Kumbira muAmerica izvo zvinowanzobatanidzwa patafura yekutenda yekutenda uye ivo vanokurumidza kupindura "turkey." Kuvonga kunowanzozonzi Turkey Day nekuda kwekukosha kweshiri kudya. Asi, zvinoshamisa kuti maPilgrim angangodaro asina kudya turkey panguva yekutanga yekutenda muna 1621.
Kunyange zvazvo vaPilgrim vaidya rudzi rweWampanoag kwemazuva matatu muPlymouth Colony, vangave vakaisa kune dzimwe dzimba dzakadai sedhese, swans, uye njiva.
Edward Winslow, mutungamiri weChirungu, akapinda iyo yekutanga yekutenda uye akanyora kuti gavhuna akatuma varume kuti vaende "fowling" apo vaMerica veAmerica vakauya nehomba huru shanu. William Bradford, gavhuna wekoloni, akati kunze kwemvura yemvura, yaive nemhuka dzomusango, nyama yemhuka, uye hombe huru yeIndia.
Kana turkey yakashandiswa, inogona kunge yakashandiswa nenzira dzakasiyana-siyana pamusoro pemutambo wezuva matatu. Pazuva rokutanga, zvidimbu zvemhuka nemhuka dzose dzomusango zvingadai dzakagochwa pamatanda pamusoro pemoto wemarasha. Pakuzotevera mazuva, nyama yefodya yaizoshandiswa mumakumbo nemasobho. MaPilgrim dzimwe nguva akaputika shiri nemishonga, anyanisi, kana marimu asi aisazoshandisa chingwa mumusanganiswa wekugadzira, sezvatiri kuita nhasi.
Muzana remakore rakatevera, turkey yakaramba ichiva imwe chete yezvikafu zvakashumirwa pamutambo wekutenda. Somuenzaniso, 1779 yemitambo yekutenda yaisanganisira mazita anotevera: Haunch of Venison Roast; Chine wePork; Roast Turkey; Pigeon Pasties; Roast Goose.
Imwe menyu yakatsanangura kuti nyama yakakodzwa yaiva yakakosha zvikuru paKutenda kwekutenda asi sezvo nyama yenyuchi yakanga isingawanike nyore panguva yeRevolutionary War, varongi vaidya zvimwe zvakasiyana siyana zvekudya kusanganisira turkey.
Asi pakati pemakore ekuma1800, turkey yakakosha kusvika pakukosha sepakatipiece yekudya. Mune 1886 cookbook yakanzi "The Kansas Home Cookbook," vanyori vakatsanangura kuti "Tariro yedu yekutenda-yekudya haina kupiwa sezvakaitwa namakuru vedu munguva yekare.
Bhodhi harigogonizve, zvichireva kana mifananidzo, pasi pemutoro wayo wezvokudya, miriwo, uye sweets. "Pane kudaro, vanyori vakaratidza kuti vabiki vekumba vanoita mishonga yakawanda, hove, miriwo, uye" [t] hen - musoro mukuru , chinangwa chekuunganidza zvidimbu - yekutenda turkey! "
Mumakore ekuma1900, turkey yakanga yakanyanyobatanidzwa mumitambo yekutenda iyo turkeys yakaramba ichitengesa zvakanaka panguva yekutambudzika kukuru uye gumi mamiriyoni mapaundi ehutu akatumirwa kumauto muna 1946 munguva yeHondo Yenyika II.
Mune chimwe chetsika dzisingavakadzi dzekutenda, gore negore, rimwe rombo rakanaka chaizvo rinogamuchira mutungamiri we Presidential apo varoorana vake vanomuka patafura yekudya. Mutsika yakatanga muna 1963, apo Mutungamiri John F. Kennedy vakatumira zvakare 55 pound turkey vachiti "Tichaita kuti iyi ikure." Mutungamiri Richard Nixon vakatumira varkeys kumunda wekudyisa weWashington DC apo Mutungamiri George HW Bush akapa mvumo yekutanga yekuregererwa kwehupfumi muna 1989. Kubvira panguva iyo, imwe yekutende yakakanganwirwa gore roga roga kuNational Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation. Zvinosuruvarisa, idzi turkeys haigoni kurarama kwenguva refu nekuti dzakagadzirwa kudya pane kugara upenyu hurefu.