why do we eat chicken during thankgiving why not another animal?

Question

i mean turkey not chicken!

Answer 1

Chicken? Where are you from?

I only know about US Thanksgiving, where we re-celebrate a feast held by the Pilgrims and Native Americans after the pilgrims managed to survive their first year. (No doubt with a lot of help from the Native Americans!)

Turkey was a common staple to the Pilgrims, and so it is assumed turkey was served the first thanksgiving and as such it has become a tradition.

The other answer I might offer is you eat chicken because for some reason you don't have access to turkey!

;-)

Answer 2

There is no hard-and-fast rule as to what type of meat should be served on Thanksgiving, but turkey and chicken are viewed as traditional. I believe it dates back to the Pilgrims. Wild turkeys were plentiful in those days, so, it's understandable they would make a good choice for the meal. I do know some people who don't particularly like turkey or chicken. They serve ham or roast.

Answer 3

I am presuming that you meant turkey, not chicken, as turkey is the traditional meat for a Thanksgiving meal (ask any supermarket meat department manager or any turkey farmer).

According to http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/turkey.asp

"Why do we eat turkey for Thanksgiving?

Although juicy and tender butterball turkeys are the main cuisine of today's Thanksgiving celebrations, these birds were NOT the most popular centerpieces on the first Thanksgiving tables.

In 1621 when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians celebrated the first Thanksgiving, they were gobbling up many more foods than just turkey. Since lobster, goose, duck, seal, eel, and cod were plentiful during this time, these foods were most likely the main courses of this first feast. Deer meat and wild fowl are the only two items that historians know for sure were menu of this autumn celebration.

So how did the turkey become the main mascot of modern-day Thanksgiving if we don't know for certain that turkeys were at this first feast?

One story tells of how Queen Elizabeth of 16th century England was chowing down on roast goose during a harvest festival. When news was delivered to her that the Spanish Armada had sunk on it way to attack her beloved England, the queen was so pleased that she order a second goose to celebrate the great news. Thus, the goose became the favorite bird at harvest time in England. When the Pilgrims arrived in America from England, roasted turkey replaced roasted goose as the main cuisine because wild turkeys were more abundant and easier to find than geese."

Answer 4

I'm sure you meant turkey Turkey is traditional. The first Thanksgiving in Jamestown, Massachusettes was celebrated by the Pilgrims with Indians. The Indians brought the wild turkey for the main dish. that's why everyone eats turkey. You can eat anything you want if you choose to do so. Not everyone like turkey. Happy thanksgiving!

Answer 5

It is because pilgrims thought that the turkey was big enough to feed a whole family and it was a easy bird to catch they were more of them around,

Answer 6

Some of us, eat Turkey for Thanksgiving.

Answer 7

We? Whos we? I eat turkery or ham. Well we always have 2 turkeys and 1 ham for thanksgiving. Who every eats chicken for thanksgiving is wrong.

Answer 8

Most people, at least here in the US eat turkey, or sometimes ham, for Thanksgiving.

Cause that's what the pilgrims did!

Answer 9

I believe the majority of people eat turkey for Thanksgiving, not turkey. It is probably just a custom, not having an interesting reason worth knowing.

Answer 10

You mean turkey