Raised in flooded autumn bogs and famous for bouncing when ripe, I often arrive at the Thanksgiving feast retaining the ridged ridges of a tin cylinder. What am I?
Cranberry sauce
Cranberries grow in bogs, bounce when fresh, and canned cranberry sauce famously keeps the cylindrical mold of the tin can.
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