Why turkey on thanksgiving

Nov 16, Bacon doud Oct 23, I think you mean our ancestors ate turkey in the olden days lol :p. That's right, cody! Are you planning to eat turkey this Thanksgiving? Nov 30, Coolin Nov 22, Why was turnkey chosen for the thanksgiving feast. Thank you for the stuff.

I never knew that it was bengirmen frankilan who was the pearson to decide to have turky for thanksgiving. Adam Nov 22, It is cool that people use to eat goose but they eat turkey now.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Adam! Brooke Karesh Nov 22, Nov 22, Thanks for sharing what you found interesting, Brooke! I love turkeys. If the fallout happens i hope we still have Thanksgiving.

Me Nov 14, Nov 14, Thanks for hanging out with us at Wonderopolis, Me! Kirito Nov 30, Dec 9, Hi, naruto! Megan Nov 9, Nov 9, Howdy, Megan! We hope those smiley faces mean you enjoyed this Wonder! Apr 26, We're glad you liked this Wonder, colden! Thanks for joining the conversation! Dec 2, Have you seen how turkeys are treated in turkey "farms" in America? It's horrific! Go vegan and celebrate Thanksgiving with meatless dishes or meat alternatives instead!

Thanks for sharing the advice, Kirito! Kenzie Nov 23, Where did turkeys name come from? Does it have something to do with the Country Turkey? Nov 24, Amari Nov 23, Nov 27, Thanks for being a supportive Wonder Friend! Avery Nov 23, Gweg Nov 23, Turkeys are fine we eat me for food , plus turkeys would have already died by some other animal.

CB Nov 20, Mak :3 Nov 19, Mmmm, turkey with turkey on it, sounds great! Sounds like a good combination to us, Mak :3! Thanks for leaving us this comment today! Emeline Nov 17, Thats soooo cool. I looove terky and mashed potatose and gravy. Its soooo good. Nov 17, Wonderopolis Nov 26, Bob Nov 18, Nov 18, Hi, Bob!

Howell's class Nov 25, Dear Wonderopolis, Thank you for making a video to help us learn more about turkeys. Thank you for the research about Thanksgiving.

We enjoyed learning why turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving. We were surprised that some turkeys can fly and they can even run 20 miles per hour! Your friends from Ms. Howell's third grade class.

Wonderopolis Nov 25, BobTheBuilder Nov 24, Maryam Nov 17, Yes Bob your right I'm only 7 and I think so. Wonderopolis Nov 24, Davion Pyles Nov 24, EAT-the-turkey Nov 21, This gives tons of facts for us kids but what are turkeys caled when borne. Wonderopolis Nov 21, A baby turkey is called a poult! Kittens Nov 19, Wonderopolis Nov 19, Phillips' Class Nov 14, What do turkeys eat and drink to survive in the wild?

We didn't know turkeys could be raised on farms. We learned that the skin that hangs down from a turkey is called a wattle. How cool! Wonderopolis Nov 14, Wonderopolis Nov 30, Roberyt Talley Nov 4, Nov 6, Wonderopolis Nov 27, We think you're pretty cool, Aberim! Miranda Nov 27, Uppena's Super Stars Nov 26, Dear Wonderopolis, We didn't know that turkeys have heart attacks. The farmers didn't want the turkeys to have diseases. Turkeys are kind of like pigs.

We know this because we have hog farmers in our class. They are raised the same. The farmers care for them. The wild turkey is a native bird. Some turkeys don't fly. It didn't really answer the question as to why we eat it for sure.

We took a class vote and only two out of seventeen people in our room are not eating turkey for Thanksgiving. Uppena's Super Stars. Zach Nov 26, It was good, but it didn't tell me why we eat it. If they run 20 miles per hour, why do they look fat? We loved reading about turkeys! We have a question though, what happens if you don't eat turkey on Thanksgiving?

Also if you are a vegetarian? What could you eat that has something to do with Thanksgiving, you should do information on that. We love Thanksgiving.

Thanks for the awesome info and why did Benjamin Franklin want the turkey to be the nation's bird? We loved the videos too!

They helped!!!!!!! I agree that turkeys are wonderful. They taste good too! I am still wondering what vegans eat on Thanksgiving though. This site really taught me about turkeys. This site really helped me learn about turkey! I still want to know why do we mainly eat turkey on Thanksgiving?

What does a vegan eat on Thanksgiving? Me and Nate didn't know that turkeys have massive heart attacks. I want to take a jet and fly over a field of turkeys. Kailee Nov 25, I wanted to know why they should not be eaten.

Well, this site didn't really help. I needed to know the history. As in why do we eat turkey for Thanksgiving? Phillips' Class Nov 15, What do turkeys eat? Where can we find wild turkeys? Do they live in the woods? Phillips' class likes to eat turkey for Thanksgiving! Wonderopolis Nov 15, Worley's class Nov 15, We eat turkey, ham, and one of our students eats tacos for Thanksgiving!

Thanks for the information about the letter about the turkey hunt! Thanks for the awesome info. It really helped!!!!!!! Wonderopolis Dec 7, Josh Nov 22, Benjamin Franklin had another reason for not liking the bald eagle as our national emblem.

In a letter he wrote to his daughter he wrote how the eagle is an immoral creature. How you judge the morality of a bird is beyond me, and who was he to be questioning what is or is not moral. Anyways I really liked the article. Wonderopolis Nov 23, Nyla Nov 20, In the larger cities, many residents in the late s ate Thanksgiving dinner at a hotel restaurant. In , San Bernardino residents could get a complete Thanksgiving dinner including turkey stuffed with oysters, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin, lemon, or custard pie, for 25 cents at the Arcade Hotel.

The price of a Thanksgiving turkey dinner at a restaurant remained surprisingly steady for many years in the late s. By , the price for a restaurant turkey dinner with the traditional sides had risen to about 50 cents.

These transplantations were largely unsuccessful for gaming, but in other parts of the state, wild turkey transplants run free. During World War I and II, meat was sometimes scarce, and turkey was among the most expensive and difficult to obtain.

In , one year after World War I, Patton State Hospital held the largest Thanksgiving meal in California, with 2, attendees about 2, patients and staff members. Even a year after the war, turkey was too expensive so the huge crowd was served ham. The poultry giant Foster Farms began its operations in Modesto in At that time, the retail price for turkey in California was about 20 to 25 cents per pound.

When Bradford's journals were reprinted in after being lost for at least half a century , they found a receptive audience with advocates who wanted Thanksgiving turned into a national holiday. Since Bradford wrote of how the colonists had hunted wild turkeys during the autumn of and since turkey is a uniquely North American and scrumptious bird, it gained traction as the Thanksgiving meal of choice for Americans after Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in Moreover, there were pragmatic reasons for eating turkey rather than, say, chicken at a feast like Thanksgiving.

The birds are large enough that they can feed a table full of hungry family members, and unlike chickens or cows, they don't serve an additional purpose like laying eggs or making milk. Unlike pork, turkey wasn't so common that it seemed like an unsuitable choice for a special occasion, either. While the cranberries the Pilgrims needed were probably easy to come by, making cranberry sauce requires sugar. Sugar was a rare luxury at the time of the first Thanksgiving, so while revelers may have eaten cranberries, it's unlikely that the feast featured the tasty sauce.

What's more, it's not even entirely clear that cranberry sauce had been invented yet. It's not until that visitors to the area started commenting on a sweet sauce made of boiled cranberries that accompanied meat. There's the same problem with potatoes.

Neither sweet potatoes nor white potatoes were available to the colonists in , so the Pilgrims definitely didn't feast on everyone's favorite tubers.