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Has cranberry sauce always been a Thanksgiving staple?
Posted by: missmanners in Household, Interior Decorating, tags: cranberries, cranberry sauce, ThanksgivingAlthough cranberries were probably available during the first Thanksgivings, sugar, a main ingrediate of cranberry sauce, was a rare luxury and not readily available. The first known references to cranberry sauce appear around 1663, and mention a sweet sauce made with boiled cranberries served with their turkey.