Why Turkey?- Thanksgiving Special

     Thanksgiving.  You just read this word, and in your mind popped up a family feast of mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce, apple pie, and of course, a huge, juicy bird. Turkey, to be specific. (Unless you're someone who happens to think of Chinese food... trust me, I know some people...) But have you ever thought about why its always turkey? It kind of makes it a strange holiday, I mean, why not chicken? Don't you think it could be classified as a very strange holiday? Well, personally, no, because I happen to think of Easter as that, not because I have anything against the reason it is celebrated, but the idea of an oversized rabbit breaking into your house and promoting your dentist by leaving candy in... eggs!?... thats a post for another day, to make it short. As of now, we shall focus on Turkey Day, aka Thanksgiving, and why it is always a turkey incorporated in the meal.

     Okay, now, lets address the question head on...why turkey? Nowadays they sell things like tofurkey, which is pretty cool to think about, but why turkey? Okay, so, we all know that the Pilgrims were thankful to the Native Americans (not Indians! This is an outrage, but again, a post for another day. I have enough ideas to keep you guys busy for a looong time.), but yeah, Native Americans helped them survive and despite the fact that they had wars, they still helped each other many a times, and so they all had feast one day, and there it was! Turkey! Yes, folks, listen to this! Answering to the question, "Was turkey a part of those meals?" (in which "those" refers to the first Thanksgiving), Andrew Smith, food historian, replied "All of the early evidence for those late 18th century meals [show] turkey was a part of those." They did eat it when they could get one, it was a common bird, therefore a common meal, back then, so it makes a lot of sense. Also according to Andrew, a food historian, turkey didn't become a core part of the Thanksgiving meal until about the late 19th century. By the way, the first, original Thanksgiving was in the late 18th century. So, yeah, unfortunately it's not that much of an interesting answer, you now now why its always turkey! To my friends who believe that Chinese food makes more sense, well, I do NOT know where that comes from, but I would like to wish all my readers a very happy Thanksgiving!

"THANKS"  for reading, and don't forget to say thanks to everyone that deserves a thank you, especially your parents, siblings, family, teachers, and friends.

                                                                 

*The pictures are not mine, "thanks" to Google Images, they are on my blog! :)*