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CORN

What’s in a word?

wheat

What do you call this?

maizecorn

corn

oat

Corn: Who, When, & Where?

Native Americans orAmerican Indians

A long time before the MayaCivilisation

From Chile to VirginiaFrom Brazil to California

When did the English first discovered corn?

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving at present time

The fourth Thursday in November

A national holiday It’s a time for families to get together and give thanks for what they have.Schools, offices and many shops are closed until Sunday making it a long weekend

The Americans may travel long distancesto be with their family and friends

It is the most American holiday of all

food They eat a dinner of roast turkey* and autumn vegetables:

Corn

Potatoes

Yams*

Cranberry sauce*

Pumpkin pie*

A big 30 – 40 pound stuffed turkey

Yams Sweet potatoes

Cranberry sauce

PARDON TURKEY presidential pardon of a turkey

Each year the president of the US pardons a turkey and spares it from being eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.

The first turkey pardon ceremony started with President Truman in 1947

President Obama pardons a 45-pound turkey named Courage

Thanksgiving 2014

Different ways of eating corn

salad

baked Corn ball

Cornbread

Salted corn

FIRST THANKSGIVING

November 1621

English and native Americans ate together for three days

What for?

November 1620

102 Puritan reformers

On the Mayflower

WHY?

To escape religious persecution back in England (King James I) and to find a land where to profess their faith freely

The Pilgrim Fathers

They sailed to America

The route

The trip took 66 days

They left from PlymouthThey landed near Cape Cod

Many Native American tribes lived in that area

South-East Massachusetts

Wampanoag

Corn, Beans and Squash are three of the main traditional crops for the Wampanoag

Maize or corn beans squash

cornbreadChicha

Back to the Pilgrim Fathers

• They arrived in December• First winter very difficult• Very little food because it was too late to grow

any crops

Many pilgrims died

from 102 to 44

The native Americans showed the survived Pilgrims how to grow crops ( corn and other plants)

Together is better

• The surviving Pilgrims worked hard during the spring and summer

They had a great harvest and they wanted to thank God

Harvest feast

The Pilgrim Fathers invited the Indians who helped them

It lasted three days

First meal together

• Roasted deer

• Corn

• shellfish

A national holiday

President Lincoln

In 1863 he declared Thanksgiving a holiday to give thanks for «general blessing»

Grain maize in the UK

It is grown mainly for FORAGE

The summer there is not warm enough to grow maize for grain

but Earlier maturing varieties Rising summer temperatures

New interest in the crop

The demand for grain maize in the UK is

OVER

1.25 million tonnes

annually

Sweetcorn

Cornflakes

Main products