It time for some turkey facts with Thanksgiving over I thought I would look into the tradition of why people eat turkey instead of other things like chicken, ham, or duck on Thanksgiving.
The turkey is most famous for Thanksgiving, but why is that however in my search I found a few answers the first is that turkey was surved at the first Thanksgiving this comes from evidence the writing of William Bradford who mentions that the turkey was eaten at the first Thanksgiving although this was written 22 years after the first Thanksgiving took place and back then the word turkey was used to decribe many birds. The other reason I found was that Benjamin Franklin thought that the bird was respectable bird, and he wanted turkeys to be the national symbol of America and not the eagle. However many people didn’t agree with him on this and the eagle became the symbol of America.
This last reason may be the one that is most unlikely as it involves an old story about the Queen Elizabeth of England. Back then a Spanish ship was supposed to attack England however it sank into the sea the Queen was so happy that she ordered her servants to cook goose. The Pilgrams were inspired to cooked turkey instead of goose. There may be other reasons and if you know more reasons please post them in the comments. If you eat other kinds of meat other than turkey on Thanksgiving post them in the comments as well. If you’re still looking for more turkey facts then then look here.
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erinrbritt
November 29, 2011
I want to try a turducken.
arice351
November 29, 2011
That’s turkey stuffed with duck and chicken, right?
erinrbritt
November 29, 2011
Yes, it’s a deboned chicken stuffed inside a deboned duck stuffed inside a mostly deboned turkey. The meats are all layered with stuffing. I’ve seen places where you can order them, but I’ve never had duck so I’ve always been too afraid to try one.
arice351
November 29, 2011
My family had both turkey and tofurkey (tofu-turkey). Unfortunately, I was sick, so I didn’t get to enjoy any fresh food–just the leftovers =/
youngreginald
November 29, 2011
Turducken is delicious you can buy them online and get them shipped to your door from http://www.cajungrocer.com
If that’s too much to Easy Entertaining by Reginald Young
w315lisad
November 29, 2011
I like turkey but it can get boring. One year I prepared an untraditional Thanksgiving meal consisting of Cajun, Italian, and Cuban dishes. It raised a few eyebrows, however, I wasn’t left with 3 days of leftovers.
Jeff Emming
November 29, 2011
My mother is a vegetarian, and instead of subjecting me to tofurkey, we decided that we would have home-made pizzas every year for Thanksgiving. It’s a nice little non-traditional tradition.