"Fact of the day: Pumpkin pie became a popular dish during Civil War-era celebrations of Thanksgiving because pumpkins were grown on small farms, not plantations, making the pie a symbol of abolitionist virtue."
-@danielsilliman, Twitter
Read more about this delicious diva, and other delicacies in Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon by, Cindy Ott.
