Tambayi Amurkan abin da ake koyaushe a cikin teburin abinci na godiya kuma za su amsa da sauri "turkey". Ana kiran lokaci na Turkiyya godiya saboda muhimmancin tsuntsu don cin abinci. Amma, abin mamaki shine, 'yan Mahajjata ba su ci turkey ba a farkon Thanksgiving a 1621.
Yayin da 'yan ta'addar suka cinye kabilar Wampanoag har tsawon kwanaki uku a Colony Plymouth, suna iya mayar da hankali ga sauran ruwa kamar geese, swans, da pigeons.
Edward Winslow, wani shugaban Ingila, ya halarci wannan godiya na farko, ya kuma rubuta cewa gwamnan ya aika da mutane su tafi "tsuntsaye" yayin da 'yan Amurkan suka kawo kwando biyar. William Bradford, gwamnan lardin, ya bayyana cewa ban da ruwan sha, suna da turkeys, wildlife, da kuma babban kantin sayar da masarar Indiya.
Idan an yi amfani da turkey, ana iya amfani dashi a hanyoyi daban-daban fiye da kwana uku. A rana ta farko, za a ƙone yankakken nama da gandun daji a kan ɗakuna a sama da konewar wuta. A cikin kwanaki masu zuwa, za a yi amfani da nama mai amfani da nama a cikin sutura da sutura. Masu hajji sukan shafe tsuntsaye tare da ganye, albasa, ko kwayoyi amma ba za su yi amfani da burodi a cikin cakudawa ba, kamar yadda muka yi a yau.
A cikin karni na gaba, turkey ya ci gaba da kasancewa daya daga cikin abubuwa masu yawa da aka yi a lokacin bikin godiya. Alal misali, jerin abubuwan godiya ta 1779 sun hada da mawallafi masu zuwa: Haunch of Venison Roast; China na Alade; Goma Turkiyya; Pigeon Pasties; Goose Goose.
Wani abu kuma ya bayyana cewa abincin naman gurasar shine babban abincin da aka yi a lokacin abincin dare na godiya amma kamar yadda naman ba ya samuwa a lokacin juyin juya halin Musulunci, masu mulkin mallaka sun cinye wasu kayan naman da suka hada da turkey.
Amma a tsakiyar shekarun 1800, turkey ya zama muhimmin abu a matsayin abincin abincin. A cikin littafin littafi na 1886 da ake kira "Kansas Home Cookbook," marubuta sun bayyana cewa "Ba a samar da tebur na Abincinmu na godiya ba kamar yadda kakanninmu suka ba su a cikin tsohuwar lokaci.
Har ila yau, hukumar ba ta yin nishi ba, ko dai ta hanyar zahiri ko kuma da misalinta, a ƙarƙashin nauyin namansa, kayan lambu, da sutura. "Maimakon haka, marubutan sun nuna cewa masu dafa abinci na gida suna yin salwa, kifi, kayan lambu, da" hen - babban taken , maƙasudin abubuwan rikice-rikice - turkey Thanksgiving! "
A cikin karni na 1900, turkey ya kasance cikin haɗin gwiwar Thanksgiving cewa turkeys sun ci gaba da sayar da kyau a lokacin babban mawuyacin hali kuma an aika dakarun mota miliyan goma a cikin yakin duniya a 1946 a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu.
A cikin daya daga cikin abubuwan da ba a saba da shi ba, a kowace shekara, wani turkey mai farin ciki yana karɓar ragamar shugaban kasa yayin da matayensa suka tashi a kan teburin abinci. Hadisin ya fara ne a 1963, lokacin da shugaban kasar John F. Kennedy ya aika da turkey din 55 mai suna "Za mu bari wannan ya girma." Shugaban kasar Richard Nixon ya aika da turkeys zuwa garken gonaki a Birnin Washington DC yayin da Shugaba George HW Bush ya ba da lambar yabo ta farko a turkey a shekara ta 1989. Tun daga wannan lokacin, an ba da wata turkey a kowace shekara a gabatarwar Turkiyya ta Turkiyya. Abin takaici, waɗannan turkeys ba su da rai sosai saboda an cinye su saboda cin abinci maimakon rayuwa mai tsawo.