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hand-made sweet serving as the canned gelatinous version was not invented until
1912. Canned cranberry sauce and cranberry jelly was invented by Marcus Urann,
a lawyer who became a cranberry farmer. He named his brand “Ocean Spray” and
it is still the most famous brand of canned cranberry sauce till this day. To this day
it is my favorite item at Thanksgiving along with my mother’s recipe for cabbage
salad. True story, dear readers, that my wife is from Colombia and when she came
to the United States, and had her first Thanksgiving, I proudly gave her a serving of
What the History my favorite cranberry canned jelly delight, and she absolutely despised it. I nodded.
I smiled, for now I know that the entire can of cranberry sauce now may plop on my
(WTH)! Thanksgiving Day plate. It’s all mine to consume and enjoy. And for that I give the
Dennis Webster is a New Hartford gods of the cranberry my gratitude and satisfied stomach thanks.
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Thanksgiving Case Study of Cranberry Sauce

Is there anything else that marks the day of Thanksgiving more than cranberry
sauce? I especially adore the gelatinous jelly variety that has not a whole cranberry
within but is instead a blob of dark maroon delight that comes in a tin can and
retains the shape of its host can, including the side ridges. And at a very cheap price
I might add. My favorite part is after you open the top of the tin can, you turn it
plate as it plops out wiggling ever so slightly. Cranberries (vaccinium macrocarpon) Sign-On Bonus!
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in their raw state are sour but are most popular when squeezed into a juice. They
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settlers were introduced to cranberry sauce by the Mi’ Kmaq indigenous Native
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by Amelia Simmons in 1796 as included in her cookbook, “American Cookery”
where she suggested you pair cranberry sauce with roast turkey. So, when did it
become a staple and tradition of Thanksgiving dinner? Well, it wasn’t at the first
Thanksgiving with the pilgrims but much later on in the late 19th century during
the Civil War. The Thanksgiving Association credits General Ulysses S. Grant with www.SitrinJobs.com
making cranberry sauce a Thanksgiving tradition as he ordered it to be served to all
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