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I eat twice that day as well. First meal (deep fried turkey) will be 1sh.. Second meal (traditional turkey & ham) will be 5-6 ish where I will actually be eating a hour to two after the meal was originally served.
In recognition of the day, I thought I'd post a few less commonly known facts about this great holiday.
1. Harvest festivals date back to the days of ancient Greece, Rome, the Hebrews, the Chinese, and the Egyptians.
2. Many original "Thanksgiving" festivals lasted several days and were often unrelated to any season and were more so linked to religious or victorious battle celebrations.
3. The first Thanksgiving in America wasn't called 'Thanksgiving' nor a 'holiday' and was perceived and celebrated by the Pilgrims as a secular ceremony. It was not repeated the following year.
4. The word "turkey" is a Native American (Wampanoag Indian) word to describe all wild fowl and, there is no evidence to suggest that the bird commonly known today as the turkey was present at the first Thanksgiving table. There were no pies, breads, cranberries (or anything sweet - the settlers had long run out of flour and sugar) and it is estimated that seafood was the primary source of meat for a majority of the settlers. The most meaty and fatty foods (venison) were reserved for the upper class (no 'sampling') and there were probably very few vegetables. There were also no potatoes (Europeans thought they were poisonous.)
5. President Lincoln was the first to appoint a day of thanksgiving on Nov. 21, 1863 and Congress made it a national holiday in 1941 (4th Thursday of November.)
6. Remember; The Thanksgiving Day word of the day will be: trencherman \TREN-chuhr-muhn\, noun: A hearty eater.
Happy Turkey Day Everybody - Gobble 'til you Wobble!
In recognition of the day, I thought I'd post a few less commonly known facts about this great holiday.
1. Harvest festivals date back to the days of ancient Greece, Rome, the Hebrews, the Chinese, and the Egyptians.
2. Many original "Thanksgiving" festivals lasted several days and were often unrelated to any season and were more so linked to religious or victorious battle celebrations.
3. The first Thanksgiving in America wasn't called 'Thanksgiving' nor a 'holiday' and was perceived and celebrated by the Pilgrims as a secular ceremony. It was not repeated the following year.
4. The word "turkey" is a Native American (Wampanoag Indian) word to describe all wild fowl and, there is no evidence to suggest that the bird commonly known today as the turkey was present at the first Thanksgiving table. There were no pies, breads, cranberries (or anything sweet - the settlers had long run out of flour and sugar) and it is estimated that seafood was the primary source of meat for a majority of the settlers. The most meaty and fatty foods (venison) were reserved for the upper class (no 'sampling') and there were probably very few vegetables. There were also no potatoes (Europeans thought they were poisonous.)
5. President Lincoln was the first to appoint a day of thanksgiving on Nov. 21, 1863 and Congress made it a national holiday in 1941 (4th Thursday of November.)
6. Remember; The Thanksgiving Day word of the day will be: trencherman \TREN-chuhr-muhn\, noun: A hearty eater.
Happy Turkey Day Everybody - Gobble 'til you Wobble!
