感恩节在西方是最重要的传统节日之一
每年11月的最后一个星期四，亲朋好友们会团聚在一起，
围坐在饭桌边共享晚餐，一起祈祷上帝施与永不停息的恩惠。
特别要提醒大家的是，Thanksgiving Day是美国人首创的，后来又延续到加拿大。它的由来可以追溯到美国的历史，原意是为了感谢印第安人，人们也常在这一天感谢他人。
美国林肯总统执政期间宣布把每一年11月的第四个星期四定为Thanksgiving Day ，所以感恩节是地地道道的“美式节日”，在英属国家是没有的哦～
感恩节当天，“吃”成了全家老小的重头戏
在丰盛的Family Dinner(家宴)中，
除了传统填制的火鸡、南瓜、玉米外，
还有哪些是餐桌上必不可少的菜肴呢？
1.mashed potato 土豆泥
Yesterday, we bought the meal includes the mashed potato. Can we still have that today?
昨天我们买了这个套餐，里面有一款土豆泥。今天我们还想要这个土豆泥！
Traditional jewish dish, cooked chicken liver and onion, served with mashed potato.
传统犹太风味，洋葱香料炒鸡肝，配土豆泥。
2.pasta 意大利面
I come from a large Italian family where pasta and cannoli are staples in our diet.
我来自一个意大利大家庭，面食和奶油甜卷是我们膳食中的主食。
I looked at the others and saw the usual faces, the people who came to the store to buy pasta and tea.
我瞧了别的人一眼，看到的都是些老面孔，这些人是来杂货店里来买意大利面条和茶叶的。
3.jell-O 美国吉露果子冻
fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder
美国备受欢迎的甜点品牌，是一种有水果味道的明胶状果冻零食
4.knife 刀
5.sausage 香肠
If you’re lucky, you get a pastry, a hearty breakfast of pancakes and sausage and eggs, or an English fry-up.
如果幸运的话，你会拿着一份糕点，有煎饼、香肠和鸡蛋的丰盛早餐，或者是一份英式煎火腿。
常见的有：
beef sausage 牛肉香肠
pork sausgae 猪肉香肠
6.cranberry sauce 蔓越莓果酱
蔓越莓果酱是美国感恩节主菜火鸡的传统配料，
因为小红莓本身的酸味较强，
作为饮料的果汁内一般兑有糖浆或苹果汁等较甜的成分。
7.turkey 火鸡
8.apple pie 苹果派
9.corn bread 玉米面包
一种和muffin类似的东东
muffin用的是鸡蛋和面粉，而corn bread只用了玉米粉和面
I sneaked out a quart jar of peaches, some cold corn bread, and a few onions, and started up the hollow back of our house.
我偷了一罐桃子、几块冷玉米面包和一些洋葱，打算从后门走。
Jim was so hungry that he had two cups of coffee, three pieces of fish and a lot of bacon and corn bread.
吉姆非常饥饿，一口气喝了两杯咖啡，吃了三片鱼，还吃了好多的熏肉及玉米面包。
10.muffin 松饼
a small, usually sweet cake that sometimes has small pieces of fruit in it
松饼是一种类似面包、形状多样,像小蛋糕或是杯形的蛋糕
口味丰富,可随喜好在制作时随意添加果料、果仁等
常见的有：
blueberry muffin 蓝莓松饼
coffee muffin 咖啡松饼
grape muffin 葡萄松饼
11.biscuit 饼干
12.pumpkin pie 南瓜派
13.butter 黄油
14.sweet potato 红薯
15.soup
16.gravy 调味用的肉汁
a sauce made from the juice that comes from meat as it cooks,
mixed with flour and water
酱汁通常来自熬制好的肉汁，再把它与面粉和水调和而成。
17.stuffing 填料、填充物
a mixture of bread or rice, onion etc that you put inside a chicken,
pepper etc before cooking it
在烹饪前，把面包或米与洋葱等混合在一起，往里面塞入鸡、甜椒等食物的填料
18.pudding 布丁
a thick sweet creamy dish, usually made with milk, eggs, sugar, and flour,
and served cold especially
美式布丁：通常用牛奶、蛋、糖和面粉制成的厚奶油状冷甜食
常见的有：
rice pudding 大米布丁
Christmas pudding 圣诞布丁
plum pudding n. 葡萄干布丁
19.corn 玉米
20.salad 沙拉
21.squash 瓜类
One of a group of large vegetables with solid flesh and hard skins, such as pumpkins
一般指的是体型较大、多汁且皮比较硬的蔬菜，比如南瓜类的果实
22.yam 甘薯、山药
While some foods are rich in tryptophan, others, such as yam — a popular staple in Africa — are tryptophan-deficient.
尽管一些食物富含色氨酸，其他一些食物，诸如甘薯（非洲的一种常见的主食）缺乏色氨酸。
And we went into the poisonous giant tubers, like the yam and the taro, which also had to be leeched, ground up and cooked before we could eat them.
我们也寻找到了那些带有毒性的、个头颇大的块茎，像山药、芋头，这些在食用之前得经过榨取、提炼和烹饪。
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