By Shannon Osorio, Portage County Master Gardener Volunteer
Is there any better holiday meal than Thanksgiving? A meal made delicious because many of the most popular Thanksgiving dishes contain foods that originate in the Americas. These include turkey, cranberries, sage, green beans, corn, potatoes, and maybe best of all pumpkins! Pumpkins originated about 9000 years ago. The earliest known pumpkin seeds came from Mexico and date to about 6000 BC. These days we use pumpkins of all kinds for decorations both outdoors and indoors. We also consume many of these pumpkins.
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