indian corn

基本解释

Holiday meals. A time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. A time for Indian corn.
感恩节的食物非常有特色：塞满馅的火鸡、南瓜饼和玉米等等的美味。
Because it could be produced almost anywhere and because its yield even on poor land was satisfactory, Indian corn was the chief crop.
由于几乎任何地方都能种植，而且甚至在贫瘠的土地上的产量也令人满意，所以印第安玉米成了主要作物。
Since the pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians had no refrigeration in the seventeenth century, they tended to dry a lot of their foods to preserve them. They dried Indian corn, hams, fish, and herbs.
17世纪，清教徒和万帕诺亚格印第安人还没有掌握冷藏方法，他们总是用风干的方法来保存食物，有印第安玉米、火腿、鱼肉还有香草。

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