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Patch Poll: How Do You Prefer to Prepare Your Thanksgiving Turkey?
With a little more than a week to go before Thanksgiving Day, turkey is at the top of many of our shopping lists.
It’s time to talk turkey!
With a little more than a week to go before Thanksgiving—this year, we observe Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, Nov. 24—many of us are preparing our shopping lists for the traditional feast. And for most of us, that means buying a turkey.
A survey conducted by the National Turkey Federation says nearly 88 percent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
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Last year, an estimated 46 million turkeys were consumed on the holiday, the federation says.
That’s a lot of poultry. And a hearty portion of that came from right here in the Great State of Minnesota.
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Minnesota is the top turkey-producing state in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This year, farms in our state are expected to produce 46.5 million turkeys.
Six states—Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, Virginia and Indiana—raise nearly two-thirds of the 248 million turkeys consumed annually in the U.S., says the Census Bureau.
For more history and trivia about turkeys, visit the National Turkey Federation by clicking here. Additional Thanksgiving facts can be found at History.com by clicking here.
Now that we have whetted your appetite, how do you prefer your turkey?
