As you might imagine, the team members at Pine Island Cranberry have some cranberry-related Thanksgiving traditions. Bill spoke with the Philadelphia Daily News last week and shared some of his, particularly his wife Nadine’s delicious homemade whole berry sauce:

Bill and his sister Holly, our CFO, are also very fond of their mother Sara’s cranberry nut pie. Holly says, “I make it all the time; it’s my signature dessert!” She is also adding cranberries to her stuffing this year.

When asked what he traditionally has at his house on Thanksgiving, general manager Fred Torres grins and say, “Cranberry wine!” But he is also fond of his own mother’s homemade cranberry sauce and homemade cranberry juice, as well as cranberry sweet rolls, which Tug’s, Becca’s, and Stefanie’s mother makes for the harvest team every year.

Controller Joann Martin is also a fan of the homemade recipe as well as Ocean Spray’s jellied sauce. Looking a little further ahead, she likes to string popcorn and cranberries for her Christmas tree!

Equipment/Facilities Manager Louis Cantafio says his wife Kathy is going a little crazy this year now that she has access to such a great supply. Another fan of the homemade sauce, she also makes cranberry bread, a cranberry horseradish, and Louis’s favorite, cranberry chocolate chip oatmeal cookies.

Overall the homemade recipe is the big winner with our employees; others who are making it include administrative assistant Debra Signorelli and webmaster Stefanie Haines. Stef also throws Craisins into everything, and they’ll be making an appearance with both her cornbread stuffing as well as with roasted butternut squash.

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us to all of you!