A big, roast turkey is always the centerpiece of our Thanksgiving feast. And, back in 1621, wild turkeys were also likely part of the first Thanksgiving, but there were also other main dishes, like deer, duck, and goose. In 1789, George Washington issued a Thanksgiving Proclamation asking all citizens to give thanks together as a country on November 26. It may be because of this first official celebration and a remark supposedly made by Alexander Hamilton that turkey is the traditional food for Thanksgiving. How did turkey become the centerpiece of this feast? It is often assumed that today’s Thanksgiving menu originated in an event commonly referred to as the “first Thanksgiving.” There is indeed evidence of a meal shared between Pilgrim settlers at Plymouth colony (in what is now Massachusetts) and Wampanoag people in late 1621. Turkey Was it at the first Thanksgiving? Possibly! While turkeys are not mentioned specifically in records dating back to the first Thanksgiving, Edward Winslow, the author of one of the only accounts of the historic feast, mentioned that the governor sent four men to hunt fowl, and “they four in one day killed as much fowl, as with a little help beside, served the company almost a week.” Turkey or no turkey, the first Thanksgiving’s attendees almost certainly got their fill of meat. Winslow wrote that the Wampanoag arrived with an offering of five deer. How did the turkey become a popular Thanksgiving centerpiece? Did the Pilgrims eat turkey? What about pumpkin pie? See how foods differed from today—and some historically inspired recipes, too! Upon sitting down to a lackluster, turkey-less Thanksgiving feast at the turn of the 19th century, founding father Alexander Hamilton once remarked, “No citizen of the U.S. shall refrain from... Turkey, a Thanksgiving staple so ubiquitous it has become all but synonymous with the holiday, may or may not have been on offer when the Pilgrims hosted the inaugural feast in 1621. We spoke to food historians to discover exactly when we started eating turkey on Thanksgiving and why it has endured as a Thanksgiving tradition. Plus, we got some information on the latest...
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