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In Britain, US turkey dinner is business

Greg Klaes, a Detroit native who used to teach science on U.S. military base schools, started growing pumpkins 30 years ago so his students could carve Halloween jack-o-lanterns. Texas-based Whole Foods has turned its store on Kensington High Street into a one-stop holiday shopping center beginning with a sidewalk chalkboard that welcomes customers with the message "We are here to make your Thanksgiving epic." A few blocks down the High Street in a store that's already decked out with red-and-green Christmas decorations and stacks of plum puddings and mince tarts, Waitrose has a small "Happy Thanksgiving" display, complete with a picture of a pumpkin wearing a buckled Pilgrim hat. Offerings include Ocean Spray cranberry sauce, Carnation evaporated milk and Libby's pumpkin, alongside British icons like Paxo Sage and Onion stuffing. Joy said he has started getting calls from British families who want to put on feasts for their American work colleagues — so they don't feel lonesome on the big day. Aptly named the American Food Store, replete with sign decorated with the Stars and Stripes, it caters to those in need of Hostess Twinkies, Pepperidge Farms Goldfish and Campbell's Soup. [...] for the holiday they've added Libby's canned pumpkin, Stove Top stuffing and graham cracker pie crusts. For those who don't understand the holiday, Lidgate's offers this primer on its Website: "Turkeys feature prominently in the history of the Pilgrim fathers, and it is believed that many Puritan families owed their survival to wild turkeys."

 

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