And now the Soup

The use of turkey is such an odd core component of Thanksgiving, given the nature of the people who celebrate that holiday.

At what other time in the year do Americans process and use almost every part of any resource they have ever been given. The skin, the dark and white meat are all held in high esteem during the initial meal. The left-over meat is wanted for sandwiches the next day, and even the carcass is boiled down for turkey soup to finish off the holiday.

It would interest me to think of the whole holiday in that multi-dimensional way.