In , an executive at Swanson miscalculated the company's upcoming Thanksgiving turkey sales, leaving the company with some tons of frozen fowl following the holiday. Fortunately for Swanson, a salesman by the name of Gerry Thomas suggested packaging the excess product into trays—along with some traditional sides—and selling them to consumers as TV dinners.
Thomas was apparently inspired by the pre-portioned trays used to serve airplane food. According to a Harris Poll, a large majority of Americans 81 percent prefer the leftovers of the Thanksgiving meal to the meal itself. Another finding: Millennials look forward to the turkey portion of the meal less than any other age group.
For more holiday trivia sent right to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. According to a survey by the alcohol delivery service Drizly, about 50 percent of households serve red wine with Thanksgiving dinner. Only 10 percent go with white. The rest are pouring something else, whether that's soft drinks, beers, or cocktails. A widely accepted myth will have you believe that it's the main dish of the meal that makes you eager for a nap after you eat Thanksgiving dinner.
But it's time to stop blaming the turkey and its tryptophan for your sluggishness. Though the amino acid does help your body produce melatonin, which promotes relaxation and sleep, turkey doesn't have any more of it than its poultry brethren. So why the immediate desire to nod off? Because eating a big meal—any big meal—makes you sleepy. Well, sort of. Pumpkin pies were mostly popular as a Thanksgiving dessert in New England early in the 18th century, becoming more synonymous with the holiday across the country in the early 20th.
But according to History, the town of Colchester in Connecticut agreed to hold the holiday a week when a molasses shortage threatened their ability to make the gourd-based sweet. According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine , the average person gains one pound between the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
Coupled with the fact that most individuals tend to gain one pound a year throughout adulthood, this seasonal thickening may play a large part in the general weight gain that accompanies age. While the "first Thanksgiving" is generally considered to be that aforementioned meal in in Plymouth, Massachusetts, there are at least two towns in Texas claiming to have been the site of earlier Thanksgiving feasts.
The town has been observing that Thanksgiving every April since Researchers, however, have since uncovered details to suggest otherwise. The first national Thanksgiving was declared by President George Washington and was celebrated on Nov. In his " Thanksgiving Proclamation of " Washington defines the day as a pious time to thank God for, amongst other things, protecting Americans and helping them achieve independence.
During the time of the Ottoman Empire, guinea fowl—birds that closely resemble turkeys—were often imported from their native North Africa to Europe, to be eaten. Because Europeans received them from Turkish traders, they referred to them as turkey-hens or turkey-cocks. When settlers from the Americas began sending what we call turkeys back to their European counterparts, the latter—confused by the resemblance—began referring to them by the same name. Thus, we have turkeys!
Turkeys apparently prefer cold temperatures and friendly neighbors: Of all U. In fact, the turkey farms in the state are responsible for about 18 percent of all turkeys raised and sold in the United States yearly. While Minnesota has perpetually been in the top of the rankings of domestic turkey producers since record keeping began in , they've remained in the very top spot since North Carolina slowed production in According to the Princeton website, on Thanksgiving in , Princeton and Yale students squared off in Hoboken, New Jersey, playing "what would best be described as an on form of rugby.
There's a myth, which is just one of many in American history , that Benjamin Franklin proffered the turkey—a bird he held in much higher esteem than the bald eagle—as a replacement for America's official avian representative. Carter was of for yards, but he had in the fourth quarter when the game was pretty much decided. The running game was practically nonexistent: 91 yards, 42 coming on scrambles by Carter, and just 2 yards on three carries by starter Troy Hambrick. Parcells said not to read much into all that because the score made running a poor option.
The defense looked nothing like a unit that came in rated as the NFL's best, allowing the fewest points Jay Fiedler , making his first start since Oct. Once he stopped throwing, Ricky Williams started running, gaining yards.
In his first pro game in Texas, the former Longhorns star went over for the third straight week and over 1, for the fourth straight season. Derek Ross fumbled two kickoffs, losing one -- the one right after Fiedler scored on the opening drive. Luckily for Dallas, Williams fumbled on the next snap, so it didn't hurt.
Also, punter Toby Gowin did little to help his iffy status, booting a yarder on his first attempt and finishing with Dallas has now lost three times in six games. The Cowboys have fallen out of a first-place tie with the Eagles in the NFC East, and out of a four-way tie for the best record in the conference. We have young players who do not understand what's going on.
We were just awful. Dolphins history of playing on Thanksgiving Day. More Dolphins Wire. Dolphins select two offensive players in latest Draft Wire mock draft. Once the ball stopped moving, the play would be ruled dead and the Cowboys would get the ball back, ready to line up in victory formation. But Cowboys lineman Leon Lett botched the play, and he fell as he tried to grab the ball, knocking it forward and giving the Dolphins the opportunity to recover it on the 2-yard line.
The Dolphins kicked a chip shot field goal and won the game The Cowboys won in a 42—31 shootout against Packers quarterback Brett Favre. American Football. Washington Football Team. Cowboys v Redskins. Patriots 44m ago. NFL playoff bracket, explained: How byes, seeding will work in with game format.
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