Guide Note

Each year, millions of American families gather together on the fourth Thursday of November to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. After a large feast, a majority of them take part in eating pumpkin pie for dessert.

Fast Facts

1. Ingredients: pumpkin, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and ginger, baked in a crust.
2. Served with whipped cream
3. Dates back to the Pilgrims

Although the Pilgrims didn't likely eat pumpkin pie with the Indians during the first Thanksgiving feast, today it is considered a must-have dessert option for millions of worshipers. For centuries, the pumpkin pie concept was that the ingredients were contained within the shell of a pumpkin. When the advent of the conventional oven came into being, the pies were then baked within a cookie-based shell. Pumpkin Pie is as much a tradition on Thanksgiving as cranberry sauce, Turkey, and mashed potatoes.