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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

LET'S TALK TURKEY!

According to the National Turkey Federation, close to 90% of Americans will eat turkey on Thanksgiving. Other findings:

- Over 46 million birds will be eaten tomorrow. 88% of Americans ate turkey last Thanksgiving.

- Americans will gobble over 690 million pounds of turkey tomorrow

- 75% of America will devour pumpkin pie for dessert

- 575 million pounds of cranberry sauce will be eaten while 1.4 billion pounds of sweet potatoes have been grown for Thanksgiving and Christmas consumption.

- The average weight of this year's Thanksgiving turkey is 15 pounds.

- According to a survey by Pepperidge Farm, 70% of American women will be doing the cooking on Thanksgiving.

- 34% of Americans love to watch football on Thanksgiving while only 22% enjoy Thanksgiving Day parades.

- Thanksgiving Eve ranks as one of the top five busiest days for pizza delivery in the United States.

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