Buza i-American lokho okuhlale kuhlanganisiwe etafuleni le-Thanksgiving dinner futhi bayophendula masinyane "u-turkey." I-Thanksgiving ivame ukubizwa ngokuthi iTurkey Day ngenxa yokubaluleka kwenyoni ekudleni. Kodwa-ke, ngokumangalisayo, amaPilgrim kungenzeka angadli i-Turkey ngesikhathi sokubonga kuqala ngo-1621.
Ngesikhathi amaPilgrim edla isizwe saseWampanoag izinsuku ezintathu ePlymouth Colony, cishe ayegxila kwezinye izinyoni ezinjengama-goose, ama-swans, namajuba ensimbi.
U-Edward Winslow, umholi waseNgilandi, waya kulowo Mbuso Wokubonga futhi wabhala ukuthi umbusi wathumela amadoda ukuba ahambe "amafowling" kuyilapho amaMelika aseMelika enza izilwane ezinhlanu ezinkulu. UWilliam Bradford, umbusi wamakoloni, wathi ngaphandle kwezinyoni zasemanzini, zinezinhlanzi zasendle, inyamazane kanye nesitolo esikhulu samaNdiya.
Uma i-turkey isetshenziswa, kungenzeka ukuthi isetshenziswe ngezindlela eziningana ngezindlela ezidlula izinsuku ezintathu. Ngosuku lokuqala, izingcezu zezinkumbi kanye nesiphepho sonke sasendle kwakuyoklawa ngezinhlamvu ezingaphezu kwamalahle omlilo. Ngezinsuku ezizayo, inyama yezinyoni zasendle yayizosetshenziselwa izitshalo nezobho. AmaPilgrims ngezikhathi ezithile izinyoni ezigxiliwe ngamakhambi, anyanisi, noma amantongomane kodwa abengeke basebenzise isinkwa kumxube wokugxilisa, njengoba senza namhlanje.
Ngekhulu leminyaka elilandelayo, i-turkey yaqhubeka ibe yinye yezinhlobo eziningi ezidliwa emkhosini we-Thanksgiving. Isibonelo, imenyu ye-Thanksgiving ye-1779 yayihlanganisa lezi zinsizakalo ezilandelayo: Ukudla okuncane kwe-Venison Roast; I-Chine yengulube; Ukuqothulwa eTurkey; I-Pigeon Pasties; I-Goose ye-Roast.
Enye imenyu ichaza ukuthi inyama yenkomo yenkomo yenkomo yayiyiyona eyinhloko ekhethiwe kuDishuwalusi isidlo sakusihlwa kodwa njengoba inyama yenkomo yayingatholakali ngesikhathi seMpi Yezimpindiselo, abakholoni badla ezinye izilwane ezihlukahlukene ezibandakanya u-turkey.
Kodwa phakathi neminyaka eyi-1800, i-turkey yavela ekubalukeni njenge-centerpiece yokudla. Encwadini yokupheka e-1886 ebizwa ngokuthi "I-Kansas Home Cookbook," abalobi bachaza ukuthi "Ithebula lethu le-Thanksiving-dinner alinikezwa njengoba ugogo wethu elayisha isikhathi sakhe.
Ibhodi ayisaguli, okungokoqobo noma ngokwemvelo, ngaphansi komthwalo wayo wezinyama, imifino namaswidi. "Kunalokho, abalobi baphakamisa ukuthi abapheki basekhaya benza izinsizi eziningana, inhlanzi, imifino kanye ne" [t] hen - isihloko esiyinhloko , iphuzu lokuqoqa izithakazelo - i-Thanksgiving turkey! "
Phakathi neminyaka ye-1900, iTurkey yayiyingxenye enkulu emikhumweni ye-Thanksgiving ukuthi ama-turkeys aqhubeka nokuthengisa kahle ngesikhathi Ukucindezeleka Okukhulu kanye namathani ayizigidi eziyishumi ze-turkey athunyelwa amasosha ngo-1946 phakathi neMpi Yezwe II.
Ngomunye wemikhuba ye-Thanksgiving engavamile, unyaka ngamunye, u-Turkey owodwa onenhlanhla uthola ukulungiswa kukaMongameli ngenkathi abashade naye bevuleka etafuleni lokudla. Isiko saqala ngo-1963, lapho uMongameli uJohn F. Kennedy ebuyisela emuva u-55% we-turkey ethi "Sizokwenza lokhu kukhule." UMongameli uRichard Nixon wathumela i-turkeys epulazini laseWashington DC ngenkathi uMengameli uGeorge HW Bush ebeka isibopho sokuqala sokuthuthelwa kwe-turkey ngo-1989. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, u-turkey owodwa uxolelwe njalo ngonyaka kwi-National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. Ngeshwa, la ma-turkeys ahlale ephila isikhathi eside ngoba abelethwe ukudla kunokuhlala isikhathi eside.