Funsani ku America zomwe nthawi zonse zimaphatikizidwira patebulo lakuthokoza la Thanksgiving ndipo iwo adzayankha mwamsanga "Turkey." Nthawi zambiri zikondwerero zotchedwa Thanksgiving zimatchedwa Turkey Tsiku chifukwa cha kufunika kwake kwa mbalame. Koma, n'zosadabwitsa kuti Atsogoleriwa sakadadya nkhuku pamsonkhano woyamba woyamikira mu 1621.
Pamene amwendamnjira adakondwerera fuko la Wampanoag masiku atatu ku Plymouth Colony, ayenera kuti ankayang'ana pa mbalame zina zam'madzi monga nkhuku, nkhumba, ndi nkhunda.
Edward Winslow, mtsogoleri wa Chingerezi, adakhalapo pa Pemphero loyamika loyambirira ndipo analemba kuti bwanamkubwa adatumiza amuna kuti apite "fowling" pamene Amwenye Achimereka anabweretsa ziweto zisanu zazikulu. William Bradford, bwanamkubwa wa m'deralo, ananena kuti pambali pa mbalameyi, anali ndi zinyama zakutchire, zinyama, komanso chimanga chambiri cha Indian.
Ngati Turkey inkagwiritsidwa ntchito, ikhoza kugwiritsidwa ntchito m'njira zosiyanasiyana pa phwando lachitatu. Pa tsiku loyamba, zidutswa zodyera ndi mbalame zonse zakutchire zikanawotchedwa pamatope pamoto wamakala. Pambuyo pake, nyama zakutchire zikhoza kugwiritsidwa ntchito mu stews ndi soups. Atsogoleriwa nthawi zina ankaphimba mbalame ndi zitsamba, anyezi, kapena mtedza koma sangagwiritsire ntchito mkate mukusakaniza, monga momwe timachitira lero.
M'zaka za zana lotsatira, Turkey inakhalabe imodzi mwa nyama zomwe zinkaperekedwa pa phwando la Thanksgiving. Mwachitsanzo, mitu ya Thanksgiving ya 1779 inaphatikizapo maunyolo otsatirawa: Kukula kwa Venison Roast; China cha Nkhumba; Kutentha Turkey; Pigeon pasties; Goose wowawa.
Mndandanda wina unafotokozera kuti nyama yophika nyama yophikidwa ndi nyama yowonjezera yomwe inkafunidwa kwambiri pa chakudya cha Thanksgiving koma ngati ng'ombe siinapezeke mosavuta pa Nkhondo Yachivumbulutso, amwenyewa adadya nyama zosiyanasiyana monga Turkey.
Koma pofika zaka za m'ma 1800, dziko la Turkey linakhala lofunika kwambiri monga chakudya. Mu 1886 cookbook yotchedwa "The Kansas Home Cookbook," olembawo adalongosola kuti "Gome lathu lakuthokoza-chakudya silinaperekedwe monga agogo athu amanyamula nthawi yawo yakale.
Bungweli silidandaula, kaya likhale lophiphiritsira kapena lophiphiritsira, polemetsa zakudya, ndiwo zamasamba, ndi maswiti. "M'malo mwake, olembawo ananena kuti ophika kunyumba amapanga supu, nsomba, ndiwo zamasamba komanso" [t] hen - mutu waukulu , mfundo yosonkhanitsa chidwi - buku lothokoza lothokoza! "
Pakatikati mwa zaka za m'ma 1900, Turkey inali yofunika kwambiri mu miyambo ya Thanksgiving yomwe turkeys inapitiliza kugulitsa bwino nthawi ya Kupsinjika Kwakukulu ndi ndalama zokwana mamiliyoni khumi a ku Turkey anatumizidwa kwa asilikali mu 1946 pa Nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse.
Mmodzi mwa miyambo yodalirika yowathokoza, chaka chilichonse, dziko linalake lopanda mwayi limalandira chisankho cha pulezidenti pamene abambo ake amatha kudya patebulo. Chikhalidwechi chinayamba mu 1963, Purezidenti John F. Kennedy atabweza ndalama zokwana maola 55 kuti "Tidzalola kuti izi zikule." Purezidenti Richard Nixon anatumiza fodya ku famu ya Washington DC yomwe Pulezidenti George HW Bush anapereka chikhululukiro choyamba ku Turkey mu 1989. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, chaka chimodzi chaka chachisanu chakhala chikukhululukidwa ku National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. Mwatsoka, tizilomboti timakhala nthawi yaitali chifukwa chakuti takhala tikudyera m'malo mokhala ndi moyo wautali.