Monday’s HOME-Spun Wisdom

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Thanksgiving is just days away. That means eating turkey for millions of Americans. Read about this national bird.
Monday’s HOME-Spun Wisdom

RISMEDIA, Nov. 17-Thanksgiving is just days away. That means eating turkey for millions of Americans. Read about this national bird.

At one time, the turkey and the bald eagle were each considered as the national symbol of America. Benjamin Franklin was one of those who argued passionately on behalf of the turkey. Franklin felt the turkey, although “vain and silly,” was a better choice than the bald eagle, whom he felt was “a coward.”

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 45 million turkeys are cooked and eaten in the U.S. at Thanksgiving ? that’s one-sixth of all turkeys sold in the U.S. each year.

American per-capita consumption of turkeys has soared from 8.3 pounds in 1975 to 18.5 pounds in 1999.

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