HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Today is the day that most of the nation gets together with family and friends and give thanks for all that has occurred in the past year.

Since it is Thanksgiving how about a little history? 

The Great Cranberry Scare of 1959…..

On November 9, 1959—just two-and-a-half weeks before Thanksgiving—the U.S. secretary of Health, Education and Welfare made a startling announcement: some cranberries grown in the Pacific Northwest may have been contaminated by a weed killer that could lead to cancer in rats. This meant that cranberry sauce, a popular staple of Thanksgiving dinners, might not be on the menu anymore.

“If housewives are unable to determine where berries were grown,” the New York Times reported, “the Government advises them not to buy, either in canned or fresh form, despite the approach of Thanksgiving.”

Thus began the cranberry scare of 1959, a crisis that temporarily crashed the cranberry market and sent Americans scrambling for alternative fruit-based dishes for Thanksgiving (Life magazine provided a few interesting suggestions, including pickled watermelon rind).

https://www.history.com/news/great-cranberry-scare-thanksgiving-1959

A little known fact in our history with Thanksgiving…..and no one ran out to buy toilet paper.

Today I am cooking for 8….Roast turkey, green peas, green bean casserole, yams, mash potatoes, mac and cheese (my granddaughter’s request), gravy and yeast rolls with peach cobbler for dessert with ice cream.

Enjoy your day with family, food and football….take a little time out in your busy day to give thanks for all the blessings that have come your way in the past year.

I would like to thank all the wonderful people that visit IST every day and comment when they find it appropriate…thank you and I appreciate your valuable time.

I leave you with a Thanksgiving tradition of sorts….Arlo Guthrie….

Recently Alice Brock passed away….she was the inspiration for the Guthrie song….

Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard, “Alice’s Restaurant,” has died at age 83. Her death, just a week before Thanksgiving, was announced by Guthrie on the Facebook page of his own Rising Son Records, per the AP. Guthrie wrote that she died in Provincetown, Massachusetts, her residence for some 40 years, and referred to her being in failing health. Other details were not immediately available.

Rest in Peace……

That does it for me I must get back to making the dinner for family and friends.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving…..please if you are celebrating be careful and catch a cab…..and for those internationally please have a good day and enjoy life.

As always….Be Well and Be Safe….