Buza i-America into ehlala iqukwa kwitafile ye-Thanksgiving dinner kwaye bayakuphendula ngokukhawuleza "i-turkey." Ukubonga ngokuqhelekileyo kuthiwa yiSuku lweTurkey ngenxa yokubaluleka kwentaka kwisidlo. Kodwa, ngokumangalisayo, iiPilgri zingazange zidle i-Turkey kwi-Thanksgiving yokuqala ngo-1621.
Ngoxa amaPilgri ayenzela isizwe saseWampanoag iintsuku ezintathu e-Plymouth Colony, mhlawumbi bajolise kwezinye iintlanzi ezinjengama-geese, ama-swans, kunye namajuba aphethe.
UWilliam Winslow, inkokheli yesiNgesi, waya kuloo Mboniso Wokuqala Wokubonga waza wabhala ukuba irhuluneli yathumela amadoda ukuba ahambe "ekutyeni" ngelixa ama-America aseMelika azisa iintlanu ezinhlanu ezinkulu. UWilliam Bradford, urhuluneli wekholoni, wathi ngaphandle kweentlanzi zamanzi, zinezilwanyana zasendle, i-venison, kunye ne-store enkulu ye-Indian corn.
Ukuba i-turkey yayisetyenziswe, isenokuba isetyenziswe ngezindlela ezahlukeneyo ngaphaya komthendeleko weentsuku ezintathu. Ngomhla wokuqala, iziqwenga zezilwanyana kunye ne-wildfowl epheleleyo yayingcatshulwa kwiindawo ezingaphezulu kwamaziko omlilo. Ngeentsuku ezalandelayo, inyama ye-wildfowl yayiza kusetyenziswa kwi-stews neesobho. Iintlanzi zangezinye iinyoni zinyuka ngeemifuno, i-anyanisi, okanye amanqatha kodwa zingasetyenzisanga isinkwa kumxube wokuxuba, njengathi namhlanje.
Kwiminyaka ezayo, i-turkey yaqhubeka ibe yinye yezidlo ezininzi eziye zenziwa kwiNtlanganiso yokuBonga. Ngokomzekelo, imenyu ye-Thanksgiving ye-1779 yayiquka ezi zilandelayo: Izityholo ze-Venison Roast; I-China yeNgulube; Uthotho lweTurkey; Pigeon Pasties; I-Roast Goose.
Enye imenyu icacisa ukuba inyama yenkomo yodloyi yayiyinhloko ekhethiweyo kwisidlo sokubonga i-Thanksgiving kodwa njengokuba inkabi yayingatholakali ngexesha leMfazwe yeNguquko, ii-colonists zadla iintlobo zezinye izidalwa ezibandakanya i-turkey.
Kodwa ngasekupheleni kwe-1800, i-turkey iphakama ibe yinto ebalulekileyo njengeyona ndawo yokutya. Kwincwadi yokupheka ye-1886 ethi "I-Kansas Home Cookbook," ababhali bachaza ukuba "Itafile zethu zokuncedisa i-Mersiving-dinner ayinikezwa njengoko oogogo bethu balayisha ngexesha labo elidala.
Ibhodi ayisayi kububula, ngokubhekiselele kwimiqobo okanye ngokwemfuyo, phantsi komthwalo wayo weemfuno, imifuno kunye neesekese. "Kunoko, ababhali bacetyisa ukuba abapheki basekhaya bakwenza iisobho, intlanzi, imifuno kunye ne" [t] hen - umxholo oyintloko , iphuzu lokuqoqa umdla - i-Thanksgiving turkey! "
Phakathi ne-1900, i-turkey yayinjalo kwiintsika zokubulela ii-turkeys ezithengisa kakuhle ngexesha lokudakumba okukhulu kunye nezigidi ezilishumi zezigidi ze-turkey zithunyelwa kumajoni ngo-1946 ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi II.
Ngomnye wezithethe ezingabonakaliyo zokubonga, ngamnye unyaka, omnye unenhlanhla kakhulu ufumana uNgqongqoshe xa abafazi bakhe bevolisa kwisidlo sakusihlwa. Isithethe saqala ngo-1963, xa uMongameli uJohn F. Kennedy ubuyisela umyinge weeyure ezingama-55 esithi "Siza kukuvumela ukuba le nto ikhule." UMongameli uRichard Nixon wathumela i-turkeys kwifama yasePassan yasePilly ngenkathi uMongameli uGeorge HW Bush unikezela ukuxolelwa ngokusemthethweni kwi-turkey ngo-1989. Ukususela ngoko, omnye u-turkey uye waxolelwa unyaka ngamnye kwiSizwe soMbulelo weTurkey Presentation. Ngelishwa, la ma-turkeys ahlala ahlala ixesha elide ngenxa yokuba baye batya ukutya kunokuhlala ubomi obude.