkey, cranberry sauce and mottled corn at home. In addition to following traditions and cooperating with festivals, I think they should have a lot of nostalgia and gratitude. 1620, Puritans came to settle in New England. In the first year, they had a hard winter because of acclimatization and lack of food. Fortunately, Indians taught them to grow corn, catch fish and mussels, and collect wild plants such as cranberries. The next year, they were very happy to get a bumper harvest and survive a severe winter. This is the origin of Thanksgiving. At that time, cranberries became one of the main sources of vitamin C for new immigrants.