Here's a few bits of turkey trivia for you to think about during Thanksgiving week.- A mature turkey has 3,500 feathers
- Wild turkeys like to spend the night in trees
- the flap of skin that hangs over the beak is called a snood
- The first female turkey ever pardoned was pardoned by President Bush in 2002. Her name was Katie.
- A 15 pound turkey is 70% white meat and 30% dark meat.
- There are 6,900 pounds of turkey gobbled up during the American Thanksgiving Day.
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Mari, Enjoy your Thanksgiving. I would love to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving and then the American one as well. It is my favourite holiday after Christmas.
Have a great week.
Blessings,
Mary
Interesting facts, but only 690 pounds sounds way too small to me. I would think just my neighborhood would consume that much.
Happy Thanksgiving sweet friend!
Hugs,
Kat
I agree..690 pounds doesn't sound like much at all. After all, I've got a 22 pounder waiting to be roasted and multiply that by others that may have the same size or larger and wow!!! That's a whole lot of turkey!
Hope you have a great week!
Oh my goodness....that would take me forever to clean and dress a fresh turkey then, wouldn't it. 3500 feathers?
Hey, just to let you know, this morning I posted about 'simple pleasures' ---
Have a great Monday, and if I don't see you before Thanksgiving, have a blessed holiday!
We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Portugal but I think it's a pity because it is such a wonderful celebration. Have a great week Mari.
Thanks for the facts about turkeys. Very interesting!
I would guess almost everyone has turkey for Thanksgiving. I know of only one family that has ham instead. Won't be thanksgiving without turkey would it. Busy week for everyone. Have a good one.
I'm thinking this might be the week to post my picture of Hal and the wild turkey he shot!
Cool turkey facts...give me a plate with mashed potatoes and gravy..mmmmm good!
I love turkey dressing the most .. Can eat a small amount of Turkey but not dark meat. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
you just made my day! we seem to always talk about that flappy skin on the turkey's beak every year and forget to look it up! now i know! ☺
for whatever reason, i'm just not a turkey fan. but no doubt they'll be plenty of sides to fill up on!
I did not know that wild turkeys liked to spend the night in the trees.
I like dark meat as well as the white, probably a little bit better. Your percentage was a little discouraging. The good news is that most of my family likes the white meat, so I get most of the dark to myself if I want it! :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
I had no idea! Thanks for sharing the fun facts :-)
And enjoy some extra turkey for me on Thursday!
Very interesting indeed!!
6,900 lbs of turkey???? I think I contribute to about 1000 lbs LOL
Not really, but it feels like it on Thanksgiving Day LOL
Ha! interesting stuff
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