Why Do We Eat Turkey at Thanksgiving?

25/11/2025 7 min Episodio 21
Why Do We Eat Turkey at Thanksgiving?

Listen "Why Do We Eat Turkey at Thanksgiving?"

Episode Synopsis

This week on the Super Smart Farm Show, we're getting our gobble on and looking at why we eat turkey on Thanksgiving. Nowadays, turkey is the star of the Thanksgiving table. But did you know that at the very first Thanksgiving between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag in 1621, turkey was nowhere to be seen! What was eaten instead? And who do we have to thank for introducing turkey as our go-to Thanksgiving meal? Join host Elmer and Wendy the farmer as they figure out the answers and learn about how Thanksgiving became what it is today.