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The holiday for homecoming Thanksgiving is a time for gathering those far and near By Sandra Landen Machaj CORRESPONDENT
The mild weather with early fall-like temperatures betrays the fact that Thanksgiving is next week and the holiday season is upon us. Thanksgiving is the holiday that many think of as the time for family and, as the song of old goes, “There is no place like home for the holidays.” Thanksgiving was first held in 1621 by the pilgrims who had successfully made it through the first New England winter – a winter that was cold and full of snow much more severe than anything they had ever experienced in England. According to history, they felt a need to thank God for the blessings that had led them to the new world in spite of the fact that only 54 of the 100 immigrants who had made the journey had survived. That first Thanksgiving was to be thankful for their successful year and producing enough food to feed them through the summer and the following winter. They also mourned those whom they had lost. Reason to be thankful The first Thanksgiving dinner was very different from what we now expect at our Thanksgiving dinner table. While today’s dinner is centered around a turkey roasted to a golden brown and stuffed with the family’s favorite
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The traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes a variety of fall vegetables, potatoes, and rolls to accompany the dressing, turkey, and cranberries. It is much different from the first Thanksgiving meal served by the pilgrims.
dressing, it is unlikely that turkey graced the pilgrims’ table. The turkeys they had available were wild and skinny with little meat –and what was there was tough and stringy, not the full-breasted turkeys we expect today. Wild ducks and geese were hunted for the Thanksgiving celebration, which lasted for three days. In addition, because they were on the east coast, seafood
was likely to be included in their feast. Cod, eel, clams, and lobster were easily trapped and enjoyed by all. Many of the accompaniments that we consider essential for the traditional Thanksgiving dinner were not available to the pilgrims. The vegetables which they were able to grow at that time were root vegetables such as parsnips, carrots and onions. Peas may also
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have been available. Corn was grown but was not eaten by the people. Corn was dried and fed to the livestock over the winter. So no corn casseroles were served. Neither potatoes nor apples had yet been introduced to this country. Cranberries, which are a requirement for any Thanksgiving today, were present but they were a very bitter berry and the sugar brought from England had been used up by this time, so it is unlikely that cranberries were eaten. They may have eaten baked or roasted pumpkin as the Native Americans did but again no pumpkin pie for there were no ingredients for the pie. In later years when sugar was available they would add milk, spices and sugar into the pumpkin and bake it in the fire. It was the precursor of pumpkin pie. Lincoln declares holiday While the first Thanksgiving celebration was held in 1621, it was not until 1777 that the next known day of Thanksgiving occurred. It was to celebrate a victory over the British at the Battle of Saratoga. Again this was a one-time celebration. When George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789 it was met with opposition from Thomas Jefferson who prevented it from
See THANKSGIVING, Page 8
Voters OK village fire annexation Antioch will become part of area-wide fire protection district
By Gail Peckler-Dziki CORRESPONDENT
The Antioch Fire and Rescue Department is tentatively annexed into the First Fire Protection District 1 and, if all goes according to plan, the Antioch Village Board will soon be out of the fire service business. The total number of votes cast in last Tuesday’s referendum on the fire service area annexation was 6,005. Sixty-five percent, or 3,922, voted yes while 34 percent, or 2,083, said no. There are a few housekeeping details that must be cleared up before the annexation proceeds. The vote must be certified within 14 days of the election. The fire protection district must, by resolution, pass a measure increasing the board from three to five members. Currently, the township board appoints members of the fire district board. The new, five-member board will now be elected and the township board must pass an ordinance changing that process from appointment to election. Matt Tabar, member of the fire protection district board and chairman of the Joint Fire Committee, said, “When the election is certified, legal authority will transfer to the fire district.”
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Thanksgiving Buffet Thursday, November 24th
A Delicious All-You-Can-Eat Feast For Your Family and Friends Carved Turkey - Carved Ham - Baked Chicken BBQ Pork Ribs - Pasta - Stuffing - Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potatoes - Mixed Vegetables Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Seatings at Noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm Fresh Fruit Reserve Your Table Now Homemade Chili Adults $19.95 & Salad Bar Kids (8 and under) $8.95 Cream of Turkey Soup
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