Why do you eat what you eat on Thanksgiving?

Answer 1

Turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving because the early colonists who had the first Thanksgiving mentioned eating turkey. The colonists celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Wampanoag Indians.

Answer 2

The turkey is the symbol of Thanksgiving because when they tried to look for something to replace a chicken with they found a turkey instead and together the pilgrims and the Indians hunted for it. This would be a sign of togetherness and the reunion of the cultures.

Answer 3

because that's what the pilgrims and native Americans had and its long since been a tradition

Answer 4

because it is part of what the pilgrims ate and what thanks giving is all about

Answer 5

because the pilgrims came and they had no food.

Answer 6

Because the pillgrams chose that to be the food because it was the pilladwarfigsters Indian mascot

Answer 7

because the turkey was the main food source back then