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domingo, 7 de noviembre de 2010

THANKSGIVING´S FOOD








The annual Thanksgiving tradition in the United States can be traced back to the 17th century. In 1621, after a hard and devastating first year in the New World, the English Pilgrims had a very successful and plentiful fall harvest. The Pilgrims, who had settled Plymouth Colony (in present day Massachusetts), soon made peace with the local Native American tribe, the Wampanoag. To celebrate the harvest, the Pilgrims and the Native Americans joined together to feast. Since then, an annual day of Thanksgiving has been celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. Thanksgiving is also celebrated in Canada, on the second Monday in October.
A traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes: roasted turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, and rolls. No Thanksgiving dinner is complete without a pumpkin pie for dessert!

DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO COOK A TYPICAL THANKSGIVING DESSERT? HERE YOU HAVE SOME HELP. HAVE A GO!!!...

Pumpkin Pie Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cups pumpkin purée
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups evaporated milk
1 9-inch pie shell

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 425° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, cornstarch, salt, ginger, cinnamon, pumpkin
purée and 3 eggs. Beat well. Add evaporated milk and combine. Set aside.
WHY EATING TURKEY? WATCH THIS VIDEO AND SEE HOW TRADITIONS CHANGE.
1. WHAT´S THE NEW WAY OF COOKING TURKEY?
2. WHERE IS IT MORE POPULAR?
3. WHY DO THEY SAY IT IS BETTER COOKED IN THIS WAY THAN IN THE OVEN?
4. HOW IS IT PREPARED? CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT STEPS THE WOMAN FOLLOWS?
5. WHO DECIDED TO USE THE TURKEY AS THE NATIONAL BIRD?
6. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COOK IT?

1 comentario:

ainhoa sierra dijo...

In 1614 ,27 wampanoag men kindapped by the englis explorers. In september og 1620 mayflower depart from england.In november of 1620 mayflower arrived near og wapanoag village of Meeshawm. In december of 1620colonist choose to settle in Plymouth.In autumm of 1621 the colonist celebrated a good harvest( they eat wildfowl, venisons,corn and pumking). The event happened in october and wasn’t celebrate every years.Onlly were one or two natives at the event. English and the wapanoag weren´t friends.
Wampanoag peolple give thanks during each season. They give thanks for example to strawebery harvest time (they give players, feast dance and play games) before planting in the spring they give thankgul prayers to mother eart who grows all their food.. new england had more forest than england. There were diferents animals an plants. Every family haves a garden with vegetables anda farm with animals.