Americans are the most important meal of the year, Thanksgiving dinner is. The pace of life in the United States soon, the competition is fierce, very simple daily diet. But on the night of Thanksgiving Day, every family banquet bulk sample, abundance of goods, is breathtaking. On festal table, to the President, right down to the subaltern, Turkey and pumpkin pie is essential. Therefore, Thanksgiving Day is also called "Turkey day".
Thanksgiving foods rich in traditional characteristics. The main course is a traditional Thanksgiving Turkey, it was a wild bird perched on North America, after a large number of breeding, people become delicious poultry, each can only forty or fifty pounds. Fortress condiments are usually put the bird and with good food, then the whole baking, goose baked brown, from the host with a knife slices to everybody. Then by yourself on every marinades, sprinkle with salt, the taste is very delicious. In addition, the tradition of Thanksgiving food and sweet potato, maize, pumpkin pie, red berry moss jam, baking bread and various vegetable and fruit, etc.
美國人一年中最重視的一餐，就是感恩節的晚宴。在美國這個生活節奏很快，競爭激烈的國度里，平日的飲食極為簡單。但在感恩節的夜晚，家家戶戶都大辦筵席，物品之豐盛，令人咋舌。在節日的餐桌上，上至總統，下至庶民，火雞和南瓜餅都是必備的。因此，感恩節也被稱為“火雞節”。
感恩節的食品富有傳統特色。火雞是感恩節的傳統主菜，它原是棲息於北美洲的野禽，後經人們大批飼養，成為美味家禽，每隻可重達四五十磅。通常是把火雞肚子裡塞上各種調料和拌好的食品，然後整隻烤出，雞皮烤成深棕色，由男主人用刀切成薄片分給大家。然後由各人自己澆上滷汁，灑上鹽，味道十分鮮美。此外，感恩節的傳統食品還有甜山芋、玉蜀黍、南瓜餅、紅莓苔子果醬、自己烘烤的麵包及各種蔬菜和水果等。