Word: sassamanesh
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When the Pilgrims first landed, they found the Nauset Indians using a bright red waxy berry that seemed good to eat as well as valuable for making poul tices and preserving game. The Indians called the berry sassamanesh; the Pilgrims rechristened it the cranberry. At first confined to New England, and mainly to Cape Cod, as a diet staple and profitable source of income, the cranberry gradually conquered the holiday tables of the nation. This month, when Americans buy more cranberries than at any other time of the year, no Thanksgiving dinner will be considered complete without them. The most...
...place of 20 men working with the oldtime hand scoops. Ocean Spray has also turned to exports, now ships its products to 27 nations. Gelsthorpe is concentrating initially on Britain, hoping to show Britons what their ancestors missed by not emigrating with the Pilgrims to the land where sassamanesh grows...
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