Civil War Cranberry Apple Pie for Thanksgiving

[@TastingHistory]

I recently signed a handful of copies of the Tasting History cookbook. If you want to nab one for the holidays, here’s the link: www.dieselbookstore.com/tasting-history-signed

[@peter_bazinet]

I pre-purchased mine prior to the signings and the ones in L.A. were days I had to work. When do you think you'll have a meet and greet to sign for those of us that had to miss them?

[@TheOfficialTarynTots]

There is nothing I would want more. I'm sending my son the link in hopes he takes the hint.

[@alexanderperry1844]

How about an episode making "Ammunition Bread"?

[@americanrefugee5967]

Thank you so much for the opportunity to buy a signed copy of your cookbook!! This is the perfect present for my husband!! He is my hero and a seriously excellent cook! We both love and enjoy your show but he is the talented chef, who will be cooking the yummy food for his wife! lol! I guess it will actually be a gift for both of us! lol! Thank you again and God Bless!

[@chartreux1532]

Hey Max! I work as Historian for the IFZ in Munich (Institut für Zeitgeschichte - Institute for Contemporary History) and because of your Channel i've been looking into German Food during WW1, Weimar Republic and WW2. So it was very cool to see your "Cooking on the German Home Front During World War 2" Video! I even showed it to my Grandfather who just turned 104 Years old on 1st of September this Year. He is a War Veteran and after the War was hired by the US Military (like many) to help and lecture in US Military Colleges regarding his Experiences fighting the Soviet Military (since the USA during the Cold War wanted to know all that) Anyway, i showed him your Video and he was really happy to see an American do a Video like this. He speaks and understands fluent English of course but because of his Age sometimes has to rewind obviously. Either way, he said your Video is really accurate and he hopes to see some more in the Future, but now he's binging your other Videos on Recipes! Just wanted to share that Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[@TastingHistory]

I love that! That makes my day a bit better. Thank you.

[@stoneysept]

It is so cute how you are capitalizing nouns the way you do when writing in German haha

[@lilafeldman8630]

​@@stoneyseptLol

[@daftwulli6145]

EYYYYYYY I love the IFZ, have been a regular reader of the VfZ. You have also done such important work in helping germany deal with the aftermath of ww 2 and helped giving germans a healthy way to deal with that past that is pretty unique. Thank you for that.

[@Levi_is_Smol]

​@@stoneysept It's a common German mistake because German is, as far as I know, the only language that has these capitalisation rules. Though I do enjoy writing in English more because having to keep all these different rules in mind is more tiring than remembering the handful of rules English has.

[@FreyjaneyX1-j8x]

To any non-US visitors who desire the Thanksgiving experience, come to the US in the end of November and tell everyone you meet that you've never done Thanksgiving before and don't have anywhere to go for Thanksgiving. SOMEONE will ask you to their home and into their family, and they may even insist that you come. For many families (like mine), welcoming folks who don't have someplace else to rejoice is an important aspect of the holiday.

[@Randomuser-yl4uq]

Probably not a good idea to trust strangers in this country

[@ericwilliams1659]

​@@Randomuser-yl4uq ?? Why. It is the people you already know that are the biggest threat in your life.

[@ericwilliams1659]

​@@Randomuser-yl4uqI can feel that Christian love America is known for.

[@tobinshaw2276]

I’ve lived in the USA for 4 years now and this is so true

[@petersage5157]

This is also true for people who are estranged from their own families, regardless of their immigration or naturalization status. There's a sacred hospitality aspect of Thanksgiving that many families bring to the table that makes it, in my opinion, a holiday that Americans should be proud of.

[@HeroClone99]

I live in the small town of Newport, NH... we have a statue of her in a little sitting area just off the side of the local library. It's less than 3-5min walking distance(for a big guy like myself) from my apartment. It's a nice little outdoor sitting area,, but it doesn't have much shade so i don't really go there often, but when I walk the common, I sometimes go to the little sitting area and read the inscription on the Statues base, and take a little breather.

[@ZirkaZironka]

My Danish self watching this knowing I will never celebrate thanksgiving: "fascinating..."

[@ionfalcom1]

My Canadian self watching this knowing we already had thanksgiving ''interesting''

[@AC-ni4gt]

You can still do a "Friends-giving". Basically a Thanksgiving feast with friends instead of family. Or maybe you can also use it for any other occasions.

[@DumbBunny5328]

Just do it anyway

[@sagesarrazine6270]

​@@ionfalcom1What do you guys give thanks for?

[@hopel4822]

I'll eat twice as much in your honor since you can't celebrate

[@JediDrewsterT]

Snorlax is so perfect for the Thanksgiving video!

[@TastingHistory]

That’s how I feel after Thanksgiving

[@asmith8692]

Munchlax might work too.

[@ericwilliams1659]

Still didn't figure out which pokemon was used during the Blitz stew episode.

[@SewardWriter]

I just want to know who decorated him in his sleep, like the first kid to pass out at a sleepover. I imagine his hand is full of whipped cream.

[@stasiaminhaloushe8567]

Now that Snorlax looks like a giant pie. What a wonderful return of the Pokémon.

[@nightsong81]

She had a beautiful idea to unify a nation on the brink of falling apart, and even after it came to blows, held to the notion that it might yet help repair the broken bonds of a people divided. We can't say for sure if it worked, but it didn't hurt, and she sure was persistent in her noble efforts. I dare say we could use someone like her now. Cheers to Sarah Josepha Hale.

[@Winter77Moon]

IDK having it basically right after elections appears to have a negative effect in participation this go round. I can't imagine that choice was ever drama free.

[@markwarner5554]

We are having a hobbit feast day during a lotr:ee marathon that day this year. Breakfast, 2nd breakfast, elenvses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper. Served at ~2 hour intervals.

[@ColorwaveCraftsCo]

Sounds like fun!

[@daradoe9415]

We celebrate PreEaster where we watch the entire Star Wars prequel trilogy and drink blue milk. Yours sounds far superior.

[@kevinbyrne4538]

Meals 2 hours apart? I'm amazed that Hobbits can survive so long without food.

[@toyfruit8065]

My family did this for Thanksgiving during 2020 it was so fun!

[@JoshuaFinancialPL]

hobbits taste terrible. don't feast on them.

[@TKID-17105]

My fam has always made a cranberry-apple tart at Thanksgiving (in addition to the standard pumpkin pie). I had no idea the recipe dates back that far.

[@KenS1267]

Does the bottom crust come out soggy if you do not blind bake it? I was convinced the crust would be a mess.

[@MeMe-Moi]

​@@KenS1267 Glen from Glen and Friends Cooking here on KZbin has a method where he sets the pie in a metal pie plate on a preheated pizza stone while baking. This concentrated bottom heat seems to make the bottom set up faster and prevent a soggy crust

[@TKID-17105]

@@KenS1267 - I honestly can't say. I'm not one of nature's bakers. My wife currently makes the pies/tarts, so I'll have to ask her. I just handle smoking the turkey, the stuffing (fire roasted jalapeno and Andouille sausage cornbread stuffing), potatoes, veg, and gravy. And the festive holiday cocktail.

[@Getpojke]

I remember finding out just how acidic cranberries are. I make a lot of fruit liqueurs & had never tried cranberries before. I had a couple of inexpensive bottles of whiskey & thought I'd try a new concoction of cranberry whiskey. Mixed in a large Kilner jar with sugar, the whiskey & cranberries sat for a few months until a beautiful clear ruby red. I bottled most up, but filled a couple of hip flasks as I was going to a driven shoot in a few days. Most enjoyed a sip at the shoot, & once home I forgot to empty the antique flasks, just popping them in a drawer for later use. A month or so later I was in the drawer & noticed a dark, sticky mess. The cranberry juice had eaten through the pewter seal. Never seen a liqueur eat through metal before, but it was tasty.

[@tarbhnathrac]

I hope your flask is/was modern pewter. Antique pewter contained lead. Lead will leach into anything it contacts, especially acidic foods/drinks ...

[@Fluffymonkeyem]

I learned this the hard way. I have trouble with stomach acid but I started self medicating with cranberry for women's health reasons. Oh boy was I in pain. After about three days the pain was so severe. I just buy cranberry pills if I need that now.

[@eveywrens]

Thank you for sharing this history of the Thanksgiving holiday, Max. Just want to take the opportunity to express my gratitude to my friend Jennifer who, for as long as I have known her, has hosted a Thanksgiving gathering with a huge spread. There is turkey and the fixings, green bean casserole, salads, pies, options for vegetarians who don't eat meat, wine as well as beverages for those who don't imbibe. She invites all of her friends, acquaintances, and neighbors who don't have plans or who don't have anywhere else to go. Some bring desserts as well. One year someone brought a flan pie that I actually enjoyed. Every year I get to meet some new people who have interesting stories, and I can just listen and eat.

[@jonawesolowski-thecommunit9968]

"pinkified" I love that word Max. I can't believe it took so much time and work for Sarah to get Thanksgiving made a Holiday, especially a National one. I am happy for her that she lived to see it.

[@F0re5tMan]

Here's another thing Abe Lincoln also made: the presidential pardon for a turkey on Thanksgiving. One day, a turkey was sent to the white house, and Abe's son (I forget his name) became enamored with the turkey as a pet (he had quite a few others), but was heartbroken to learn the turkey was meant for the dinner table. So he made a plea to his father to let him go (as he had already lost an older brother, and so didn't want to lose this turkey), and so, Abe got a pen and paper and wrote out a presidential pardon for the turkey, to be given to the chef. And ever since, every succeeding president has done a presidential pardon for a turkey at Thanksgiving. (saw this story on Mysteries at the Museum) Also, after reading a chapter in a fanfic, I got to learn that Japan also celebrates its own Thanksgiving, called Labour Thanksgiving Day, in which they are thankful to the salaries who worked throughout the year. Japanese schools have the students make cards and gifts for the municipal workers, such as the police and firemen.

[@joshuarosen465]

The pound of butter in the tarte crust is what Julia Child recommends. She also says ice water. The difference in the procedure is that her tarte crust is baked before you put in the filling. I mix in the butter cubes in the KitchenAid, when they are incorporated add the water. I then roll out and fold the dough multiple times before refrigerating. After it's rested in the refrigerator roll it out and then put it in the tarte or pie pan and bake for 30 minutes. It will rise and become flaky.

[@eduardovieira7001]

Your show is one of the best things on internet, seriously. It is etertaining, it is educational, great quality. Congratulations!

[@Somebody.Alive-pj6xp]

Double upload? Wow. I thought maybe, that if you were going to do a thanksgiving episode that it would maybe be next week. But wow. This is a real treat! Even if people don’t celebrate thanksgiving where I live I’m really getting into the mood. I’ll maybe try and attempt to make the pumpkin pie you made last year with the stuffing from the war thanksgiving episode and maybe a cranberry pie. Happy Thanksgiving from the Scandinavia Max!

[@TastingHistory]

I want to visit Scandinavia!

[@Somebody.Alive-pj6xp]

@@TastingHistory I tried editing my misspelling and lost the like. Still I appreciate you reading my comment :)

[@roberthunter5059]

Next week would be too late to to get the ingredients and cook!

[@angelathuot6898]

My family absolutely loves the 1570 pumpkin cheesecake with tons of cinnamon. That's what I'm going to make this year instead of pumpkin pie. I simply loved your channel, learning about the history of dishes and making them. I'm so glad I found your channel.

[@bennierusschen4446]

As a european i can honestly say this is the first time i understand a tiny bit about thanksgiving :P

[@davidcarr7436]

I'm watching this as I bake Italian herb dinner rolls to go alongside the beef and barley soup I made yesterday. Here in Canada, we've already celebrated our Thanksgiving.

[@madgevanness4011]

Well, your harvest ends earlier.

[@davidcarr7436]

@madgevanness4011 The first "Thanksgiving" in Canada was in 1578 in what is now Newfoundland/Labrador by explorer Martin Frobisher. Thanksgiving was enacted as a holiday in 1879. The foods are pretty much the same, with regional variations. The sweet potato marshmallow thing isn't widely popular, though. Farmers are still harvesting corn and soybeans in some areas

[@AA-jh6fm]

Well, this was a beautiful little piece of history. She persisted. Making a cranberry tart in honor of her spirit. What a chingona.

[@chucksmith539]

Max, today is my birthday. Imagine my surprise to find a new video from Tasting History not posted on a Tuesday as I flipped through my morning internet surfing. What a nice treat for a birthday! Thanks, and keep up the good work.

[@jeanography]

happy birthday 🎂!

[@chucksmith539]

@@jeanography Thanks!

[@TheMasonK]

I was showing my parents your Roman cheesecake video and then they asked “that’s the guy on the news who cooks recipes from history right?” I was shocked as I had no idea you were on the news. 😂Safe to say your audience is multigenerational Max! Have a happy Thanksgiving! Assuming you’re cooking for your family on Thanksgiving, I envy your family 😅

[@Allronix]

Interesting that part of her argument for Thanksgiving was "Now that the elections are over, everyone can calm their tits and stuff their faces." And that 150 years later, we will still stuff our faces but absolutely NO ONE is calming their tits.

[@PineappleLiar]

I mean given a Civil War in her time I don’t think they were calming their tits either.

[@SlapStyleAnims]

@@PineappleLiarLol

[@itspiglet9783]

People literally uninviting their magat friends and family…and who could blame them?

[@MrYfrank14]

@itspiglet9783 - whatever. Trump won the electoral vote, popular vote, senate, house and many Democrat occupied zones were liberated by the Republicans and now the residents can walk the streets free of the hatred, intolerance, racism and violence of the Democrat party. But, you can keep hating the winners and the majority of the country if it makes you feel better.

[@Apathy293]

​@@itspiglet9783anyone who isn't petty can blame them

[@coffeelover7687]

Here's to hoping Max does a crossover with Townsends or Alton Brown.

[@AC-ni4gt]

I rather Townsends.

[@grimx-mv8il]

Townsend would be awesome. I want to see Max in the setting as well as making the food with their tools. It would be a fun one off.

[@TastingHistory]

I’d love that!

[@gnothisauton2116]

Townsends for the history and Alton for the science. Max because we love him.

[@coffeelover7687]

@@gnothisauton2116 Alton is why I love food science.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

SNORLAX SPOTTED!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@frederickross8131]

He must have caught them all by now

[@AC-ni4gt]

@@frederickross8131Almost all of them!

[@kennykeating5243]

Is he holiday themed? It's hard to tell.

[@xXTomokoKurokiXx]

​​@@kennykeating5243 Appropriate because he's sleepy and stuffed, much like all of us are on Thanksgiving.

[@lsmiranda1420]

Thank you for this video for a very personal reason. All I've ever been able to find for my 2X great grandparents' marriage was that they were married "on Thanksgiving Day 1863" in New York. I'd done some cursory research and knew that the day wasn't fixed for the longest time. So your recounting Hale's success with President Lincoln in declaring a national day led me to take the opportunity to look up the exact wording. A quick search for a November 1863 calendar, and voila - the 'last Thursday' of the month was 26 November 1863. Happy 161st Anniversary next week to John and Mary Jane Miller! (No relation, at least, I don't think!)

[@rtfmpeople]

Dude, you seriously are a welcome breath of fresh air in this cesspool of (mostly) junk that is KZbin! Keep 'em coming please!

[@TastingHistory]

I love this comment 😃

[@avon1243]

I love the expressions you make when the taste of the dish registers on your taste buds and in your brain.

[@kelseyjaffer]

the parallels to Sarah’s experiences and the climate of her time and the current political climate are not lost on me, Max. Thank you so, so much for this. (also, i’m totally making this pie for Thanksgiving!)

[@paganlark7037]

Cranberries are also pesticide free naturally because they use spiders to control pests. Pretty cool, eh?

[@TastingHistory]

I didn’t know that!

[@tarbhnathrac]

​@TastingHistory Yep! The folks that wade into cranberry bogs for harvesting occasionally have to do the spider dance to get them off of/out of cuffs and collars and such. They're rather large fat black spiders and really fast, so they appear really creepy but they're also not aggressive and rarely bite.

[@Maeglin7936]

Yeah, I'm just glad none of them hitch a ride and say hi!

[@TiredMomma]

Spiders that swim in water?

[@gravestone4840]

@TiredMomma There are a bunch of aquatic spider species, some even create air sacs with webs and swim underwater to hunt small guppies. Sorry for the additional nightmare fuel.

[@Skorpychan]

I'm english; no thanksgiving here. Maybe you could do a video on the british xmas dinner, though? Roast turkey, stuffing, roasted vegetables, different stuffing, pigs in blankets (sausages rolled up in streaky bacon), bread sauce, chestnut stuffing, potatoes roasted in goose fat, etc. I've got a 1970s microwave cookbook for the bread sauce, and an even older one for the turkey formula. To the point where I saw one in a display of a historical kitchen at one point.

[@ren-uz2mz]

Sounds good!

[@jlshel42]

Happy Friday, fellow Tastorians. We’re eating good this week with another video.

[@mishikirita]

Happy thanksgiving to you and your family!! I’m thankful for all the amazing content you create for us!!

[@richdiddens4059]

Up until 1938 Thanksgiving was on the last Thursday of November. This was usually the fourth Thursday but about 30% of the time it was the fifth Thursday when there was a fifth. Then President Roosevelt changed it to the third Thursday which was very unpopular. So After three years it was fixed as the fourth Thursday even when there was a fifth.

[@01101111011010110110]

I just made a cran-cherry pie! Could've used some spices, so I'm glad it was only a test pie before Thanksgiving Day

[@zeusapollo8688]

I bet that is good

[@01101111011010110110]

@zeusapollo8688 It's nice! I've had cherry pies that mixed tart and sweet varieties, so it seemed an easy substitution. Vanilla ice cream on the side and replacing some of the sugar with brown sugar would have boosted the experience, too

[@1ACL]

​@@01101111011010110110add a drop of almond extract.

[@kdhoude]

you just imspired me I planned to make a Apple Cobbler this year in place of an apple pie, now I will add some dried Cramberries.

[@superstarichiban]

Another fantastic and informative episode, my friend. Alas, I’m making Fried Vanilla Double-Stuffed Oreo’s topped with Cherry Preserves for Thanksgiving dessert, but I might try this one next year. Cheers!

[@mybluesrunthegame]

I love your videos, first saw one after being revived after a accidental drug overdose and then again after being hospitalized for the ... Idk uhhhits above 10th time for b*limia and anor*xia. I never really watch food videos but you talked about the history and distracted me from bad thoughts so I would watch your videos when they served dinner and I was able to force myself to eat as I was distracted. I still eat when watching your videos and it helps me. Thank you, Max for your amazing channel and being an amazing man. You literally saved and changed my life.

[@folkmar00]

Been watching Dylan soo much that when Max said cinnamon, all I've heard was "CYMYNYM!"

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

CIMMANIM!😂

[@TheOfficialTarynTots]

I'm sure I will be snorlaxing after Thanksgiving dinner like most. Perfect Pokémon for the video as usual. You are always so on point.

[@IamtheRealLizardQueen]

True story: my aunt (who lives in North Carolina) celebrates both the Canadian Thanksgiving; which is celebrated on the second Monday in October (she's Canadian) and the American Thanksgiving (she's the only person I know who does that).

[@tarbhnathrac]

The timing of the Canadian vs. American Thanksgiving has always made so much more sense to me. 2 MAJOR holidays squished less than 1 month apart is stupid.

[@strawberrycream2974]

As an American engaged to s canadian, this makes so much sense

[@elmusicalebrig5368]

My Mexican self watching this knowing I will never celebrate Thanksgiving: "Fascinating..."

[@AC-ni4gt]

You can still do it for Feliz Navidad.

[@Hillbilly001]

Sure you can. The basic premise of Thanksgiving is giving thanks for what you have with friends and family. Really doesn't matter when or what you have. What matters is giving thanks for your year.

[@TiredMomma]

My American self wishing I could participate in Día de los Muertos and the wholesomeness of it.

[@Hillbilly001]

@TiredMomma Why not?

[@tm0855]

Probably one of my favorite videos you’ve done! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday for the reasons you’ve described: family and friends gathered around, setting aside differences, to enjoy a meal together - thinking about all of our blessings from the year and being grateful. Probably the only recipe I’ve had the guts to try- but I want to make this for thanksgiving this year!

[@bigredradish]

a quick bit of Thanksgiving and New Hampshire trivia: the favorite Thanksgiving dish of New Hampshire, apparently, is cranberry sauce. just the sauce. there's something deeply wrong with us up here and i don't know how we can be saved that being said, the idea of a cran-apple steamed pudding sounds positively delightful and it's definitely something i'd try to make if i had a proper pudding basin!

[@Person1865]

I will eat cranberry sauce by itself.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

DOUBLE MAX?! THANKS FOR THIS ❤❤❤❤❤

[@roweng.4245]

I actually came up with the idea of adding cranberries to apple pie all on my own (forty-some years ago), before I discovered that others had this idea as well. :)

[@candicesawyer2895]

CranApple pie has been a family staple at Christmas and thanksgiving as far back as my GGrandmother, probably much farther. I usually include the juice and the zest of an orange, along with maple syrup.

[@curtismmichaels]

Looks delicious. Seeing the pink apples made me wonder if Rhubarb might be a fun addition.

[@juliam248]

Apples and rhubarb are always a great combination

[@1ACL]

Rhubarb is more of a springtime harvest thing. Hence strawberry-rhubarb pie.

[@thomastaylorjr.6366]

Reminds me of my Grandma's Cranberry Goodin' Puddin', it's like a Cranberry Crumble, super tart but perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

[@The_Cherokee_Gypsy]

You are the only history/food channel I subscribe to on here. You’re the best in my opinion. ❤ Easy to listen to, knowledgeable, fascinating techniques along with telling a history lesson. I hated history when I was in school, so being an adult now I learn stuff I never even paid attention to 😂

[@damealeta3541]

This was great, Max! My mom made a great pie crust. My sister took one of her pies to work. While coworkers were eating one guy asked another "Are you going to eat that crust?" The other guy said "No." The first guy then asked for it and said "It's delicious. Can I have it?" LOL Ah, the wonders of butter! Can't wait to share some of this history with family next week.

[@EmilyJelassi]

Another variation of pie for Thanksgiving.. thank you, Max!!!😊❤❤

[@llouie4999]

We sometimes hear about how it was a person who wrote into President Lincoln, but it was neat learning just how long she was at it, how forceful her letters became, and how she championed other causes through her letters and books

[@CJRamos-jv3pb]

Apple Cranberry pie is in the top three of my favorite and most perfect food, Pie.

[@drewhorton1272]

At 9:04 Washington could have been referring to the patent clause of the constitution as that had just been added and was meant to help diffuse useful knowledge. It seems like a strange thing to highlight, but it was viewed as embodying certain revolutionary ideals of the time.

[@TheRealTMar]

A friend of mine actually recently had scurvy. She's currently looking for a new job and makes do on meagre unemployment benefits and this affects her grocery shopping and there are some other issues. But a nice load of vitamins solved the issue.

[@TastingHistory]

Oh my! It’s still a problem in several places in the world. Glad she got it fixed.

[@katharinemichie2178]

A local public health official near my home in Canada recently issued a warning about a rise of scurvy among people who rely on food banks. Young doctors who might normally never consider scurvy as a diagnosis were urged to consider the possibility among their patients.

[@TheRealTMar]

@@katharinemichie2178 I can imagine it's an issue when people aren't getting enough vitamins because they eat a lot of processed food. Do these food banks also have fresh produce? Dutch food banks try to give that out as much as possible. Preserved vegetables and fruits should be good too, but often rather salty or sweet.

[@vitorpereira9515]

Happy Thanksgiving to my Americans friends from Brazil! 🇺🇸🇧🇷

[@AngelicHarmony00]

This is such a beautiful video and gorgeous homage to the true meaning of Thanksgiving . I have so much love in my heart after watching this. Thank you Max. 💕

[@EmMiller-wu3dy]

❤

[@soymilkmuse]

I love learning the history we didn't learn in school. ❤

[@melissaanderson3238]

Max! So timely and inspirational, and I'm also so pleased that The Cranberries are one of your favorite bands, too! Thank you.

[@bd4971]

Factor should do a Tasting History collaboration by making a historical recipe box with info from Max about the history of the recipe. Max could do a program based on the box and people cook along with Max, like people would paint while watching Bob Ross. I think this could be a profitable project.

[@calebsteingruber6906]

Excited to try this one, and especially to work some pie dough in my new (antique) Bäckertrog that just came today, from the Italian region of Friuli, 1800s.

[@marystone860]

A Thanksgiving Playlist, YAY! I'll have it playing, while I'm cooking Thanksgiving Dinner for the first time, myself! Turkey and all! Hoo boy!

[@MotoHikes]

I am not envious of much about the USA except for 2 things; the amount and variety of your stunning landscapes, and thanksgiving.

[@picklesontheroad]

Now there's an education I did not get when growing up! Thanks! My daughter recently started to home school one of my grand daughters, I share a lot of your videos with her. Keep up the fine work!

[@Juicypaint]

I just ordered your signed cookbook for my brother in law for Christmas-- what to get for people who have everything 😊

[@jokoerkel1748]

oh, I was born on Thanksgiving, which just so happened to be the 26th, so it's crazy to learn that the 26th was also the date she wanted to make the "first" Thanksgiving!

[@mikebandw186]

I like the look of a more rustic pie. I’m so used to the factory manufactured perfection.

[@WilliamMark-yx7wz]

of all your recipes I still make Syllabub fairly regularly in all sorts of flavors. red wine, maraschino cherry syrup, and lime zest/juice(cherry limeade syllabub) is fantastic. and if you throw it in the freezer it makes a great fluffy ice cream treat. making a lemon flavor this thanksgiving.

[@jonathanpanlaqui1855]

Hi Sir Max and I'm watching from the 🇵🇭, cranberry pies became a favorite food for the Thanksgiving by women due to the abundance of cranberries. Thanks for the episode and Happy Thanksgiving Sir Max 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗.

[@ericbarlow6772]

Thanksgiving was the big holiday of my family. My grandmother hosted it for the entire family. It’s a time with family I will always cherish and I’m sad we don’t have the big family gatherings since she passed 24 years ago.

[@willgd6666]

I appreciate the effort and thought you put into decorating the kitchen behind your shot with topic appropriate items. I also like to spot things like the pie with a couple slices taken out in the backround and wonder if the tasting was filmed before or after the earlier parts of the video.

[@DoctorEth]

To "retire" the cranberries is peak 19th-century turn of phrase 🙌🏻👍🏻

[@eastfrisian_88]

Oh, that looks delicious! I love your Thanksgiving tradition! Here in Germany, Thanksgiving isn't really celebrated with family and friends, if at all - but that certainly varies from region to region. I grew up in the northwest in quite a rural area. In my home village, Thanksgiving is only celebrated in the Protestant church (on the first Sunday in October), but in two villages just around the corner, associations have been maintained that organize big celebrations on the 2nd or 3rd weekend in September. As a child, I always liked the parades with the decorated carriages, carousels, and sweets. For young people and interested adults, there were always big organized parties in the evenings by the farmer youth association ("Landjugend"), and these parties were enormously popular because all drinks were dirt cheap. So there were two weekends of partying, and it often happened after I turned 18 that I disappeared on Friday evenings and only returned home on Sunday mornings at 9 o'clock with a bag of fresh rolls from the bakery for my parents. These were crazy times in the early 2000s🤣

[@seharmon]

I have long loved making cranberry apple pie! I do add a pinch of allspice, but not much.

[@FlorenceFox]

Hearing about divisive elections leading up to a civil war just feels really ominous right about now, ya know?

[@NinjaVampireCyborg]

Between this and the pumpkin apple raisin pie from the 1600s, i think we could almost combine the two into the ultimate all-in-one thanksgiving dessert!

[@viviancandelario4766]

Thank you for this vlog Max! I came to USA as a Filipino immigrant in 1990 and spent my first Thanksgiving with my paternal family in Connecticut. My dear Aunt, married to an Italian American, made a full Thanksgiving meal and I had Rugula pie for the first time! I am cooking our turkey from scratch for the first time! Wish me luck 😊

[@MamaBear3015]

A bonus Friday episode? Thank you so much!! This is a great start to my Thanksgiving vacation at home. We're going to try a few foods from your cookbook. And we can't wait for the second book! 😊

[@TastingHistory]

I always do a few Friday episodes around the holidays so keep a lookout 😁

[@MaritsaDarman]

She had such a good heart ❤ she truly makes me proud to be among a loving nation. I wish for this love to continue to the generations forward

[@pathallam986]

Fresh cranberries have only been widely available in the UK for around 15 years, but I make a Christmas tart for Christmas Eve: rich shortcrust base (egg, sugar, orange zest) topped with sweet mincemeat ( as in mince pies), apples, more orange zest, slug of alcohol, and cranberries cooked down as in this recipe. Very rich, very Christmassy.

[@bernadettewhitty2313]

Your video lead me to search further on Canadian thanksgiving and the difference between our countries. I read that the first Canadian Thanksgiving was celebrated in Newfoundland 40 years prior to the USA. However, the traditional foods Canadians have come to know were influenced by the USA. Cheers neighbours! 🦃

[@wadejustanamerican1201]

I just wanted to say thanks for another great video. I've been watching since the beginning and my kids and I have enjoyed recreating these recipes. Just like Townsend's you have created a fantastic community here. Also, your delivery of each episode is like sitting down with an old friend. I'm sure many here could imagine that large table with you and all here having a grand time. Thank you.

[@ninjamalec]

*Max releasing this video at midnight Friday night/Saturday morning* *Me craving a midnight snack* Well played Max.😂

[@julieg9847]

This was one of my favorite videos! I will definitely be trying the cranberry tart recipe. Last year I made the pecan pie from 1914. Delicious!

[@nicolerichter-smith2573]

I have always loved Thanksgiving over Christmas. And I love Cranberries. Thanks.

[@LarryCrandall-z2w]

Max, this would be an interesting take and alternative to apple pie 🥧. Thanksgiving 200 years ago and Thanksgiving now, "One and the same." Really not too different from what the origins of my ancestors first feast at Plymouth.

[@GnomaPhobic]

A pound of butter in the crust... Sign me up! Great video Max, and I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving.

[@patriciamorgan6545]

Max, doing his bit to bring a divided country together. If not this Thanksgiving, when? I hope it works. Happy Thanksgiving, Max, Jose, and everyone.

[@SebastianJArt]

Thank you Sarah! And Max 🎉

[@dolphincrescent54]

To be honest, Sarah Josepha Hale's story makes a much better origin story for Thanksgiving. A woman fighting to unite a torn nation after the Civil War through the simple act of sharing a meal.

[@juniperlau]

I saw this had posted just in time for my lunch and literally said, "Yay!" outloud to the confusion of those around me.

[@dianethomas9384]

My brother always asks me to make "his" cranapple pie as a Christmas present and even though we go to restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner, "because it is so much work" my family wants me to make and divide for each of them, pumpkin and cranapple pies. I am also expected to make them for Christmas and if I have cranberries in the freezer, at Easter as well! This is a great pie!

[@katrussell6819]

Good topic for these divisive days, Max. May the families in our country enjoy a peaceful and respectful holiday.

[@robininva]

Pie Crust is my favorite food group! That crust looks stellar!

[@BuckMckawtheotherone]

In Canada, we have our Thanksgiving in October. Whether we were first, or simply decided to jump ahead of an American idea, God knows? But, Happy Thanksgiving, Max. That pie looked and seemed delicious.

[@SimuLord]

The moral of the story is that it's wise to listen to the New Englander the first time so you get maximum benefit from our good ideas. (proudly born and raised in Wakefield, Massachusetts.) With that in mind, if by chance anyone in the Patriots' front office is watching and reading the comments, draft Kelvin Banks Jr. please and thank you. :)

[@Martial-Mat]

Pie looks delicious. Fresh cream or custard - choices choices. Custard is homely, but fresh cream is so sweet and yum.

[@Iflie]

The thing about seeing all these holidays on tv is that it's like you eat the same things for Thanksgiving as you do for Christmas except maybe with less sweetpotato pie. Like how do you pick which one gets the turkey? And then there is the ham. In the Netherlands we don't have the thanksgiving but christmas has two days, which is handy if you want to spend one with your parents and the other with your in laws. And New Year's eve was always a big family get together too and we usually had a pink salad and assorted nibbles and cheeses with french bread. A toast and round of kisses at midnight and then watching the firework chaos outside.

[@ChaoticYak1]

I can't be with family on Thanksgiving because I live halfway across the country and it's been hard to be alone on this particular holiday because that's always been the purpose in my family. We don't do a whole lot on Thanksgiving. We just make a meal and eat and spend time together. I like knowing that what I saw as the main reason for Thanksgiving was the original purpose of it.

[@iduswelton9567]

I'm having a quiet thanksgiving holiday - my family is scattered to the seven winds and my parents have gone to Heaven alone with my Lil sister - so I'll be alone with KZbin and my dinner - but it's okay I'm use to celebrating the holidays alone 😊- Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

[@PBcoverlet]

Me too with my cat.

[@Glacier_Nester]

Have some good food over there, hope your Thanksgiving goes well!