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Another mainstay of the Thanksgiving menu is cranberries. The Cranberry is native to North America. It is stated that the Pilgrims were introduced to the berry by Native Americans. They are grown in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Jersey and in parts of Washington and Oregon.
Cranberries are noted in documents as an accompaniment to meat since the early 19th Century. A simple recipe states "take cranberries and stew with sugar".
Cranberries were the first Native American crop to flourish as a commercial crop. Cranberries shifted from a dry harvesting to a wet harvesting. They are grown in bogs. When the bogs are flooded, the cranberries fall from the vines and rise to the top. They are then harvested. Now a days they are harvested by machines. Sometimes the berries are bruised. This lead to canned cranberry jelly. Ocean Spray began canning jelly in 1912.
The canned Cranberry Jelly became a Thanksgiving icon.
I love Cranberry Jelly. It adds so much to the turkey and stuffing.
Cranberries are noted in documents as an accompaniment to meat since the early 19th Century. A simple recipe states "take cranberries and stew with sugar".
Cranberries were the first Native American crop to flourish as a commercial crop. Cranberries shifted from a dry harvesting to a wet harvesting. They are grown in bogs. When the bogs are flooded, the cranberries fall from the vines and rise to the top. They are then harvested. Now a days they are harvested by machines. Sometimes the berries are bruised. This lead to canned cranberry jelly. Ocean Spray began canning jelly in 1912.
The canned Cranberry Jelly became a Thanksgiving icon.
I love Cranberry Jelly. It adds so much to the turkey and stuffing.