Don’t Americans deserve better than turkey on Thanksgiving?

It’s always been puzzling that on Thanksgiving, a day when Americans are supposed to appreciate all they have in life, we are supposed to eat turkey, a big bird that deserves little to no thanks.

The nicest thing one can say about turkey is that it’s not dry, a compliment that indicates that the bird does not taste like biting into desert sand — how turkey usually is unless it’s brined, basted, buttered to a point, thankfully, beyond resemblance. There are even instances where, in a desperate effort to impart more flavor onto the flavorless bird by deep-frying it, Americans have set their houses ablaze.

Equally frustrating is that there’s a plethora of more delicious meats to choose from. Turkey would make sense if Americans were limited hunters and poor fishermen. But we are far removed from those times and have ample access to lamb, steak, pork, and oceanic jewels like lobster, scallops, and shrimp.

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