Why is turkey so popular during Thanksgivin'

Many of us may be wondering, why is turkey so popular during Thanksgiving? Well you've come to the right article for you to find out this simple answer. The first reason why it is so popular is because of the availibility of the turkey when the Europeans and the Wampanoags settled here. According to the website Britannica, there were around 10 million turkeys around the area. This made it very easy for the Pilgrims and Wampanoags to hunt them down in the wild. Throughout time and more harvest feasts (Thanksgiving
) It became a tradition to have turkey during a Thanksgiving. 

The next reason why turkey is so popular is because the Europeans that came over most likely had farms. The Europeans were always next to turkeys because they had them in farms next to their homes. That made it so that when Thanksgiving came they could just slaughter the turkey on the farm, cure the raw meat and cook it above a hearth. 

The last reason why turkey is so popular is because of their size. A turkey is bigger (Most of the time) than let's say a duck or a chicken. A  turkey alone could feed around 8-10 people. Even heavier turkeys can feed up to 12 people! Ducks and chickens can only feed up to 3-5 people. This makes turkey the largest normal animal to  eat during Thanksgiving. So all in all, this is why turkey became the most popular protein to eat. The reason why is because of population, convieneincy, and size (Unless if you count a deer which can feed around 150 people, but not a lot of people like deer.) This is why  turkey is the most popular protein during a Thanksgiving meal.