Originally posted by Colin
...since when was venison and deer considered traditional?!? 
I must be out of the loop.
...but I'd still come over, Sofi, because you'd have turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy.
So I'd be quite satisfied and satiated.
The very first Thanksgiving ever didn't have any turkey. That was added later by deserters of America who migrated up to Canada. The first Thanksgiving, though, had venison (which, by the way, is the culinary that refers mostly to deer meat these days), so that technically makes it truly traditional.
There has been a rise in venison on the Thanksgiving table over the past few years, though, for which I'd totally blame its leaner, healthier-than-beef qualities and modern hysterical health food culture. It's supposed to be really good—a richer, more flavorful variant of its bovine brother, with a gamy note, but not so much the last part if you obtain farm-raised venison.
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