What is Cran-Max® Cranberry Supplement?
An old Native American legend has it that the wild cranberry was a gift of the Great Spirit. The cranberry was brought from heaven in the beak of a dove and dropped into a bog. The Indians introduced the Pilgrims to these sour red berries that grew around Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Cape Cod Indians called the berry Ibimi, meaning bitter berry. The Indians used cranberry poultices to draw venom from arrow wounds. The bright red cranberry juice gave them dye for rugs and blankets. Crushed cranberries mixed with dried venison and fat formed a food the Indians called pemmican. They would shape the mixture into cakes and bake it in the hot sun, which would keep for a long time. Other tribes dried the berries, and seasoned them with maple sugar. The early English settlers found the sweetened berries made an excellent sauce for meats. The Pilgrims then began inventing cranberry recipes of their own. They made cranberry sauce, cranberry tarts, cranberry nog, and a jam made of cranberries and
