Question

[ENGLISH]
A good ole slice of pumpkin pie is quintessential Thanksgiving dining. But in which recipe book did it first appear?


[ESPAÑOL]
Una buena rebanada de pastel de calabaza es la cena por excelencia de Acción de Gracias. Pero, ¿en qué libro de recetas apareció por primera vez?

Answer 1

When we imagine pumpkins, most of us think of the large, round, orange squashes. These are known as Curcubita pepo. TheCurcubita family is a wide-ranging genus, and includes watermelons, cucumbers, and zucchini. All Curcubita pepo plants are American in origin, and C. pepo pumpkins were well-established, popular foods: archeologists working in Central America have found remains of pumpkin rinds and seeds in human settlements dating back to 7,000 BCE. But early modern Europeans didn’t see, grow, or taste pumpkins until they came into contact with the “new worlds” of the North, Central, and South Americas at the end of the fifteenth century.



La Cena de Acción de Gracias es un evento especial celebrado en Estados Unidos el Día de Acción de Gracias. El alimento protagonista de esta cena es pavo asado alhorno. La tradición culinaria de esta cena obliga a emplear los ingredientes originarios de los indios nativos. En Estados Unidos se celebra una cena muy similar a la cena de Navidad.


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