2. At that time, it was still a desolate and uncultivated virgin land, where turkeys and other wild animals were everywhere. In the middle of winter, they were in a strange place with little food and clothing, and the harsh environment was threatening their lives. In this life-and-death situation, the local Indians brought them food, supplies and tools, and helped them build their new home.
3. In order to thank the Indians for helping and supporting them in their time of need, and to thank God for his "gift" to them, on the fourth Thursday of November, the turkeys were made into a delicious meal, and the Indians were treated to a feast and a celebration that lasted for three days. Since then, every year on the fourth Thursday of November to hold such celebrations, in addition to entertaining the Indians food roasted turkey, and together to organize archery, running, wrestling and other sports competitions, the night is also surrounded by a bonfire to sing and dance, *** enjoy the joy.
4, turkey that spit cordon bleu chicken (Turkkey), also known as the seven-faced chicken, the wild, now domesticated for meat poultry. The whole body is black, white, dark yellow feathers. Head, upper neck bare, there are red coral-like skin tumor, the throat has a meat droop, the color from red to purple, can change. Male turkey tail feathers can be unfolded in a fan shape, a bunch of hairballs in front of the chest, female turkeys weighing 8-9 kilograms, the annual production of turkey eggs 50-80 eggs, each egg weighs 20-80 grams. Currently raising varieties of "bronze turkey" and "white turkey" is more.
5, turkey is a specialty of the Americas, before the Europeans to the Americas, has been domesticated by the Indians. Turkey's name in English called "Turkey". Because Europeans think it looks like the Turkish costume: body black head red. Europeans loved to eat roast goose. After immigrating to the Americas, they had a request to eat goose before they could raise it well, so they ate turkey and found that turkey was better than goose. And there were a lot of turkeys in North America. So roast turkey became a big dish for Americans, essential for important holidays.
6, this custom has more than three hundred years of history. It is said that in the Christmas of 1620, a large number of immigrants from the United Kingdom arrived in the American continent of the Portsmouth Mountains. At that time, there was a lack of produce there, only turkeys all over the mountains, so they caught turkeys, as the main dish of the holiday. Therefore, the holiday meal, in addition to ham, sweet potatoes, vegetables, raisin pudding, fruitcake, cocktails, of course, there is no lack of turkey this "brother"!