Thanksgiving Turkey

Hi! I am glad you could join me again this month. I am going to inform you about the history of the turkey. I have decided to write about the turkey because it is almost Thanksgiving. Turkey is a traditional meal served on Thanksgiving Day. That being said, I would not want it any other way. Turkey is delicious! In this blog you will learn all about the history of why people eat turkey on Thanksgiving. Plus many fun and interesting facts about turkey.

Did you know that no one really knows why the turkey was the chosen meal for Thanksgiving. However, historians have a few theories of why the turkey was chosen. One theory historians have established starts with the early pilgrim settlers. Theory has it that the pilgrims came to America and ate the first Thanksgiving dinner with the Wampanoag Indians. Their meal consisted of beef and fowl, a gallinaceous bird. Historians do not know for sure which type of bird was served; however, a written letter by Edward Winslow, a pilgrim, mentioned a turkey hunting trip that took place prior to the first Thanksgiving meal.

Another theory historians have created attributes to the Queen of England. Theory has it, that while Queen Elizabeth was eating dinner one night during the 16th century, Spanish battleships sunk on their mission to attack England. After hearing this news, Queen Elizabeth was so happy that she ordered another goose for dinner. However, she was served turkey in exchange for a goose.

DID YOU KNOW.....

• Benjamin Franklin believed the turkey was more suitable to be the national bird of the United States, rather than the bald eagle. 
• Each individual turkey has a specific voice allowing them to recognize each other. 
• Domesticated turkeys are unable to fly, however, wild turkeys can fly for short distances at a time. 
• The snood on a turkey is the long fleshy piece of skin that dangles over a male's beak. 
• Turkeys consist of 5000 to 6000 feathers. 
• Turkey is enjoyed all around the world.
• Turkeys are very intelligent and social animals. 
• The bare skin on the turkeys throats changes colors depending on levels of stress and excitement. When the turkey's skin turns blue, they are excited. Alrhough, when their skin turns red, they are stressed out. 
• In ancient Mexico cultures the turkey was considered sacred and often referred to as "jewelled birds" by the Aztecs.

I hope all of you reader going this information as interesting as I did! May all of your Thanksgivings be  great and full with turkey! Join me back here in a month to read all about a new and interesting animal.