This recipe is special to me because on Sunday we always have a big feast. That feast includes everything. We may have a variety of meats and different types of other foods to go with our dinner. These foods include yams, macaroni and cheese, collard greens or kale, corn bread or rolls and my favorite potato salad. There are other types of food served that I can't remember at the time.

The memories and stories I associate with our Sunday meal is just the watching of football games with the family and friends. There's a lot of yelling, beer drinking and having fun. There is no step in the food preparation that is reflective and unique to my culture.

First thing she does with the turkey is that she cleans the turkey really well. Then she puts lemon over it. Then she washes it really well. Then she puts the seasoning on the turkey. Then she puts it in the oven. Then she waits for it to be cooked.

Sometimes my cousin comes to Queens and has Thanksgiving with my family. Sometimes I go to Virginia Beach and have Thanksgiving with my cousin. Sometimes she and my mother, father and my brother go to New Jersey and have Thanksgiving with my family. And sometimes we don't have Thanksgiving, because my Dad and my Mom go to work and I have to go to my cousin's house to have Thanksgiving with my aunt and uncle.

When we finish eating, we go outside and play football. Sometimes we play basketball. The food that we eat is chicken, eggs, rice, apple pie, banana bread, turkey, and applesauce. Sometimes my family has a party with my friends. I like the Thanksgiving holiday with all the food and apple pie.

On a lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll dough into a round, 2 inches larger in diameter then an inverted 9 1/2 -inch deep-dish pie plate. Ease dough into pie plate; trim edge, leaving 1-inch overhang. Fold overhanging dough under; pinch to form decorative edge, cover and refrigerate pie shell.

Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees and prepare the apple filling. Peel, core, and cut apples into 1/4 inch thick slices. In large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice. In medium bowl, with wire whisk or fork, beat sour cream, sugar, flour, vanilla, salt, and egg just until blended. Stir sour cream mixture into apple mixture, spoon into chilled pie shell.

Place sheet of foil under pie plate; and crimp foil edges to form a rim to catch any drips during baking. Bake pie for 1 hour, covering loosely with foil if apples are browning too quickly.

My grandmother makes apple pie better than anybody. My recipe is from my grandmother because I like the apple pie she makes. The best time when we had apple pie is when we were at my aunt's house and all of my family was there. My grandmother made her apple pie for the family. Everybody ate the apple pie.

Turkeys originated in North and Central America, and evidence indicates that they have been around for over 10 million years.

Turkey eggs are twice as large as chicken eggs. They hatch in 28 days. A baby turkey is called a poult and is tan and brown.

Mature turkeys have 3,500 or so feathers at maturity.

Resource: http://www.woodbridgechips.com/turkeytrivia.html

This holiday is important because it brings the family together. It lets the family socialize and get to know one another. The food is not really important because we could order food in and call it a day, but the traditional food that we eat is turkey, ham, roast beef, and turkey necks from the meat.

We also have macaroni and cheese, collard greens, turnip greens, kale, yellow Mexican rice, Jamaican rice and peas, corn, string beans, fried chicken, turkey gravy, chicken gravy, and chicken and dumplings. I think the traditional way is better, that is why our family follows it.

TRIVIA: More than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten during Thanksgiving. Americans feast on approximately 535 million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving day.

HISTORY: On December 11, 1620 Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts, USA. The first winter was devastating but the harvest in 1621 because of the help of the American Indians. The feast that was a festival of "thanksgiving" is now observed in the United States every year on the last Thursday in November.

Cream the butter and mix in the flour, eggs, sugar, confectioner's sugar, and pineapple juice. Mix until well blended. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Place in a greased cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until done.

My name is David Jefferson. My mother makes her Holiday Pineapple Cake because she doesn't know how to bake anything else. It tastes good. She usually makes it on Christmas. This is the only traditional thing she does for the holiday.

Hi, my name is Kendric. My birthday is August 14, 1986. The holiday is important because my Family gets together and talks about things. The important holiday is Christmas because I get together with my family. The recipe come's from Jamaica. The importance of this recipe is when I go to my family's house then we can see them because we don't see each other that often. My mother makes dinner for all of the holidays. The holiday is importance to my family because we could get a lot of presents from our family. The holiday is fun for my family becauset we can give the each other presents.

The recipe comes from the Dominican Republic. The importance of this recipe is that my family comes to my house, so we can see them. My mother cooks the dinner for all of the holidays.

The holidays are important to my family because we usually get a lot of presents. The holiday is important to my family because we can give people presents also.

This food is my country’s dinner dish. The first time I ate curry goat was when I was 5. I thought it was nasty because it was goat and my father killed the goat in front of me. That is why I thought it was nasty. Now I like my family food because it's my culture and it tastes good. It's my family tradition.

The earliest known recipe for a meat in a spicy sauce was found near Babylon in Mesopotamia that dated around 1700 BC. The origins of the word "curry" is said to be the Tamil word "kari" meaning spiced sauce. Tamil people are from the southern regions of India and the island of Sri Lanka.

There are many variations of curry powder and pastes where the base usually includes the following spices. The Tumeric is what gives curry its’ golden yellow color.

Coriander seeds
Cumin seeds
Mustard seeds
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Turmeric
Hot pepper

Resource: http://www.menumagazine.co.uk/book/curryhistory.html

I like Thanksgiving because of my family and food. I have a great Thanksgiving with great food.

In my family I love Thanksgiving day. On Thanksgiving, I go upstate to my uncle's house. At my uncle's house we eat everything. We have a tradition on Thanksgiving that we invite the same people every year. I like Thanksgiving a lot. I see my uncles, aunts, and other people. The food is unreal, we have deviled eggs, mashed potatoes, soda and lots of other good stuff including the delicious turkey.