Thanksgiving Dinner

In this post I'm going to show you how a real American Thanksgiving dinner looks like. It is the centerpiece of contemporary Thanksgiving in the United States as well as in Canada.

The dinner's main dish, and at the same time the most well-known is turkey. It plays such an important role in culture that sometimes Thanksgiving Day is colloquially called 'Turkey day'.

Most turkeys at simply stuffed with a bread-based mixture and are later roasted. There is a traditional herb called Sage, which is added to the stuffing together with chopped celery, carrots, and onions. The stuffing contains also chopped chestnuts or other tree nuts, crumbled sausage or bacon, cranberries, raisins or apples.

Nowadays, some people change the recipe and make deep-fried turkey, because of its shorter preparation time. There are also some alternatives to turkey which can be served as a main dish, for example goose or duck.

There are also many more foods which accompany the turkey, for example: 

-Cranberry sauce
-stuffing or dressing
-mashed potatoes
-corn (fresh, canned or frozen)
-green beans often served as green bean casserole
-fresh salad
-bread rolls or biscuits and cornbread

After the dinner desserts are served: 

-pumpkin pie 
-apple pie
-sweet potato pie
-pecan pie 

Obviously, there are many varieties of these foods, caused by different region cultures.

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