Turkey is an animal of the genus turkey in the pheasant family, mainly found in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, and it is a very favorite food of North Americans. A long time ago, turkey in North America is a kind of wild large pheasants, due to the turkey can eat a lot of meat, was domesticated into poultry, the earliest time of domestication is about in Europe in the Neolithic era (European Neolithic about five thousand BC), turkey introduced to China time is even later.

Turkeys are 3 to 5 times the size of the average domesticated chicken, and are about 110-115 centimeters long. Most turkeys are tame, but only adult males are feisty and territorial. Turkey meat is very faggot, the texture is relatively hard, in the preparation of the time is very difficult to taste, so many Chinese people are not too fond of eating turkey meat, then why Americans are fond of turkey? The reasons are as follows:

1. Turkey has a unique cultural connotation for Americans

Thanksgiving is a traditional holiday in Western countries, and most of the countries will have three days of legal vacation during the holiday, and they will take advantage of the holiday to go home for reunion. Legend has it that turkeys are animals that can eliminate fires and other disasters, commonly known as ? turkey? so at the holiday feasts, ? Roasted turkey has a special meaning. has a special significance and is an essential dish. In the important festival of Christmas, people also consume turkey to express their gratitude for the coming of Jesus.

2. Americans' pursuit of meat is different from ours

One of the more important things that our people don't like about turkey meat is that turkey meat is far less flavorful and tastier than traditional chicken. Turkey meat is more fishy, the meat is tougher, and our broiler compared to broiler meat, no broiler meat silky smooth, but for Americans, they prefer to eat meat in large mouths of the kind of chewing feeling, this feeling will make them feel very satisfied, very cool and very painful. Although turkey is difficult to flavor when it is prepared, they make up for it by serving it with their favorite dipping sauces.

3. The United States of America on the turkey breeding scale is much larger

In our country, turkey prices are much more expensive than ordinary chicken good, so the scale of breeding relative to the United States is very small, in the national life of the turkey accounted for a smaller proportion of food. The United States has a lot of large-scale turkey breeding plant, can meet the national demand at the same time can also be exported abroad.

So compared to our country, the American love of turkey is very strong.