46-27A When and where was the first Thanksgiving Feast?

Let’s talk Turkey! No, not the Butterball sitting in the Oval Office. I’m talking about the real thing, the big bird, 46-million of which we Americans will devour on this Thanksgiving Day.

It was the Aztecs who first domesticated the gallopavo, but leave it to the Spanish explorers to “foul-up” the bird’s origins. They declared it to be related to the peacock – Wrong!  They also thought the peacock originated in Turkey – Wrong!  And, they thought Turkey was located in Africa – well, you can see the Spanish were pretty confused.