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Here's a look at the top pie types Americans are eating this Thanksgiving: 1) Apple 20% 2) Strawberry 19% 3) Pumpkin 16% 4) Cherry 13% 5) Blueberry  9% 6) Pecan 8% 7) Lemon Meringue 8% 8) Chocolate 5%.

Half an hour before dinner: 1) Collect drippings from roasting pan under turkey. Make gravy. 2) Prepare Brussels sprouts. 3) Keep stuffing and roasted vegetables warm in a 300 degree F oven. 4) Wrap rolls in foil and warm in oven, if desired.

Since Bradford wrote of how the colonists had hunted wild turkeys during the autumn of 1621 and since turkey is a uniquely American (and scrumptious) bird, it gained traction as the Thanksgiving meal of choice for Americans after Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.

Pumpkin was available, but it is unlikely the colonists turned it into a pie. Sweet potatoes were not known to the colonists, and cranberries may have been served but not as a sauce or relish. As for the feast being the first Thanksgiving, nobody at the time thought of it as the start of a new tradition.

A Thanksgiving Day dinner served to the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935 included: pickles, green olives, celery, roast turkey, oyster stew, cranberry sauce, giblet gravy, dressing, creamed asparagus tips, snowflake potatoes, baked carrots, hot rolls, fruit salad, mince meat pie, fruit cake, candies, grapes, apples.

1)Choose a fresh turkey instead of a frozen one. 2)Roast two small turkeys rather than one large one. 3)Brine the turkey. 4)Rub soft butter under the skin. 5)Truss loosely, or not at all. 6)Roast the turkey upside down at first. 7)Don't overcook it. 8)Let the turkey rest before carving.