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The first person to eat turkey on Christmas Day is not known, for sure. However, one of the first people to do it was King Henry VIII. Still, the goose remained the most popular Christmas day food in England until the turkey finally won out in the mid 20th century.
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∙ 14y agoThe turkey is a native bird that was found by the colonist as they settled along the east coast. It was natural for them to hunt and eat the bird. The English had always eaten various birds in their diet through out history.
Out all birds they had in the new world, turkey was bigger than ducks and this is how the bird was chosen.
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∙ 12y agoIt is not known who first ate turkey on Thanksgiving. The pilgrims went on a fowl hunt for the first Thanksgiving, but it is not clear whether the fowl they brought back was turkey or some other kind of fowl.
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∙ 11y agoPilgrims served the wild turkeys on first Thanksgiving.
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∙ 13y agowell, considering the first turkey day was shared between pilgrims and indians, the answer is just that....pilgrims and indians....
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∙ 11y agoThe pilgrims did not eat turkey on the first thanksgiving. Instead they ate wild goose and duck
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∙ 12y agothe Indians
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Why do you celebrate Thanksgiving with turkey?
You do so because they ate turkey at the 1st Thanksgiving.
Did the pilgrams eat turkey on the first Thanksgiving?
Did the pilgarms really eat turkey during Thanksgiving? no as in "turkey" they ment any kind of bird so they didnt ate any turkey
Do people eat something on Thanksgiving?
A tradition is for turkey to be ate on Thanksgiving.
Why did turkey become a symbol for Thanksgiving?
The Turkey is an important part of the Thanksgiving tradition because according to the legend of the Pilgrims and Indians they shared turkey in a several day fest to thank the Indians for helping them plant crop and harvest for winter. Whether the Pilgrims and Indians actually ate turkey is not known. It is possible that they did because Turkey would be redilly abundant in the east US but this isn't a certainty. However, Turkey is a food that is abundant in the US and is large and can feed many people, this is probably why Turkeys are eaten at Thanksgiving.
What did the 53 Pilgrims eat at the first Thanksgiving?
They ate whatever crops they had such as corn and potatoes, and one turkey.
What was the Pilgrims first thanksgiving?
The pilgrims ate fowl, but it is uncertain as to whether it was turkey. They also ate lobster and deer that the Indians brought to the feast.
Did pilgrims serve turkey on the first thanksgiving?
Well first off no one really new if they ate turkey, But they did eat wild fowl. I hope this helped. [$(100)$]
What was the pilgrims first Thanksgiving meat?
The pilgrims ate fowl, but it is uncertain as to whether it was turkey. They also ate lobster and deer that the Indians brought to the feast.
What did every body eat during the first Thanksgiving?
People ate Turkey, Corn and Beans. This is because Turkey comes from the Pilgrims and Corn and Beans come from the Native Americans. This is why it's been a tradition to eat Turkey on Thanksgiving.
What astronaut ate Thanksgiving turkey on the moon?
When Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. ate their first meal on the Moon, their foil food packets contained roasted turkey with all the trimmings.
How did eating turkey come to this country?
eating turkeys came from the pilgrams. On thanksgiving, them and the Indians ate turkey
What subspecies of turkey did pilgrims eat?
Answer technically on thanksgiving there was no turkey but another fowl(bird) named goose was eaten
