...Since so many of you prefer other meats on your Thanksgiving, maybe you could give some thought to having a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner...
Other meats? Traditional meats? Zhizara, it's not that simple. Some have said that a Life Magazine Cover by Norman Rockwell established the "traditional turkey dinner," but in truth other American traditional meats besides turkey, (not necessarily all inclusive) include:
Pork Roast
Ham
Goose (Probably served at the first Thanksgiving dinner)
Duck (Probably served at the first Thanksgiving dinner)
Venison (Probably served at the first Thanksgiving dinner)
Lobster (Probably served at the first Thanksgiving dinner)
Fish (Probably served at the first Thanksgiving dinner)
Clams (Probably served at the first Thanksgiving dinner)
New England Oyster Stew
Gulf Coast Seafood Gumbo
Moose Nose (High fat content was cherished by early Great Plains Pioneers)
Beaver Tail (High fat content was cherished by early Great Plains Pioneers)
Salmon (Atlantic)
Buffalo Hump (High fat content was cherished by early Great Plains Pioneers)
Whale (Northwest & Alaska Fishermen/Whalers and Christian Eskimo Natives & Native Americans)
And some of these "traditional meats" linger even today. While I don't claim to be an expert by any stretch of the imagination, I do enjoy reading about American history and the unusual things they used to eat.
History can be such fun!