Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Get Ready for Turkey! I suggested a way you can work off those extra calories from your Thanksgiving turkey yesterday. Today I'm going to get you prepared for Turkey Day. The best way to get ready is to go to the USA.gov Thanksgiving page. Here you will find information on everything you need to get ready for Thanksgiving. The page will help you find air travel status for those of you flying, send thanks to members of the U.S. military or learn how astronauts eat turkey in space. Of course there's also tons of recipes with the usual ways to cook your turkey and some unusual ones. I'm a big fan of trivia and I got these Thanksgiving tidbits from USA.gov: I voted for Yam and Jam, but you can vote to name the official Thanksgiving turkey whatever you want. Way before the Pilgrims did their thing, there were several Thanksgiving celebrations in North America. The first recorded one occurred in 1521 at Newfoundland. Turkey contains tryptophan, an amino acid that can create Serotonin, which makes you sleepy. Of course you won't fall asleep during the football game unless you have vitamin B-6, riboflavin and iron in your body since tryptophan needs to combine with these to create serotonin. Of course, that big holiday meal will probably have all those in it. I'm posting today in Joanne's absence while she attends to a family emergency. I'm sure if she was writing today she'd say the most important thing on Thanksgiving is to be very thankful for what you have, especially those you love. - Jake [Gov Gab: Your U.S. Government Blog] 8:32:54 PM

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