How did you do? Here are the answers:
1. Goose was served at the first Thanksgiving in 1621, together with Venison, duck, oysters, lobster, eel, and fish. Pumpkins may have been served, but not pumpkin pie.
2. The Butterball Turkey Hotline answers more than 100,000 questions relating to turkey-cooking in November and December. The Hotline number in the USA is 1-800-BUTTERBALL. You can also text 844-877-3456.
3. It costs around $60 to buy and cook a classic traditional thanksgiving meal for 10 people. This is around 5% less from last year, but is 19% higher than 5 years ago. On the other hand, Old Homestead Steakhouse in Manhattan’s served a Thanksgiving dinner in 2019 for $181,000!
4. The first college Thanksgiving game was between Princeton and Yale University in 1876. However, there was a football game between two Cricket Clubs in Philadelphia seven years earlier.
5. Around 3.5 million people see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City in person, and around 50 million see it on TV.
6. President Calvin Coolidge adopted a Thanksgiving raccoon in 1926. He called it Rebecca, and it lived for more than 2 years afterwards.
7. My turkey is male, as male turkeys gobble and give a chump sound, and both male and female turkeys cackle. Young turkeys can also whistle.
Wishing you all a wonderful day, whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving or simply taking a moment to reflect.
Warm regards,
Phillip