A Few Thanksgiving Fowl Facts
By NeatStuff. Filed in Random |Tags: Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving feast, Thanksgiving meal, Thanksgiving turkey, the first Thanksgiving
While you probably always remember eating delicious Thanksgiving turkey on Thanksgiving Day, historians note that the turkey was not the featured food on the original Thanksgiving Day menu. It only was following a few years that the Pilgrims put tough years, especially tough winters, behind them.
The breakthrough came in 1621 when their harvest was a total success. Pilgrims and Indian guests alike ate a wide variety of food during a three-day celebration honoring the Pilgrims’ first super harvest. There is no argument that turkey was on the original Thanksgiving menu because of writings left behind by the governor of the time, Governor Bradford. Yet, turkey alone was not the entire meal, as many other birds, venison, and types of seafood were served as well.
What could have been on the initial Thanksgiving Day menu:
- Indian corn
- Lobster and clams
- Duck
No pumpkin pie?! Necessary ingredients to make pumpkin pie such as spices, sugar, and ovens were not available at the time!
In 1863, President Lincoln issued a proclamation that made Thanksgiving an official holiday. Previously, George Washington declared it to be a holiday.It wasn’t until about the mid-1850s before the American public truly got behind the Thanksgiving celebration . It wasn’t until after the 1850s that the turkey became a solid part of the Thanksgiving tradition.
While the food we eat on Thanksgiving and Christmas bear a pretty significant resemblance to each other, the nature of the two holidays differs quite a bit. During Thanksgiving, people thank God for the food and blessings that they received throughout the previous year, and ask for continued blessings. In slight contrast, Christmas is more of a Christian holiday.
The seasonal production of turkeys is enhanced significantly during the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays. During the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday seasons. nearly five billion pounds of turkey are consumed by families in the United States {This adds up to nearly $8 billion|In dollars and cents, Americans spend about $8 billion each Thanksgiving and Christmas to eat turkey. In the last few decades, the Thanksgiving turkey itself has become bigger and bigger. The size of domestic turkeys increases annually, courtesy of genetic engineering and improved breeding practices.
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