Regardless of one's religious beliefs most families will share a large meal together of turkey, stuffing mashed potatoes with gravy sweet potatoes cranberry sauce, sweet corn and pumpkin pie.
But we also use it in many foods that are popular during the fall season –foods like pumpkin bread, pumpkin coffee, pumpkin cookies, pasta made with pumpkin and pumpkin pie.
So, as many of you know, I am Canadian. And this week in Canada is actually Thanksgiving, which, for me, basically means turkey and pumpkin pie, but it got me thinking about gratitude and thanking people.
And in this instance, the pardoning means that the president is sparing the turkeys from being served alongside pumpkin pies, mashed potatoes, and casseroles.