Thanksgiving Trivia

Nov 222012
 
MACY'S HOLIDAY PARADE/ U.S.A.

(MACY’S HOLIDAY PARADE/ U.S.A. Photo credit: Thomas F. Lee)

 

 

The Detroit Lions first hosted the Chicago Bears in 1934 with NBC Radio providing the play-by-play.

The Macy’s parade began in 1924 with animals from the Central Park Zoo; helium-filled balloons came along three years later.

The US imported more than $7 billion of turkey from Canada last year.

Green bean casserole was created about 50 years ago, for the Campbell’s soup company cookbook.  Campbell’s now sells about $20 million of cream of mushroom soup every year.

 

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Talkin’ Turkey

Nov 212012
 

About 46 million turkeys ended up on U.S. dinner tables last Thanksgiving.  According to the USDA, a typical American consumes more that 13 pounds of turkey a year.  More than 736 million pounds of that is served up for Thanksgiving.

Four small American towns share a name with our traditional main course:  Turkey Creek, LA, Turkey, TX, Turkey Creek, AZ and Turkey, NC.

US farmers grow more than 750 million pounds of cranberries, 2.4 billion pounds of sweet potatoes and over a billion pounds of pumpkins.

Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the official US bird. (Can you blame him?)

Turkey Tom

(Turkey Tom Photo credit: Moosicorn)

 

“Is it okay to thaw my turkey in the bathtub while bathing my kids?”  If you want to read the 4 other stupidest questions people ask the Butterball Hotline, click here.

 

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