Botsa motho oa Amerika seo kamehla se kenyelletsitsoeng tafoleng ea lijo tsa Thanksgiving 'me ba tla potlakela ho araba "Turkey." Letsatsi la Thanksgiving le atisa ho bitsoa Letsatsi la Turkey hobane bohlokoa ba nonyana ho ea lijong. Empa, ha ho makatse hore ebe Ma-pilgrim ha aa ka a ja Turkey nakong ea Thanksgiving ea pele ka 1621.
Le hoja Ma-pilgrim a ne a ja mokete oa Wampanoag ka matsatsi a mararo Plymouth Colony, mohlomong ba ne ba tsepamisitse maikutlo ho linonyana tse ling tse kang likhantsi, li-swans le maeba a tsamaeang.
Edward Winslow, moeta-pele oa Senyesemane, o ile a ba teng kopanong ea pele ea Thanksgiving 'me a ngola hore' musisi o rometse banna ho ea "fowling" ha Maamerika a ntse a tlisa likhama tse hlano tse khōlō. William Bradford, 'musisi oa kolone, o ile a bolela hore ntle le moholi oa liphoofolo, o ne a e-na le li-turkeys tse hlaha, lijo tsa tlhaho le lijo tse ngata tsa Indian.
Haeba Turkey e ne e etsoa, e ka 'na ea sebelisoa ka litsela tse fapaneng ho feta moketeng oa matsatsi a mararo. Letsatsing la pele, likotoana tsa lijoana le sefate sa naha kaofela li ne li halikiloe ka ho phatloha ka holim'a mollo oa mashala. Matsatsing a latelang, nama ea sefate e ne e tla sebelisoa ka li-stew le sopho. Ka linako tse ling Ba-pilgrims ba ne ba phunyeletsa linonyana ka litlama, eiee kapa linate empa ba ne ba ke ke ba sebelisa bohobe ka motsoako o kenang, joalokaha re etsa kajeno.
Lekholong le latelang la lilemo, Turkey e ile ea tsoelapele ho ba e 'ngoe ea lijo tse ngata tse neng li sebelisoa moketeng oa Thanksgiving. Ka mohlala, menu ea Thanksgiving ea 1779 e kenyeletsa maqheku a latelang: Haunch of Venison Roast; Chine ea Kolobe; Ho chesa Turkey; Pigeon Pasties; Roose Goose.
Ntho e 'ngoe e hlalositse hore nama ea khomo e halikiloeng e ne e le eona e ka sehloohong ea lijo tsa mantsiboea empa e ne e sa fumanehe habonolo Nakong ea Ntoa ea Khantšollo, linohe li ne li ja lijo tse fapa-fapaneng ho akarelletsa le Turkey.
Empa bohareng ba lilemo tsa bo-1800, tsoala ea Turkey e ile ea e-ba ea bohlokoa joaloka setsi sa lijo. Ka 1886, buka ea cookbook e bitsoang "The Kansas Home Cookbook," bangoli ba hlalosa hore "Tafole ea rona ea Thanksiving-dinner ha e fane ka ha bo-nkhono ba rona ba e jere nakong ea khale.
Boto ha e sa bobola, ebang ke ea sebele kapa ea litšoantšo, tlas'a moroalo oa tsona oa lijo, meroho le lipompong. "Ho e-na le hoo, bangoli ba ile ba etsa tlhahiso ea hore baapehi ba lehae ba etse sopho e 'maloa, litlhapi, meroho le" hen - sehlooho se ka sehloohong , ntlha ea ho bokella lithahasello - lebokose la Thanksgiving! "
Bohareng ba lilemo tsa bo-1900, Turkey e ne e le ea bohlokoa haholo litloaelong tsa Thanksgiving tseo li-turkeys li ileng tsa tsoela pele ho rekisa hantle nakong ea ho tepella ho hoholo ha lefatše le lilithara tse limilione tse leshome tsa turkey li ile tsa romelloa masole ka 1946 nakong ea Ntoa ea II ea Lefatše.
Ketsahalong e 'ngoe e sa tloaelehang ea Thanksgiving, selemo se seng le se seng, motho a le mong ea nang le mahlohonolo haholo a amoheloa ke Mopresidente ha balekane ba hae ba phahamisa tafoleng. Tloaelo e qalile ka 1963, ha Mopresidente John F. Kennedy a khutlisetsa limilione tse 55 ho re "Re tla lumella sena hore se hōle." Mopresidente Richard Nixon o ile a romela li-turkeys to polasing ea Washington DC e ha Mopresidente George HW Bush a fana ka tšoarelo ea pele ea molao Turkey ka 1989. Ho tloha ka nako eo, selemo se seng le se seng ho ile ha tšoareloa Turkey ka Phuputso ea National Thanksgiving Presentation. Ka bomalimabe, li-turkeys tsena ha li atlehe ho phela nako e telele hobane li bōpiloe ho ja ho e-na le ho phela bophelo bo bolelele.