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From the days of the Pilgrims Harvest Festival to today's modern celebrations, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated throughout America each year.
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History tells us that the menu included freshly killed deer, assorted wildfowl (including wild turkey), fish, and flint, a native variety of corn harvested by the Native Americans, which was eaten as corn bread and porridge. The harvest vegetables included onions, peas, beans, squash, cabbage and carrots.
*Note: Not served were potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet corn or stuffing.
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The menu even included a poem for inspiration:
"This is the table, lads, grab you a seat,
Thanksgiving this year is Uncle Sam's treat;
The café noir
Is not rationed by far
And neither, my lads, is the meat!
So eat!"
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For those who don't know, it's Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend.
Growing up, early October was always a time when we planned to be together as a family.
For me, heading to my mom and dad's house with the kids was a wonderful weekend: Time with my brothers and their families, as well as a great time with mom and dad.
Since mom and dad are both passed on now (I still can't believe I'm typing that!) I miss and treasure those memories to the core of my being.
I must say, I'm looking forward to dinner tomorrow with the kids. Unfortunately, it won't be with all the kids, as I have seven (4 sons, 2 stepsons, and a stepdaughter). I only use the word "Step" to respect their mom. My stepkids have been a part of my life for 40 years - I consider them my kids, but I hold back on that declaration out of respect for their mom. Being a mom myself, I understand that 'feeling.' - the feeling of being 'the mom.'
Anyway, I digress!
So in honor of Canadian Thanksgiving, I wanted to share my mother's turkey stuffing recipe. It has long since been my recipe; I just made it today for our Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow.
My Mother's Turkey Stuffing Recipe:
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