Why do most families eat mashed potatoes and yams for
Thanksgiving? Is it a traditional quality? If so, what the story behind it?
2006-11-20 17:46:42 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
cause they are good, yummy
:> peace
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2006-11-23 17:41:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are, in fact, traditional in North and South America. Potatoes originated in South America, and spread to North America, then Europe. Ditto for yams. So these two foods are traditional harvest foods in the American continent and as Thanksgiving traditionally falls around the harvest time, these two (and corn, another American original) became part of the tradition. Turkey, another of the traditional foods, was once plentiful in America, only the Pilgrim Fathers had to shoot wild turkeys for their dinner, which was likely neither as plump nor as tender as the turkey we have today. And for that, we should be thankful!
2006-11-21 01:53:13 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Root vegetables are a later addition to the meal. There were no potatoes on Plymouth Rock.
2006-11-21 08:00:31 · answer #3 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving dinner is supposed to be a harvest feast, and both kinds of potato are havested in fall.
2006-11-21 01:55:41 · answer #4 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they probably weren't around for the pilgrims -- they are tropical amerian crops. potatoes were taken back to europe and became a favorite everywhere -- so you can probably thank your european immigrant relatives for bringing potatoes back to america to become a thanksgiving tradition.
2006-11-21 02:02:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea but I like them.
2006-11-21 06:12:06 · answer #6 · answered by couchP56 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cuz it goesgood with turkey thas all
2006-11-21 01:49:40 · answer #7 · answered by sickskillz883 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋