第1个回答 2011-12-04
The origin of the Christmas turkey to eat
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in the traditional Christmas table, roast turkey is indispensable dishes. In some Asian countries, and perhaps there are only a genius to eat turkey this Christmas to celebrate the festive season; but in Europe, especially in the American continent, turkey is a very common kind of meat, and two of Thanksgiving and Christmas big day, turkey is the traditional food.
Turkey is a specialty of the Americas, before the Europeans to the Americas, Indians have been domesticated. Turkey's name in English called "Turkey." Because it looks like the Europeans think Turkey's clothing: black heads and red body. Europeans like to eat roast goose. After the immigration to America, not keep a good goose geese have a requirement to eat, so eat turkey, turkeys than geese even find delicious. And North America there are a lot of turkey. Americans have become so roast turkey meal, an important holiday essential.
This custom more than 300 years of history.
It is said that in 1620 Christmas, a large number of immigrants arriving from the United Kingdom in the American continent, Plymouth Mountain Park. At the time, where the property-poor, and only over the mountain of turkey, so they catch the turkey, as the festive main course.
So Christmas dinner, in addition to ham, sweet potatoes, vegetables, plum pudding, fruit cake, cocktails in addition, of course, the turkey, "dear friends" again!
The practice of turkey
turkey's most traditional approach is very simple, you only need salt and pepper inside and outside the fully coated turkey weekend, and then bake in the oven in about 3 hours to.
Christmas turkey
eat turkey for nearly four centuries of history. The symbol of the Thanksgiving harvest feast reunion "Christmas Dinner" and "Thanks giving Dinner" in the "Dinner" does not refer to the original dinner. But should be eaten at noon. Since Thanksgiving is the fourth week of November each year on Thursday. Christmas has been very close to the big festivals this year. It is Thanksgiving and Christmas days of Jesus' coming. Therefore, the symbol of Thanksgiving turkey dinner will be extended to Christmas.
Turkey on the table
is the custom of Americans will eat turkey turkey abdominal filling materials, into the oven baked. Such as whole turkeys will be cooked on the table, and then baked turkey knife and fork to cut together to enjoy. In other words, they eat the "whole chicken." As for why, regardless of good and then the tables? This is probably as we Danian Ye eat fish, do not use the whole fish fillets and serve with the same reason. Dishes not only take into account the appearance and visual richness. There are also family reunion together to enjoy dinner symbol.