How did #turkey become synonymous with #Thanksgiving? #WesleyanUniversity asst. prof. #ElanAbrell, who teaches Eating Others: Histories and Cultures of Animal Edibility, said “there was an intentional effort to get people to start thinking of turkey as #American #cuisine…to distinguish a developing culture from #England.” As #AlexanderHamilton would proclaim: “No citizen of the US shall refrain from turkey on #ThanksgivingDay.” https://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2022/11/22/how-thanksgiving-became-turkey-day-according-to-animal-studies-professor-elan-abrell/