Thanksgiving (optional assignment)
Across
- 4. A long, thin, green vegetable often mixed with cream of mushroom soup and fried onions in a casserole.
- 6. Small, soft breads often served warm with butter
- 7. Sweet, orange vegetables often baked and topped with marshmallows.
- 9. A baked side dish featuring small, elbow-shaped pasta mixed with a creamy yellow dairy sauce.
- 11. Small, tart red berries often served as a sauce or relish
- 12. A brown sauce often poured over mashed potatoes or the main bird.
- 13. A baked dessert with a crust, commonly filled with pumpkin or apple after the big meal
- 14. English settlers who traveled to North America and held the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621
Down
- 1. A starchy, commonveget able, usually mashed and buttered for the holiday meal.
- 2. The common art project made by tracing an outline of your hand and decorating it to look like a feathered bird.
- 3. The eleventh month of the year
- 5. Marching bands, elaborate floats, and giant balloons often held in major cities on Thanksgiving morning.
- 8. The large, flightless bird that is the main course
- 10. A mix of bread, vegetables, and spices traditionally baked inside the main bird (or in a separate dish)