Thanksgiving trivia and one of our favorite recipes!

Happy Thanksgiving from the Law Offices of Phillips, McElyea, Carpenter & Welch, P.C.

We hope your Thanksgiving celebration allows you to join with your family and friends for great food and fellowship this year!  Everyone at our firm wants to give thanks for our great clients and for our fantastic attorneys and staff.  


Some fun Thanksgiving trivia


Thanksgiving throughout History

  • Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States.
  • Sarah Josepha Hale, an American magazine editor, persuaded Abraham Lincoln to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. She is also the author of the popular nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
  • Abraham Lincoln issued a 'Thanksgiving Proclamation' on third October 1863 and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving.
  • The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade tradition began in the 1920's.
  • In 1939, President Roosevelt proclaimed that Thanksgiving would take place on November 23rd, not November 30th, as a way to spur economic growth and extend the Christmas shopping season.
  • Congress to passed a law on December 26, 1941, ensuring that all Americans would celebrate a unified Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November every year.
  • Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation has presented a live turkey and two dressed turkeys to the President. The President does not eat the live turkey. He "pardons" it and allows it to live out its days on a historical farm. 


Turkey Trivia
  • The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.
  • The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds, about the size of a large dog.
  • A 15 pound turkey usually has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat. 
  • The five most popular ways to serve leftover turkey is as a sandwich, in stew, chili or soup, casseroles and as a burger. 
  • Turkey has more protein than chicken or beef. 
  • Turkeys will have 3,500 feathers at maturity. 
  • Male turkeys gobble. Hens do not. They make a clucking noise. 
  • Commercially raised turkeys cannot fly. 
  • Turkeys have heart attacks. The United States Air Force was doing test runs and breaking the sound barrier. Nearby turkeys dropped dead with heart attacks. 
  • A large group of turkeys is called a flock. 
  • Turkeys have poor night vision.
  • It takes 75-80 pounds of feed to raise a 30 pound tom turkey.
  • A 16-week-old turkey is called a fryer. A five to seven month old turkey is called a young roaster.

One of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes (Courtesy of Clare Harris, Legal Secretary for David T. Welch)


This is a 30 year family recipe from Clare and it is absolutely scrumptious!

Asparagus casserole

2 cans of asparagus or fresh
1 stick of butter
1 ½ cups cracker crumbs
4 tablespoons of butter
old English cheese spread
3 tablespoons of flour
1 ½ cups milk
salt and pepper to taste
paprika

Melt stick of butter and add cracker crumbs. Line the casserole dish with ½ of the mixture. set aside remainder. 

Make cream sauce of 4 tablespoons of butter, 3 tablespoons of flour, 1 ½ cups of milk and the old English cheese spread, stirring until smooth and thick.

Put asparagus in casserole dish on top of crumbs, pour cream sauce over asparagus and sprinkle with rest of the crumbs. I find it’s easier to cut the asparagus spears in half before lining them in the dish and fresh tastes better than canned. 

Bake at 450 degrees for about 12-14 minutes

Happy Thanksgiving!!

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