50 ways of Thanksgiving Foods have changed over the last 50 years

See the evolution of Thanksgiving in what we celebrate today.


Thanksgiving as we know that it has changed a lot over the years, but it's always a classic American.holiday. President Abraham Lincoln did firstThanksgiving A national holiday in 1863 and some articles remained from the dishes of Stalwart on the traditionalList of Thanksgiving Food, AsTurkey and cranberries. Even the marshmallow - tastedYam The casserole has more than 100 years.

But not surprising, many has changed since the firstThanksgiving-And even over the last 50 years only. Food trends have moved, the regime fadades have evolved and the availability, price and popularity of the ingredients fluctuated. here is50 ways of Thanksgiving Food and Traditions have changed over the last 50 years.

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Crazy for the mine

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These days we are all onpumpkin all. But back in the day, thin pie shared Thanksgiving spotlights. Although it contained at the origin of Mincemat, the 1960s, the version that was popular was a version of fruit and spicy nuts (although its status was already on a descending shift from here).

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More than well done

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Today, the recommendation is that youturkey until it reaches an internal temperature of 165 ° F. But in the 1960s, recipes called to weak roasting and very very slow to 325 years for nine o'clock until it is registered 190 ° F. Now it's a bird well done!

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Pop-up timers have gained popularity

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Like them or hate them, the pop-up timers placed in turkeys were introduced in the 1960s to try to fight the problem of the overpoint and thus improve the reputation of the malignant bird.

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Less seasoning was the norm

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Numerous recipes from Vintage Turkey did not call for salt stuffing. Maybe they loved a fleet bird at the time?

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GAGA for the filling

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The pictures of Thanksgiving in magazines of the 1960s and the 70s show a highly decorated centerpiece. We are talking about many leaves, enamelled whole fruits, aluminum foil etc. We can a guarantee pretty much nothing of this has been eaten.

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Holiday decorations have become one thing

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In the 1940s through the late 1960s, the planters in Ceramic painted Turkey were a popular Thanksgiving centerpiece and a hostess gift. Pilgrim salt and pepper shakers were another festive favorite of that time.

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Turkey Boots

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You do not want your turkey's legs to be cold, right? Decorative Boots of the turkey (also known as the floors of the turkey) or other decorative clothes wererigorous At the time.

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New food trends are emerged

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Although the green bean casserole is now a Thanksgiving clip, in the 1960s, it was always a new hot trend. He was invented in 1955 by Dorcas Reilly, then a Campbell employee - she died in 2018.

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All about this Jell-o

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In the 1960s and 70s, gelled dishes likeAmbrois salad and "California salad Waldorf"Suspended in the molding of Jell-O was all rage. (Seriously, check theseEdible cranberry candles!) Try to serve this at the Thanksgiving this year ...

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Frozen Thanksgiving Options

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After finding foam fuses full of additional turkeys after Thanksgiving in 1953 (520,000 extra pounds, to be accurate), Swanson decided to use them in the form ofTelevision dinners. They quickly increased in popularity and you can now enjoy a Thanksgiving meal directly from the oven or microwave.

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Larger portions

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Over the last 50 years, the size of the portions increased regularly. So, in some cases, we eat twice as much as our grandparents.

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The food appeals to the parade

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The pillybury paste boy still popular, who had a float in the Thanksgiving Macy's Thanksgiving parade since 2009, opened on the stage in 1965 and sells American cookies and Russians to serve as Thanksgiving since.

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A cool whip becomes a classic

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Today, a lot ofMost popular thanksgiving recipes Nationwide (likeFrog and pig salad pie) Include the cool whip. The product of the convenience - meant having a long life of the freezer and save time for occupied house cooks - was invented in 1966, and it won instant popularity.

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Food costs are in place

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Fifty years ago, in 1968, theCost of a Thanksgiving meal For 10 people was $ 7.68. Total. Let it sink. In 2017,The cost was $ 49.12.

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Half house

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Although today, we may not think anything to reach a frozen pie crust and call it homemade, 50 years ago, it was always a new concept.Frozen tart crusts It appeared for the first time on the market in the mid-1950s and, in a decade, they were common.

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Almost instantaneous

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CookPaddingMix and other instant and premature stuffings can be omnipresent nowadays, but they were not about 50 years old. The stove is the first time on the market in 1972 and we have not looked since.

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Modern classic movies

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Snoopy may not have popularized his toast buttered toast, popcorn, pretzels and jellybeans, but since his release in 1973, but since his release in 1973,A Thanksgiving Brown Charlie was a shot to watch this period of the year.

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Turkey

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Butterball, one of America's favorite turkey producers, started at no costTurkey Talk-Line In 1981, respond to the questions of the pressing Turkey of Home Cook. They invaded 11,000 calls in the first year, a number that increased to more than 100,000 people.

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Turducken

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Whether you actually made or appreciated Turducken or simply blocked about it, stuffed chicken inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey is part of our Thanksgiving environment.Cajun Chef Paul Prudhomme claims to have invented the Turducken In the 1970s, and it marks the name in 1986. Thanksgiving long-standing sport commentJohn Madden helped popularize the dish.

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Wave of the future

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Never think of Nuking a Turkey Thanksgiving? It sounds a bit bally, but the microwave oven was considered a wonder device, and nothing was out of bounds. Since they became more affordable in the 1970s, microwaves became more and more popular and in the 90s we have all microwaves, includingWhole turinys (Even if it does not look so good and takes almost as long as the classic oven). We are always supporters of time recording byCooking with a microwave holiday sides (Just not Turkey).

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Bravo to wine lovers

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Oenophiles will surely associate thanksgiving withBeaujolais Day New. Since 1985, this new cultural wine (as opposed to age) has been released every year a week before Thanksgiving, the third Thursday of November. As such, it has been a popular twinning of Thanksgiving since.

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Turkey fried finds a foot foot

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Although theOrigin of Turkey FRITE Can be traced in the 1930s, your parents would probably not have dreamed of having one at their holiday table. In the 1970s, it was popularized in the south by Cajun Chief Justin Wilson, but he did not become a more widespread national trend until the 1990s (we can thank Martha Stewart for giving him a place on the coverage of the November 1996 issue ofMartha Stewart Living)

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Bird brine

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The brief is not a new cooking technique, but afterCook illustrated Declared that this is the best way to get a juicy bird in 1997, the popularity of the asintaged method.

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SPUD SAVVY

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Mashed potatoes are traditional Thanksgiving food, butbroken potats I saw an increase in popularity in the late 90s (we can thank the 30-minute meals of Rachael Ray for this one).

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Conscious of allergy

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Allergy rates have increased over the last 50 years, which has affected how we address holiday meals. If you have been to a dinner without nut without nut, without nut, you know what we mean.

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Restoration to diets

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Popular diets are nothing new, but there has been one or two trend. Now there isKeto,Paleo,Tout 30,gluten free,HYPHEN, Mediterranean ... we could continue. These days, it is not uncommon to respond to a range of food restrictions in a single table.

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Presidential forgiveness

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The presidential delay of a live Thanksgiving Turkey returns, but many credits George H. W. Bush with a tradition in 1989.

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Hands without meat

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Our ancestors would surely have made fun of a plant-based plan in general, not to mention a meatless thanksgiving. TofuKey-a wheat and an alternative to Tofu to Turkey - was introduced for the first time in 1995 and inaugurated in a novel era ofvegetarian Holiday options.

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Cauliflower all

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In recent years, cauliflower has increased in popularity as a healthy alternative to everything from rice to the pizza crust.Mashed cauliflower Instead of the potatoes is not something you would have seen on the Thanksgiving table half a century ago.

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Superfood obsessed

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The term "superfeument"has been around for a little more than a century, but it was not really part of the vernacular common to the early 2000s. This, of course, worked in Thanksgiving, with dishes like cabbage at the cream, quinoa's stuffing andCRANBERRY-PENS-GRENADE appear in magazine spreads and holiday tables.

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Farce on the side

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As we have become increasingly aware of food security, it has become less common food that has been cooked inside Turkey. Instead, we tend to serve it on the side (that some might argue to get it dressed).

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Remnants in love

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The basicsRESTS OF THANKIVING SANDWICH Probably emerged in the 1950s, but we have taken over thanksgiving remnants to a brand new level over the decades since then. People are proud to come with always moreCreative uses for the remaining Thanksgiving mealFrom Thanksgiving remains of Bols Burrito toYam Pan muffins and beyond.

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The spice is beautiful

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Lead up to Thanksgiving now includes a deluge ofPumpkin pepper flavored products-To, yogurts, donuts, cereals, beers, you name it! As Starbucks first introduced thePumpkin Spice Latte In 2002, the flavor became more than a trend - it's a national obsession.

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Crazy for mash-ups

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We became obsessed withHybrid dessertsbut even before the cronut, there was the Cherpost in 2009. Sometimes called a paternal game, this Cook's dream fever Charles Phoenix is ​​a three-layer cake in which each layer is stuffed with a different pie (apple, pumpkin and cherry). Although it is unclear, how many people have managed to create this creation, he almost broke the Internet with his invention.

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More birds

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America is eating a lot more turmoil than it was used to. The consumption of Turkey has been up 104% since 1970, according to theExtension of the University of Illinois.

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Bigger birds

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The turkeys today are as great as it was half a century. From 2014,Thanksgiving average Turkey was 29.8 kilograms, compared to 13.2 pounds in the 1930s.

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Food waste

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Large turkeys seem to lead to larger food waste. Some reports indicate thatAmericans launch more than 1/3 of all the meat of the turkey annually.

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DINDES LEGAGES

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You could say the modern interest forRaces withdaught of turkeys is a return to the way things were 50 years ago. In the second half of the twentieth century, Turkey's farmers responded to the consumer's preference for low-cost chest meat by reproducing turkeys to meet this demand. But the last few years have seen risen interest in heritage breeds that are more like our grandparents can remind.

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Slow foods

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Fifty years ago, the convenience foods were new and exciting. Since the beginning of the slow food movement in the late 1980s, we have become more interested in culinary traditions and the main fresh ingredients. Rather thanPot of green beans from a box, for example, people are more likely to exhaust it withfarmer's market find.

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Turkey all year round

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With the rise of Turkey as an alternative to health with beef (we look at you, Turkey Burger), poultry is no longer reserved for holidays. While50% of Turkey consumed in 1970 was during the holidays, this number was 29% in 2013.

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Germinal

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Sad, boiledBrussels sprouts Have long been a malignant pillar of Thanksgiving, but in recent years, the crunchy cruciferous has undergone a marketing rebirth, and the popularity skyrocketed. Now, instead of being boiled or bleached, Brussels sprouts are often roassed and become crisp, making it the perfect vehicle for delicious additions such as bacon, sea salt, olive oil and The sweet chili sauce, among others. Sales have increased all year round, but theySell ​​better around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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Pinterest Inspiration

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The meteorological rise in Pinterest's popularity in the 2000s (launched in 2001) inspired Americans to create more cute desceas than ever tables and try more exotic riffs on traditional favorites. With a world of creative recipes, only one of the recipes to pin, the social media website has become a haven of peace for people looking at Jazz UpHoliday recipes And try something new.

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Amisgiving

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Thanksgiving is traditionally a holiday with the family, but the 2000s have seen an increase inAmisgiving-Manksgiving past with friends. Some people hold them in addition to their family vacations, while others are not able to travel at home, they choose to celebrate the chosen family. More and more, it has been tied with charitable gifts too.

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Instagram-dignine

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Instagram has certainly changed the way we share what we eat, but has it changed the way we also eat? Almost certainly. These days, we always have an eye on the presentation, then the desire to create (and a later photograph) deliciously expanded considerably increased.

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Global influence

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Back in the day, Bland was the name of the game. But globalization meant a global influence amongSeasonings and spices, then the Turkish of the Turkish of the Miso-rubbed or the harissa-cranberry sauce could very well come to your Thanksgiving this year.

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Black Friday

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Although day sales after Thanksgiving are found since the 1950s, it seems that every year,Black Friday offers Start earlier and earlier. What was a day filled with eating your remains from the day before turned into a day of a day, and the time passes, the offers seem to emerge just after Halloween. And does not bring us to Cyber ​​Monday.

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Football fans

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The tradition of Thanksgiving Day Football match goes back to 1934, but only in the last 50 years, it has also become an integrated holiday as Turkey. This is largely due to higher TVs. In 1950, only 9% of US houses were equipped with a TV,According to Buffalo History. But these days, you would be in a hurry to find many people who did not have a TV (or a way to watch TV on their phones / computers).

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Panic ingredient

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You may not have studied theGreat Cranberry Care from 1959 In the story class, but the fear of herbicide in the cranberries this year has led the nation to panic and to serve applesals instead of Thanksgiving meals. Meanwhile, a 2015 predictspumpkin shortage Sent bakeries at home in a Tizzy. In a way, as a nation, we persevered.

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Meal race

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The first documented Turkey trot supposed to have taken place in 1896 in Buffalo, NY, and became an annual tradition in 1947. But it was only in recent years that a charity is part of the traditions of Thanksgiving many families . Between 2012 and 2015 only, the number of Turkie recorded increased by 400%.

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Fast cooking

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With the rise in the popularity of multicocutors like theSnap, cooks at home in the country are trying to find ways to streamline their Thanksgiving action. Pot of instantaneous potatoes, farce, cranberry sauce and the like are all ransoms nowadays. Between the instantaneous pot,slow cooks, andPressure stovesThere are countless ways to prepare for Thanksgiving without spending hours in the stove.

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