{"id":1036,"date":"2018-12-03T09:32:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T14:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2018-12-03T09:32:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T14:32:30","slug":"living-loving-local-for-december-cranberries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verveseniorliving.com\/news-events-blog\/living-loving-local-for-december-cranberries\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Loving Local for December: Cranberries!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today considered a superfood, cranberries are one of the few foods truly native to North America. Cranberries have been harvested by Native American peoples since they first set foot onto North American soil.<\/p>\n

History:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cranberries were used as both a food and a medicine by First Nation peoples. As a food they were often mixed with dried meat, pounding the mixture into a pulp called pemmican.\u00a0 They also ate the berries raw or in a sauce, sweetened with maple syrup.<\/p>\n

As a medicine, cranberries were used as a poultice for wounds and a cure for blood poisoning.\u00a0 It was also used as a dye to brighten fabrics.<\/p>\n

To early settlers, cranberries were an excellent source of vitamin C consume to prevent scurvy.<\/p>\n

Commercial cultivation of the cranberry began in the early 1800’s on the east coast of the United States.<\/p>\n

Canadian Statistics:<\/strong><\/p>\n