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Oh, but I do love those Thanksgiving classics

My mother does most of the cooking for our Thanksgiving. Even though she is Venezuelan, she serves a traditional Thanksgiving meal. We typically eat turkey with golden-crisp skin, raisin-flecked stuffing, Portobello mushrooms sautéed in butter and garlic, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. My aunt adds spinach casserole or arroz con leche. [...]

How About Some Canistel With Your Turkey?

    The Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock enjoyed a three day gathering with the Wampanoag Indians. They ate corn; waterfowl like ducks and geese, and maybe some cranberries. There is no evidence that they ate any turkey. I discovered this while listening to an interview with a historian from the Plimoth Plantation [...]